"ambivalent function" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to something that is characterized by or exhibiting simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings, such as both acceptance and rejection. For example, you might say, "The ambivalent function of the new law has resulted in confusion amongst the citizens".
"Compliance is an ambivalent function.
Brain science, Eagleman believes, provides the final frontier in our understanding of our own littleness and contingency: the realisation that consciousness is not the centre of the mind but a limited and ambivalent function in a vast cosmological circuitry of non-conscious neurological functions.
This debate can be attributed to the ambivalent function of HER4 representing either oncogenic or tumour-suppressing activity [ 40].
Current approaches in developing novel anti-HER receptor targeted drugs that block the entire type 1 RTK family via 'pan-HER' blockade [ 59] may be counterproductive due to the ambivalent function of HER4.
β-Catenin is a protein with ambivalent functions.
B cells have been shown to have ambivalent functions in atherosclerotic plaque formation.
A major challenge will be to distinguish the ambivalent functions of RSK2 both as a downstream mediator but also as a negative regulator of MAPK signaling in these processes, and to explore potential differential effects on local MAPK signaling.
Accumulating data derived from preclinical investigations suggest that the apparent inconsistency regarding the importance of Her4 expression could be potentially explained by an ambivalent Her4 function i.e. pro-apoptotic [ 25, 26] and pro-proliferative [ 26, 27] activity.
Considering the ambivalent role of several mediators in inflammatory myositis, dual functions of resistin may be suggested.
A key consideration, here, is the ambivalent role of technology.
Fear plays a crucial but ambivalent role in auditing.
