“a negative trend”

Also subjective sleep quality showed a negative trend over time, a result consistent with other research ( Bhargava et al., 2000 ; Pattyn et al., 2018 ) although at the end of the stay the average score did increase slightly.

The Bland–Altman analysis indicated a mean difference between the two modalities of 10%, and there was a negative trend in the Bland-Altman plot because changes in rCBFv and rBV were not proportional.

found a positive trend between clinical mastitis incidence and NAb binding to the self-antigen, myosin, and a negative trend between mastitis incidence and NAb binding to the self-antigen, transferrin [ 19 ].

For instance, a positive trend was observed after both exercise protocols (HIIT and MICT) for subjective vitality; meanwhile, the control situation without exercise revealed a negative trend.

They found that donations were seasonal and at the aggregate level carried a negative trend.

There was a negative trend between the ratio and ΔPPFD; a large increase and decrease in PPFD tended to decrease and increase the ratio, respectively, although the linear regression was not statistically significant ( r 2 = 0.166).

Although dissimilarity showed a negative trend in both ROIs, this result was driven by the single outlier data point from the OA group.

In both provinces, we observed a negative trend between prevalent HIV infection and household wealth quintile.

For the non- BRCA mutation-related DCIS cases, a positive trend was observed with grade, and a negative trend with ER ( Table 2 ).

globosa showed a negative trend from 2010 to 2012, with values of 2.78 × 10 6 , 1.93 × 10 6 and 3.75 × 10 5 , respectively.

In this study, associations between aortic valve, aortic root, and ascending aorta z-scores and MACE were not statistical significant but showed a negative trend, suggesting a potential protective effect of larger aortic dimensions.

The analysis of time series using AEM revealed a negative trend for TB from 1992–2016 (Table 2 ), as already mentioned, and two further periodicities: a decadal (17 years) and an annual one (Table 2 ).

Time spent sitting on working days has had a tendency to decrease, yet a negative trend in the decrease in self-reported total PA has not been confirmed.

To investigate these expected changes, time series of coalitions’ contain-expand ratios were tested for statistically significant trends using Mann–Kendall Trend Tests , where a positive trend indicates an increasing level of containment (or decreasing level of expansion) and a negative trend an increasing level of expansion (or decreasing level of containment).

In the USA, on the other hand, a negative trend was noted from 2001 to 2007 (Pastor, Reuben, & Duran, 2012 ).

TEWL (■) exhibited a negative trend, indicating enhanced skin barrier.

In this context, Portuguese researchers have identified a globally positive impact of the pandemic on the Structure and Outcome components of practice environments, and a negative trend in the Process component (specifically in the hospital context) [ 16 , 21 ].

In this case, a negative trend between LTE and the number of emigration events is expected.

Disease severity was not associated with vaccination intentions in health care workers but was very weakly associated in the general population, unexpectedly exhibiting a negative trend.

Kollicoat ® IR (X 2 ) displayed a negative trend in both linear and quadratic terms, although these effects were not statistically significant.

There were six BAVM tissues showed high positivity (+++) of either MMP-2 or -9 proteins, indicating a negative trend between MMP-2 and -9 expressions although this did not achieve formal statistical significance ( p = 0.321; Fisher’s exact test).

Spring phases showed a negative trend (BBCH11-91-65) due to a progressive advance of their annual dates, while autumnal phase (BBCH95) showed a positive trend determined by a progressive delay of senescence phenomena (leaves colouring and fall).

It was discovered that risk scores presented a positive trend with cells like M0 macrophages and memory B cells and a negative trend with M1 macrophages, CD8 T and naive B cells, etc.

Apart from this result on the CNV for CC and SC conditions, a negative trend for the NC condition in the interval previous to the presentation of the target stimuli was found.

There was a negative trend between EE and year of study in the current study with EE decreasing from first to third year, although scores still remained relatively high.