“a positive trend”

Barriers to Uptake and Compliance of Active Surveillance Although a positive trend is observed in the adoption of AS among eligible patients for surveillance, the numbers are still not ideal.

In these cases, the study aquifers have positive trends in subsurface storage anomalies and are therefore “gaining.” We consider the Human‐Dominated case to be the result of a positive trend from GRACE and negative recharge.

Serrano et al reported that the prevalence of HPV-16, -18, and -45 in CCs decreased with increasing age; otherwise, the incidence of HPV genotypes 35, 52, 53, 56, 59, and 73 showed a positive trend with increasing age in women affected by CCs.

Treated mNVCM showed disorganized expression of cardiac alpha-actinin, suggesting cytoskeletal re-arrangements prior to cell renewal, with a 40% significant downregulation of Cofilin-2 and a positive trend of polymerized F-Actin.

Glycerol provided a better resection rate but there was only a positive trend to parallel lower local recurrence rate (statistically not significant) [ 12 ].

53 , 54 Our study showed that there was a positive trend in the abundance of Faecalibacterium with increasing of PVC and total MPs.

Studies that demonstrated a non-significant pattern of findings that favored the intervention group were classified as having a positive trend.

Descriptive statistics of the three different conditions showed a positive trend in students’ satisfaction (non-ENHANCE: size of the sample (n) = 1476; mean (M) = 4.37; standard deviation (SD) = 1.32; part-ENHANCE: n = 1020; M = 4.67; SD = 1.22; total-ENHANCE: n = 2116; M = 5.57; SD = 0.83).

Continuous variables, such as red blood cells, show a positive trend, indicating that higher values are associated with a higher predicted risk.

In general, the model shows a positive trend in accuracy on both training and validation data, which indicates that the model is learning effectively and progressing in its task (see Figure 7 ).

Indeed, from 1993–2007 a positive trend was noted (+2.5%) in Central Tunisia and Northern Tunisia (an APC of 1.5% between 1994–2009) [ 15 , 16 ].

12 , 13 A phase I/II clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02647359 ) for aniridia was completed but failed to meet the primary endpoint despite showing a positive trend towards functional improvement ( https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ptc-therapeutics-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2019-financial-results-and-provides-a-corporate-update-301014669.html ).

Discussion In the current study, we observed a positive trend for higher risk of breast cancer incidence across increasing TV viewing time categories with a borderline significance among total women and reached a level of significance among postmenopausal women after adjusting for physical activity and other potential confounders.

For trend tests, if a positive trend was revealed, then multiple comparisons were conducted using the same trend test.

This still supports the non-linear model of adaptation where immune responses vary from weak to strong, as either no distinct or a positive trend is expected.

A positive trend of increasing the number of Aberdeen Angus cattle in the studied herds was observed according to the distribution by breeding value classes.

Surgical volume showed a significant immediate increase ( β = 4.931, 95% CI (2.459, 7.403)) and a positive trend change over time ( β = 1.094, 95% CI (0.547, 1.642)), both of which are illustrated in Fig. 3 A as an upward level shift and steeper slope following adoption.

During the CP, however, the MKE experiences a negative trend in the northern North Atlantic, and a positive trend that extends more to the east in a zonal manner east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge along the path of the North Atlantic Current (NAC), signifying an overall southeast shift of the NAC and subpolar gyre (Fig. 2d ).

Overall, adding CDK4/6i to endocrine therapy did not worsen patients’ HR-QoL, with a positive trend towards pain improvement.

The three alternative hypotheses: that there was a negative, a non-null, or a positive trend could be chosen.

With the increase in MVPA time, the multifactor control rate showed a positive trend.

Similarly, a positive trend between ICTs, FDI and GDP is observed.

Also [ 17 ] identified, that as lake sturgeon size increased there was a positive trend in mollusc consumption, while dipterans were consumed by lake sturgeon between 250–649 mm.

QT graft seems to be used primarily by more experienced surgeons [ 14 ]; however, with new harvesting tools and fixation devices, there seems to be a positive trend where the choice of the graft is becoming more accessible.

Countries such as Italy, France, Finland, the USA and the UK have shown a positive trend in conversations of climate change-related topics after COVID-19, whereas other Latin American countries (such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia) and Asian (Indonesia) but also other European countries (Sweden, Switzerland and Austria) have experienced the opposite effect.