The phrase "and marginal decrease in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a small or slight reduction in a particular variable or measurement.
Example: "The study showed an increase in productivity, along with a marginal decrease in employee turnover rates."
Alternatives: "slight reduction in" or "minor decrease in".
Both interventions were related to a significant decrease in children's anxiety and marginal decrease in hyperactivity.
We also observed increased expression of SMAD4 interacting coactivators (EP300, DCP1A, and PCQAP) and marginal decrease in co-repressor TGIF expression in resting cells.
In the present study a significant decrease in alkaline phosphatase and marginal decrease in ALT were observed during the initial 4 months in metformin treated patients.
Two non-synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 79A>C (Lys27Gln) and 208G>A (Ala70Thave have been identified in the coding region of the human CDA gene, among which, in vitro studies have shown marked reduction in CDA activity for 208 G>A variant (Yue et al, 2003) and marginal decrease in activity for 79A>C variant (Gilbert et al, 2006).
The spectacular failures of "evidence based" medical theories include the millions spent on ineffective AIDS vaccines, the collapse of interferon as the wonder drug for cancer, and the marginal decrease in cancer deaths despite billions wasted during decades of fruitless research.
As compared to untreated cells, A549 cells treated with 17-AAG showed a signifiantly increased arrest in G2/M phase (p<0.05) and a marginal decrease in S phase at 24 h (Figure 2 panel A).
There is no substantial difference in the released CO2 fraction (treated/untreated=0.99) and only a marginal decrease in the media C-glutamate fraction in the culture medium (treated/untreated=0.80, P=0.050), indicating that there are no significant changes in the rate of OxPhos.
Similarly, when the rate of degradation of RISC (c4) was increased keeping c1 and c3 fixed, a marginal decrease in frequency and increase in amplitude was observed in Case 2, but in Case 1 there was no significant change (Figs. 7a, b).
14, 15 However, unlike these defined neurometabolic disorders, CSF metabolic profiles (biomarkers) in our subjects did not have decreased levels of biopterin metabolites (NEO and tetrahydrobiopterin) except a marginal decrease in NEO in one patient (subject 2).
Test results indicated that up to 30% coarse RCA had no effect on the main three oxides (SiO2, Al2O3 and CaO) of concrete, but thereafter there was a marginal decrease in SiO2 and increase in Al2O3 and CaO contents with increase in RCA content in the mix, reflecting the original constituent's composition.
Rapid sequential decreases in development time to M I occurred between temperatures of 22.6 and 29.4 °C, with only a marginal decrease in development time at the highest temperature of 32.6 °C.
