Sentences with phrase «cent decreased levels»

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For example, with UK targets demanding a 34 per cent decrease in carbon emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2020, companies are increasingly required to change the way they do business, says Som Narayan, co-founder of Carbon Masters, an Edinburgh - based company which helps organisations reduce their carbon emissions.

According to figures from the World Bank, the Chinese economy's carbon intensity — the amount of CO2 emissions relative to the size of economic output — has decreased by almost 70 per cent over the past three decades (see «Peak planet: Carbon dioxide intensity «-RRB-, and a further 20 per cent reduction from current levels is promised by 2020.

MRI studies have consistently shown a reduced level of GABA in the brains of those with TS and post-mortem studies have shown this decrease to be as much as 50 per cent.

A study published in the journal Sleep Medicine found that leptin levels decreased by 18 per cent and ghrelin levels increased by 28 per cent when sleep was restricted to four hours per night over two nights.

The gap has decreased from 16.3 percentage points to 15.6 percentage points, but only 58.6 per cent of boys start school with the expected level of development, compared to 74.3 per cent of girls.

The findings are based on a survey of over 32,000 children and young people aged eight to 18 and found that daily writing levels decreasing from 27.2 per cent in 2014 to 20.7 per cent in 2015, with 44.8 per cent of respondents saying they enjoy writing either very much or quite a lot in 2015, compared to 49.3 per cent in 2014.

The intensity to buy has also decreased with those very likely to buy slipping from nine per cent in 2007 to seven per cent in 2008, the lowest level since the survey was started 15 years ago.

In 2008 the level of MLS sales is expected to fall by 3.9 per cent to 499,650 units, while 2009 will see an additional decrease to 488,300.