Sentence examples for decline measures from inspiring English sources

In studies using positron emission tomography during mental rest and functional magnetic resonance imaging during memory task performance, brain patterns differ according to genetic risk and are useful in predicting future decline measures and following disease progression in clinical trials.

However, observational studies have been fraught with issues of confounding related to the degree of frailty and functional decline, measures of which are not included in standard administrative health care databases that are used to calculate vaccine effectiveness.

In the future, as further waves of cognitive data are collected, it will allow the examination of the relationships between prospective cognitive decline measures over a longer time period with 'baseline' telomere length.

This work has shown that some indicators describe better performance of the home care service, whereas others, in particular, functional decline measures, signify areas of potentially lower quality service provision indicating areas for improvement.

That's an improvement on the 3.0% annual decline measured in Q3 2013.

He and many others have looked on in dismay at Japan's relative decline, measured both in economic terms and in geopolitical influence.

Sure enough, just a day later, figures from the Halifax seemed to prove the Nationwide's numbers were a one-off - although the rate of decline measured by the Halifax has slowed.

Americans are discussing the rise of China and their consequent relative decline; measuring when China's economy will be bigger and counting its missiles and submarines has become a popular pastime in Washington.

Decline, measured in population growth rates, population levels, housing stock and economic activity, and associated increases in vacant land in urban areas, is a reality for cities and regions within the United States.

In a Phase 2b, 48-week study in nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy (nmDMD), ataluren 40 mg/kg/day was associated with slowing of ambulatory decline (measured by 6-min walk distance [6MWD]) vs placebo.

Moreover, in a cohort of 347 elderly men (74.6 ± 4.3 years), the cognitive decline measured by means of the mini-mental status examination (MMSE) test was higher for individuals who practiced less than 1 h of weekly physical activity than those who were significantly more active [32].