The phrase "a decrease in maintenance" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a reduction in the level or frequency of maintenance activities or services.
Example: "The new policy has resulted in a decrease in maintenance, leading to concerns about the condition of the equipment."
Alternatives: "a reduction in maintenance" or "a drop in maintenance".
The results indicate that a HIP perspective on software maintenance may contribute to a decrease in maintenance cost and increase the responsiveness of maintenance to changing organizational needs.
Advantages are related to an increase in flexibility for engineers (specially interesting for industrial operators training in new techniques), a decrease in maintenance and supervision costs and a best managing and performance of the plant.
Enzymatic assays have revealed a decrease in maintenance methylation concomitant to an increase in de novo methylation in senescent human fibroblasts compared to their early passage counterparts [ 23].
The reason of using additives in Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) is related to shortage of raw materials, demand for a longer service life of roads, a need for better physical and mechanical properties of asphalt pavement and thus a decrease in the maintenance and repair expenses.
Mutations in these components lead to a decrease in H3K4me2/3 maintenance in the early embryo soma and germ line, and loss of Wdr5 and SET-2 cause a defect in germline stem cell maintenance [ 59- 61].
The necessity to reduce energy requirements of lighting systems should bring among engineers a more mature and conscious vision while planning and this means that their main goals should be the visual comfort and a decrease in energy and maintenance costs.
According to the Wall Street Journal, last month CA -- which claims to be narrowing its focus to "management cloud, DevOps (application development and operations) and security" -- reported a 4% decline in its third quarter profit and thanks to "a decrease in subscription and maintenance revenue," CA's revenue fell 3% to $1.09 billion.
This is because bending of the critical compressive members resulted in a decrease in structural stiffness, with maintenance of the load applied and increase of deformation until the ultimate material failure.
BM-MNC transplantation into myocardium of patients with severe heart failure was safely performed and short term follow-up suggests electrical stability as observed by a decrease in the QT dispersion, maintenance in the number of PVC and an absence of MA.
This entails a periodic cost of emptying and cleaning the digesters, a decrease in biogas production and complications in maintenance.
Aging is characterized by a decrease in genome integrity, impaired organ maintenance, and an increased risk of cancer, which coincide with clonal dominance of expanded mutant stem and progenitor cell populations in aging tissues, such as the intestinal epithelium, the hematopoietic system, and the male germline.
