The phrase "a moderate shift in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or adjustments that are not extreme but rather moderate in nature.
Example: "The study indicates a moderate shift in public opinion regarding climate change policies over the past year."
Alternatives: "a slight change in" or "a modest adjustment in".
Now, President Obama's team looks prescient for arguing that the deal was essential for any hope of bringing about a moderate shift in the Islamic Republic.
A moderate shift in end products of fermentation occurred with both types of rumen liquor, but mainly at low ruminal pH (i.e., 5.5), suggesting a selective toxicity of these EO against rumen bacterial strains that grow at low rumen pH.
The signal from the nearly geogenic layer overlying the Middle Paleolithic material includes a moderate shift in the proportion of cold tundra adapted species, suggesting that the tundra expanded leading up to the Neanderthal depopulation, but no period of drastic climatic change is recognizable.
The DOC caused a moderate shift in the particle size/volume distribution to smaller particles and a reduction of particle volume concentrations at some of the tested conditions for both fuels.
Taken together, these data suggest a moderate shift towards an increase in de novo PC synthesis from diacylglycerol and PE.
In addition, a moderate shift and the intensity vibration of 1533 cm-1 to 1535 cm-1 indicates the structural change that occurred in CT-DNA.
Recent studies have shown that adaptive ¯¯¯X control charts are quicker than traditional ¯¯¯X charts in detecting small to moderate shifts in a process.
The variable sample size and sampling interval (VSSI) ¯¯¯X chart is among the adaptive control charts which improves the diagnostic abilities of the standard ¯¯¯X chart for a quick detection of small and moderate shifts in the process mean.
If instead we make moderate shifts in energy and industry — using the kinds of targets that nations have contemplated in international talks but have failed to pursue — sea level could still climb past 12 feet just after 2300.
We found substantial changes during the semester in students' views of "scientists"; moderate shifts in students' sense of whether knowledge is certain and ability is innate, the creativity of science, or understanding of motives that drive scientists; and a small shift in students' views of science as a collaborative activity (Tables 5 and 6).
