Some of its elements include the decline of party identification, the failure to solve key economic problems, individual financial corruption, general parliamentary behaviour, resistance to political reform, an unforgiving media spotlight, the rise of professional politicians of both sexes and the concomitant decline of perceived authenticity.
As he laments the decline of training — along with what he considers a concomitant decline in "American culture," which, he says, "isn't providing a high level of sustenance right now" — Rafferty invokes another spectre that haunts the current cinema, the cult of Marlon Brando.
There is the eclipse of the public intellectual in the general media by the pundit who substitutes outrageousness for thoughtfulness, and the concomitant decline of the essay in general-interest magazines.
While Roman Catholic and nationalist voices proliferated, the 19th century saw a concomitant decline in the position of the Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy, and this produced a literature characterized by class anxiety and loss.
A widespread reduction in SOC with a concomitant decline in soil structure has been the catalyst for soil crusting and compaction [5].
This and the concomitant decline of surface OH groups were likely caused by adsorption of H2S and subsequent formation of surface sulfates and thus responsible for lowering the WGS activity of the ceria surface in the presence of H2S.
It was postulated that the availability of critical metabolites was reduced since they were diverted to product formation, leading to a concomitant decline in the specific growth rate (Babaeipour et al. 2007).
Because the clinical effectiveness of blood purification techniques could not be explained by a concomitant decline in blood mediator levels [95], interest shifted to the effects of HVHF at the interstitial and tissue level.
The establishment of a heart failure clinic, which offers the combination of diagnosing and managing congestive heart failure, appears to be efficient both in terms of therapy optimization and with respect to a concomitant decline in hospitalization for heart failure.
The recurrent drought and concomitant decline in the groundwater levels over the years in parts of the Palamu district has necessitated the need to monitor the groundwater quality of this region, so that proper management may be done to make water available even in times of water scarcity.
