“a slight trend”

However, a slight trend towards higher scores was noted in embryos derived from the microinjection of GM sperm compared with those obtained from PM sperm, both in oocytes with MAG scores below and above 5 (Table 5 ).

Anti-EBNA antibody levels showed significant deterioration only when stored in a hot incubator or exposed to direct sunlight, with a slight trend after day 7.

Although the PD-1 inhibitor showed a slight trend of improving the DCR when compared with control arms, the result was not significant with an RR of 1.15 (95% CI 0.91 to1.45, P = 0.25) (Figure 3B ).

Serum FITC-dextran reached 1.01 ± 0.07 μg/mL in CRS mice, whereas control mice showed levels of 0.89 ± 0.05 μg/mL, suggesting a slight trend toward increased intestinal permeability.

The results of the OHI group indicated a slight trend for higher reverberation times; however, there were no statistically significant differences between any of the reverberation times.

This review found that although there was a paucity of randomized controlled trials comparing needle sizes, there was a slight trend of the available data favoring the smaller 25 gauge needle.

There was a slight trend toward increased nicotinic acid with CD38 treatment, however as described above, this was not correlated with decreased NaMN levels, suggesting that there is minimal NaMN cleavage by CD38.

In contrast AML blasts within the same host showed no changes in, or a slight trend toward increased proliferation (Fig. 4b , right panel).

However, growth curves for TBT-treated pups showed a slight trend for lower total body weight that was statistically not significant.

Safranin O staining revealed only a slight trend for less proteoglycan deposition by MSC-derived chondrocytes at day 28 post-transfection with miR-218 in comparison to the non-targeting (NC) mimic transfection control (Fig.

balansae shows a slight trend of shrinking, and the adaptive distribution tends to migrate to more northern latitudes.

Finally, our results show a slight trend towards decreased confidence in the professionalism of nursing staff.

However, molecular profiling ( Figure S5 ) showed only a slight trend for higher expression of CTC genes.

Curiously, the D/P ratio is not significantly higher for U->P changes relative to the no change class in either lineage, although there is a slight trend in that direction in both species.

A slight trend towards higher gene density with advanced heterotrophy was visible, but these differences were not significant ( p -value = 0.32, see Fig. 4 ).

When accounting for Bonferroni correction, no significant differences were observed for scores of Reader 1, although a slight trend of higher scores towards the interpolated images was observed.

Although there was a slight trend towards increased receptor cluster sizes in N. benthamiana , no statistical difference was observed.

This matching resulted in a slight trend toward less severe injury scores in the staged cohort.

Fig 6 indicates that some tissues showed a slight trend to lower expression in older age categories.

A slight trend showed improved outcomes following concomitant meniscal transplantation and worse outcomes with high BMI (meniscal transplantation, n = 5; BMI, n = 4).

However, a slight trend toward increased orientation with advancing age was observed (Supplementary Fig. 4).

For both species, there was a slight trend for an increase in the tissues water content, but this was not statistically significant ( C. fluminea : F 4, 20 = 1.830, p = 0.163; C. edule : F 4, 20 = 2.689, p = 0.061).

This CGI has been shown to control MC1R expression, with a slight trend of increased methylation in melanomas showing homozygous RHC MC1R , as compared to WT and heterozygous tumors.

There seems to be a slight trend for higher bond stresses with lower stiffness of the reinforcement; although the differences between aramid and glass fibre are very small, carbon fibre inlays have the lowest value.

Health change over the past year remained relatively static with a slight trend towards improvement (mean 54.5; SD 21.6; CI 95% 51.6–57.4).