The phrase "adhered less than" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to compare levels of adherence, but it lacks clarity and context for proper usage.
Example: "The policy was adhered to less than expected, leading to several issues."
Alternatives: "followed to a lesser extent" or "complied with less than".
Similarly, when cell adherence was monitored, as a marker of monocyte differentiation, sPRDM16-WT-THP-1 cells adhered less well than sPRDM16-K568R cells (Fig. 3f).
Among HIV/AIDS patients, hazardous drinkers adhered less to antiretroviral treatment (ART) than other patient groups, resulting in poorer immunological and virological treatment outcomes [ 5].
The arthritic SF clone adhered less well to all ECM proteins tested than did the normal SF clone (Fig. 6).
Each pillar adheres with less than a micronewton--holding a good-sized apple against the force of gravity requires one newton of force--but they work together making a strong bond between tape and surface.
The study by Ploppa and colleagues used a simplified in vitro flow chamber model and revealed the paradoxical finding that activated neutrophils adhere less well than unstimulated neutrophils to activated endothelium, in part due to shedding of the adhesion molecule L-selectin [ 1].
The association was moderately strong, but about 4.7% of cancers in men and 2.4% of cancers in women would have been prevented in this population if it shifted to the category with the highest adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern (score ⩾6), adhered to by less than 50% of this population (Table 1).
In XVM2 medium ΔXacFhaC adhered slightly less well than the wild type, with a 1.5 fold lower levels of CV stain retained (Figure 3A, right side).
In this study we investigated whether GPs with a higher workload adhere less to guidelines than those with a lower workload and whether guideline recommendations that require a greater time investment are less adhered to than those that can save time.
At 8 hours, RSCs adhered significantly less (28%) on ChM than that observed on polystyrene.
