"decline in the ability" is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It refers to a decrease or reduction in one's skill or capability to do something. Example: The decline in the ability of students to write effectively has been a worrying trend in recent years.
This study ended early along with the other arms of the WHI, but it found evidence linking long-term HT taken late in life to a decline in the ability to understand and use language.
More symptoms of depression and lower cognitive status are independently associated with a more rapid decline in the ability to handle tasks of everyday living, according to a study by CUMC researchers.
Furthermore, they show a lack of spatial preference, due to a decline in the ability to process or retain place (position of a goal with reference to a "map" provided by the configuration of numerous cues in the environment) information.
In the absence of death from other causes, all members of a population may exist in their environment until the onset of senescence, which will cause a decline in the ability of individuals to survive.
Fatigue is defined as a decline in the ability to perform or in the efficiency of performing mental and/or physical activities caused by excessive mental or physical activity or disease.
New York, NY More symptoms of depression and lower cognitive status are independently associated with a more rapid decline in the ability to handle tasks of everyday living, according to a study by Columbia University Medical Center researchers in this month's Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
Another problem for the archbishop was a decline in the abilities of the scribes at Canterbury, which is dramatically illustrated by the document, which has a number of errors and duplications.
Declines in the ability to learn motor skills in older adults are commonly attributed to deficits in the encoding of sensorimotor information during motor practice.
There were substantial declines in the ability of journalists to do their job in Yemen, Burundi, Romania, Zanzibar, and Turkey, where reporters privately admitted they refrained from writing about the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, for fear of judicial retribution.
The overall impact on the United States--the world's largest emitter of so-called greenhouse gases, which are believed to contribute to global warming--is likely to be minimal, with possible small declines in the ability to grow cereal grains, according to the report.
The loss of valued life activities, in particular declines in the ability to perform recreational activities and engage in social interactions, is found to be a predictor of the development of depressive symptoms [ 48].
