The phrase "a moderate decrease of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a change in quantity, amount, or level that is not extreme but rather moderate in nature.
Example: "The report indicated a moderate decrease of sales in the last quarter compared to the previous one."
Alternatives: "a slight reduction in" or "a modest decline of".
Moreover, a moderate decrease of storage modulus and glass transition temperature was observed.
However, a moderate decrease of BMD was found in the proximal portion of the femur, which was attributed to stress shielding.
Prolonged heating leads to a moderate decrease of the particle size of α-LA aggregates, while heating does not affect its electrophoretic mobility.
Scaling in the homogeneous membrane was mainly characterized by surface deposits, resulting in a moderate decrease of the counter-ion flux.
The proportional increase of the flow rates (up to fivefold) caused a decrease in particle size (7- to 12-fold), and doubling the pressure caused a moderate decrease of the size (5 20%).
Indeed, we observed an overexpression of Beclin-1, a lipidation of the LC3-I (LC3-II) and, a moderate decrease of p62 substrate, in SVT016426-treated when compared to unprotected HeLa cells under HX conditions (Fig. 4A), thus suggesting an increased rate of autophagy (Boya et al., 2005; Pattingre et al., 2005).
Current smoking is associated with a moderate decrease in likelihood of being strongly seroreactive for HPV16.
Although Pr-set7 was not among the list of 17 FISH hits, our scoring of the SN phenotype showed that dsRNA targeting Pr-set7 significantly decreased the proportion of nuclei with a single MSL staining body (Table 1), and cells treated with dsRNA targeting Pr-set7 showed a moderate decrease in pairing of the 359 bp repeat relative to water-treated controls (Table S3).
Testing showed a moderate decrease in the rates of detection of H7N9 virus and other AIVs by rRT-PCR in each LPM after disinfection.
Following treatment with wild-type PCSK9 at a concentration of 1 μg/ml, there was a moderate decrease in LDL uptake of 28%, whereas a concentration of 20 μg/ml was required to get a near-maximal decrease in LDL uptake of 69%.
Irradiation of E.coli incubated for 90min with the concentration of 10µM of THPTS in PBS and in PBS+10% HS resulted in a moderate decrease in the numbers of CFU per millilitre of around 1 to 2log10 (CFU/mL).
