The phrase "and declining levels of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction or decrease in quantities, amounts, or intensities of something.
Example: "The study revealed a correlation between increased pollution and declining levels of biodiversity in the region."
Alternatives: "and decreasing amounts of" or "and diminishing levels of".
It turns out that first-time black homeowners tended to buy in mostly black neighborhoods that had lower-priced homes, higher poverty, and lower — and declining levels — of homeownership.
In a recent talk, he presented charts (based on US government figures) suggesting a correspondence between increases in deficiency disease (cardiovascular problems, asthma, bronchitic and orthopaedic deformities) and declining levels of magnesium in the US diet - specifically tomato, lettuce, cabbage and spinach.
Gareth looks immaculate, poised, in control, all the more notable because by this stage the travelling press are starting to fray and moulder – four weeks of bad meals on the hoof and declining levels of personal grooming have taken their toll.
High levels of Sodh expression during diapause and declining levels of expression at the termination of diapause may then relate as much to recovery from oxygen poor conditions as to a release from the general need for cryoprotection.
In this model system, differentiation is initiated from the G1 phase of the cell cycle upon serum withdrawal [34], [35], which would coincide with peaks in H4K20me2 and H4K20me3, and declining levels of H4K20me1 [9].
Food (crop) production increases have not kept pace with population growth, resulting in rising food imports and declining levels of national food self-sufficiency (FMARD, 2008).
Elevated levels of malondialdehyde and declined level of total thiols in cerebral cortex membranes of rats under acute ammonia intoxication indicated the existence of oxidative stress.
STZ induced diabetic rats treated with α-mangostin illustrated the increased level of plasma insulin, hemoglobin, hexokinase, HDL, total protein, SOD, CAT, GSH and declined level of glycated hemoglobin, fructose-1-6-biphosphatase, glucose-6-Phosphatase, TC, TG, LDL, VLDL, CRE, BUN, SGOT, SGPT, ALP and LPO at effective dose dependent manners.
The medium used here is relatively simple, has no growth factors per se, although it does have insulin, and has declining levels of serum for the first 12 13 days.
Thus, all study participants received AIDS education services that exceeded the community standard a factor that may have played an important role in the intervention outcomes and explain the generally declining levels of risk behavior in both study arms.
Each chapter confronts a major challenge to the country's health security, from runaway costs and uneven quality of care to declining levels of insurance coverage, medical bankruptcy, and the growing enthusiasm for health plans that put patients in charge of risk and cost.
