The phrase "a shortened duration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a period of time that has been reduced or made shorter than usual.
Example: "Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have a shortened duration for the meeting today."
Alternatives: "a reduced time" or "a brief period".
In critically ill patients, probiotics appear to lead to decreased susceptibility to antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, Clostridium difficile infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, necrotising enterocolitis, acute severe pancreatitis, sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome as well as a shortened duration of infections.
However, multiple sessions of WLLs were subsequently required, each with a shortened duration of effectiveness.
This application of TET means a lowered drug dose and a shortened duration required in the treatment for these patients.
Galaxias maculatus is considered amphidromous, a special case of catadromy characterized by a shortened duration at sea.
Two studies outside the ICU revealed a high adherence to the PCT algorithm and confirmed results from RCTs with a shortened duration of antibiotic treatment [ 22, 23].
The changes were attributed to a rapid transition into S-phase from a shortened duration of G1 phase and to the uncoupling of cell size from cell proliferation.
These consisted of a natural groan series, a series with raised formants, a series with lowered formants, a series with lowered fundamental frequency and a series with shortened duration.
Many authors now suggest alternative protocols to the original Dresden protocol to expand the use of CXL in thin corneas, including the use of hypotonic riboflavin [ 21], customised epithelial debridement [ 22, 23], transepithelial CXL [ 24], shortened irradiation duration, shortened duration of riboflavin instillation, or increased concentration of riboflavin [ 25].
This trend of PRT shortening was concurrent with the shortened duration of the cluster (SRCC = 0.283, p = 0.019) (Figure 4B-4C) but was not correlated with the cluster size (SRCC = 0.647, p = 0.165).
Older birth control pills with higher estrogen levels were linked to a decrease in milk volume or shortened duration of lactation (35 ).
Thus, using electronic devices just before bedtime may lead to a shortened sleep duration and poor sleep quality [23 25].
