The phrase "acting as controls" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing something that functions as a standard or reference point in an experiment or study.
Example: "In the experiment, the untreated samples served as controls, allowing us to compare the effects of the treatment."
Alternatives: "serving as controls" or "functioning as controls".
Others, acting as controls, had no internal patterns.
Some, acting as controls, had no internal patterns.
Others, acting as controls, knelt back to back, in pairs.
(Genes are recipes for proteins). The remaining cells surrounded these clusters, acting as controls.
Temperature-dependent polymerising polyethylene oxide hydrogel was used as a vehicle to deliver bone marrow mesenchymal cells by injection in six nude mice, four mice acting as controls, to study generation of new bone in the cell hydrogel complex.
Whether acting as controls in their own right, being relied on to ensure physical, hardware or electronic controls are in place and functional when needed, or as a threat to safe operations, human performance is central to the development, implementation and sustainable operation of barrier management systems.
Overall, 136 healthy participants were evaluated with 107 undertaking experimental exercise trials and 100 acting as control participants (73 of which acted as their own control).
A test-retest group (acting as control group) of 37 students completed the questionnaires with no intervention.
The new units required evaluation to establish efficiency of incubation, with existing hatchery troughs acting as control.
Addition of HNTs ensures the presence of tubular structures for subsequent drug loading in their lumen, of molecules such as curcumin, acting as controlled drug delivery systems.
Overall, silicone hydrogel CLs functionalized with bioinspired chemical groups represent a first attempt to design CLs adapted to the needs of diabetic eyes, acting as controlled release platforms of epalrestat, promoting drug accumulation and diffusion through cornea.
