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And both declines were slightly steeper than the L.I.R.R. predicted when formulating its 2002 budget.

Sales at the wholesale level dropped 3.6percentt, slightly steeper than analysts' expectations, but less than November's record 7.3percentt drop.

In contrast, the C-branch of the 150 mm long prototype columns are slightly steeper than those of the commercial columns.

Channel slopes in dry areas (< 0.25 m/yr rainfall) are slightly steeper than in wet areas (> 0.75 m/yr) with equal drainage areas, thus compensating lower amounts of discharge with steeper slopes.

Interestingly, the slope of the degradation curve in AurkCBC-OE cells was slightly steeper than that from AurkB-OE cells (Fig. 2B), suggesting that the AurkC domains flanking the kinase domain may also play some roles in dampening the checkpoint activity.

After 16 h, cardiac biomarker levels decreased more gradually than copeptin, with CK-MB falling slightly steeper than cTnT and hs-cTnT.

While the drop since January is slightly steeper among conservatives than other Republicans, there is little difference since December.

The linear regression slope between Asat and N for 1999 2009 was slightly steeper for eCO2 than for aCO2 (P = 0.055) slopes and coincided at 0.057 mg cm−2, which is approximately the N content of senescent tissue (regression not shown).

With respect to usual walking speed, the regression coefficient for the interaction term was very small and indicated that the decline in walking speed across age-groups was slightly steeper in women than men (see also Additional file 2).

The trends in breast cancer excess mortality by deprivation was slightly steeper in South Asians than non-South Asians, while, for prostate cancer, the high excess mortality observed in non-South Asians shortly after the diagnosis was attenuated in South Asians for all deprivation categories.

(4) A hybrid model – the rat leaves the magazine earlier, and also waits for less time than when a correct response occurs, so having a slightly steeper gradient in firing rate ramping than correct responses.