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This shows a positive trend between sonographers with a higher burnout score and higher levels of psychological distress ( Figure 3 ).

Conclusions Although this study did not find statistically significant differences favouring the use of chewing gum for postoperative ileus, a positive trend was observed of a reduction of the impact of postoperative ileus among patients after pancreatic surgery.

We also observed a positive trend toward upregulation of retinal protein levels of claudin-5 in the laser-induced CNV model following DEVD mIL-36β injection ( Figure S10 A).

When DIF > 0 and DEA > 0, a positive trend is shown in the stock market, which is the buy signal.

Indeed, the EOLD-instruments showed a positive trend in EOLD- scores over time [ 9 ] and differences in EOLD-scores were found between countries [ 39 , 40 ].

The r 2 for each SNP in different Minimac Rsq bins showed a positive trend, although the two values were not directly equivalent (Fig. 1 b).

This suggests a positive trend in the development of MHA for suicide prevention in recent years.

The modest performance in the present study is also underlined by a positive trend of accuracy over sessions and significant choice for the correct stimulus at the end of the training only for the ‘easier’ 0.6 numerical ratio.

Furthermore, the FC between the right hippocampus and the left SFG and left MFG was positively associated with the visuospatial z-score in patients with PD ( Figure 4A ), while the associations with attention, executive, language, and memory cognitive domain z-scores only showed a positive trend.

The availability of BET data on surface area and pore volumes for all the studied materials eventually will illustrate such correlation, albeit the N 2 -adsorption-desorption isotherm data are not able to directly reflect the H 2 storage ability of the materials (N 2 isotherm can provide a positive trend for the capacity ability toward hydrogen molecules).

Our review reported three interventions that had a statistically significant impact on at least one outcome measure rather than simply highlighting a positive trend. 8 9 Furthermore, our review did not base recommendations on studies deemed to have a low quality of evidence. 9 Indeed, this synthesis differed from others in that it incorporated a second overarching review in order to illustrate the extent to which the detected interventions addressed barriers and facilitators impacting on systematic review uptake.

While mean scores for PEOU, PU, BI, and PLO generally showed a positive trend across proficiency levels from Low to High, the regression analyses reported earlier indicated that these group differences did not translate into statistically significant moderating effects on the core TAM pathways.

A per-protocol analysis however, showed a positive trend (with medium SES), thus indicating that patients who followed the programme and who were assessed maintained their improvements.

On the other hand, a positive trend was stated in case of the BCJ treated group.

Within the unadjusted model, a positive trend was observed for UIC and CAD (per natural log [UIC] increment: OR, 2·02; 95 % CI 1·74, 2·35).

Although large pharmaceutical companies ceased antibiotic development, a positive trend is that the gap is at least partially filled with small biotech companies.

The trend of total ASMR due to HCV was more significant among men compared to women, and the trend direction changed from a positive trend 1 ( P trend > 0.05) to a negative trend 2 ( P trend < 0.05) around the turn of 2014/2015.

We also observed a positive trend that, over the years researchers are increasingly paying attention to ensuring that descriptions are as complete as possible.

(3) Regarding postoperative visual acuity improvement, all drugs exhibited a positive trend, with conbercept showing the highest degree of improvement.

Both groups demonstrated a positive trend in the ApoB100/ApoA ratio (with a decrease of 33–60%) and a reduction in the atherogenic index (38% and 53%, respectively).

Notably, in Mexico, local drift decreased overall across age groups, indicating a positive trend.

Therefore, differently from the HV group, in which a significant increase in vasodilation was observed, the existence of a positive trend but not significant in the LV group may be explained, at least in part, by the achievement of only suboptimal levels of NO in the smooth muscle cells.

Table 4 shows that in terms of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, the overall performance of vocational college students shows a positive trend.

The results showed a positive trend for RSA, particularly in diagnosing any type of arthritis in the RA subgroup, though the effect was moderate and not statistically significant.

However, in our study, we only observed improvements in upper body muscle strength, although a positive trend in lower body strength was noted, no significant changes were observed.