The phrase "act modification" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to behavioral changes, programming, or legal terms where actions or behaviors are being altered or adjusted.
Example: "The therapist suggested several techniques for act modification to help the client improve their coping strategies."
Alternatives: "behavior adjustment" or "action alteration".
On Friday, the House of Representatives scheduled a vote next week on legislation that would extend the provisions of the so-called Patriot Act, without modification, until Dec. 8, instead of letting them expire at the end of this month.
We speculate that the act of modification triggers destabilization of the base pairing, presumably involving some other type of activity.
Linear motifs can be broadly divided into two major families: those that act as modification sites and those that act as ligands, with each having numerous subgroups.
In the present study, we evaluated, separately for premenopausal and postmenopausal women, whether the CYP17 polymorphism was independently related to breast cancer risk or could possibly act through modification of other breast cancer risk factors.
Consequently, differences in brain function between the high-risk twin and the low-risk co-twin from discordant pairs reflect environmental effects on the brain, rather than effects of genetic variation, although these environmental stressors may ultimately act through modification of gene expression (Heijmans et al., 2009).
The mechanism of biofilm prevention by macrolides seen in MRSA and other bacteria is not completely understood but current studies speculate that they also act through modification of the immune system's inflammatory response to infection, and/or through a direct effect on bacterial virulence [ 24, 26, 31].
The act makes modifications to the system to further encourage legal migration, while cutting down on illegal migration and unfounded asylum claims.
24– 31 TPM is a neurostabilizer that acts via modification of excitatory voltage-activated sodium and calcium channels, antagonism of alpha-amino-3-hydroxyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid kainate (AMPA/KA) receptors, and enhancement of gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor-mediated inhibitory currents.
First, the direct Pi acquisition pathway acts through modifications of root architecture, root length and lateral root numbers [ 42- 44].
Some histone modifications act in cis to change chromatin structure directly, whereas others act in trans to affect the recruitment of a protein complex that regulates gene expression [ 36].
