Sentences with phrase «decline in the number of cases»

- The majority of abuse cases happened in the 1960s and 1970s and there was a sharp decline in the number of cases that began in the 1980s and continues today.

The fact that the use of the family mediation profession has declined in the number of cases referred during the past two years is in part due to poor MoJ and LAA decisions.

«Costs rose when the county moved to a contract system [and there was also] a decline in the number of cases taken to jury trial, an increase in guilty pleas at first instance hearings, a decline in the filing of motions to suppress, a decline in requests for expert assistance, and an increase in complaints received by the court from defendants.»

Although only a few weeks have elapsed since the rule changes, Judge Stark's new patent procedures have so far coincided with a decline in the number of cases filed.

Not exact matches

A number of analysts have predicted that the price of oil could decline to $ 20 in which case the pain is likely to get worse in the short - term here.

With global synchronized growth underway and demand outstripping supply in a number of cases, not to mention the U.S. dollar in decline and inflation on the rise, commodities are poised to be among the best performing asset classes in 2018.

Seat pitch (leg room) in economy class has similarly declined, «from an average of 35 inches in the early 2000s to 31 inches today — and in an increasing number of cases -LSB-...] 28 inches,» On an American Boeing 737 MAX, the seat width in the main cabin ranges from 16.6 inches to 17.8 inches and seat pitch is 30 inches.

The number of respondents to the NAB survey anticipating inflation to be greater than 3 per cent over the next ten years declined in the latest survey, although it remains the case that an expected inflation rate in the 3 to 4 per cent range is the most common survey response.

A capsule of his findings would include the following facts: Over the past century, Christian populations in the West have either been holding steady or declining, while in Africa, Asia and Latin America — the «global South» in current geopolitical coinage — the numbers have been rising significantly and in some cases dramatically.

8 One does not need a medical degree to recognize that admitting homosexuals into the military would bring about an increase in the number of AIDS cases and would put additional financial and personnel strains on military medicine, which must contend with a declining military budget and the challenge of recruiting and retaining sufficient medical personnel.

According to a New Law Journal report published earlier this year, there's been a 25 % decline in the number of solicitors taking civil legal aid cases.

The number of laboratory - confirmed cases of influenza has dropped across New York state, the first decline since the flu was deemed widespread in December.

Since the late Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced that he would decline to prosecute some cases involving marijuana charges in 2014, the number of weed - related convictions has dropped about 75 percent in Brooklyn, according to the DA's Office.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that with declining numbers and only a handful of confirmed cases reported in recent weeks, the critical phase...

The number of reported flu cases to the county health department is declining, but the commissioner says there are still substantial amounts of flu circulating in the community.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that with the declining number and only a handful of confirmed cases reported in recent weeks, the critical phase of...

In New York City, the five cooling towers suspected of causing the outbreak were cleaned by July 29, before the disease had even peaked, and once that was completed, the number of new cases began to decline.

This theme highlights the fact that TB is still a life - threatening problem in the United States, despite the declining number of TB cases.

Though residents in the South Bronx have expressed frustration over the city's response to the outbreak and their borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr., criticized Mr. de Blasio for not seeking federal help to handle Legionnaires», officials said the number of diagnosed cases has been on the decline since late July.

«I think I should have the opportunity to have a couple words in here,» she said, repeating earlier assurances from the city that the number of new diagnosed cases of Legionnaire's was declining.

Although the number of cases from contaminated meat may be declining — the result, he says, of factors like more rigorous sanitary controls in slaughterhouses and thorough heating of hamburgers by fast - food chains — the bug is spreading farther in foods that are less likely to be cooked (and therefore sterilized), such as fruit and lettuce.

There has been a decline in the number of new cases of diabetes in US adults at a time when most of us were despairing of the relentless upward trend of this...

He notes, however, if an older adult's risk for dementia continues declining as it has in some high - income countries over the last few decades, «that increase in number of cases may be a little less eye - popping than it would be if the risk were staying the same.»

The different results could have come from different starting assumptions — Evans assumes the number of new dementia cases will stay the same in coming decades, while Langa takes into account the possibility that dementia risk could decline because of changes in lifestyle and health prevention measures in the last quarter century.

Bruce Aylward, the assistant - director general in charge of the operational response to Ebola at the World Health Organization (WHO), confirmed at a press conference today that the number of reported cases has declined in Liberia, the country hardest hit in this Ebola epidemic.

The number of chicken - pox cases in the United States has declined since a vaccine became available in 1995, and health officials are intent on eradicating the disease altogether.

«In every case we saw a decline in the number of stem cells, and rapamycin would bring it back.&raquIn every case we saw a decline in the number of stem cells, and rapamycin would bring it back.&raquin the number of stem cells, and rapamycin would bring it back.»

Although many foodborne illnesses have declined in the past 15 years, the number of laboratory - confirmed salmonella cases did not change significantly in 2012 compared with 2006 to 2008.

Working with local governments and international health organizations, the Carter Center has helped slash the number of infections from 3.5 million in 1986 to fewer than 5,000 cases today (a 99.7 percent decline).

«Almost immediately there was a decline in the number of new cases,» said Anne Kelso, director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne, Australia.

«We are encouraged by the declining number of new Ebola cases in West Africa, but remain concerned about a recent increase in cases in Guinea, and an inability to further reduce case counts in Sierra Leone,» said the White House.»

After important legal precedents were set and institutional support waned, the average number of cases declined but then took a sharp upturn from 1993 on, with a peak of 76 cases in 2000 and a total of 65 in 2007.

In most cases, it is politically impossible for school districts to proportionally decrease their number of employees as their student enrollment declines.

In this case, the New Britain teacher saw a 15 percent increase in the number of students testing at goal, the Hamden teacher had a 5 percent increase and the Fairfield teacher saw a slight declinIn this case, the New Britain teacher saw a 15 percent increase in the number of students testing at goal, the Hamden teacher had a 5 percent increase and the Fairfield teacher saw a slight declinin the number of students testing at goal, the Hamden teacher had a 5 percent increase and the Fairfield teacher saw a slight decline.

With most markets already down 20 % around the world, you could argue the damage has already been done but there are a sufficient number of pessimists out there who warn the worst case could be down still further, for a peak - to - trough decline of as much as 50 %, as occurred in 2007 - 2008.

«The decline in great whale numbers, estimated to be at least 66 % and perhaps as high as 90 %, has likely altered the structure and function of the oceans,» Roman and his colleagues write in the July 3, 2014, online edition of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment,» but recovery is possible and in many cases is already underway.»

An increase in the frequency of one extreme (e.g., the number of hot days) will often be accompanied by a decline in the opposite extreme (in this case the number of cold days such as frosts).

With the introduction of Salk inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in 1955, the number of cases rapidly declined to under 2,500 cases in 1957.

«But the lead author of the study... says that he is not convinced that it is just the changing climate... «It could be partly due to this chaotic rainfall, but personally I don't think it can explain such a dramatic decline in mosquitoes, to the extent we can say that the malaria mosquitoes are almost eradicated in these communities... «What we should consider is that there may be a disease among the mosquitoes, a fungi or a virus, or they're may have been some environmental changes in the communities that have resulted in a drop in the number of mosquitoes»... The research team also found anecdotal evidence that their discovery was not an isolated case... «Other scientists are saying they can't test their drugs because there are no children left with malaria.»»

The report indicates that in some of the most popular national parks the population of such species as lions, wildebeests, giraffes, buffalos and zebras has declined 59 percent between 1970 and 2005 — and in other parts of Africa, the numbers have fallen even more dramatically, in some cases up to 85 percent.

Lex Machina reports that 316 ANDA cases were filed in 2016 compared to 468 in 2015; number of inter partes review petitions filed on Orange Book patents has declined since 2015.

The latest MoJ report points out that over 80 % of work in housing law is legal help, but the number of cases has been declining over the last three years.

The ruling provides another very strong signal that judges are willing to penalise parties judged to have unreasonably declined to discuss the prospect of mediation and may lead to an increase in the number of cases settled out of court through the process.

After reaching a peak of 3,600 trials in 1985, the number of tort cases concluded by bench or jury trial has declined by nearly 80 %.

Since then, there have been a very large number of cases where the Board has either declined to dismiss on the basis of the reasoning in Investia, or has noted the reasoning in Investia but found it unnecessary to decide the point because the case could be dismissed on other grounds.

This is consistent with the increasing complexity of class action cases, and contrasts with a decline in the total number of law firms used between 2012 and 2013.

It may be true as a practical matter in a substantial number of cases, because many constitutional issues wind up in court and the court must decide the constitutional issue to decide the case and the executive does not have discretion to decline to enforce that resulting judgment.

Since its apogee in Q1 of 2015, the number of file sharing cases filed each quarter has declined until reaching a low of 249 cases in Q2 of 2016.

So cases involving design patents constitute a small percentage of patent litigation compared to the number of cases involving only utility patents (historically, just under 10 % and declining to less than 5 % in 2012 and 2013).

Conversely, the number of cases disposed in 3 months or less declined by 2.2 % and, similarly, the number with elapsed time of 6 to 12 months to disposition decreased by 0.9 %.