Regions of diminished back scattering are noted in the OCT image, which correlate with areas of hypocellularity and diminished matrix in histological preparations.
In September of that same year, the Portuguese parliament threatened to diminish Brazil back to the status of a colony, dismantle all the royal agencies in Rio de Janeiro, and demanded Pedro return to Lisbon.
While combating attacks by Mr. Sadr's militia on Tuesday, American officials are seeking for now to enlist other Shiite clerics in a plan to marginalize Mr. Sadr, the most vociferously anti-American figure among Iraqi Shiite leaders, and to diminish his backing among Shiites.
Iranian officials vowed that the bombing attack would not diminish their backing for Assad or for Tehran's Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, which has dispatched militiamen to Syria to fight alongside Assad's forces.
(Witness the Eagles' release, this winter, of Brian Westbrook, their beloved but diminished running back).
And it's no coincidence they remain stuck around.500 for the first six weeks of this season with Gonzalez's power diminished by back problems.
The p53 levels peaked at 3 h post-treatment and had diminished rapidly, back almost to control levels by 12 h (not shown).
After a night of treatment that helped diminish his lower back pain, Woods felt good enough during the second round of the Tour Championship to shoot a four-under-par 67, leaving him five strokes off the lead.
Undergoing full-term pregnancies back-to-back may diminish a mother's supply of folate, a B vitamin important for the developing nervous system, Schisterman said.
