The phrase "affecting the competence of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing factors that influence someone's ability or skill level in a particular area.
Example: "The new regulations are affecting the competence of the employees in handling complex tasks."
Alternatives: "impacting the ability of" or "influencing the proficiency of".
It is more useful to view type I hiatal hernia as a continuum of progressive disruption of the EGJ, as illustrated in Figure 9. Type I hiatus hernia impacts on reflux by affecting the competence of the EGJ both in preventing reflux and in compromising the process of esophageal acid clearance once reflux has occurred.
Since the gene Dic61B is found in D. simulans, we hypothesize that it is the truly indispensable axonemal intermediate chain encoding gene, while Sdic may be still evolving its function affecting the competence of the sperm of D. melanogaster in a more subtle manner.
ANTs may coordinate the expression of cell proliferation genes and thereby affect the competence of cells for cell production during fruit growth.
(26) This Regulation should not affect the competences of national authorities in any procedure, including the verification of the accuracy and the validity of information or evidence submitted and the verification of authenticity where evidence is submitted by means other than the technical system based on the 'once-only' principle.
S-PCNA indeed stimulates the polymerase activity of both Polδ and Polη, but only to an extent similar to that reported for unmodified or ubiquitinated PCNA (Haracska et al, 2006), indicating that the presence of ubiquitin or SUMO residues on PCNA does not affect significantly the competence of DNA polymerases to elongate a linear template.
Firstly, it is important to note that the age of conidia significantly affected the adhesive competence of ungerminated conidia from A. niger ( MYA 135. Like us, Amiri et al. 2005) reported on a lower adhesion capacity to polystyrene of Penicillium expansum 40 day-old conidia, compared to the 15 day-old conidia.
Therefore, the present study provides a valuable database for identification of vector molecules that affect the vectorial competence of sand flies.
The ECM components signal the somatic cells of the follicle, affecting their growth and differentiation, and unexpectedly also affect the meiotic competence of the oocyte.
However, in contrast to Ins7/9 and 15, pre-40S particles in Ins3, 5, 11, 13 and 17 were strongly retained in the nucleoplasm, which suggests that the mutations involved affect the export competence of these particles, either in cis or in trans.
