The phrase "a proportionate decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction that is in proportion to something else, often in contexts like finance, statistics, or resource allocation.
Example: "The company reported a proportionate decrease in expenses following the budget cuts."
Alternatives: "a relative decrease" or "a corresponding reduction".
This has been associated with a proportionate decrease in the rate of nasopharyngeal colonization.
Similarly, deletion of murine Wnt7b results in hypoplastic lungs with a proportionate decrease in the replication of both epithelial and mesenchymal progenitors [29].
However, Δyca1 grown in acidic media consistently exhibited a substantial increase in the proportion of G1 cells (1-copy of DNA) and a proportionate decrease in G2/M phase cells (2-copies of DNA) when compared with wild-type controls in the same media (Fig. 1 a, b).
Similarly for householder application, an absolute difference of 13% (24.6-11.2) or a proportionate decrease of 54% (13.4/24.6).
It can be seen for all cell lines that exposure to increasing doses of gamma radiation causes a proportionate decrease in clonogenic cell survival.
16 We held the total calorie intake constant, assuming that the addition of calories consumed in apple form would lead to a proportionate decrease in calories consumed elsewhere in the diet.
The envelopment in CCR is constant returns to scale (CRS) meaning that a proportional increase (decrease) in inputs results in a proportionate increase (decrease) in outputs.
Figure 1D shows that an increase in either duration of homogenization or agitation speed all results in proportionate decrease in the entrapment efficiency.
However, the proportionate decrease in OOP payments was greater for the richest households (22%), compared to the poorest (13%).
Furthermore, the cell lines showed proportionate decreases in cell viability at each concentration increment, indicating a similar sensitivity to aspirin, irrespective of p53 or MMR status.
