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However, a slight trend toward higher cone densities in the temporal quadrant compared to the nasal quadrant was observed.

A slight trend towards increased retention in the first 5 mm of the membrane compared to the bottom section was observed, as frequently seen in other porous media.

A phase II trial in severely brain injured patients reported a slight trend towards a better outcome in the CP-0127 treatment group (Marmarou et al., 1999 ).

Although there is a slight trend toward recovery in the pre-treated groups, these changes do not meet the threshold for statistical significance.

There were no significant main effects, but there was a slight trend for a significant interaction effect on the distance traveled to reach the platform.

melanoneura catches were similar in the morning and afternoon throughout the whole sampling period ( Figure 2 a) and only a slight trend of catching more emigrants in the morning was observed in these two years ( Figure 2 b).

However, the expected increase in penetration efficacy for lower, finite doses was only seen as a slight trend, but was not significant.

Al 1100 showed a slight trend in lengthened deposition times in the V-t deposition curve with HNO 3 presoaking, while 6061 did not show any trends ( Figure S28 ).

Although we observed a slight trend toward greater corneal endothelial preservation with the M-tip, it was not clinically significant.

The scores show a slight trend of improvement for independence in activities of daily living and muscle strength, associated with a slight reduction in lower limb pain and spasticity.

APP cells showed a slight trend to increased ROS levels compared to controls cells ( Fig. 1C ).

By 13 DPI, no clear histological differences were observed between the groups, although the vaccinated hamsters showed a slight trend toward higher histological scores.

A slight trend towards increased HCASMC calcification was observed during dynamic flow, as depicted in Figure 2 This suggests that the effect of flow on BMP-4 expression levels is more pronounced than the influence of calcification.

4 ) shows a slight trend of decreasing frequency of cabozantinib dose modification with higher cabozantinib clearance (lower exposure).

Most techniques reached comparatively good identifiability scores, yet non-aggressive AROMA scored significantly lower while SOCK shows a slight trend of a higher score.

A slight trend was observed in which synthetic images underestimated intensity values compared to clinical iodine-enhanced images.

[ 20 ] revealed comparable OC differentiation between RA and PsA with a slight trend towards higher differentiation in PsA.

However, there was a slight trend towards greater bias on Own Memory trials when they came after Other Action trials compared to when they came before them ( Mdn = 0.6% and Mdn = 0.1% respectively, Z = 1.732, p = 0.083).

Neither treatment modified triglyceride or HDL-c serum levels, although there was a slight trend towards increased HDL-c levels in response to GQ-16 treatment ( Table 1 ).

However, there was a slight trend toward significant preoperative SVA differences when isolating cMIS patients from the HYBRID patients and comparing the cMIS subgroup against the OPEN group.

The gender distribution remained constant, as did the age distribution, with a slight trend of increasing proportions falling into the older age groups.

This study has shown a slight trend of increase of MPs with the degree of milk processing and packaging conditions.

These responses are in marked contrast to individual bacterial ( Staphylococcus ) infection responses, which show no significant alteration in the distribution of dendritic cell markers in any of the cases examined, in contrast showing a slight trend toward an overall suppression, in particular, for patients Inf-089, 116, and 162, respectively (Figure 1 B).

Weak negative correlations between age and the number of clips, clipping to MG2, and clipping to operation suggest a slight trend toward younger patients requiring fewer clips and shorter follow-up times, though these were not statistically significant [ 17 ].

There was a slight trend towards the upregulation of the Vegf - d gene (Fig. 8 d).