'Higher level process' is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It generally refers to a more complex or overarching process that is composed of smaller, more specific processes. One example of using this phrase could be in the context of project management: "The team is currently focused on the lower level processes, but once those are completed, we will move on to the higher level process of creating the final product."
But if a higher level process is less sensitive to disturbance or intervention than certain molecular causes, the more powerful mechanistic explanation can be the one that appeals to more robust causal connections.
This would reveal the timeline of a higher level process that is observable and measurable via a change of Normalized Shannon Entropy and an increment of Jensen-Shannon divergences from the originating tissue type.
This higher level process displays similar functional annotations together based on overlaps of genes associated with each function term and therefore gives a clearer overview of gene function information associated with large datasets.
At a slightly higher level processes are defined by regulatory modules that control the condition specific activation of the basic modules.
It is noted that many of the cellular and higher level processes in this network, such as neurogenesis, axonogenesis, steroid metabolism, cell proliferation, long-term synaptic potentiation, learning and memory are relevant to identified deficits in ASDs.
Lashley emphasized that the core requirement of sequential hierarchy is that higher level processes and goals can be placed on hold during the execution of lower level processes.
Variability in individual level outcomes may reflect higher level processes; sample sizes may need to be larger to take account of the extra variability.
This is well illustrated in the central nervous system (CNS) where Ca2+ signals regulate neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity to shape higher level processes such as learning and memory [2,3].
Differential gene expression analysis enabled us to identify host and parasite genes that were modulated over time, and pathway and gene ontology analyses provided insights into the higher level processes activated during infection.
Although the aim of McKenzie and Bossert (2005) was not to evaluate interventions, nested models can be directed at this purpose as we know that changes to within-host parameters (as a result of, say, vaccine action) will have an effect on higher level processes.
However, documents obtained under freedom of information laws show there is a "high level process" written by the DWP to be followed when benefit claimants say they are in hardship because of government policy and need food.
