The phrase "a persistent shift of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a continuous or ongoing change in a particular context or situation.
Example: "The study revealed a persistent shift of public opinion regarding climate change over the past decade."
Alternatives: "an ongoing change in" or "a continual transition of".
For a sustained increase of ligand concentration with time, the adaptive system generates a persistent shift of its activity from its adapted level, which suppresses the tumbling so that the bacterium can climb the gradient [10].
In addition, the lesion produced a persistent shift of the body towards the side opposite to the lesion (Fig. 5D) as evidenced by the increased lateral shift angle from day 7 (6.4±2.1°) to day 60 post-lesion (5.2±8°) as compared to pre-lesion values (2.9±2.1°).
Importantly, during aging, a persistent shift from BAG1 to BAG3 determines the constitutive activation of the autophagic system for degradation of defective proteins.
For the shortest washout intervals (Tables 1 and 2), however, the posterior channels demonstrate a persistent shift in the average center frequency suggesting a carry-over effect for these regions of the brain.
No one argues that the change has been seismic or that these kind of films have come to dominate the mainstream, but just that there has been a persistent shift in that direction.
Indeed, they displayed either a slight and transient or a robust and persistent shift towards SS, denoting their subjective discounting of value attributed to the LL option.
This leads to a persistent southward shift or coning of the heliospheric current sheet (HCS) at these times, which has been described by the concept of the bashful ballerina.
The physiological effects of shift work may also influence drug activity and effectiveness, suggesting that persistent shift work may be incompatible with the efficacious treatment of disease.
The historical demographic reconstruction based on a Bayesian Skyline Plot showed that M. simplex underwent a stable demographic period shifting to a persistent growth of effective population size in recent periods.
A persistent theme of "Drama" is deception.
Unfortunately, however, uncertainty is a persistent reality of this world.
