The phrase "a model of decline" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that exemplifies or represents a process of deterioration or decrease in quality, status, or value.
Example: "The abandoned factory stands as a model of decline, showcasing the effects of economic downturns on once-thriving industries."
Alternatives: "an example of decline" or "a representation of decline".
Letters has been said to exhibit a "model of decline", as the optimistic tone of the early letters is disrupted and the text become increasingly pessimistic; there is a movement from a "joy, pride, wonder" at the spectacle of America, to the "images of the inhuman brutality of slavery".
We do acknowledge that within the context of illness, the model appears as a model of decline.
In the context of aging, the model was not assumed to be a model of decline although a number subscales reflect decline because our older adult participants automatically generated negative items.
Our results support a model of declining influence of isthmic-derived FGF signals on cerebellum growth (Sato and Joyner, 2009) and we show that the interface between Otx2- and Gbx2-expressing cells at the isthmus becomes progressively dorsalised (Fig. 4A-C) and, correspondingly, responses to isthmic signalling (indicated by Sprouty2) become restricted to rostral r1 (Fig. 4F,G).
His iconoclastic, libertarian-tinged state has been a harbinger of trends, a model of civic decline, or both.
This continuum in this effect suggests that a mathematical model of decline might be possible.
This value is obtained by combining isopach map integration on land with integrating a piecewise exponential model of decline of thickness with distance for the area south of Iceland (see Methods).
A more recent model of decline from birth is based entirely on fitting to histological data [13].
When solution was injected, plasma values declined exponentially beginning at the first sampling time, 10 min. Semi-log plots of injection data (insets of Fig. 1) had significantly better fits to a model of biexponential than monoexponential decline for L-rhamnose (F2,3 = 15.8, P<0.05), cellobiose (F2,3 = 15.0, P<0.05), and 3OMD-glucose (F2,3 = 12.1, P<0.05).
Deletion of RAGE is also reported to prevent diabetic nephropathy in the OVE26 type 1 mouse, a model of progressive glomerulosclerosis and decline of renal function [ 124 ].
A deficit in water maze performance reported here confirms numerous prior studies supporting the rat as a model of human age-related cognitive decline (reviewed in [60]).
