Sentences with phrase «gradual decline in»

However, in support of the argument that children affect a couple's relationship, Doss et al. (2009) conducted an eight year study in which they found that couples who had children had a more sudden decline in their relationship satisfaction following the birth of their first child which persisted through the study, as compared to couples who had not yet had children who showed a more gradual decline in their relationship satisfaction.

For adolescence - limited youths there usually is a gradual decline in the momentum of their antisocial behavior, but many will fall prey to the same snares that maintain life - course behavior.

In a market where the most important thing is to have your content «go viral,» he argues, there is less and less value in what blogs used to specialize in, which was a kind of multi-threaded, networked conversation (and the gradual decline in value of blog comments has arguably been a part of the same phenomenon).

Despite a continued gradual decline in the number of foreign acquisitions by UK based businesses witnessed since the second half of 2006, deal values in Q1 2008 (# 15.5 bn) were in line with 2007 quarterly averages and represented the third highest quarterly foreign investment level since 2002.

With the gradual decline in the fur trade, and the need for increased immigration for western settlement, colonial and national policies sought to eliminate the constant movement of families and communities that the traditional hunting and gathering ways of life demanded.

By contrast, a plateau implies a gradual decline in such additions, a pattern more consistent with how the world petroleum industry will work over the next several decades.

However the gradual decline in temperatures over the centuries that it depicts can not be detected, nor the lack of variability of the climate over the same time scales.

In each of these regions, solar energy production is emerging as a competitive means to generate electricity due to the gradual decline in solar electricity generation costs and the rising costs of traditional fossil fuel.

Since then there has been a gradual decline in the length and mass of the glaciers, but this has accelerated dramatically during the last 30 years.

This is inconsistent with rising GHG levels but entirely consistent with the gradual decline in the bicentennial component of solar luminosity since just prior to 1990: -

is inconsistent with rising GHG levels but entirely consistent with the gradual decline in the bicentennial component of solar luminosity since just prior to 1990

From A.D. 1,000 to about 1915, the graph depicts a gradual decline in Northern Hemisphere temperatures (the hockey stick handle) followed by an abrupt upturn in hemispheric temperatures during the remainder of the 20th century (the blade).

There is a large amount of forest inventory data supporting the gradual decline in carbon accumulation throughout the eastern United States, 30 as well as evidence of increasing disturbances and disturbance agents that are reducing overall net productivity in many of the forests.

So, while there may be a long term gradual decline in solar irradiance, it is barely significant compared to current rate of warming.

Steven's covers the artist's long life, extreme success, then gradual decline in attention from critics in an art world that changed dramatically from one of comradeship and conviviality in the 1950s into a market - driven art commodities scene in the l980s.

As cats age, there's a gradual decline in the body's ability to repair itself, maintain normal body functions and adapt to stresses in the environment.

It's a slow - acting virus that can, over several years, cause a gradual decline in the immune system, making the cat more vulnerable to a variety of infections.

From January 2012 - November 2014, there was a gradual decline in the number of dogs taken to Camden County Animal Shelter from our core PFL area each year.

The gradual decline in long - term interest rates over the last few years propelled many of the recent gains in real estate trusts and it's difficult to see how rates can go much lower than current levels.

If, in fact, the demand for housing is stabilizing — and, again, we won't know that for sure, I think, until we see sales figures in the spring — then we should see from here a gradual decline in the months for sale inventory.

Many analysts say that those rising bond income payments could offset the gradual decline in bond prices enough to produce positive — albeit modest — total returns.

«Normally there's a gradual decline in prices until we get into the winter tourist travel season.

Even the Benz S - Class is not immune from the gradual decline in the market segment for large cars over $ 100,000.

The hard work and abuse from rough roads are hard on the Cadillac coil springs, causing a gradual decline in their ability to perform their function, making periodic replacement necessary.

There has been a gradual decline in public financial support of higher education over the past 30 years.

Have you noticed a gradual decline in online learner participation?

If a person switched to a 90 % vegan diet and has a gradual decline in creatine levels to «below normal» does that have to do with the diet or is the person experiencing regular age related changes?

It is the final result of a gradual decline in the functioning of the ovaries.

The following are some examples of hormone imbalance that can contribute to symptoms: Testosterone Unlike women who experience a dramatic drop in progesterone and estrogens at menopause, men usually experience a gradual decline in testosterone.

Do you believe, this is what I believe and I could be wrong and you have more experience in this than I do so I'm testing my hypothesis with an expert, that as you add these toxins, like if you were to say on an average day someone with no toxins doesn't ever drop a word for their memory but on a day or a week or when their mercury levels hit one out of 10, maybe they drop one word today, and when they're five out of 10, they drop four words a day, there's a gradual decline in cognitive performance or physical performance before we hit the «Oh my god I feel crappy all the time, I have chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and I'm a zombie?»

And while the amount of cold air will be on the gradual decline in a warming world, it does not mean snowstorms will cease to exist.

Incidentally, as I see it, your reconstruction of Manns data showing the 15th century to be warmer than now is even more damming than Manns original construct, as it indicates a gradual decline in global temperatures until 1850, before human influence reversed that trend.

People with retinitis pigmentosa experience a gradual decline in their vision because the eye's photoreceptor cells slowly die off.

Using temperature loggers to estimate metabolic rates, he has seen only a gradual decline in metabolic rates in summer as food gets tougher to find.

The prognosis was for a gradual decline in vision and, when the amount of loss became significant, the tumor could be treated using radiation.

Economic gains in 6 months Turning to economic activities, the President said the gradual decline in the cost of borrowing and the increase in banks» credit to the private sector was encouraging.

It's led to a gradual decline in housing subject to the rent laws, as the price of apartments in New York has steadily risen.

In fact, if we did sign him, and kept Wenger on as manager, we'd see a gradual decline in VVD's performances, just like with all of our players.

I'm asking this, not as a knee jerk reaction from a few embarrassing results - but from a gradual decline in quality and deep concern that's been growing for the past 3 - 4 years..

The next phase of this will be the gradual decline in the market value of GrainCorp, and with that will come the gradual decline in services offered to grain growers.

Effects of reducing withdrawal rate over time (planning a gradual decline in consumption during retirement).

The labour market has been disappointing to date, but there have been some tentative signs of improvement recently, with a gradual decline in new jobless claims and an increase in non-farm employment in September.

We expect a further gradual decline in China's currency against the U.S. dollar in 2017, but a large devaluation is not our base case.

This is a bit faster than our current estimate of trend growth in the Australian economy, so we expect to see a gradual decline in the unemployment rate.

Growth at that sort of pace should allow some lessening of domestic capacity pressures, and thereby generate a gradual decline in inflation.

Nevertheless, FAO is sounding an alarm on gradual declines in wild catch fishing production and depletion of stocks, while being careful to note that growth in the global aquaculture industry is largely making up the difference and seems poised to overtake capture fishing as the world's leading source of seafood.

In just 2019, total property tax collections will fall by about a half billion dollars — with more gradual declines in the following years.

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In 2000, Robert Putnam's best seller, «Bowling Alone,» reflected on the gradual decline of social interaction which had previously defined and built our society.

«In the mid-term the rate of growth will see a gradual decline from current levels as China's economy continues to mature.»

Within his first week in office, he lifted capital controls that had prevented companies from repatriating dividends and devalued the peso, ending years of a gradual - decline policy that kept the currency overvalued as inflation soared.