observed increase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofobserveandincrease
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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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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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Finally, theobservedincreasein health care expenditure might partly be explained by the transition of health care from family networks to institutions.
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Theobservedincreaseof damages in recent decades due to extreme weather events has been noted by the insurance industry.
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Thus, the hypothesis was tested that theobservedincreasein endo-mannanase activity required post-germinative transcription of its gene.
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Theobservedincreaseof cutoff energies with an enhanced temporal contrast of the laser pulse is elucidated within a simple acceleration model.
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It seems the only logical explanation for the major part of theobservedincreasein mortality after bereavement.
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There was noobservedincreasein case fatality over time.
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Theobservedincreasein wing length asymmetry may not have compromised fitness of individuals to an extent that negatively affected the size of the population.
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Elucidating the mechanisms underlying theobservedincreasein minimum leaf conductance was beyond the scope of this study.
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Theobservedincreasein average liana size with stand age supports this idea.
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Alternatively, improved rabies surveillance of wildlife species could also account for theobservedincreaseof the disease in certain species.
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Theobservedincreaseof the angular dimension is, obviously, indicative of the plasma self-focusing process.
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In this case, diploidization through endomitosis rather than mating may have been the mechanism underlying theobservedincreasein nuclear density.
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The first case is in contradiction to theobservedincreasein the reflectivity after its initial decrease.
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This consideration seems to be confirmed by theobservedincreaseof only 15% for the above-mentioned average chord density.
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Theobservedincreasein cercarial emergence during the summer months is probably induced by acceleration in the physiological activity of the snail host.
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Part of anyobservedincreasein productivity can be attributed directly to the superiority of the new technology or practice.
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This, combined with the fact that the unstable waves have little dispersion, is a possible mechanism responsible for theobservedincreasein the flow stability.
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Therefore, theobservedincreaseof the costs of hospital care is definitely underestimated.
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It is hypothesized that increasing soil depth allows greater coexistence of alternative water-use strategies, resulting in theobservedincreasein species richness up the catena.
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Theobservedincreaseof proteins of higher molecular weight was not accompanied by a decrease in intensity of lower molecular weight components as was shown for silverstained cell extracts.
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