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19.1 Trends and Intensity
The size of activities for the four (4) items was small initially; however, the numbers picked up as time passed. For example, the Literature Discover and Regular Searches trends show that both gradually increased starting April 2020 until they rapidly grew in October 2020 and peaked by February 2021, except for Literature Discovery which peaked earlier by December 2020. From there, it declines gradually until March 2021 before increased sharply again in May 2021.
As for the Regulars Searches trend, since the activities peaked in February 2021, they still maintained a relatively high level. Likewise, the Sessions and Infometric Use show a similar pattern with a steady inclination upwards until September 2020 before retaining the same level.
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