“a negative trend”

However, similar to most mobility categories, a negative trend is also observed in the NTL dataset.

When the direction of selection is positive, a negative trend in E ̄ will accelerate evolution, while a positive trend will slow it via its effect on mean fitness.

Simple regression showed a negative trend for operative time with a 95%CI envelope suggesting a progressive per-case reduction.

The results about planning are projected to highlight a negative trend in MCI that reported lower ability than healthy elderly.

While considerable differences in male reproductive health exist within and between developed countries, a negative trend of low semen quality and high incidence of cryptorchidism, hypospadias and testicular cancer has been observed in many areas [ 2 , 3 ].

These levels, both during the February to March high and during the August to September low seasons, experience a negative trend since the beginning of the 1970s.

Figure 3 a indicates that the reduction in the southern sites might be somewhat lower than presented here, but both data agree on a negative trend.

DEXA‐based total body (−0.31, fdr = 0.18) and trunk fat% (−0.28, fdr = 0.24) showed a negative trend with lumbar spine and total body BMD although again not significant.

When examining the maximum spreading coefficient as a function of the water–glycerin composition, a negative trend is observed with increasing glycerin content for all three parameters.

However, a rapid decline in the GMC of IgG-anti-PT was observed in older age groups, with a negative trend up to 14–15 years of age.

Out-of-pocket expenditures have shown a negative trend overall.

Behavioral analysis of the different stages of prematurity—calculating the percentages in relation to all preterm births—showed a negative trend for extreme premature births (-0.43% per year) and very premature births (-0.15%), and a growing trend for moderately premature births (0.73% per year) ( Table 1 ).

3.1.3 Sea Surface Chlorophyll‐a Concentration The average CHL showed contrasting patterns between regions, with a negative trend in the North Pacific feeding area and an increasing trend in the South Pacific feeding area (Figure S6 ).

Style D showed a negative trend in association to parenting stress in all domains, in which a higher degree of association to type D equals less perceived stress.

Recent studies report a negative trend in the frequency of MD since 1950s 2 15 16 17 , in spite of increasing SST over BoB.

9 , confirm that the RSI series presents one join point in 2014, leading to two periods with distinct trends, as follows: a negative trend until 2014, and an increasing trend during 2014–2019 ( Fig. 9 ).

The Life Line screening programme did not observe a negative trend, 12 and the Chicago clinical diagnosis study reported a significant univariable interaction between sex and diabetes, with a positive univariable association for women but a negative trend for men. 10 In our large study we examined factors associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm in women and found a significant negative association with diabetes.

At site 1, the time series shown in figure 1 exhibited a negative trend with the solid line representing the fit of the time series and the dotted line with the associated 95% CI.

Corresponding to observed correlations, whilst positive trends could be observed between overall percentage of WGM and percentage of WGM in leadership ( A ), and between mean GII of the EB and GII of the journal country ( D ), a negative trend could be observed between the percentage of overall WGM and percentage of overall LMIC-based editors ( C ).

For locations with a negative trend, the following formula was applied: y = e ( a+bx ) , where y is the threshold sensitivity (dB), a is the constant, b is the slope (regression coefficient), and x is the time (years).

The BIC descriptor exhibits a negative trend with increasing SHAP values ( Figure 5 b).

The 12-year concentrations of these five measured trace gases all show a negative trend reflecting the decreased anthropogenic impact on these gases in Europe during the last few decades. 92 This trend in Europe was also confirmed by the latest EAA report (No 12/2018).

A negative trend was noted when improved flowering was compared to the decreased expression of the ASMT gene.

Moreover, it is interesting to note that there is a negative trend in reactions of the PD (though not statistically significant), which however may be hypothesized to be an indication of the resistance to novelty that can be present in people of older age groups.

Shock was not significant but showed a negative trend (OR = 0.85) 19 .