The phrase "a tendency of reduction" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression would be "a tendency to reduce."
Example: "There is a tendency to reduce costs in order to improve profitability."
Alternatives: "a trend toward reduction" or "a propensity for reduction."
Results also showed a tendency of reduction in the expression of IL-1β (P =.09), IL-8 (P =.06), and TNF-α (P =.08) when compared to controls.
Although a tendency of reduction in the number of women who smoke during pregnancy has been observed [ 12], cigarette smoking is still common during pregnancy [ 13 - 16.
According to evidence given by the Ministry of Health [ 17], the total number of hospitals in Bulgaria was 218 (included the newly-established) with a total of 47.602 beds in 2001, with a tendency of reduction at rates of 12.65% in 2002 (recorded at 30 June).
Patterns of their intra-genomic dispersal can be seen in the mt genome of Vaceletia sp. Organellar genomes display a tendency of size reduction (deletional bias) [ 1].
A tendency of risk reduction was observed in both men (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.90 1.01) and women (OR 0.90, 95% CI, 0.78 1.05), and the results persisted after additional adjustment for consumption of soft drinks and coffee (OR/5 g per day, 0.95; 95% CI 0.90 1.01); however, the CIs were wide.
The research findings demonstrated a tendency to reduction of neutropenia and improvement of HRQoL in breast cancer patients treated with IMS additional to CAF.
Consistent with these data, immunofluorescence staining of frozen tissue evidenced a tendency for reduction of CD11b+- cell infiltration and F4/80+-positive staining in gp130Δhepa compared with gp130f/f livers as a sign of tumor-associated inflammation, 40 weeks after DEN induction (Supplementary Figure 6a and b).
The comparison between the deterioration of the tested connection strengths and that of the material properties at elevated temperatures showed a similar tendency of reduction.
A similar tendency of reduction was found when compared the reduction factor of material properties with that of the deterioration of the bolted connection test strengths with the corresponding type of cold-formed stainless steel at elevated temperatures.
As the niobia content increases, there is a tendency to reduction of the ceramic coating theoretical density.
The remaining area have showed a tendency of increment and reduction which is not statistically significant (Table 2).
