Unfortunately, most of us don't notice our focus declining until we become completely overwhelmed.
The magnitude of assortative mixing by discipline remains stable over time, whereas that by publication foci declines over time.
Exposure of H460 or Calu6 cells to CDDP or CBDCA resulted in the gradual accumulation of γ-H2AX foci, with this effect being maximal at 12 h, after which the number of foci declined.
And Derek Jeter acknowledged that he had spoken with C. C. Sabathia, the best free-agent starter available and the Yankees' primary pitching focus, but declined to divulge details of their conversation.
The disappointing figures, driven by a sharp fall in the number of people swimming, also show that female participation – supposed to be a key area of focus – has declined and so did the number of disabled people playing sport regularly.
Nets Coach P. J. Carlesimo was also fearful of interrupting Williams's focus, purposely declining to yell across the court while he was at the line with the instruction to foul the Knicks when they got the ball.
"This was a bit of a wake-up call really," says Inger. "We knew we were going to see a big decline in bird populations, but to see how big that number really was and how focused the declines were on this small number of common species was really very surprising".
The buildup is the start of a significant intervention that aims to safeguard Moscow's ally after four grinding years of war, which have seen Syrian forces focus their declining energies on a strip of the country from the Mediterranean to Damascus, while ceding the rest to opposition groups and jihadists.
These studies have pointed to the change in the source-country composition during the 1990s with a focus on declining returns to source-country labor market experience, lower payoffs to foreign schooling, and downturn in education quality and language skills (see Picot and Sweetman 2005, 2011 for reviews).
