For traits for which increased production has consistently been sought by producers, such as weaning weight, yearling weight, and milk, additive genetic means have increased linearly (Additional file 1: Table S1; Figure 1b, Additional file 1: Figure S4, and S10).
The more efficient production means output has increased and the number of fishermen has doubled, raising concerns about the lake's reserves.
The number of jihadists - groups of people who believe in creating an Islamic state by violent means - has increased in various parts of the world such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Yemen over the past two decades.
Between P1 and P3, mean MST has increased by 1.6°C while mean MMT has increased by 0.8°C.
Reducing the number of officials in the DfE had meant "performance has increased as headcount has decreased.
While the world's average mean temperature has increased by one degree Fahrenheit since 1900, Tokyo's has increased by 5.2 degrees.
Victoria's average annual mean temperature has increased by almost 0.9°C over the past century, around the same as the rest of Australia.
Between pre- and post-treatment periods, mean WTP has increased in workers after intervention in all occupational groups.
Using simple statistics rather than computer models, he shows that the frequency of "extreme anomalies" - for the statistically-minded, defined as more than three standard deviations from the mean - has increased 10-fold.
After 1 day, the mean WRMS has increased by 4 to 22 μs, and after 3 days, the value has doubled relative to the standard solution.
Mean age has increased from 1971-2007 mainly because of higher life expectancy over time.
