“a positive trend”

For women, increasing education showed significant negative linear trend for high waist-to-hip ratio and low fruit and vegetable intake, but a positive trend for excessive alcohol intake (Table 4 ).

Although Akkermansia levels showed a positive trend, the study did not achieve significant changes in body weight, fat mass, or hip and waist circumference ( 11 ).

The results showed that PW exhibits a clear increase, with an upward trend of 0.29 mm decade −1 for China as a whole and 0.32 mm decade −1 for eastern China during 1970–2012; and the trend has accelerated since the mid-1980s, with a positive trend of 0.34 mm decade −1 during 1986–2012 for China and a more rapid growth of 0.38 mm decade −1 for eastern China.

Yet, a knowledge gap remains: how is the compliance with ARRIVE guidelines within these journals? Furthermore, has there been a positive trend in adherence following the publication of ARRIVE 1.0 and ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines?

While this is a positive trend, it remains below the IUCN’s recommendation for OECD countries to allocate at least 0.3% of GDP to biodiversity conservation.

Although the acute group showed a positive trend, the results should be interpreted as exploratory because of the small number of studies (k = 3) and the wide confidence interval crossing zero (-6.20 to 21.70).

Discharge within 10 days shows a positive trend, with an increasing percentage of patients discharged with a shorter length of stay (26%, 39%, 42%, and 48% from the first to the fourth wave, respectively).

Aerosol‐Induced Surface Energy Budget Trends In response to aerosol forcing, clear‐sky surface shortwave radiation shows a positive trend over the Eurasian continent from Europe to central Asia (hereafter Eurasia) and North America and shows a negative trend over South and East Asia (Figure 4a ).

This was regarded as a statistical artefact because other possible reasons were ruled out, such as degradation of the matrix (which would result in a positive trend for all PBDEs, which was not the case) or dehalogenation of BDE209 (no decreasing trend was observed in the mass fraction of this congener).

Six of the questions had scores ≥3, showing a positive trend, and very few (only four) scored <2, which was very heartening.

Based on the literature review and Andersen’s Model of Health Services Use, the following hypotheses are proposed: We expect there to be a positive trend of perceived need for treatment from 2014 to 2019 (Hypothesis 1).

In the case of the pilot study, a trend in reduction of micturition frequency and a positive trend for efficacy were apparent ( Betschart et al., 2013 ).

Results for quality are not as good, e.g., cancer survival rates, but most indicators show a positive trend.

Only for pancreatic cancer resection, a positive trend in the number of treated elderly patients was described [ 12 ].

A positive trend was observed for dexchlorpheniramine 1% (10.73%), but the difference was not statistically significant ( P =0.29761).

Π7 , related to thermal buffering, shows a positive trend, suggesting that moderate heat capacity and initial temperature favour stable energy accumulation.

But the scatter plots showed a positive trend between COVID-19 mortality and vitamin D deficiency ( Figure 1 ).

However, based on a review of comparable interventions ( 41 , 43 ), we anticipate that 6 mo will suffice to at least observe a positive trend between improved micronutrient status and the secondary outcomes including cognition, vertical growth, fertility, and psychosocial health.

Objective 2 Our secondary hypothesis was that at the end of our 4-week intervention, the participants would have an increase in mobility (e.g., squat depth) and muscular endurance (e.g., 60 s squat test), and a positive trend in BPNSFS and psychological (e.g., confidence) outcomes.

Furthermore, a subtle positive trend toward asynchronous TR was noted in MS, as well as a positive trend for mixed TR in stroke patients.

A positive trend was observed between the weekly average SARS-CoV-2 gene copy number in the wastewater and the cumulative weekly reported COVID-19 cases in all the three WWTPs.

In contrast, when the political skill is low (1 SD below the mean), only squared narcissism has a significant effect on reputation (narcissism: b = 0.25, ns; squared narcissism: b = −2.80, p < 0.01) and creativity (narcissism: b = 0.46, p < 0.01; squared narcissism: b = −2.30, p < 0.01) indicates that the relationship between narcissism and dependent variables showed a positive trend at lower levels of narcissism and a negative trend at higher levels of narcissism.

Conclusions: in sedentary asthmatic patients, including those with milder profiles, implementing low-resource physical exercise interventions significantly improved the average steps taken and respiratory function, while asthma control and rescue medication use showed a positive trend.

A positive trend in dengue relative risk was also recorded in this study after rainfall of 20–50 mm, and its associating time lag was 10–20 weeks.

Conclusion The study showed a positive trend in the clinical effects of the combined use of BCI with mental practice and occupational therapy in the aspects of sensory, motor, and functional independence recovery.