The phrase "affect a decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact or influence of one factor on the reduction of another factor.
Example: "The new policy is expected to affect a decrease in overall emissions."
Alternatives: "lead to a decrease" or "result in a decrease."
In contrast to the broad effects of RF on clock genes in the heart, this feeding regimen affected a decrease in Bmal1 only at the beginning of the light period in the aorta (Figure 5A, right panel).
In MCF7-HER2 theors the combination treatment was the only regimen to affect a drastic decrease in proliferation in tissue proximal to vasculature which, similarly to gefitinib treatment alone, did not decrease further with growing distance from vessels.
Compassion training not only increased prosocial behavior but also led to increases in reported compassionate feelings and positive affect and a decrease in negative affect.
They showed both an increase in positive affect and a decrease in negative affect, compared to controls whose mood was stable throughout.
If neuromuscular transmission was affected, a sharp decrease (>10%) in the amplitude of the electrical response should be observed after repeated stimulations, but no differences were detected between MCK-UCP1 and wild-type mice (figure 4C), indicating that neuromuscular transmission did not appear compromised.
ΔCH, the average value of which was negative, showed a linear dependency on CSI, indicating that a large CSI value is affecting a smaller decrease of CH due to cataract surgery.
ΔIOPcc, whose average value was negative, showed a linear dependency on AL, SAI, and ECC, indicating that large AL, SAI, and ECC values are affecting a smaller decrease of IOPcc due to cataract surgery.
This suggests that for the former four genes there may be a single functional variant located nearby, whereas for IL1R1 there may be several polymorphisms that affect an increase or decrease of vaccine-induced antibody level.
First, if an annual reduction in water yield in an area is primarily due to reductions during the non-growing season then rainfed crop production may not be affected by a decrease in annual water yield (unless the changes in the off-season affect water storage and soil productivity in the growing seasons).
Central Valley interests who would be most affected describe a decrease of that magnitude in more pointed ways.
