The phrase "a finding of deficit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts such as financial reports, audits, or assessments where a shortfall or lack of funds is identified.
Example: "The audit resulted in a finding of deficit, prompting the organization to reevaluate its budget allocations."
Alternatives: "a determination of shortfall" or "an assessment of deficiency."
Analyses of the ratio of observed (O) to expected (E) deaths in flooded areas also support the finding of a deficit of deaths in the year after flooding compared with the year before flooding (Table 3).
If this were the case, our finding of a deficit of testis-specific genes in D. serrata is conservative because we may have assigned autosomal genes to the X chromosome.
Borgwardt et al. [ 2010] found lateralized differences between ill and well twins for the medial frontal gyrus on the left, and anterior cingulate and post-central gyri on the right, the finding of a deficit in the anterior cingulate to the right appearing also in a number of meta-analyses of singletons with schizophrenia [Crow et al., 2013].
These results provide neuroimaging support for related claims based on findings of deficits in object-based orienting in patients with left parietal lesions.
To date, there has only been one meta-analysis on cognitive functioning in first-episode bipolar disorder, with the findings of deficits ranging from small to large effect for processing speed, attention, verbal learning and memory and executive functions in patients relative to HCs (Lee et al. 2014).
These results are consistent with previous findings of deficits in abstract thinking in schizophrenia [ 1, 3- 7], suggesting that our task may be an effective alternative measurement.
Our findings of deficits in the complex wheel running and of increased interactive behaviours were consistently observed during both acute and chronic demyelination.
Our results here are in line with previous findings of deficits in semantic verbal fluency in first-episode psychosis patients with a mania history 74 and deficits in both verbal fluency and verbal memory in first-episode psychotic BD 75.
Consistent findings of deficits on similar neuropsychological functions have been shown in studies of the same chemical exposure conducted by different investigators in different countries, languages, and cultures (Anger 1990, 2003).
These results are consistent with previous findings of deficits in client, staff, and setting-related information in intervention research in other domains such as obesity prevention [ 19], and mental health treatment [ 17, 18].
