The phrase "activity were used to" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be a grammatical error, likely due to the incorrect use of "were" instead of "was" or a missing subject.
Example: "The activity was used to improve team collaboration."
Alternatives: "activity was utilized to" or "activity was employed to".
The mechanisms of antibody activity were used to devise diagnostic tests for a number of diseases.
Log Kow values and surface activity were used to understand the switchable solvent mechanism in removing and recovering oily contaminants.
The drug release profile, MC3T3-E1 cell proliferation and alkaline phosphatase activity were used to investigate the functionality of these hybrid coatings.
Control untransformed plants and three independent transgenic lines of potato plants from the cultivar Désirée carrying only one insert of the gene construct nptII-gus and exhibiting different β-glucuronidase activity were used to breed Colorado potato beetles, Leptinotarsa decemlineata.
A variety of data including ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate conversion rates, oxygen consumption rates, and Nitrobacter ribosomal RNA transcript abundance, a molecular indicator of growth activity, were used to assess nitrite oxidation and growth activity.
In this study, specific small molecule inhibitors of MAPK and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity were used to determine the influence of these cascades on estrogen-mediated mitogenesis.
Two institutional determinants of union activity are used to empirically isolate the wage effect of union activism from labor market conditions: increased union revenue from investment shocks and increased union activity leading up to union officer elections.
And how can brain activity be used to change the plot of a film?
It is irrelevant that the proceeds from an activity are used to fund education or research.
Transcriptome analysis of seedlings with altered YODA activity was used to identify potential stomatal regulatory genes.
β-galactosidase activity was used to stain senescent cells after 4 days of treatment (Senescence Cells Histochemical Staining Kit, Sigma).
