observed decline
collocation in Englishmeaningsofobserveanddecline
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observe
verb[T]
uk/əbˈzɜːv/us/əbˈzɝːv/
formal
to watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more ...
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decline
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈklaɪn/us/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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(Definition ofobserveanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Therefore, the precise role of non-genetic heterogeneity in influencing theobserveddeclinein genetic variance is an important and open question.
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Theobserveddeclinein pertussis incidence from 1997 to 1998 probably reflects the epidemic cycle of pertussis.
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For the period before 1946, there are no published national data, and it is clearly unsatisfactory simply to extrapolate backwards theobserveddeclinesince then.
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They concluded that almost one-quarter of theobserveddeclinein perinatal mortality rate was caused by the change in the maternal age-parity distribution of births.
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The probit regression reveals a statistically significant reduction in the probability of upland hires over time (in keeping with theobserveddeclinein labor use).
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First, there is noobserveddeclinein total egg output at high worm burdens.
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Theobserveddeclinemay be indicative of a release of this complex.
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In the highest socioeconomic group (1), theobserveddeclineis surprising.
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The contact and infection probabilities for this run where theobserveddeclinewas closely matched by the model were 0.125 and 0.473 respectively.
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This result is important because it suggests that theobserveddeclinein depressive symptoms in later adolescence and early adulthood is not due to selective attrition.
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Additional declines of almost 3 percentage points (or around 20% of theobserveddecline) are associated with reductions in inequality among racial groups, and between urban and rural areas.
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Although we cannot in all cases be certain that anobserveddeclinein birds in estuaries is directly attributable to the over-fishing of cockles, there are some recent worrying examples.
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Thus, if the external stimulus was presented earlier in the acquisition phase, theobserveddeclinein blinking would be even less than if the external stimulus was presented later.
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Thus observed increases are not a consequence of episodic recruitment events, and observed declines are not a consequence of inhibited g ermination or juvenile non-recruitment.
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The eruption ended on day 64, which is the fastestobserveddeclineto quiescence.
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The patterns of observed declines are far from homogeneous.
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