1599) describes a worrying trend in science: “reputation based on discovery is no longer the currency.” Although Lazebnik (2015 , p. 1599) mentions several causes, he also mentions how scientists are now frequently assessed by “the number of papers published, the number of citations, citation indexes, impact factors, formulas to calculate their relative values.” Such criteria are not per se wrong, but they are one-sided.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNIVERSITIES For universities, a worrying trend noted in this review is that despite transformations in the doctorate implemented to meet new government expectations, doctoral researchers’ perception of their student experience and their employability remains stubbornly negative, as described above.
Whilst statistically significant, it demonstrates a worrying trend of patients neglecting their ocular symptoms.
Studies suggest that men may benefit from social support structures that boost their confidence in managing infertility challenges, while women do not receive similar reinforcement, leading to a worrying trend where female infertility is linked to greater psychological distress.
Hence, these results which are based largely on 2030 and 2050 pledges for a subset of the world’s countries, already show a worrying trend for reliance on land in national climate mitigation strategies.
A worrying trend in respect of both helminth and protozoan parasites was the increase in prevalence over the period 2005-2008, in helminth infections prevalence increasing 2-3 fold by 2008, and in protozoan infections by 1.5-2.0 fold.
The 2012 Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS) also revealed a worrying trend of many infected male and female youth unaware of their HIV/AIDS status and this is consistent with the global trends [ 44 , 63 ].
Here, we argue that a greater recognition of the conservation value of microreserves may help reverse a worrying trend: the steep decline in the rate of new, amphibian-containing PA establishment within the PA network since 2000 (Fig. 2a ).
The map reveals that southern municipalities (including the islands) dominate the positive trend in the Malmquist index of social progress, while the Mediterranean regions show a worrying trend towards social regress.
The findings point to a worrying trend of physical inactivity among adults, which has increased by about 5 percentage points between 2010 and 2022.
Raising Awareness to Mitigate the Risk for Patients and Added Scientific Value of Hemocompatibility Analysis As outlined earlier, a worrying trend is seen in the multiple recent (2010 onwards) clinical case reports of adverse events and even suspected lethal cases related to thromboembolic complications upon systemic infusion of highly procoagulant TF/CD142 expressing MSC products in patients. 12 , 19 While some well-respected academic center
Further investigations are warranted to ascertain if the recorded decline represents a stochastic event or a worrying trend.
In short, in the current context, where Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have transformed the social interaction of the native digital generations, there is a worrying trend towards the normalization of CVAWG behaviors content and uses of social networks from a very early age.
Introduction Workplace violence, particularly in healthcare settings, has become a worrying trend worldwide [ 1 ].
The documented rise and spread of resistance to currently-used insecticides in the major malaria mosquito vectors therefore presents a worrying trend that may negatively impact malaria control programmes 2 – 4 .
Conclusions In today’s over-technological world full of various stressors, living in a polluted environment, food substitutes and a sedentary way of working, the proportion of civilization diseases is rising sharply, and a worrying trend of exponential growth in cancer can be seen.
This is a worrying trend so early on, because the disease is still increasing.
The maternal mortality rate in Tanzania increased slightly in 2020, from 151 to 152 deaths per 100,000 live births, which is a worrying trend.
The findings point to a worrying trend of physical inactivity among adults, which increased by about 5% between 2010 and 2022.
High prevalence of obesity in school going children is a worrying trend and portends of future increase in obesity related diseases.
gonorrhoeae strains, represents a worrying trend that requires monitoring and investigation.
This finding highlights a worrying trend in communities with less access to education, as shown in Fig. 2 .
Regarding toilet use, a worrying trend was observed among public school students, with well over fifty-percent reporting open defecation near school premises due to inadequate toilet facilities.
Especially very high intake of total SSBs, attributed to over 32% of total daily beverage consumption may be a worrying trend, when comparing it with the results of the analysis of the database of SSBs intake for children and adolescents aged 3–19 years from 185 countries with the result of 23% [ 19 ].
Studies have shown that antidepressant use is widespread among medical students, indicating a worrying trend [ 13 , 14 , 15 ].