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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a change in usage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how the meaning or application of a word, phrase, or concept has evolved over time.
Example: "The term 'literally' has undergone a change in usage, now often being used for emphasis rather than its original meaning."
Alternatives: "a shift in usage" or "an alteration in usage".
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For example, coping with predation might require a change in habitat usage, which is different from its usage under high parasitism risk [ 11].
It's a change in product, usage patterns, and way people actually use them.
Since there has been a change in the usage of power plants and fuels since the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, the results may differ if the analysis is performed using more recent data.
A fourth subject, subject 47, who had virologic failure without a change in coreceptor usage or VVC susceptibility served as a comparison.
We selected subjects enrolled in a phase IIb clinical trial of VVC who experienced protocol-defined virologic failure (<1 log10 viral load decrease at or after week 16) and a change in coreceptor usage as determined by a validated phenotypic assay (Trofile, Monogram Biosciences, South San Francisco, CA); subjects with assay-detectable CXCR4-using virus at baseline were excluded [13].
We selected subjects enrolled in a phase IIb clinical trial of VVC who experienced protocol-defined virologic failure and a change in coreceptor usage as determined by a validated phenotypic assay (Trofile, Monogram Biosciences, South San Francisco, CA), excluding subjects with assay-detectable CXCR4-using virus at baseline [13].
Using Cufflinks, we identify 513 loci (q-value < 0.001; Additional file 5) with a change in TSS usage between pre- and post-ZGA stages.
It is possible that gonadal hormones affected auditory preferences or auditory motor interfaces, leading to a change in call usage via changed neural responsiveness (Metzdorf et al., 1999; Avey et al., 2008; Remage-Healey et al., 2010).
These tasks are closely connected; a change in codon usage may lead to changes in the optimal assembly protocol, and the lack of a simple assembly protocol may be addressed by changing the nucleotide sequence.
The synonymous SNPs (sSNPs) within CDS can cause a change in codon usage that could result in a change in a ribosome movement speed during protein translation, subsequently causing mis-folding in protein conformation and consequently affecting protein function.
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