The phrase "a transitional state of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a phase or condition that is in the process of changing from one state to another.
Example: "The project is currently in a transitional state of development, moving from initial planning to execution."
Alternatives: "an intermediate phase of" or "a shifting condition of".
Our results represent a transitional state of economic activities by rural communities immediately after resettlement, rather than a fully evolved livelihood portfolio in a new environment.
The particular hibernation characteristics of black bears with a continuous torpor period and an only slightly decreased body temperature, therefore, potentially reflects the limitations of this adaptive reaction pattern and, thus, might indicate a transitional state of a physiological process.
The Other cluster falls between the LPA-positive and -negative clusters and could represent either a transitional state of development between the two or a distinct set of ovarian tumors driven LPA in the context of other factors.
Since an altered conformation of tau is suggested to impact the propensity of aggregation [15], [16] the change of protein conformation in black bears might reflect a transitional state of a physiological process and thereby highlights the limitation of that particular cellular reaction pattern.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) was considered as a transitional state of normal aging and dementia.
They represent a transitional state of Westernisation which is characterised by excessive smoking habits and a diet having a low vitamin and mineral density.
However the fact that we found one example of purely cystic liver metastasis which shows scattered pro SP-C positive cells in the lining epithelium (Figure S13) may argue that cysts may be a transitional state to development of frank malignancy.
It is not possible to predict the subsequent clinical course of disease, or to determine whether the presence of limited liver metastasis represents a true state of oligometastasis or a transitional state to disseminated metastasis.
As it turns out, this may not be a total coincidence: The history of magic and witchcraft is full of orgies, drinking, and entheogens, all used as a way to achieve a magical, transitional state of mind one where your body may still be in the physical realm but your spirit is elsewhere, free to roam "between the worlds".
Some point out that in Marxist theory socialism is a transitional state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.
Amphibians occupy a transitional state in the evolution of air breathing and terrestriality, so the extensive expansion of olfactory/pheromone receptors may be an evolutionary adaptation to their special living environment.
