The phrase "a preceding study on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a study that was conducted before the current discussion or analysis.
Example: "In light of the findings from a preceding study on climate change, we can draw several important conclusions."
Alternatives: "an earlier study regarding" or "a prior study about".
The sample size was calculated based on a preceding study [ 31] but the study population could in an ideal world have been vastly larger, which could have compensated for some unexpected variability in the degree of the responses.
Based on preceding studies on the concept of ESS, a report by the NASA Advisory Council ([1988]) first used the term 'Earth system science' explicitly and provided the clear definition used today.
To our knowledge, there are no previous studies assessing fetal growth by using ultrasound data with which to compare our results, but the findings of preceding studies on newborn reproductive outcomes have a certain consistence with the results found here.
Based on preceding studies on TG cell [22] and TG organ cultures [23], we have recently shown that the addition of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) or inflammatory soup (IS) on the dura mater causes an increase in phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinases (p-ERK1/2) activation and interleukin (IL -1β expressIL -1β thexpressionral TG [24].
We also consider the results of certain preceding studies on steady-state conduit flow models that have suggested that the pressure change in the magma chamber largely contributes to the initiation and termination of an eruption (e.g., Melnik and Sparks, 1999; Barmin et al., 2002).
This finding is largely coherent with some preceding studies on influences of partners' characteristics on healthy behaviours decision-making [ 26].
Considered together, the preceding studies on craving for tobacco and alcohol suggest that the visceral theory is a promising approach for understanding craving.
In addition, it may be that in some preceding studies on obese youth more improvements would have been revealed with longer follow-up measurements.
These results do not prove but clearly suggest the causality of the radioactive pollution to the temporal and spatial AR dynamics, which is even more compelling when we consider the preceding studies on this butterfly [ 9- 14].
We studied prevalence of dieting among children as well as the reasons that induce children to start a diet because we think this topic should precede studies on the potential impact that diet has on overweight and more serious eating-related symptoms.
