“an increasing trend”

A positive slope indicates an increasing trend, while a negative slope indicates a decreasing trend.

Conclusions Folate test ordering is an increasing trend in this large academic hospital, suggestive of non-clinical guided test ordering and low-value testing. status released display-pdf yes is-olf no is-manuscript no is-preprint no is-journal-matter no is-scanned no is-retracted no Received 2024 Jun 24; Revised 2025 May 9; Accepted 2025 Jun 3; Collection date 2025 Jan-Dec.

These findings align with data from a large American national database of 37,959 individuals, which demonstrated that these medication classes were among the top 18 most frequently prescribed and exhibited an increasing trend in usage from 1999–2000 to 2011–2012 29 .

In contrast to unvaccinated individuals who showed declining polyfunctional CD4 T cell levels by D90, the proportion of three-cytokine + CD4 T cells showed an increasing trend at D90 in both groups (Fig. 5 j).

There was an increasing trend in alcohol-related deaths for both sexes from 1995 to 2016 39 .

Although an increasing trend in MI scores was observed at 6 and 12 months, these changes were not statistically significant ( p > 0.05).

Both clusters 2 and, more pronouncedly, cluster 3, displayed an increasing trend in the number of FLT, reflecting overall growth and increased adoption of FLT as a sign of the implementation and standardization of treatment.

There is a significant rise in the deployment of small satellites, with nearly 95% of all spacecraft launched in 2022 being under 600 kg [ 1 ], and an increasing trend is anticipated for the future [ 2 ].

The reports of Long-acting GnRHa were submitted with an increasing trend year by year, mainly from 2019 to 2023 ( Fig 3A ).

The prevalence of self-injury varies across different countries, ranging from 11.5 to 33.8%, with global data showing an increasing trend [ 8 ].

[ 69 ] found that TiO 2 at 3–5% increased surface hardness, but 7% reduced it; surface roughness showed an increasing trend with higher TiO 2 concentrations, though the relationship was not linear.

Immediately after birth, PAP values were lowest and then showed an increasing trend ( Figure 3 ).

The use of NOACs demonstrated an increasing trend over the study period, with a higher proportion of patients being prescribed these medications in recent years (4% in 2019 to 30% in 2023–2024). 4.3.

The GM AUC performance exhibited an increasing trend as the sampling rate decreased from 4Hz to 0.25Hz for the CNN and LSTM models.

Another study that evaluated a sample of 162,673 older people found that Diabetes Mellitus showed an increasing trend between 2006 and 2021, as did overweight and obesity, which increased significantly.

The friction curve shows an increasing trend in the first 15 min and then remains stable.

Across all conditions, the Tsai–Wu strength failure values for the CFRP, G/C/G, C/G/C, and GFRP stacking configurations showed an increasing trend with a higher GFRP content, indicating that introducing GFRP led to a deterioration in structural performance.

The TS concentration measured in the reactor effluent showed an increasing trend throughout the whole operation, but the TS values in all phases did not differ significantly (2.08–3.50 g/kg) ( Figure 3 ).

As the freeze-thaw cycles continued, the proportion of macropores exhibited an increasing trend once again.

Analysis of the inhibitory gene Rb in the glutamine transport system revealed an increasing trend in Rb gene expression after CAP treatment.

As the oxygen content increases, the peak intensity shows an increasing trend, with the potential gradually shifting towards the positive direction.

An increasing trend in thermal conductivity can be observed as the percentage of tailings rises, progressing from approximately 0.32 W/m·K in the control sample to 0.52 W/m·K in the 50% replacement sample.

Similarly, the variation range of the ratio of long to short axes of voids was between 2.02 and 2.15 with the increase in porosity, showing an increasing trend but with overall little change, indicating that the internal void shape characteristics of the PAC mixture were predominantly elongated and narrow. 3.1.2.

For instance, a recent study demonstrated an increasing trend in amphetamine-related emergency department and inpatient visits in the city of Toronto, Ontario, including high rates of co-occurring psychiatric disorders and opioid use [ 15 ].

In Figure 4 b, as the thickness of the gold film increases from 50 nm to 65 nm, the central wavelength corresponding to the wave peak shows a decreasing trend, while in the corresponding Figure 4 d, the specific FWHM shows an increasing trend; the FWHM becomes wider.