Sentences with phrase «slight decrease of»

December showed a slight decrease of 0.6 % from a year ago.

Pinker's paper shows an increase in BOA received SW from 1983 — 2001 of 0.16 m2 pa; this period was broken up into a slight decrease of BOA SW from 1983 — 1992 and an increase from 1993 to 2001.

The measurements from the 3000 oceanic ARGO buoys since 2003 may suggest a slight decrease of the oceanic heat content between the surface and a depth 700 m with very significant regional differences.

So the main issue for me is that all «serious» studies show only «statistical trends» having some effects on some measurable quantities, (slight increase of average temperature, slight increase of sea level, slight decrease of northern, but not southern, sea ice,..)

Operating margin reached 0.1 per cent for the quarter, representing a slight decrease of 0.7 percentage points as compared to the second quarter 2015.

This was a very slight decrease of $ 1.24 over July's $ 136.68 of net interest.

In contrast, Jeep dealers reported that sales were essentially flat, with a slight decrease of 2 percent for the Patriot.

Sep 1, 2017 — American Honda Motor Co., Inc. today reported total August sales of 146,049 Honda and Acura vehicles, a slight decrease of 2.4 percent vs. August 2016.

Students achieving the top grade of A * across all subjects saw a slight decrease of 0.1 per cent down to 6.6 per cent.

Of note, treatment of ALCL cell lines with rapamycin also resulted in a slight decrease of Ser473 phosphorylation of AKT.

There was a slight decrease of school - age children who were homeless during the 2014 - 2015 school year as compared to the year prior (down to 678 from 712 during the 2013 - 14 school year), the audit shows.

Not exact matches

The number who believe that life in the U.S. is better than life in Mexico has fluctuated over the years, but as of last year was measured at 48 %, a slight decrease from 51 % seven years earlier.

Moving on to the latest employment report, released Friday, that showed a slight decrease in the unemployment rate widely attributed to a drop in the number of individuals looking for work, Gundlach said it was a bleed - off of the temporary increase in employment due to unseasonably warm weather.

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I had just gotten a notification from Mint that one of my credit accounts had closed, and there was a slight decrease in my credit score — when in fact, I had paid off one of my student loans.

More than 75 percent of farmland sold in the District was purchased by farmers despite a slight decrease from a few years ago and sharp declines in U.S. farm income (Chart 4).

Results of this study showed a decrease in total antioxidant capacity following the microwaving and boiling approach, and a slight increase in this capacity through use of the stir - fry method.

In terms of effect on consumption, Ng et al estimated a reduction in sugar sweetened drink intake of 104 mL (10 %) per person per week compared with our predicted reduction of around 15 %.19 The substitution effects predicted in Ng et al's study are very slight, and as a result the predicted change in energy intake is larger (net decrease of 24 kJ / person / day compared with our estimate of 17 kJ / person / day).

The US dairy market has seen an overall rise in year - on - year production with slight decreases in the production of some cheeses and dry milk, according to the latest dairy report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

You can either increase or decrease the amounts of either of these, but I found 1 tsp honey to give just a very slight sweetness, and the lemon to add a very slight tartness to bring out the buttery avocado.

The US dairy market has seen an overall rise in year - on - year production with slight decreases in the production of some cheeses and dry milk, according to the latest dairy report...

It was also interesting to see that by examining games played in the last quarter of the season, we were able to increase our ROI despite a slight decrease to our overall units won.

These symptoms consist of slight irritability for 1 - 2 days, fever in the range of 101 - 102, a slight rash, slightly red eyes, decreased activity or a slight cough.

OAK FOREST — The Oak Forest Park District recently proposed levying $ 920,870 in property taxes for residents in 1999, a slight decrease from the 1998 levy of $ 928,207.

As of July 2016 [update], the population was 256,902, a slight decrease from the 2010 census.

Data from a 2008 Furman Center study of the policies in California and Massachusetts indicated that IZ programs there resulted in only slight increases in housing costs and only minute decreases in new construction, or have no impact on the market at all.

There has been a slight decrease in the proportion of voters who say the state is in a recession.

«A slight decrease in the size of a few buildings does not change the fact that this massive plan is fundamentally wrong for the Village, wrong for New York City, and wrong for NYU,» he said.

Using ultraprecise atomic clocks, scientists proved that for every one foot higher you move above the Earth's surface, time speeds up by a factor of 0.00000000000000004 due to the slight decrease in the force of gravity — just as general relativity would predict.

The panel determined that «no evidence of even moderate scientific quality» links anything — from herbal or nutritional supplements to prescription medications to social, economic or environmental conditions — with the slightest decrease in the risk of developing Alzheimer's.

Specifically, during the part of the DASH trial in which participants were given the least sodium, their uric acid concentrations were the highest, with slight decreases achieved during the medium and high sodium portions of the trial.

During this period some years did see rises while others actually saw slight decreases, according to the paper presenting the result in the November 23 issue of Geophysical Research Letters.

But the slightest disturbance to the direction of just one of these atomic magnets throws the entire group into disarray: The collective magnetic strength in the group decreases.

In their analysis of Kickstarter.com, when the page creator's profile photo exhibited a broad smile that tended to elicit perceptions of warmth, the total amount of money pledged decreased by more than 50 percent, and the average contribution per backer was 30 percent less than when the creator's photo included only a slight smile.

After wind turbine construction, they found an increased rate of lek abandonment at sites within eight kilometers of the turbines as well as a slight decrease in male body mass.

«The absolute total of deaths through natural catastrophes has remained reasonably constant with a slight decrease.

«The successful demonstration of this effect may enable scientists to measure extremely slight increases or decreases in the rotation of objects, including earth.»

If the cylinders are firing more quickly because of acceleration, the periods between the slight acceleration will decrease.

A new study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital investigated sports - and recreation - related eye injuries during a 23 - year period and found a slight decrease in eye injuries overall; however, the rate of eye injury associated with non-powder guns (including BB, pellet and paintball guns) increased by almost 170 %.

Both the number of tablets and concentration in urine were associated with a significant increase in language delay in girls, and a slight but not significant decrease in boys.

They were able to measure the slight decrease in brightness as the planet and its atmosphere absorbed some of the starlight while transiting (passing in front of) the host star.

has decreased in winter, but no significant change in annual mean precipitation potentially because of very slight increases in spring and fall precipitation; precipitation is projected to increase across Montana, primarily in spring; slight decrease in summer precipitation; variability of precipitation year - to - year projected to increase

In contrast, we found that VPA caused a slight decrease in the number of CD4 + Tregs in allogeneic BMT recipients.

«Since the slight decrease in cancer mortality largely reflects changing incidence or earlier detection, rather than improved therapy, the logical next step, we believe, would be to shift more resources into an arena where we have proved that they make a difference and concentrate our efforts on prevention and early detection of cancer,» says Bailar.

Statewide precipitation has decreased in winter (0.14 inches / decade -LSB--0.36 cm / decade]-RRB- since 1950, but no significant change has occurred in annual mean precipitation, probably because of very slight increases in spring and fall precipitation.

The research has revealed that the production of testosterone marked a slight decrease in people who had previously smoked marijuana occasionally or never, and this should be considered as alarming.

Even though you might find that there has been a slight weight decrease on the scale, loss of water is generally never considered an effective weight loss.

Those that followed the low glycemic calorie restricted diet actually experienced a slight decrease in LDL, by a mean of 2.8 mg / dL.

To summarize: a rather normal dose of alcohol caused a decrease in fat burning, no change in carbohydrate burning, and a slight increase in overall calorie burning in men who were in the fasted state.

I have been following this lifestyle for the past two months, and while I notice a slight decrease in milk production, I think that the quality of the milk has not been compromise.