Studies have suggested that its meditative qualities can lower blood pressure and decrease heart rate.

In the 1990s, the quality of medical research and training decreased seriously because of low funding.

"In fact, in some areas, the quality of life decreased."

After the war, in parallel with the value loss, the quality of banknotes decreased.

Over the past several months, however, the quality of their performance had markedly decreased.

After the early 1960s, the tournament rapidly lost status as the quality of the participants decreased.

As organic material in the soil ages, its quality decreases.

During the 1940s the quality of her roles steadily decreased and in 1947 she retired.

As a result, the quality of the tiles used in the building decreased gradually.

This explains the reason why the quality of higher education has decreased.