“a positive trend”

The planned volumes in 2020 and in the next years will be based on market requirements, but the operators are expecting a positive trend.

A positive trend in deletion-positive patients could indicate a compensatory mechanism, whereas vitamin D may be insufficient to counteract GDF-15 upregulation in metabolically burdened states.

(2016) reported the effects of a gillnet ban in a sandy coastal area of Hawai‘i, and highlighted the variability of response according to species group, as only bonefishes ( Albula spp.) exhibited a positive trend.

A positive trend for the net atmosphere irradiance is, therefore, to warm the atmosphere, hence to reduce radiative cooling.

127 , 128 A phase 1 study of a single intra-articular dose of SM04690 in 61 participants with moderate osteoarthritis showed acceptable safety, with exploratory clinical endpoints that showed a positive trend towards improvement in pain and joint space narrowing. 129 A phase 2 study of 455 individuals with unilateral knee osteoarthritis, although not reaching its primary endpoint (improvement of WOMAC pain at week 13), showed improvement in pain and an increase in joint space indicative of disease modification, which was especially evident in people with unilateral disease. 130 In May 2019, the phase 3 studies were launched (registered on ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT04385303 ).

The ORR was 43% (95% CI, 32 to 54), and the median OS showed a positive trend with 12.1 months ( NCT04489888 ).

A simple linear regression model showed a positive trend between progesterone levels on hCG day and progesterone-to-follicle index, with a significant 3.916 Beta Coefficient ( Figure 1 ).

Differ from other air pollutants, annual mean deweathered O 3 shown a positive trend by +2.9 % per year in study areas during 2015–2019.

At the same time, a positive trend of a reduction in cells filled with cholesterol was observed.

A positive trend in the overall HRQoL as measured with the disease-specific CaReQoL CHF questionnaire was observed, but this lacked statistical significance ( P = 0.06).

However, a positive trend in the acquisition of psychosocial competencies was also observed.

As shown in Table 2 , the maximum value for mental health was 24, the minimum value was 0, and the average value was 18.1, which shows that the mental health of older adults in China has a positive trend.

In patients who developed nephrotoxicity, there was an approximately 3-fold risk reduction in the risk of death, which did not reach statistical significance but showed a positive trend.

A positive trend of 31.95 mm of total rainfall during the 41 analysed years was observed in the total monthly rainfall from the full dataset collected between 1970 and 2011.

38 Despite the variations in the findings of the three studies regarding the between-group comparisons, there was a positive trend indicating improvement in the FSD symptom cluster among those who received the interventions.

A positive trend was also observed for total cholesterol and the ApoB:ApoA1 ratio ( Table 3 ).

The overall survival data show a positive trend but with mixed results in terms of statistical significance.

Time Series Analysis of the Orbit Inclination and Orbital Period The orbital inclination has a positive trend that seems to be associated to the 35.7-year precession of the orbital plane [ 44 ].

Three studies reported on five-year PFS with a positive trend in favor of neoadjuvant therapy, but without reaching significance (OR 1.78; 95% CI 0.92; 3.44) ( Figure 14 ).

A higher dose was associated with a positive trend in both metrics, accounting for 6.00% and 37.50% of the heterogeneity in ADFI and VH, respectively.

These recent wins may reflect a positive trend in promoting women scientists in Japan, possibly influenced by movements such as the one led by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. 26 However, further drastic changes and efforts are warranted among scientific communities, the general public, and policymakers to address this severe gender imbalance.

In addition, a positive trend was shown regarding the relationship between general knowledge about BC and regular practicing of BSE; however, the relationship is not statistically significant ( χ 2 = 3.11, p value = 0.078).

A positive trend of highly collaborative work was observed among the institutes and authors on peri-implantitis.

The findings indicate a positive trend toward responsible antibiotic use; however, they also highlight the need for ongoing education and reinforcement of best practices to ensure adherence to antibiotic guidelines in dental settings.

31 For the other six studies, three showed a positive trend favoring the intervention, 30 , 36 , 39 two showed a negative trend, 29 , 34 and one showed no effect. 37 A meta‐analysis of four studies with suitable outcome data, 30 , 31 , 34 , 39 which represented six intervention arms, showed a significant overall effect on BMI z‐score of −0.06 (95% CI [−0.10, −0.01] kg, p = 0.01; four studies, 423 participants [270 intervention group and 153 control group]; I 2 = 0%) favoring the intervention group (Figure 2 ).