“a slightly increasing trend”

The weekly number of admissions was almost stable during the pre-COVID period, with a slightly increasing trend from October to March (flu period).

Regarding MDF, only the TA muscle exhibited a significant difference in slope between groups, with a slightly increasing trend observed in pre/sarcopenic individuals.

Impact of Loading Rate As shown in Figure 5 a–d, with the increase of loading rate, B 1 (calculated using Formula (1)) and B 2 (calculated using Formula (2)) show a slightly increasing trend, and the values of B 1 and B 2 of coal and marble are larger than that of the other two rocks under load and displacement control modes.

Subsequently, there was a slightly increasing trend in ORs for intakes of >3 mg/day, with the 95% CI including unity for values of ≥6.5–7 mg/day of copper.

The OR kept a slightly increasing trend without breaking 1.2 until the CDDD increased to 1,520.

We find that from 2011 to 2019, overall Moran’s I values with the Rook matrix present a slightly increasing trend with fluctuations, and dramatically went up in 2020.

We observed a slightly increasing trend between the measured concentrations after 56 days in 2 replicates; this was however not confirmed by the other three replicates, which showed no differences to negative controls.

In the NPICU, the consumption values of glycopeptides (vancomycin, teicoplanin) were between 2.3 and 4.0 g/100 days (3.1–4.0 DDD/100 days) and showed a slightly increasing trend between 2014 and 2018 (49% g/100 days and 10% DDD/100 days).

With the increasing concentration of sodium chloride, the G′ of WS and PoS compound systems showed a slightly increasing trend ( Figures 3A,B ), while PeS compound system kept decreasing ( Figure 3C ).

Type I EC exhibited a slightly increasing trend in the study period both in the Region of Murcia (0.9% APC) and in the Bas-Rhin area (0.3% APC).

Peak T2(C2) presented a slightly increasing trend.

The size of datasets again affected the performance, yielding a slightly increasing trend with an increase in the volume of the datasets.

As expected, fatigue ratings showed a slightly increasing trend throughout the experiment, with a “very low” and “low” level for the first blocks and up to “moderate” levels for the last blocks.

Noteworthy, the open-circuit voltage of PESM exhibited a slightly increasing trend with temperature (Supplementary Fig. 32 ), indicating that ion selectivity would not be weaken when temperature ascended.

Hence, the CDRR and CARR show a slightly increasing trend while the contact angle and sliding angle differences decrease gradually (Fig. 9c–e ).

The annual sediment load at Hukou was in a slightly increasing trend during 1956–1963, and after 1970, the annual sediment load showed a declining trend, especially during the period of 1995–2002 ( Fig 3D ), when the trend was significantly decreasing (> 95% confidence level).

During the lockdown, there was a significant increasing trend in the production of mixed waste and a slightly increasing trend for glass.

However, there was a slightly increasing trend with fluctuations in females and males.

However, antibiotic consumption showed a slightly increasing trend after COVID-19 began, from the intervention in January 2020 to December 2020.

The c i calculated from tree-ring δ 13 C ranged from 151.5 ppm in 1875 to 209.2 ppm in 2010, showing a slightly increasing trend than c a ( Fig 7a ).

The number of hip fractures is rapidly increasing, and the incidence of hip fractures demonstrated a slightly increasing trend until 2012.

There was also a slightly increasing trend in reported poor family relationships in 2021 compared with earlier years across all age groups, particularly among those aged between 15 and 35 years.

During the delay period, the γ burst shows a slightly increasing trend, which is consistent with the experimental observation by Lundqvist et al.

Confronting the estimated means of time spent grazing during each period, a slightly increasing trend can be observed in all time slots, especially when comparing P1-P3 to P4-P5, indeed, both groups showed higher grazing activity in P4 and P5 when compared with the other periods of trial.

In relation to the mean academic achievement of the students in the sample, which ranges from 0 to 10 according to the Spanish education system, it has a value of 6.40 in the first year, with a slightly increasing trend over the period analysed.