Sentences with phrase «noted earlier the declining»

Not exact matches

«Eagle Ford production has been on an upward trend since it bottomed out in late 2016, although rig counts have been declining since reaching 86 on May 26,» Dallas Fed said, noting that the Eagle Ford output dropped in late August and early September due to curtailments amid Hurricane Harvey.

Although inflation compensation, which has returned as an accurate measure of inflation expectations, plays a key role in the recent rise in longer - term rates, an earlier post illustrated that the primary reason for the longer decline in the 10 - Year Treasury note rate is the real, or inflation - adjusted, yield, as measured by the rate on 10 - Year Treasury Inflated Protected Securities.

Galaxy said such declines were part of «seasonal trends» in lithium prices, and noted that small retractions in prices were also witnessed in early 2017 only to be followed by strong price rises later in the year.

But with all indicators in this analysis ending in 2014 or earlier, it is important to note that this ranking does not take into account the impact of the steep decline in oil and gas prices.

As noted earlier, USADA often declines to administer CIR testing to boxers on grounds that it is unnecessary and too expensive.

As noted earlier, USADA CEO Travis Tygart declined to be interviewed for this article.

Early termination of breastfeeding in cigarette smokers was also shown by Hill and Aldag.14 They noted that mothers who smoked cited insufficient milk as a reason for a decline in breastfeeding.

A moving average of UKIPs polling figures does seem to indicate that their support peaked in late 2014 / early 2015, but looking back beyond that I also note that they've declined and recovered before, so it's possible that the trend might reverse itself.

Since, as Marcus notes, «some U.S. universities and colleges may be going the way of the music and journalism industries,» scientists at early stages of their careers may wish to consider whether they ought to tie their futures to institutions that, failing drastic reform in the near future, will in many cases continue «facing skeptical customers, declining enrollment, an antiquated financial model that is hemorrhaging money, and new kinds of low - cost competition.»

They noted that wind and ocean currents could also return to earlier conditions, leading to a decline in penguin populations.

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

It's also quite interesting to note that since the early 1900's the amount of sleep that people here in the US have been getting per night has also declined steadily from approximately nine hours of sleep to less than six or even five hours.

In addition to a north - south divide in school standards, in its annual report, Ofsted noted: an improvement in primary schools, but with weaker secondaries, teacher shortages affecting many schools, a need for better leadership in underperforming schools, free school standards «broadly in line» with other schools, early education as «never stronger» and a decline in prison education.

(And Gartner is not alone here; IDC noted similar declines for Amazon in quarterly sales earlier this year.)

Early in the article Alexandria Sage notes, «But a larger - format e-reader may not be a quick fix for a struggling newspaper business devastated by crumbling ad revenue and declining readership.

«Market conditions in Ottawa tightened early this year because of a decline of new properties being offered for sale,» noted Hogue.

As I've noted before, quantitative easing has invariably operated along the following sequence: 1) the stock market declines significantly from its peak of about 6 months earlier; 2) quantitative easing is initiated; 3) the market recovers its prior loss over a period of about 40 weeks.

The Norwegians also noted very little ice around Svalbard in the early 1920's so who is to say that this recent decline isn't just part of a longer 80 - 100 year cycle, probably led by changes to ocean currents (which would explain why the Arctic has warmed, unlike the Antarctic continent).

Moreover, the paper gets its history wrong when it notes that «Total cancer mortality rates did not decline until 1990, 25 years after the identification of the effect of smoking on lung and other cancers...» Well, actually, it was more like 50 years, because the earliest studies to connect smoking and lung cancer were conducted not by NIH - funded scientists but by Nazi scientists in the run - up to World War II.4 By the logic of the PNAS paper, then, ought we to be crediting the Nazi health science agenda with whatever progress has been made on reducing lung cancer, rather than the incredibly protracted and difficult public health campaign (that, for the most part, NIH had nothing to do with) aimed at getting people to cut down on smoking?

In addition, China has met its 2020 emissions reductions goal three years early (noting, though, that while coal use in China is declining, Chinese companies are working to build and finance the construction of coal - fired power plants elsewhere, like this project in Kenya.)

But I looked at the International Panel on Climate Change's «AR4 Synthesis Report — Summary for Policymakers» from November 2007 and it notes that «methane growth rates have declined since the early 1990s, consistent with total emissions being nearly constant during this period.»

The SJC declined to order the fine, noting that Murphy had earlier agreed no longer to sit as a judge.

While the ONCA agreed with the wife that the trial judge had erred in including in his costs award costs for an earlier case conference where the endorsement from that conference was silent as to costs (citing a 2007 decision of the ONCA in Islam v. Rahman), the ONCA declined to reduce the award, noting that it was reasonable and proportionate.