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4b highlight the increasing trend in the RRs from 21 days to 28 days to 42 days, corresponding to a decreasing trend in the average ERR (as also evident by the trend lines in Fig. 3b ).

The flocculation efficiency showed a decreasing trend with the rise in biomass concentration (Table 2 ).

Sperm counts in the d -gal-injected groups demonstrated a decreasing trend compared to those of the control group ( Figure 3 C).

They accounted for 58.32%, 28.62%, and 8.92% of all new infections in 2009, and 64.81%, 25.17%, and 6.54% in 2013, respectively, with an increasing trend in MSM and a decreasing trend in heterosexuals or IDUs ( Table 3 ) [ 2 , 3 , 4 ].

A decreasing trend of adsorption capacity was also reported by Deliyanni et al.

The prevalences of 2 ≥3 CVD risk factors had an increasing trend with age but a decreasing trend with education level.

study [ 22 ] reported that the incidence of scarlet fever showed a decreasing trend in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2010, whereas another study suggested that the incidence of scarlet fever had decreased prior to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing [ 26 ].

As the baseline length increases, the positioning accuracy shows a decreasing trend.

In the first 418 sampling models, RMSECV presents a decreasing trend, which indicates that the eliminated variables are useless.

A decreasing trend over the course of the season was also observed in uric acid concentrations (Fig. 2 ).

A decreasing trend of fold change was found for EP2 expression by curcumin preconditioning in PGE 2 and fAβ 42 co-treated N9 cells ( Fig 4A ).

There was a general increase in the fishing mortality of the dusky kob since 2005 (with some variability), whereas the fishing mortality estimates for leerfish varied substantially, with a decreasing trend overall ( Fig 2 , solid red line).

The percentage of root length density in the 0–5 cm depth layer did not significantly differ among the salinity treatments, but there was a decreasing trend with an increase in severity of salt stress ( Fig. 1b ).

At different days of storage, there appeared a decreasing trend of titratable acid content with the rising of storage period.

A decreasing trend was also witnessed in b ∗ values from 9.23 to 7.83 in SPB and from 11.9 to 9.3 SAGPB, from the initial to final day of storage, respectively.

A decreasing trend in incidence of PD was observed in a UK study reporting an average reduction by 6% annually from 1999 to 2009 [ 22 ].

175, the static output showed a decreasing trend with respect to the dynamic output check, after which it began to oscillate around its CL.

As the tumor grade increased, the kurtosis metrics showed an increasing trend; in contrast, a decreasing trend was demonstrated for MD and ADC, whereas no obvious trends were found for FA, as shown in Figure 2 .

In the real data analyses, for all the locations, the inferred trajectories of the phenotypic influence of DH on CL showed a decreasing trend as DH increased.

In adolescents there were significant increases for all tumours combined (APC=2.7; 95%CI: 1.8-3.6) and for STS, GCT and COET (APCs: 3.2%, 4.4% and 3.5% respectively), while other tumour groups such as hepatic tumours, BT or thyroid carcinomas showed a decreasing trend or no increase.

To our best knowledge, this is the first documentation in China of a decreasing trend in SES disparity in LBW by sex, but unchanged SES gradient of macrosomia, using generalized linear model adjusted for risk factors including sociodemographic characteristics and maternal health status, lifestyles, and access to healthcare during pregnancy.

Expression of CD32 on CD141 + DCs showed a decreasing trend already after 8 weeks, but this change did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.0651; S3 Fig ).

In addition to the decline in perceived school performance, adolescent life satisfaction also showed a decreasing trend and their sense of hopelessness increased accordingly.

(c) Decadal trend in Ozone concentration During boreal winter months we observe an increasing decadal trend (2 to 3 DU/decade) over the outer tropical central Pacific and a decreasing trend (−9 to −10 DU/decade) over the midlatitudes (30–45°N) in total columnar ozone measurements from Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS, 1983–2012, Fig. 4a ).

However, the special boundary fraction showed a decreasing trend during grain growth, which indicates that Σ3 annihilation occurs for CoCrFeNi.