“a positive trend”

There was a positive trend between the number of incidents and the total patient dependency score.

While there was no significant correlation between Peptoniphilus and Bacteroides , as well as Peptoniphilus and Lactobacillus , there was a positive trend in the abundance of both.

Among order 3–10 which constituted the majority of the top one-fifth of clones non-carriers had order 3, 4, 5, and 10 with positive shifts but carriers had only order 9 with such a positive trend ( Fig. 4C ).

Our results also showed a positive trend in the association between epigenetic drift and risk of cancer overall (slope = 0.17) and cancers of the kidney (slope = 0.04), lung (slope = 0.13), and urothelium (slope = 0.33) and mature B-cell lymphoma (slope = 0.88), as well as a negative trend for gastric (slope = −0.01), prostate (slope = −0.12) and colorectal (slope = −0.09) cancers ( Figure 3 ).

54 – 61 In recent years, the use of tools for lean management, for example, has been increasing, inspired by the “Henry Ford production system.” 62 – 64 Despite implementation of these different practices, errors reported in health care are still unacceptable and related costs still show a positive trend, as shown by data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 65 Starting from the definitions provided, overlaps and possible integration between the approaches of CRM and HLM emerge, connecting the concepts of added value and perfection present in lean principles (ie, precisely specify value, identify the value stream, make value flow without interruptions, pull approach, pursue perfection), 66 to the definition of quality used and required at the international level (World Health Organization).

[ 35 ] assessed spatiotemporal gait parameters using a 10 m walk test on a sensorized mat and reported post-training improvements in gait speed and stride length after eight robotic sessions, indicating a more normalized gait pattern, with a positive trend toward increased cadence.

Notwithstanding, it is of importance to acknowledge that potential associations may not maintain ad infinitum a positive trend, as an initial high cortisol reactivity (and correlated HCC levels), when prolonged, might exhaust the physiological systems and later result in hypoactivity (Kudielka et al., 2006 ).

In our study, we also observed a positive trend between the number of ACEs experienced and the prevalence of smoking and drinking.

All cores at Yasuní showed a positive trend of change in palms (both conical and echinate), whereas one core at Amacayacu showed a slight decrease.

As for overall mortality, we found a positive trend between high serum CRP and 10 months mortality within the same stage, but this was not statistically significant.

This finding reflects a positive trend in publication output over the past 15 years ( Figure 2 ).

12.5 months; HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.78–1.10, p = 0.366), a positive trend was observed.

Correlation between parent–child interaction during storytelling measures and indirect parent–child interaction measures A positive trend was found between maternal depression levels (BDI score) and the direct measure for parent–child interaction challenges (i.e. the number of phone checks by the mother) (r = 0.389, p = 0.06).

Analysis of DHIS2 data for Northern Uganda for 10 districts over the intervention period suggests a positive trend towards achieving the national target of 253/100000 population TB case notification.

Analyzing the results for the two groups separately (according to the training level reached) and looking at the medians for the two groups, we found a positive trend in all the scores in the group that reached the training levels.

A positive trend was evident in the use of adaptive coping strategies over succumbing meekly.

During the present study, the changes in body composition and muscle strength showed a positive trend toward statistical significance.

Our study is the first of its kind in our country and there is definitely a positive trend toward its use in depression and it is worthwhile conducting more trials using larger sample sizes and more rigorous research design in our setting.

Interestingly, when compared to published allele frequencies in healthy controls, HLA genotypes of our cohort did not reach statistical significance while only HLA-A1 status revealed a positive trend[ 40 ].

There was a positive trend in the R-squared value with increasing cell size ( Fig.

Conclusions This study highlights a positive trend in sorghum’s integration into grain-based food products in China and Australia and identifies opportunities for further market penetration through innovation and education.

Although the difference was not statistically significant, this seems to indicate a positive trend in favour of exergaming.

Statistical analysis has shown a positive trend in number of younger patients with L-SIL and H-SIL (PAPA III and IV), with average age of patients in 2011 being 31.12±9.12 years old.

In the analysis of select additional genes related to lenvatinib, FGFR3 and FGFR4 gene expression showed a positive trend of association with achieving an objective response [AUC (95% CI), 0.59 (0.41–0.78) for FGFR3 ; 0.64 (0.48–0.80) for FGFR4 ; Supplementary Fig.

Moreover, when subgroup analyses were performed on metabolic syndrome evaluation metrics, mixed terpene exposure demonstrated a positive trend specifically at low HDL levels.