The phrase "apply a functional" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "To improve the system, we need to apply a functional approach to the design process."
Alternatives: "implement a functional" or "utilize a functional".
In this study, we apply a functional traits approach to explore how characteristics involved in tree shape, size and function influence the type and severity of damage by hurricane winds, and examine the potential for recovery by re-sprouting.
In [30], the authors consider a new conformable fractional derivative and apply a functional compression-expansion fixed point theorem to prove the existence of a positive solution for fractional boundary value problem with S-L boundary conditions.
In order to address these questions, we decided to apply a functional supervised algorithm, called Functional Epigenetic Modules (FEMs) [ 11, 12], which performs an integrative analysis of DNA methylation and gene expression data at a system level.
Applying a functional perturbation to the above equation, the buckling load is found analytically to any desired degree of accuracy, as a function of material morphology.
Here we applied a functional genomic approach to examine the genome-wide effects of nanoceria on global gene transcription and cellular functions in mouse neuronal cells.
We propose a functional data approach to evaluating colour changes in stone that is based on applying a functional experiment design to the tristimulus curves resulting from the product of the power spectral distribution of the source, the stone reflectance curve and the matching colour functions of the standard observer.
Second, we applied a functional connectivity analysis in order to a) remove the possibility of the results in the parametric analysis being a confound of strategy or non-specific effects of reduction in BOLD signal, b) to identify further brain areas, which are connected to BA44 and are incorporated in the dynamic process of learning sound-gesture associations.
We applied a functional connectivity procedure similar to those previously used by several groups [ 41, 46].
We applied a functional candidate approach to test the known characterized genes in this family.
The latter treats PEEK with plasma [ 12] and chemicals [ 13] and applies a functional coating [ 14, 15].
One study applied a functional logistic regression model (FLRM) to fetal heart rates [ 18] and another applied functional multivariate analysis of variance (FMANOVA) to temporal fertility trajectories of medfly populations [ 47].
