The phrase "a small decrease for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a minor reduction in a specific context, such as statistics, finance, or measurements.
Example: "There was a small decrease for the quarterly sales figures compared to the previous year."
Alternatives: "a slight reduction in" or "a minor drop in".
When the phototoxicity was corrected for differences in cellular uptake, it was found that pegylation of the cationic conjugate increased the relative phototoxicity most for OVCAR cells and led to a smaller increase for J774 cells, but pegylation of the anionic conjugate decreased the relative phototoxicity most for J774 cells and led to a smaller decrease for OVCAR cells.
For the Cz-Si case, an increase in scattering intensity for the Δϑ > 0 and a small decrease of the signal for Δϑ < 0 are observed when the annealing temperature increases from 560°C to 650°C.
Hydrogen ion irradiation led to a small decrease of impact toughness for the W-film-deposited stainless steel.
Except for a small decrease in mortality for diarrheal diseases and ARI in 2008 in Nargis-affected areas, population-based mortality rates for all other communicable diseases showed no significant change in 2008 in these areas, compared to 2007 and 2009.
With the DMC/silica ratio used during the reaction, the nitrogen/carbon ratio of supports was quite constant within a variation of 5%%, a small decrease is observed for polymer/silica ratio of 2 5 (Additional file 1: Figure S3).
It was found that the surface area of the catalyst in the mixed layer increases during operation while a small decrease is noticeable for the catalyst below in the pure layer.
We also regret to see a small decrease in funding for CDC preparedness and response capability (about $9 million) down to $183 million and a $3 million cut for state and local preparedness programs (down to $758 million).
Melanized cells demonstrated increased XTT reduction activity at both temperatures in comparison with non-melanized controls (Fig. 5c), and increasing the temperature to 30°C caused a statistically significant increase in XTT reduction in melanized cells (P<0.05) while a small decrease was observed for non-melanized cells.
In general, the adjusted mortality rates showed a small decrease over time for most facilities and areas (data not shown).
