The phrase "a simple association of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a straightforward connection or relationship between two or more elements.
Example: "The study revealed a simple association of diet and exercise with overall health outcomes."
Alternatives: "a basic link between" or "a straightforward connection of".
The records suggest that a simple association of thermal and moisture conditions, such as warm/wet or cold/dry, may be misleading.
It is becoming clear that a simple association of a famous name with a product won't necessarily sell that product.
Therefore, a simple association of TAL1 peaks to their closest genes may miss target genes regulated by TAL1 via binding to a distal regulatory element.
The activation of the insulin/IGF-1 pathway at the tissue level is likely complex and does not have a simple association with systemic measures of insulin or IGF-1.
Predictions of a simple association between FBD and monogamy are complicated by increasingly common genetic results indicating substantial extra-pair paternity in putatively monogamous mammals [e.g. 52% in swift foxes], [Vulpes velox, 39, 35% in mountain brushtail possums, Trichosurus cunninghami, 40].
This is indicative of prolonged receptor inhibition, which effectively removes receptors from the total pool on which an agonist can act, rather than the formation of a simple association and dissociation equilibrium between the antagonist and agonist.
Therefore, simple association of a certain DNA polymorphism with an agronomic trait (phenotype) does not necessarily confirm that the polymorphism is responsible for the agronomic trait.
These data challenge the simple association of an ECM niche with higher TE content in the Amanita.
A second consequence is that the four helices of the BASS domain are highly intertwined, in a manner reminiscent of the plectonemic coiling of the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA double helix, far more so than the simple association of two anti-parallel side-by-side dimeric coiled-coils proposed previously (Kashina et al., 1996a; Acar et al., 2013).
True enough, of course, but the movie's simple association of Japanese feudal order with quality makes one queasy.
However, in counterpoint to this simple association of increased NFAT with increased Treg cell differentiation, decreased NFAT signaling has also been reported to impair Th1 and Th17 cell differentiation (Ghosh et al., 2010; Hermann-Kleiter and Baier, 2010).
