Sentences with phrase «declined in quality over»

A recent study of parent — child interactions in preterm infants found that maternal positive affect and involvement declined in quality over time, but this decline was not as steep for children who exhibited better vagal regulation (Poehlmann et al., 2011).

Some gamers say the horror genre has declined in quality over the last decade, and to an extent, those claims are true.

What we are worried about: While the Insidious franchise is better than most horror franchises, there has been a definitive decline in quality over the course of the series.

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In the 1990s, the chain gave up toasting its buns altogether in exchange for efficiency, but the quality decline didn't go over so welIn the 1990s, the chain gave up toasting its buns altogether in exchange for efficiency, but the quality decline didn't go over so welin exchange for efficiency, but the quality decline didn't go over so well.

«The decline in employment quality over the past two decades does not mean that we have turned into a nation of «hamburger flippers,»» Tal wrote.

In terms of our transportation infrastructure, according to the most recent World Economic Forum rankings, the U.S. fell from 7th to 18th in the quality of our roads over the past decade, as our investments in this space have declined by half as a share of GDP since the 1960In terms of our transportation infrastructure, according to the most recent World Economic Forum rankings, the U.S. fell from 7th to 18th in the quality of our roads over the past decade, as our investments in this space have declined by half as a share of GDP since the 1960in the quality of our roads over the past decade, as our investments in this space have declined by half as a share of GDP since the 1960in this space have declined by half as a share of GDP since the 1960s.

The reason efficiency is declining is due to decline in oil reservoir quality the world over as the best reserves of this finite resource were produced first and more recent production is more energy - intensive using enhanced oil recovery techniques.

The decline in coal consumption fits an overall pattern seen in China over the past few years, which suggests that China is running out of high quality coal.

«In a horrible, truly worst - case scenario, a high - quality bond index fund is still less risky over the course of a year than stocks are in one day,» says the investment adviser Allan Roth, founder of Wealth Logic in Colorado Springs, alluding to the 20 percent decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index on Oct. 19, 198In a horrible, truly worst - case scenario, a high - quality bond index fund is still less risky over the course of a year than stocks are in one day,» says the investment adviser Allan Roth, founder of Wealth Logic in Colorado Springs, alluding to the 20 percent decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index on Oct. 19, 198in one day,» says the investment adviser Allan Roth, founder of Wealth Logic in Colorado Springs, alluding to the 20 percent decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index on Oct. 19, 198in Colorado Springs, alluding to the 20 percent decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index on Oct. 19, 198in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index on Oct. 19, 1987.

This attitude of wanting the club to decline further just so a managerial change can come in to their liking is beyond petulant... Ozil, Xhaka, Bellerin, Mustafi, AOC, Koscielny are all solid building blocks for a quality squad if a quality manager is to take over..

Declining the medication caused the doctors to raise concerns over my life expectancy, quality of life and the possibility of causing further damage to my heart, although they could not confirm that the medication would, in fact, actually improve my health.

Maintaining a workaholic lifestyle will, over time, inevitably lead to a decline in the quality of one's relationships and health.

The Christian Council of Ghana says there has been a «continuous decline in the provision of quality education and moral formation among students since government took over the management of mission schools in the country.»

Researchers believe that the latest results showing that dogs» quality of semen has diminished may offer a new piece of the puzzle over the reported significant decline in human semen quality.

As «man's best friend» and closest companion animal, the researchers believe that the latest results may offer a new piece of the puzzle over the reported significant decline in human semen quality — a controversial subject which scientists continue to debate.

However, declining human semen quality remains a controversial issue — many have criticised the variability of the data of the studies on the basis of changes in laboratory methods, training of laboratory personnel and improved quality control over the years.

«We observed higher rates of neurocognitive decline, increased symptom burden and a decline in health - related quality of life over time among non-progressing patients treated with bevacizumab,» he says.

Over the past few decades, researchers have noted declining sperm counts and quality in places such as Europe, Japan and the United States.

The researchers say the findings raise the question of whether a purported decline in human semen quality over the last 70 years could also be a result of environmental factors.

During that period we have witnessed an exponential increase in cancer and decline in human fertility rates (a 50 % drop in average sperm quality over 50 years up to 2003, for instance).

It's a shame that Hollywood operates in this manner, and hopefully the steady decline in the box - office, as well as in quality television, will turn over a new leaf for the actors more fit to entertain.

In fact, he says, while water quality has improved «quite a bit» over the past fifteen years, fish life has been declining because of overfishing.

There has been a steady decline in the number of students choosing to study languages over the last two decades, which has in turn led to issues in recruiting and training enough high quality teachers in the subject.

The decline in the quality of those entering teaching is not an irrevocable trend driven by larger forces in the society over which policymakers can exercise little control.

Recent concerns over global economic growth and credit quality in China certainly played a role in January's decline.

Due to this, the only breeders left breeding blues were those that did not pay as close attention to the quality in which they were producing thereby the general quality of blues has declined over the years.

A review of the monies spent on dog research and the advancements achieved over the past 20 years one would expect the number of poor quality dog's being produced to be leveling off or at least be in a decline.

These changes wont happen tomorrow or even next month, but over time we will most definitely see a decline in single player quality and and incline in repetitive multiplayer games ridden with random useless DLC.

This final installment will go deeper into what we believe are the most important aspects of a law firm panel approach: the management practices that keep law firms motivated, focus firms on innovation and strong outcomes, and result in high quality and stable or declining costs over time.

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Those who did not take the Bringing Baby Home program showed a decline in relationship quality over the first year after the baby's birth.

For middle - class families, however, and especially families characterized by lower quality relationships, declines in parental knowledge over time appear to be the norm.

Indeed, individuals in arranged marriages tend to enjoy love and satisfaction levels that are comparable to those in love - based marriages.4, 5 Considering that marital quality typically declines over time in love - based marriages6 and that individuals generally report low levels of love during the early stages of arranged marriages, 7 it seems that those in arranged marriages often learn to cherish their partners over time.

Although parenting quality inevitably adjusts, improves or declines as children mature and parents face new and different challenges, some level of stability in parenting style over long periods of time obtains.

Over the last 20 years, we have witnessed the rapid decline of water quality and quantity in Australian waterways.

Analyses found that over the 4 - year period (2006 — 2010) increases in positive marital quality of both spouses were independently associated with increases in their self - rated health in midlife and old age as well as with declines in disability in old age.