The phrase "a reduction in functionality" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a decrease in the capabilities or features of a system, product, or service.
Example: "The latest software update has resulted in a reduction in functionality, making it harder for users to perform certain tasks."
Alternatives: "a decrease in functionality" or "a decline in functionality."
However, it also leads to a reduction in functionality of the enhanced system.
One of the associated SNPs, rs6721961, which showed a minor allele frequency of 11.1 % in this sample, was located in the promoter region of the gene, and its T-allele had been previously linked to a reduction in functionality that limited the NFE2L2 triggering of the antioxidative response [ 9].
Mammalian aging is associated with a reduction in organismal functionality and this is accompanied by an age-related decline in tissue regeneration and homoeostasis [ 11, 13, 14, 68].
Someone needs to remind the marketing folks that if the user is encouraged to close their eyes, this instantly becomes only a 3 Senses Lounger, a 25% reduction in functionality!
Although the elevated levels of fasting glucose and impairment of insulin action in peripheral tissues may predate the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, chronic hyperglycemia only results after a prolonged period of β-cell degeneration, a process that may begin as much as 12 years before diagnosis, involving a progressive reduction in functionality and mass (1, 2).
A reduction in frequency and functionality of CD56bright NK cells has been observed in patients with active tuberculosis and reciprocally, high blood levels were associated with protection in putative tuberculosis-resistant individuals.
Likewise, we may expect genes that have suffered a loss or reduction in functionality to subsequently experience an increased rate of evolution in both the sequence of the protein it encodes and its expression level, because selective constraints on it will have been relaxed.
As a general principle immortalization by overexpression of hTERT only, minimises the reduction in functionality [ 12].
DTT completely reduced the mitochondrial probe with a reduction in 405/488 nm ratio compared with untreated cells, indicating the functionality of the sensor.
TCDD has a long-term immunosuppressive-effect on T-helper cell function, which is mediated more likely by a reduced functionality of individual cells rather than by a reduction in absolute cell numbers in the peripheral blood.
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