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6.1 Trends and Intensity
The trends show the Literature Discovery and Regular Searches peaked four (4) times during that period, i.e., March, May, November in 2020, and April 2021 (Figure 6.1.a).
Meanwhile, the Sessions and Infometric Use trends have shown both remained steady and fluctuated around the averages throughout the 18 months (Figure 6.1.a).
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