The phrase "appears to moderate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the influence or effect of something that seems to lessen or control a particular situation or behavior.
Example: "The new policy appears to moderate the impact of the economic downturn on small businesses."
Alternatives: "seems to alleviate" or "appears to lessen".
H2 appears to moderate the dissociative adsorption through electronic interactions with co-adsorbates, mediated by the catalyst nanoparticle and by maintaining a catalytically clean particle surface.
These results support the idea developed in this article that the subjective meaning of citizenship is not the same across countries with the qualification that only one of the country conditions suggested appears to moderate the relationship.
The fundamental role of race appears to moderate the effects of insurance status.
Within a person-centred framework, education appears to moderate the relationship between care and health outcomes.
Fluoxetine also appears to moderate the efficacy of stimulant medication, as evidenced by the finding that combined Fluoxetine Methylphenidate treatment reduces ADHD symptoms in co-morbid ADHD children (Gammon and Brown 1993; Findling 1996).
Drought appears to moderate the association between food insecurity and mental health in the following ways: First, compared to the average unadjusted distress score, people experiencing 'very dry' drought reported a significantly higher level of distress whereas people living in 'constant and long dry' drought reported the lowest.
The party, on whose tacit support the Liberal Party's government leadership depends, has appeared to moderate its demands for the closure of Islamic schools, a halt to immigration from Islamic countries and a ban on the building of new mosques.
WASHINGTON – Having overruled top advisers who had argued for arming the opposition in Syria, President Obama appeared to moderate his expectations for change in that war-torn country in Tuesday's State of the Union speech.
A group's objectives and operational tempo appear to moderate its network structure.
High scrub appeared to moderate the contrast between low scrub and forest fragments for primary cavity-nesters.
Initial findings have demonstrated the effectiveness of the thermal charging and discharging of the earth-rammed thermal mass, which appeared to moderate the extreme external temperatures.
