The phrase "a mere adaptation of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has been modified or changed slightly from an original source, often implying that the changes are minimal.
Example: "The film is a mere adaptation of the novel, retaining most of the original plot and characters."
Alternatives: "a simple modification of" or "a slight variation of".
With the double perspective defined in this approach, it is intended to go further from a mere adaptation to certain user stereotypes, offering also a dynamic support to real limitations or difficulties users can encounter during the use of the UI.
In the Modern Age and Renaissance, European herbals diversified and innovated, and came to rely more on direct observation than being mere adaptations of traditional models.
There is however an alternative explanation which has been widely disregarded until now, i.e., that these changes may reflect mere adaptation to a high-fructose diet.
These findings imply that behavioral properties of stepping onto a stopped escalator do not simply reflect a mere aftereffect of motor-specific adaptation [9] or of sensory association adaptation [10], or an aftereffect of "short-term" adaptation specific to a moving escalator as in the mobile sled task in [3] [5].
Since all the sulphur metabolisers available to date are thermophilic/hyperthermophilic in nature, one could argue that the isoelectric point distribution of their proteomes is a mere reflection of their temperature adaptation.
Whether these alterations of glucose and lipid metabolism following fructose ingestion are mere adaptations to a transient change in diet or will in the long term be causally associated with adverse vascular effects remains unknown.
A postnatal autistic social maladaptation may be a mere outcome of the putative intrauterine behavioral adaptation in individuals with the primary phenotypes.
A mere question of style?
A mere suggestion of a hat, really.
A mere 5% of directors were women.
