Violence overall has also been on a drastically steep decline.
Mountaintop surface mining (MTM) is a controversial coal extraction method commonly practiced in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains, USA, that drastically reengineers previously steep, forested landscapes and alters sediment and water delivery processes to and along headwater channels draining mined areas.
However, from there we see the lights drop drastically downward, falling into a steep chasm.
The fact that only the duration of the recovery period drastically decreased as the slope became steeper can also explain, in part, the relatively stable shoulder flexion-extension excursion (i.e., similar push phase durations across slopes).
BIRMINGHAM, England — As the government prepares to drastically scale back its operations with steep across-the-board budget cuts, Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday used the occasion of the annual Conservative Party conference here to make an earnest, impassioned call for a fundamental change in the relationship between the state and the people.
In a "steep" landscape the overall growth rate drops drastically in the close mutational neighborhood, whereas in a "flat" one many genotypes have similar fitness.
Some variants may have steep gradients (i.e., frequencies that change drastically with location) whereas other variants may not vary at all with geography (see Figure 1C).
Worried the nation might miss its 2020 target to drastically cut emissions of carbon dioxide, the German government proposed a steep levy last year on the most heavily polluting generators.
A key reason for the terrible financial results is that fracked oil wells show a steep decline rate: The amount of oil they produce in the second year is drastically smaller than the amount produced in the first year.
Cisco Systems reported profits for its fiscal third quarter today that were better than expected, as belt-tightening, drastically lower costs for parts and a slight rise in sales helped the company turn around from a steep loss a year before.
