Sentence examples for minor decrease of from inspiring English sources

We observed a 2 3% increase in porosity, a minor decrease of specific surface and consequently a small increase in permeability.

After 1.5 months of exposure, the specimens conditioned at 50 °C and 60 °C, respectively, had bond-strength increases of 25%and26%6%, while the specimens conditioned at 40 °C exhibited no noticeable changes (a minor decrease of 4.3%).

The mesoscopic architecture almost remains intact upon functionalization, with only a minor decrease of the intensity of (110) diffractions for the 20 mol% TEVS-functionalized samples, which still preserve a desirable pore structure, with a surface area of 883.7 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.98 cm3/g and a mean pore size of 4.4 nm.

The colorimetric measurements confirm the minor decrease of the surface lightness as a result of coating application.

The most intensive, but very minor decrease of the hazard is expected in the northeastern part of the area, where the hazard was the highest in the reference period.

The results showed a minor decrease of 7% total forest cover in the study area during the whole period 1984 2000, but an overall net increase of 4% during the period 1993 2000.

However, there were minor decreases of LST in areas of green expansion (in the range of −1.11 °C to −0.67 °C) and major increases in LST in the areas of green losses (1.64 2.21 °C).

In addition, minor decreases of the thyroid function may be inversely associated with a child's neurodevelopment.

We observed a minor decrease (−2.5%) of main root length of irrigated rice but a significant increase (+9.9%) of upland rice root length in dry land as compared with that in the irrigated condition (Table  1, Student's t-test, P = 0.002, Additional file 7), indicating an adaptive feature of upland rice.

Comparing the content of mineral substances in the rats from the control group with the rats exposed to the electromagnetic field generated by a mobile phone, it was possible to state that the influence of such electromagnetic field leads to a statistically significant decrease of calcium content and minor decrease in the mass of mineral substances in L4 vertebra.

We observed a minor decrease and modulation of NK cells, but for all other populations no effects could be detected.