The phrase "act to affect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the intention to take action in order to bring about a change or influence a situation.
Example: "We must act to affect positive change in our community."
Alternatives: "take action to influence" or "work to impact".
At the last meeting of the She Owns It business group, we talked about how, if at all, the owners expect the Affordable Care Act to affect their businesses.
First, the United States must act to affect the balance of power on the ground, shifting momentum away from radical Islamist groups toward more moderate elements that we hope can lead Syria after Mr. Assad's fall.
The next Act to affect the river was obtained by a group of local men in 1785.
The net effect of all these measures will be to silence critics and to deny them not only their right to speak out, but to peacefully organize and act to affect change in Israel's policies in the occupied Palestinian lands.
We regard that both these density dependences are likely to independently and simultaneously act to affect the transmission of filariasis, via the introduction of vector biting transmission thresholds and breakpoint worm levels in the human population [10].
However, how Arf1/COPI proteins act to affect LDs has been unknown.
Thus, although alcohol-associated sleep problems have significant economic and clinical consequences, very little is known about how and where alcohol acts to affect sleep.
The first one is recording the states and events of the real world into the databases, and the second one is doing some acts to affect the real world.
However, the mechanism by which p300 acts to affect cell growth and differentiation of normal human epithelial cells has not been elucidated.
Kinase inhibitors are notoriously promiscuous and our study shows that Ro 31-8220 acto to affect nuclear foci, MBNL-dependent events and CELF1 protein levels independently of PKC, suggesting that another kinase is involved.
Mechanisms by which lifetime physical inactivity or regular activity acts to affect the expression of specific genes and proteins remain a logical direction for future research, and the importance of housing and access to physical activity deserves further attention in future animal studies.
