The phrase "and thus significantly decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a consequence or result of a previous statement, particularly in formal or academic writing.
Example: "Implementing these changes will improve efficiency, and thus significantly decrease operational costs."
Alternatives: "and consequently reduce" or "thereby lowering".
The group injected with fluphenazine before the first conditioning stage exhibited a significantly increased preference for the control pattern (and thus significantly decreased preference for the CS2), thus indicating that aversive second-order conditioning is achieved.
The groups injected with epinastine and mianserin exhibited significantly increased preferences for the control odor (and thus significantly decreased preference for the punished odor), the levels of preferences being as high as that of the saline-injected control group.
Another group of animals that was subjected to aversive second-order conditioning trials also exhibited significantly increased preference for the control pattern (and thus significantly decreased preference for the CS2).
The long neck allowed exploitation of food inaccessible to smaller herbivores and a much larger feeding envelope than in a short-necked animal and thus significantly decreased the energetic cost of feeding (Stevens & Parrish, 1999; Preuschoft et al., in press; Seymour, 2009 a ).
However, numerous studies have suggested that increased taxonomic sampling generally leads to improved accuracy in phylogenetic inference ([ 67, 68, 75, 86- 90]; but see also [ 3, 91]; as summarized in [ 6, 7]), and excluding a large number of taxa may thus significantly decrease the accuracy of inference outcomes.
The two-leg system provides more screws to stabilize the medial opening, thus significantly decreasing the plate and bone stresses and suppressing the wedge micromotion.
Clinical trials have shown that continuous treatment with antihypertensive drug therapy (AHT) significantly lowers blood pressure in a very high proportion of patients, thus significantly decreasing both cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality 1– 4 and, ultimately, overall costs associated with high blood pressure.
Research has shown that the long-term benefits of receiving information about a loved one's impending death include making it possible to prepare for that death, thus significantly decreasing psychological trauma and morbidity during bereavement [ 33- 35, 38- 43].
The use of two-stage filtration system, such as sand-coconut fibre and vice versa, certainly enhanced the purification process, thus significantly decreasing COD values in the effluent TSW.
IIT thus significantly decreased free cortisol on day 5 and day 15.
