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In contrast, the precipitation during the past four decades shows a significant increasing trend in the Indonesian seas and far western Pacific Ocean but a decreasing trend in the central western Pacific Ocean, which is likely related to the global warming due to external forcing ( Figure S6 ).

However, there was a decreasing trend in performance with TSO in the both-low contrast condition, albeit it also failed to reach significance.

Our analyses of South Korean national insurance claims data revealed a decreasing trend in the incidence of pterygium during the study period. status released display-pdf yes is-olf no is-manuscript no is-preprint no is-journal-matter no is-scanned no is-retracted no Received 2016 Aug 25; Accepted 2017 Jan 28; Collection date 2017.

Primer pair 341f/785r detected a significant lower taxon richness in the TNT-contaminated bulk soil samples (565 ± 12) compared to the non-contaminated bulk soil (622 ± 5) and rhizosphere samples (641 ± 14), while the other primer pairs detected only a decreasing trend (Supplementary Table 3 ).

Although B/E presented a decreasing trend in the intervention group relative to the control group, no significant differences were observed.

As a consequence, many countries have reported a decreasing trend of prevalence of P. falciparum isolates carrying K76T mutant pfcrt allele [ 23 – 25 ].

The amount of intracellular iron showed a decreasing trend over time.

The effect magnitude of PM 10 showed a decreasing trend from L0 to L7.

In studies reported from the same center, prevalence rates measured using microscopy showed a decreasing trend with time [Tables 1 and 2 ].

There was a decreasing trend in the Moran’s I from 2005 to 2014.

A decreasing trend in neonatal complications was observed from 2009 (76%) to 2013 (66%), which showed a percentage change over time of negative 13.2%.

Another important result of this retrospective study is to highlight a decreasing trend in the HBsAg prevalence rates among pregnant women consulting in Vientiane capital that is modest but significant.

Both of the cell populations showed a decreasing trend of chondrogenic differentiation marker genes Col2a1 and Agc1 during the 15-day culture period while in the control cells the expression strengthened over time, as expected.

The levels showed a decreasing trend with distance from the tannery.

The acute hazard quotient has remained relatively steady in spring wheat, although a decreasing trend is apparent since 1998 ( Fig. 4 ).

The crude mortality rate of UGIC displayed a decreasing trend in Hebei Province from the 1970s to 2013, and the adjusted rate decreased by 43.81% from the 1970s (58.07/100000) to 2013 (32.63/100000).

The estimated CFR varied throughout the epidemic, with a decreasing trend overall, from 69.8% (95% CI 58.6–79.2%) between January and March 2014 to 39.0% (95% CI 25.7–54.3%) between July and September 2015 for all countries combined ( figure 2 b ).

There was a decreasing trend in IOCA during the 10 years of this study.

A decreasing trend in FI is found in Dover–Rochester, NH–ME, as well as in Seattle, WA, and Phoenix–Mesa, AZ.

At enzyme concentrations higher than 50 mgL –1 , a decreasing trend in decolourisation efficiency was observed.

The Total Heavy Mineral (THM) content in the sand dominant sediments of the Ayiramthengu borehole core exhibits a decreasing trend towards the bottom of the core.

Thereafter, there was a decreasing trend in the number of thrips per leaflet until the end of the plant cycle.

The time-tumor volume curve shows that the tumor volumes in the DDP/PLGA-30% Fe 3 O 4 + AMF group presented a decreasing trend while the tumor volumes in the 3 other groups continued to increase at varying degrees over the next 21 days after treatment, which indicated that the combination therapy was far more effective than either hyperthermia or chemotherapy alone ( Fig 8A ).

pylori infection rates in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms in 1999 and 2012 found a decreasing trend in the prevalence of H. pylori infection, i.e., 69.7% in 1999 and 45.2% in 2012 (Darko et al., 2015 ).

A decreasing trend in score between two visits was observed in all infection types.