Sentences with phrase «during the last decade by»

While the revolutionary nations had been mostly governed during the last decades by secular (and socialist) political elites, the Arab Spring has promoted Islamist political parties.

Over the last 50 years, global shark populations have declined by 90 percent as a result of overfishing, which has been exacerbated during the last decades by the growing demand for shark fins, specifically to be used as the key ingredient in shark fin soup.

Developed during the last decade by Australian father - and - son beekeepers Stuart and Cedar Anderson, the Flow Hive does away with the conventional practice of harvesting honey with removable frames that are cut with hot knives and having honey extracted centrifugally with a machine.

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Very disappointing, but understandable that so many are turned off by church as a result of leadership failures during the last two decades.

During the last three decades, for example, organizations representing 1.5 million U.S. health professionals (doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and educators) have stated definitively that homosexual orientation is as natural as heterosexual orientation; that sexual orientation is determined by a combination of yet unknown pre - and post — natal influences, and that it is dangerous and inappropriate to tell a homosexual that he or she could or should attempt to change his or her sexual orientation.

During the last decade Britain's use of cluster bombs, which release and scatter small bomblets over a large area, has been surpassed by only two other countries around the world.

During a more than one - hour debate, sponsored by the Oneonta Area LWV and League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area, Faso cited how more than 1 million people have left Upstate in the last decade, in part, because of stagnant wages, job losses and exorbitant property taxes.

In order to isolate the 3D structure of the chromosome during metaphase, the authors used a combination of chromosome conformation capture technologies (3C, 5C and Hi - C) developed by the Dekker lab over the last decade to map the points of contact along the mitotic chromosome in different cell types synchronized to divide at the same time.

During the 1960s, the average snow depth for winter (December to February) was six inches, according the statistics compiled by the National Weather Service at the Burlington International Airport, but has been closer to four inches during the last decade, the lower limit for snowmobDuring the 1960s, the average snow depth for winter (December to February) was six inches, according the statistics compiled by the National Weather Service at the Burlington International Airport, but has been closer to four inches during the last decade, the lower limit for snowmobduring the last decade, the lower limit for snowmobiling.

In response, lakebed temperatures of Arctic lakes less than 1 meter (3 feet) deep have warmed by 2.4 degrees Celsius (4.3 degrees Fahrenheit) during the past three decades, and during five of the last seven years, the mean annual lakebed temperature has been above freezing.

A curious detail also shown by the study is a reduction in atmospheric pollution from lead during the last few decades, which, as Lozano concludes, «suggests that the global measures taken to reduce lead emissions, such as the use of lead - free gasoline, have helped to reduce the levels of this metal in the atmosphere.»

The scientists looked at the so - called biogenic fluxes or flow of the three greenhouse gases on land that were caused by human activities over the last three decades and subtracted out emissions that existed «naturally» during pre-industrial times.

The finding was bad enough: During the last two decades, the population of wild chimpanzees and gorillas in the West African nations of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo has declined by more than half.

When Chorabari Lake in mountainous northern India drained suddenly during early monsoon rains last year, by contrast, decades worth of meltwater was unleashed, contributing to a catastrophe.

Treated silicon nitride is hydrophilic and has readily allowed DNA translocations, as measured by many other researchers during the last decade.

India has the world's third largest burden of AIDS, despite the fact that «HIV infections have declined by 56 % during the last decade, from 270,000 in 2000 to 120,000 in 2009,» says India's health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Professor Christopher Murray, Director of IHME and a co-author of both studies, says «China has experienced a remarkable demographic and health transition in the last three decades, and this is reflected by the changing picture of the nation's health that we see during this period.

During the last several decades, the use of RF - SBH assays has been supplanted by PCR - based clonality tests developed by Alexander Morley (Trainor K.J. et.

Now directed by Dr. Morvarid Moayeri, the program has trained over 50 clinical fellows during the last three decades.

However, one of the panel's reservations was that ``... a statistical method used in the 1999 study was not the best and that some uncertainties in the work «have been underestimated,»...» The panel concluded «Based on the analyses presented in the original papers by Mann et al. and this newer supporting evidence, the committee finds it plausible that the Northern Hemisphere was warmer during the last few decades of the 20th century than during any comparable period over the preceding millennium.

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That Guy Dick Miller by Elijah Drenner pays homage to one of Hollywood's hardest working and finest character actors during the last six decades.

After improving steadily for half a century, the health of American children as measured by key indicators began to deteriorate during the past decade, according to a report released last week.

This is partly due to the fact that the number of people studying computer science in the UK has dropped by 23 % at undergraduate level and 34 % at graduate level during the last decade.

During the last two decades, complacency had set in as reports from the U.S. Census Bureau's household survey suggested that high school completion among young adults was approaching 90 percent, the goal set by the first National Education Summit in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1989.

The car has been driven just under 2,000 miles during 18 months of ownership by the seller, who cites considerable expenditures over the last decade to maintain its condition at a notably high level using NOS parts.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a more ambitious novel than The Kite Runner, with a wider and deeper historical and cultural scope that illuminates the last three decades of Afghan history during which the country has been inflicted by coups and counter-coups, an anti-Soviet jihad, civil war, warlord and Taliban tyranny, and post 9/11 conflict.

It turns out that I was searching during one of the greatest airfare deal mistakes made by an airline in the last decade.

«For most investors, success is determined largely by the returns received during the period in which they have the largest amount of money in the market (i.e., the last decade or so of working years and the first decade or so of retirement).»

BURLINGTON, ON — Sept. 20, 2016 — A total of 25,522 pets found their forever homes last week during the PetSmart Charities ® National Adoption Weekend event held at more than 1,470 PetSmart ® stores across North America — setting a new record with the most pets adopted at these national events since they were initiated by the retailer more than two decades ago.

During the last two decades, the dual - personality of Goa is known by the following among tourists for its all - night parties

There's an article over at Asymco.com looking at videogame hardware sales during the last decade.1 It comes to the conclusion that the videogame market is being eaten up by smartphones and tablets.

The exhibition presented works made by 15 artists during the last decade which had recently entered the museum's collection.

In celebration of Artpace's 20th year, the press donated to the Linda Pace Foundation more than 170 pieces created by artists who have exhibited at Artpace or participated in its International Artist - In - Residency program during the last two decades.

Ninety - seven exhibitions in seven countries have presented artwork by Chihuly during the last decade with more than 10 million visitors in all, resulting in high recognition and a solid international fan base for the artist.

Her work has been shown in major national and international spaces during the course of the last six decades including exhibitions at Tate Britain, The Royal Academy and Southampton City Art Gallery and is the subject of a major monograph by Mel Gooding.

And, while painting has certainly been subject to a reappraisal during the last few decades as postmodern theory, conceptual and time - based art practices have challenged the primacy of painting and increasingly advocated for the dematerialization of the traditional art object, the tenets and practice of painting far from disappearing or being weakened by this realignment, have indeed emerged revitalized and re-imagined in the hand of many a creative practioner.

During the last two decades of her life, Sleigh purchased or negotiated trades of over 100 works of art by other women and exhibited her growing collection at SOHO 20 Gallery in 1999.

Collectors since 1967, the family owns some 6,000 works of art - from paintings to sculptures, photography, videos and installations - all by the most significant artists working during the last three decades.

During the last two decades of his life, he was dogged by health problems.

A century long struggle to gain full control of its natural resources and refining capacities has been punctuated by many events: from the exploits of the Anglo - Persian Oil company (later to be known as British Petroleum or BP), in the early part of last century; to the CIA backed overthrow of the first democratically elected government in the 1950s, after it nationalized the country's oil fields; to the destruction toll of several oil installations during the decade long Iran - Iraq war; to current pressures by large international firms to negotiate contracts for the exploitation rights of oil and gas.

An essay by curator Karen Wilkin — who worked closely with Frankenthaler in the curation of this exhibition, and who has worked with the painter extensively for decades — sheds new light on the painter's tremendous contribution to American art during the last half - century.

It began as the term «Urban Market» used by the advertising industry to define members of the Hip Hop buying public, and now has been retrofit by the auction houses for use in their large generalized auctions that began to appear during the Street Art boom of the last decade.

Private Utopia spans the last two decades and showcases the range of work produced by British artists during this time.

Museum materials offer tips for visiting these sites, but those who prefer the comfort of a museum environment can simply head to the museum — which opens «Brian Bess: Make Your Own Friends,» featuring video, sculpture, and works on paper created by the Los Angeles artist during the last decade, on Friday, September 18, just as summer is drawing to a close.

«The skill of the model is examined by comparing its output to sea ice thickness data gathered during the last two decades.

It's important to note that this line had only been added in 2002, but Earth - centric work has been part of the agency's core mission under Republican and Democratic administrations for decades, as Eric Berger laid out nicely in the Houston Chronicle last year during probes by Republicans in Congress.

Francou B, Vuille M, Wagnon P, Mendoza J and Sicart J - E 2003: Tropical climate change recorded by a glacier in the central Andes during the last decades of the twentieth century: Chacaltaya, Bolivia, 16S.