“a slightly increasing trend”

However, the distribution showed a slightly increasing trend towards higher fit P ‐values at 5 days, while decreasing trends were observed at 14, 28 and 90 days.

In some countries, a steady or slightly decreasing trend over the last few years can be observed (Bulgaria and Slovakia), while in Lithuania a slightly increasing trend is observed over recent years.

All groups of diagnoses had a seasonal trend over the observation period, with hospitalisations for influenza showing, overall, a slightly increasing trend between 2008/09 and 2018/19 and those for all selected diseases associated with influenza presenting an overall slightly declining trend (Fig. 1 ).

As for the root-to-shoot translocation factor ( Figure 4 b), although there was a slightly increasing trend with added Pb, there was no significant difference at Pb(900) compared to Pb(150) either at N(0) or at N(1).

In contrast with the absence of dissociation factors (NO and NO2) in the ambient atmosphere, ozone levels at all stations showed a slightly increasing trend during the lockdown period, similar to those during the pre-lockdown period ( Dhaka et al., 2020 ).

A slightly increasing trend in the burden of breast cancer in the recent birth cohorts indicated the effect of generational experiences.

In fact, it has a slightly increasing trend with greater gel fractions.

For those under 18 years of age, we observed a slightly increasing trend in morality in the later years of the study period ( Figure 5c ).

In both datasets, a slightly increasing trend in promising reports across 10 years was noted.

In IL-10 group, a slightly increasing trend can be seen (~1.4%); however, the P value (0.117) showed no statistical difference between the first test and the second test.

The BA6 sLORETA values, displayed in Figure 6c , demonstrated a slightly increasing trend as the number of trials decreased, for both ME and MI, and for all movement classes.

In the RH decreasing cycle where the efflorescence occurred, Δ f showed a gradually decreasing trend first, then a sudden drop phenomenon, and a slightly increasing trend afterward.

Over the whole pH range (pH 3–8), the solubility of the Alcalase hydrolysate followed a slightly increasing trend (in the range of 60–76%).

Medium size zooplankton δ 13 C showed a slightly increasing trend with latitude.

The annually estimated incidence ratios (14 years study period) had a slightly increasing trend.

comata had a slightly increasing trend under 85% and 70% water treatments, and then significantly decreased under 55% water treatment (Figure 2 a,b).

No statistically significant difference was observed from any session pair although a slightly increasing trend was visible.

As shown in Figure 4f , the ohmic loss for case A1 exhibits a slightly increasing trend at current densities above 1.6 A cm −2 .

In the 30% RM and 50% RM treatments, the phycoerythrin content consistently decreased after each harvest, while the 10% RM treatment showed a slightly increasing trend.

However, the combined treatment did not result in a complete tumor ablation, with tumor volumes exhibiting a slightly increasing trend with time.

This shows a slightly increasing trend of subjective improvement of those attending PT, although it did not reach statistical significance.

The former focuses on its elastic properties, while the latter focuses on the average deformability of fissured specimens, which could be obtained by analyzing the axial stress–strain curve, as shown in Figure 6 b, with the increase in α, E, and E 50 of the fissured specimens generally showing a slightly increasing trend.

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.

We found, however, only a slightly increasing trend in cellular histone H3 acetylation in N2a/APPwt cells compared to control cells without reaching the statistical significance.

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.