The phrase "attempts using an" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts or endeavors that involve the use of something, typically followed by a noun that specifies what is being used.
Example: "The research team made several attempts using an innovative approach to solve the problem."
Alternatives: "efforts employing an" or "tries utilizing an".
Once Alphabet's artificial intelligence company DeepMind had masted the ability to defeat the best human Go players in the world, it tried to beat its own best attempts using an approach based strictly on a virtual Go player that was totally self-taught.
For the secondary outcomes, we further excluded 48 patients with subsequent intubation attempts using an alternative intubation method: fiberoptic intubation (n = 1), RSI (n = 26), blind nasal intubation (n = 1), cricothyrotomy (n = 4), intubation with paralytics alone (n = 4), and intubation with sedative agent only (n = 9) at the second attempt.
The first immunization attempts using an L. casei strain that contained the pspA gene of S. pneumoniae cloned on a plasmid and under the control of an inducible lactose promoter showed no stimulation of the immune response, probably due to low levels of the antigen.
Initial attempts using a DivIVA-GFP fusion resulted in inclusion bodies or very low protein yields.
Previous attempts using a C-terminal His or Strep II tag to purify rhEPO proved unsuccessful.
Attempts using a 3D extracellular scaffold were introduced recently (Lang et al. 2011; Zhang et al. 2009).
Our initial attempts using a microlens array yielded encouraging results [ 30] but did not meet the requirement of simple and reliable alignment.
The control of the phase selection has also been attempted using an external nucleation seed.
Following surgery, oral rehabilitation was attempted using an implant-supported overdenture on a gold bar retainer splinting four implants.
Measuring the mechanical properties of very small CNTs has often been attempted using an AFM tip, as described above.
Epidural catheterization was attempted using an 18-gauge Tuohy needle (UNIVER, UNISYS, Saitama, Japan) through the Th12/L1 interspace.
