This may have contributed to the marginal decline in concentration of the metal in sediment with time.
In contrast, rBCG85C immunization resulted in significantly lowered levels of IL-12, IFN-γ and TNF-α and a marginal decline in the levels of TGF-β in comparison to BCG vaccination.
Transcripts of all the upregulated sHsp genes were retained after 30 min of recovery, albeit a marginal decline in the level was observed.
Photoluminescence measurements have shown a marginal decline in residual stress and significant increase in density of the laser treated coatings.
Males demonstrated higher levels of NK cytolytic activity than females; a marginal decline in activity with age was observed.
Even though there has been a marginal decline in smoking in recent years, the fact that ≈18% of the US adult population are current smokers is alarming [ 1].
It states at a glance, the rise in a number of mappers from 8 to 64 leads to a very marginal decline in classification accuracy.
The company put this improvement down to 32% year-on-year growth in digital revenue in the final two months of 2013, along with growth in printing and "other" income substantially offsetting a marginal decline in circulation and print advertising.
This perhaps contributed to the marginal decline being observed in the sediment compartment with depth.
Other sectors experience a marginal decline such as the mineral sectors and services.
