The phrase "associated with a steady" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a relationship or connection to something that is consistent or stable.
Example: "The research findings are associated with a steady increase in productivity among employees."
Alternatives: "linked to a consistent" or "connected with a stable".
And pointing out that things could have been worse doesn't change the fact that our post-9/11 grand strategy has been associated with a steady erosion of America's position in the world.
For these five packs examined, an increasingly tighter pack was associated with a steady increase in coordination number and a more steeply and accelerating increase in average maximum contact force per unit.
The decrease in natural vegetation in the three major grazing resources in Gadarif State is associated with a steady increase in bare land and/or cultivated area.
This expansion of economic analysis has also been associated with a steady development of specialised economic fields that have tried to explore the potential and limitations of using economics to study a large array of topics (Backhouse and Biddle [2000]).
Increasing alcohol intake was associated with a steady and significant decrease in AMI mortality.
These changes have been associated with a steady increase in BMI and cardiometabolic risk factors.
Univariate analysis revealed that (i) a HLA-B*57 allele, (ii) one (heterozygosity) or two (homozygosity) copies of the HLA-C5'-C allele, and (iii) a HCP5-G allele each associated with a lower steady-state viral load (as reflected by the negative values of the regression coefficients; Table 1, models 1 to 3).
This was associated with a reduced steady-state CO2 exhalation of 42 % of that in the control mice, whereas CO2 exhalation in rats transiently decreased to 76%% of that in the control group.
When associated with NAD-ME2 disruption, loss of NAD-dependent malic enzyme activity is associated with an altered steady-state level of sugars and amino acids at the end of the light period.
The dignity associated with holding a steady job and working hard to support yourself and your family is immeasurable.
CR was associated with a reduction in steady-state levels of protein oxidative damage when measured by GC/MS, with glutamic semialdehyde (GSA), aminoadipic semialdehyde (AASA), carboxymethyl-lysine (CML), carboxyethyl-lysine (CEL) and malondialdehydelysine (MDAL) all significantly reduced in CR mice relative to AL mice (Fig. 3).
