The phrase "a consistent sign" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a reliable or stable indicator of something, often in contexts like behavior, trends, or symptoms.
Example: "The increase in sales is a consistent sign of our growing popularity in the market."
Alternatives: "a reliable indicator" or "a steady signal".
The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic use of Waters' projection of the maxillary sinus with particular regard to sinus mucosal swelling as a consistent sign of maxillary sinusitis.
We find that though cancer subtypes use different interactions, an interaction generally has a consistent sign whenever it is used in a particular tumor.
In fact, many studies showed feed intake decreased following occurrence of SARA [ 37- 39], and reduced feed intake is a consistent sign of SARA in both dairy cows [ 2, 40, 41] and beef cattle [ 42, 43].
We therefore define a sensitivity value to be practically identifiable for given input data if 95% of the distribution maintains a consistent sign, similar to definitions for parameter identifiability used in previous studies [ 7, 25].
Investigating possible demographic events failed to detect any consistent sign of recent bottlenecks or expansions in any of the populations (Table S4).
Hyperglycemia is the most consistent sign of diabetes, but is not a sensitive indicator at the onset of the disease.
The bars were the only consistent sign of life, strange small places that felt more like people's living rooms, with clamshells for ashtrays and nets draped on the walls.
For instance, epidemiological studies report that the combination of episodic and working memory disorders represents the most consistent sign of progression from mild cognitive impairment to AD.
More than 96% of the 1,416 identified transcripts exhibit consistent sign changes; ~33% are over expressed and ~63% are under expressed in both BG01V APCs and CCF-STTG1 astrocytoma cells relative to diploid H9 APCs.
As indicated in Figure 3 (lower panel), transcripts exhibiting consistent sign changes in expression levels are identified by the group comparison (the intersect of the two data sets or the GDvC comparison).
As shown in Table 3 H|H is generally a much stronger predictor than other positive selection measures, with much higher Z-scores of consistent sign; ΔiHH and iHS are both weaker predictors, and the relationship between the sign of the value and whether or not a marker is an eQTL actually changes between data sets.
