Sentence examples for decline hypothesis from inspiring English sources

The analysis was inspired by the terminal decline hypothesis.

The terminal decline hypothesis suggests an accelerated decline in cognitive function before death [ 2].

Background: the terminal decline hypothesis suggests an acceleration in the rate of loss of cognitive function before death.

The modelling is tailored to the terminal decline hypothesis and effects of background variables such as gender and age are outside the scope of the present work.

The modelling is tailored to the terminal decline hypothesis which states that individuals experience a change in the rate of decline of cognitive function before death (Riegel and Riegel, 1972).

Over a period of time, invasive species accumulate higher densities of pathogens and a higher likelihood of encountering pathogens that regulate its further spread (pathogen accumulation and invasive decline hypothesis; Flory and Clay 2013).

We discuss the value of the dispersal-dependent-decline hypothesis for conservation planning in agricultural lands of urban areas.

Our results partially support the dispersal-dependent-decline hypothesis in that the species with strong site fidelity, i.e., P. nigromaculatus, was threatened by habitat-area (agricultural field) decline and habitat-quality degradation (prevalence of concrete levees) rather than by habitat fragmentation.

This change may help counteract age-related neurocognitive decline (compensation hypothesis) or it may reflect an age-related difficulty in recruiting specialized neural mechanisms (dedifferentiation hypothesis).

Furthermore, the fact that almost two thirds of past smokers in this study have quit smoking in the seven years since the end of the conflict again suggest that rates were highest immediately after the war and are perhaps on the decline; this hypothesis requires further investigation.

Distribution of the above variables between participants who accepted and those who declined the hypothesis of being recruited in a RCT were compared using the Fisher's exact test.