The phrase "a relative decrease of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in quantity or value in relation to another quantity or value.
Example: "The study showed a relative decrease of 15% in the population of the species over the last decade."
Alternatives: "a proportional decline in" or "a comparative reduction of".
From the mid Pliocene, a relatively stronger impact of the contour current on the sedimentation pattern is observed, suggesting a relative decrease of downslope sediment transport processes.
This resulted in a relative decrease of IHI.
This resulted in a relative decrease of iSP.
Rosenberg, S. A. et al. IL-7 administration to humans leads to expansion of CD8+ and CD4+ cells but a relative decrease of CD4+ T-regulatory cells.
The amount of total cell-free DNA significantly increases 24 h after venipuncture, leading to a relative decrease of the ccffDNA fraction in the blood sample.
Compared to the use of manual annotation, where the best models obtained give a correlation of 0.949, there was a relative decrease of only 0.5% for using automatic annotations to extract features.
The study is designed to have a power of 90% to detect a relative decrease of 20% in the atorvastatin-group compared with the simvastatin-group in the number of major events caused by coronary heart disease over ∼5.5 years.
Photoluminescence measurements show decreasing Vis:UV emission, indicating a relative decrease of deep-level defects, and thus an improvement in crystal quality of the ZnO NR induced by the IGN step.
13C direct-polarization/magic angle spinning (DP/MAS) analysis of stabilized and carbonized fibers shows an increased relative amount of carbon carbon bonds on aryl structures and a relative decrease of aryl ethers.
Figure 8 demonstrates a relative decrease of COD over the regarded period of 72 days.
The gains obtained with compact models are similar (a relative decrease of 10.1%, with FD weight updating rule).
