The phrase "and compared to define" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete thought and lacks context for proper usage.
Example: "The results were analyzed and compared to define the key differences."
Alternatives: "and analyzed to clarify" or "and evaluated to determine".
Their current interest matrices are analyzed and compared to define the interest difference between user u x and u y as shown in Eq. (4), by averaging their interest difference for all spots.
The design procedure is based on analyzing the CubeSat standard and defining the physical and geometrical constraints, both for a general Cubesat and the particular case of e-st@r, multiple possible configurations are analyzed and compared to define the most suitable one.
Two cut points were considered and compared to define IFG: 100 and 110 mg/dL.
In cases where a genome assembly was publicly available, contigs containing these exons were identified by blastn and compared to define the assembled exon structure for individual genes.
Finally, the two sets of MR candidates that were selected in terms of the specificity and the coverage were compared, to define the final MR candidates.
TFs identified in each of the three phases: DBTBS, HMM- E. coli models and Superfamily searches were compared to define the final TF repertoire.
Finally the sequences on closely related branches of the tree are compared to define clusters with >90% of sequence identity.
The PE/PPE genes were compared to defined PE/PPE genes from completed genomes only.
Intra-slide and intra-lot variability in spot intensity and morphology, the number of missing spots and the presence of control spots were also measured and compared to a defined set of lot release standards before use in any reported studies.
To test for a relationship between estimated frequencies in pools and direct counts from individuals, ratios were calculated using the mean peak areas generated from multiple mass spectra and compared to the defined pooling ratios.
Like JAG1, HEY2 expression decreased significantly in Endothelial medium compared to Defined medium.
