The phrase "and a slight reduction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a decrease in quantity, size, or intensity in various contexts, such as finance, health, or general comparisons.
Example: "The new policy resulted in increased efficiency and a slight reduction in costs."
Alternatives: "and a minor decrease" or "and a small decline."
Nascar has reported a small horsepower improvement — less than 1 percent — and a slight reduction in fuel economy.
There were 64 fewer suicides in 2012 than in 2011 and a slight reduction in the overall suicide rate per 100,000, from 11.8 to 11.6, despite a marginal increase in the male rate from 18.1 over the same period.
On the contrary, the plot treated with herbicides had the highest soil losses and a slight reduction in Cmic.
Specially, there is a significant reduction in the confusion between SP and SN and a slight reduction in the confusion between MU and SM.
The volumetric mass transfer coefficient was lower in the presence of aluminum oxide catalyst particles, and a slight reduction in the gas liquid interfacial area was observed.
Inclusion of multiple-scattering contributions from the outer-shell atoms of a histidine-imidazole ring resulted in reasonable Debye Waller factors for these contributions and a slight reduction in the goodness-of-fit value (f′).
In the Below group, there were no deaths or edema and only a slight reduction in oxygenation and elastance, so VILI did not occur in this group with any ventilation strategy.
We tested the expression of CD4 and CXCR4 expression following statin treatment and although a slight reduction in CD4 expression was observed no decrease in CXCR4 expression was identified for any of the statins tested (data not shown).
The Eb for impure clusters starts from 0.99eV and increases to 1.694 eV for Li4Sn and, after a slight reduction, fluctuates in the range of 1.668 to 1.619eV.
They also modelled the effects of a precipitation change of 30% on ET and showed a slight reduction in ET at middle elevations and no change at high elevation.
No difference in growth was observed between the strains using sucrose, d-xylose or d-glucose as a carbon source and only a slight reduction in growth of the amyR disruptant on cellobiose and Guar gum.
