The phrase "a function of the passage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the role or purpose of a specific section of text or a literary work.
Example: "The emotional impact of the story is a function of the passage's vivid imagery and character development."
Alternatives: "an aspect of the passage" or "a role of the passage".
That he is able to do so, he adds with the awareness of one accustomed to criticism, is more a function of the passage of time than in any transformation he is effecting in the fortunes of Derby County.
The reduced effect of SOX9 expression in NFs is not solely a function of the passage number, since NFSCs expressing SOX9 shRNAs for several passages showed only a 10 20% reduction in growth rate.
In the absence of such a control condition, one cannot determine whether the observed changes in anxiety symptoms, automatic thoughts, and anxiety control were due to treatment or simply a function of the passage of time or other variables present in the lives of these children.
(A ) Mean first passage time (MFPT) as a function of the initial distance to the target for both c-Myc (non-compact exploration; Df = 3, Dw = 2, and diffusion coefficient D = 9.8 μm/s) and P-TEFb (compact exploration; Df = 2.6, Dw = 3.3, and scale factor of the MSD fit D = 7.8).
All the familiar rites of passage are here, but presented evenly, without the cliched narrative beats – partly a function of the project's necessary open-endedness.
Interestingly, we observed that the mean DNA methylation β-value of the 100 CIMP-specific loci increased as a function of cell passage (Figure 4A and 4B).
Nonetheless, such maintenance is not simply a function of inhibiting passage through M-phase, because stem cell maintenance in the absence of GLP-1/Notch was not permitted by cell-cycle arrest caused by RNAi knockdown of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (cdk-1), a result we confirmed by visualizing formation of the synaptonemal complex.
Intriguingly, we observed that the overall DNA methylation level of the CIMP-specific loci in our stably transfected cells increases as a function of cell passage.
The expression of COX-2, αSMA, EP2 receptors, TGFβ receptors and PDGF receptors was found to be stable as a function of cell passage number as assessed by Western blotting.
Decrease of telomeric DNA in human fibroblasts as a function of serial passage during in vitro aging was first demonstrated by measurement of terminal restriction fragment (TRF) length [ 10].
Figure 3A shows yield of average numbers of γ-H2AX foci per cell as a function of cell passage number after cells exposure to γ-rays and carbon ions along with non-irradiated control.
