The phrase "ascertain relationships" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of determining or discovering connections or associations between different entities or variables.
Example: "In our research, we aim to ascertain relationships between diet and health outcomes in various populations."
Alternatives: "determine connections" or "identify associations".
They would in addition, help resolve issues such as how it is possible to ascertain relationships such as those between the failure to comply with rules and the causes of accidents in ports, and help with development of the city overall.
Although this procedure has proven useful in building community phylogenies (see below), they are in many cases incompletely resolved (particular in poorly studied taxa), and therefore, by extension, may have less statistical power than more fully resolved phylogenies to ascertain relationships between functional traits, community ecology, and evolutionary history [11].
Comparative genomics provides an opportunity to ascertain relationships between gene function and location in a range of organisms [ 11].
The purpose of the CHMS was to collect information "to help evaluate the extent of health problems [and] to ascertain relationships among disease risk factors, health protection practices, and health status based on direct measures" [ 8].
Harbors and marinas are well known gateways for species introductions in marine environments but little work has been done to ascertain relationships between species diversity, harbor type, and geographic distance to uncover patterns of secondary spread.
Kaplan Meier and Cox proportional hazards methodology were used to ascertain relationships to ispilateral breast tumour recurrence (IBTR), locoregional recurrence (LRR), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) and breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS).
IBS is often used in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data to ascertain relationship between individuals in the absence of pedigree structure [10].
Additional file 2 presents the protocol and the ascertained relationships.
The efforts were also made to ascertain structure activity relationships among test compounds.
The second and third issues seeking to ascertain evolutionary relationships between particular organisms and the events of evolutionary history, as well as to explain how and why evolution takes place are matters of active scientific investigation.
To determine gastrointestinal (GI) permeability and fecal calprotectin concentration in children 7 to 10 years of age with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome (FAP/IBS) versus control subjects and ascertain potential relationships with pain symptoms and stooling.
