The phrase "are relevant to the understanding of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing information or concepts that contribute to a clearer comprehension of a subject.
Example: "The historical context and cultural influences are relevant to the understanding of the novel's themes."
Alternatives: "are significant for grasping" or "are important for comprehending".
The results presented in this study are relevant to the understanding of potential pathways for development within this field.
Exciton states in quantum dot (QD) systems are relevant to the understanding of a number of their optical and electronic features.
Results are relevant to the understanding of survival, growth, and functional behaviour of evergreen oaks in Mediterranean climates, under recurrent/seasonal drought conditions.
"Engineering principles are relevant to the understanding of how the tissue will work in vivo or how the machine we use to grow the tissues works in bioreactors," Viceconti says.
The first is one of coverage: many of the proposals that are relevant to the understanding of ability, especially the classical 'conditional analysis' (discussed in Section 3.1 below), are naturally read as proposals about specific ability in the present sense, and a suitably broad conception of ability lets us keep these proposals within our domain of discussion.
The implications of these results are discussed in the context of the effect of trivalent impurities on oxygen ion mobilities in UO2, which are relevant to the understanding of experimental observations concerning the effect of trivalent fission products on the oxidative corrosion rates of spent nuclear fuel.
Furthermore, the concept of primed microglia is relevant to the understanding of its role in brain dysfunction during sepsis development.
Knowledge of the composition of mRNP granules could be relevant to the understanding of mRNA transport.
Social, cultural, economic and political context are relevant to our understanding of how science works.
"Understanding what happened back then is relevant to the general and more current problem of human impacts on landscapes and biota.
"I want to be sure that my understanding of the 50's and 60's is relevant to the present," he said.
