The phrase "are moderately less" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is typically used in contexts where a comparison is being made, but the word "moderately" is redundant when paired with "less."
Example: "The results from the second experiment are moderately less conclusive than those from the first."
Alternatives: "are somewhat lower" or "are slightly reduced."
First, our results indicate that we should generally prefer priors that are moderately less informative in data analysis than in data sampling (Table 4 and Appendices 2 and 3).
All in all, however, the left-side plots indicate that several replacements are moderately less likely under 64×4 mutation than under 4×4 mutation –instead of a few being markedly less likely– but the plots on the right show that several mutability differences favoring 64×4 mutation are nonetheless quite large.
They are moderately less effective in A1C lowering than GLP-1ras and, importantly vis-à-vis treatment during Ramadan, do not require titration.
These findings are in line with the predictions of modeling studies, as well as the results of the present report, which indicate that the binding affinity and in vitro activity of bevacizumab are moderately less than those of ranibizumab.
"But it will likely be moderately less than we anticipated due to the crowded tentpole schedule this summer and the delay of certain film licensing deals into next fiscal year".
This revealed that R-luc 3xb mRNA was moderately less stable than the mut control (∼1.4 fold for the cap&tail and ∼1.3 fold for the cap only versions), confirming previous observations that let-7 mediated repression of transfected R-luc mRNA occurs mainly at the level of translation [18].
Monotherapy with imepitoin in dogs with newly diagnosed epilepsy showed that it was moderately less effective but potentially more tolerated than phenobarbital or primidone.
In some MM cells from patients (namely cases 1, 2, 7 and 9) the GSK-3β isoform was moderately less expressed.
Two strains (1261 and 1167) were moderately less invasive than L. monocytogenes EGDe, but none of the isolates demonstrated an invasion phenotype that was comparable to the PMSC1 L. monocytogenes isolate.
Accumulation of ROS in strains lacking xprG was moderately less than that of the wild-type strain, whereas the gain-of-function xprG1 strain demonstrated ROS levels comparable to the ΔatmA strain.
