Contrastingly in Europe, British port cities maintained their population but lost a considerable traffic share to the Le Havre Hamburgrangenge, the London case being a typical example of a declining port in that period, with the symbolic reconversion of its Docklands.
For example, despite a declining population, no one in Japan — essentially a closed society — is talking seriously about reforming exceptionally strict immigration laws.
These are merely the highest-profile examples of a declining business environment.
The Coast Guard, for example, has managed a declining budget effectively and made a persuasive case to Congress for the need to replace its aging fleet, Mr. Clark said.
Experts anticipate, for example, a decline in affluent high school graduates, and an increase in poor and working-class ones.
For example, a decline in cancer surveillance or screening could lead to a decline in measured cancer incidence, even when true incidence is not declining.
For example, a decline in the GDP per capita of origin country indicates the deteriorating economic conditions leading to uncertainty in employment opportunities, hence pushes people to migrate while any improvement in the GDP per capita of destination will pull the workforce from origin country.
For example, a decline in idealism may reflect a concurrent increase in necessary or useful traits such as pragmatism or resiliency.
3 For example, a decline in breast cancer mortality following the introduction of screening would not necessarily be caused by screening.
Since the power of a statistical test drops non-linearly with the effect size, a sample size that is sufficient for detecting a 15% effect, for example a decline in N content, can be inadequate for detecting a 5% effect, for example a decline in a mineral content.
