This is against the backdrop of decreasing freshwater availability and increasing water demands.
Committee chairwoman Jocelyn Davies said: "In the current economic climate and against a backdrop of decreasing capital budgets, it is vital that governments are able to use limited resources effectively to undertake capital investment which can act as an important lever to support economic growth".
The range and complexity of ornament increased with time, against a backdrop of decreasing organism size.
However, a short lag is plausible in a backdrop of decreasing dental decay as this could follow Sheiham's Rule that 'as caries prevalence falls, the less susceptible sites (proximal and smooth surfaces) reduce by the greatest proportion, whilst the most susceptible sites (occlusal) reduce by the smallest proportion' [ 25].
DRGs in Germany, therefore, must be seen against the backdrop of a more general trend of decreasing the social insurance elements of corporatist self-regulation in favour of competition as a coordination mechanism 'in its own right', and of more hierarchical state regulation.
The pressure to conceive against a backdrop of declining fertility, together with the decreased potential of orthodox medical interventions, means that some women become 'desperate' to try anything to achieve parenthood.
This ambitious objective is set against the backdrop of a declining rail freight market share for inland (intra-EU) transport, having decreased from 20.2%, in 1995, to 17.4%, in 2011.
Against a backdrop of overall decrease, our informants estimated that there has been over the last decades a clear upward trend in the number of international health volunteers working with humanitarian agencies, while the number working with the category of development organizations has strongly decreased.
The judges said: "With its innovative and effective ways of working set against the backdrop of a decrease in year on year budgets, GNM has completely aced it on influencing the business.
