The phrase "a combination of preparation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the elements or factors that contribute to being ready for a particular task or event.
Example: "Success in this project requires a combination of preparation, teamwork, and effective communication."
Alternatives: "a blend of preparation" or "a mix of preparation".
By a combination of preparation, science, sweat and tears, 2015 was the year when those we had declared also-rans defied such an indignity like never before.
Bob Stapleton, the owner and general manager of the Columbia team, credited the team's success to a combination of preparation and fortune, noting that "it's a sport where you can do everything right and lose, or get lucky be in the right place at the right time and win".
Effective management of intra-abdominal infections requires a combination of preoperative preparation, antibiotic prophylaxis and appropriate surgical technique.
These findings point towards the possibility of selecting and/or engineering the band structure at AlxGa1−xN surfaces through a combination of surface preparation and annealing.
By applying a combination of sample preparation strategies, the most comprehensive blastocoel composition catalog was obtained.
To extend the limited patterns of NSL, one method is shadow NSL, which is a combination of monolayer-preparation of PS spheres with tilted shadow evaporation [15, 16], the other one is to change the colloidal patterns.
A combination of enzyme preparations from Trichoderma atroviride and Serratia marcescens was able to completely degrade high concentrations (100 g/L) of chitin from langostino crab shells to N-acetylglucosamine (78%), glucosamine (2%), and chitobiose (10%).
The effects of different laser parameters are analyzed by using a combination of advanced sample preparation and ultra-high resolution scanning electron microscopy on a nanoscale level and a specific combination of mechanical tests on the macroscopic level.
In order to improve the drug entry into the cells, gemcitabine entrapment in a liposome capsule was next performed, using a combination of various liposome preparation procedures.
Accurate densitometric analysis of western blots is achieved by a combination of good sample preparation, technique, detection method, software, and analysis.
Successful relative and absolute quantitation of signaling peptides can be achieved in a single cell-sized sample using MALDI MS. A combination of appropriate sample preparation methods, analyte labeling with stable isotope techniques, and advanced MALDI MS approaches allows relative and absolute quantitation of analytes in nanoliter volume samples, including single cells (Table 1).
