The phrase "and a minor decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes in data, statistics, or trends, particularly when indicating a small reduction.
Example: "The report showed an increase in sales for the first quarter, and a minor decrease in customer complaints."
Alternatives: "and a slight decline" or "and a small reduction".
Whereas in PI, the electrolyte uptake increased with increasing implantation angle, a strong decrease was observed with increasing angle for PSiO, and a minor decrease for the PET and PC foils.
Besides, the defects of FLG caused the agglomeration of AgNPs and reduced the internal electric field of AgNPs, which ultimately led to a slight increase in the relative standard deviation (RSD) value and a minor decrease in the enhancement factor (EF).
We conclude that trocar-induced liver injury promotes limited blood loss, discrete hypotension and a minor decrease in cardiac output.
Evaluation of the number of spores revealed increased sporulation in light in Δ phlp1, Δ gnb1 and Δ gng1 strains and a minor decrease in Δ phlp1 in darkness (Additional file 3, Figure S1).
In ARDS, transition to high-frequency oscillation leads to an increase in CVP and a minor decrease in cardiac output due to preload reduction [ 335], and RV function may decrease during recruitment maneuvers [ 336].
In the case of etoposide treatment, c-MYC siRNA transfection resulted in a significant decrease in chemo-sensitivity in DAOY wt (p < 0.0001), DAOY V11 (p < 0.0001), DAOY M2 (p < 0.0001), and D341 (p < 0.001), and a minor decrease in D425 (p = 0.12).
This solution significantly improves the scalability of the model (e.g., it requires 20 ARMA models to make predictions for the entire collection of videos) and shows a minor decrease in the prediction accuracy (MRE = 0.12 when using individual ARMA models compared to MRE = 0.14 when using principal component analysis).
The test of the competition showed a dramatic decline of p50 signal when a wild-type sequence was used and only a minor decrease using a mutated sequence.
Approximately 60% of the older population was prescribed benzodiazepines, and only a minor decrease was observed over the course of the study.
With respect to the CI-CIII and CII - CIII coupled activities the data showed essentially no change in the WT and only a minor decrease in CI - CIII in the dwarf (Fig. 6A, 6B).
In terms of tumour growth, there was no effect on TD or GDF for C26-B tumours and only a minor decrease in the regrowth rate (TD=3.5 from day 7, Figure 2).
