"modest positive effect" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example: An analysis of the data showed that the experimental therapy had a modest positive effect on the patients' symptoms.
"All the research shows that if you do them alone, for a modest amount of time, they have a modest positive effect, but it doesn't last," he said.
Although a modest positive effect was shown in reducing unscheduled revisits, again this study population consisted exclusively of patients that were discharged from the ED.
To understand why monofunctional PEG-capped Au NPs only had a modest positive effect on PFSDCN/PC61BM devices at low NP concentrations, dark JV characteristics were measured.
Our finding that Mindfulness practice (as well as medication) had a modest positive effect on levels of reported depression over time is compatible with a conclusion previously drawn in studies addressing depression and mindfulness-based treatments [69 73].
Additionally, a modest positive effect on motor function was observed in mice receiving 10×106 cells.
Similar to Ssa1, co-expression of either Sse1 or Snl1ΔN with Sup35 had a modest positive effect on [PSI+] formation, resulting in an approximately 1.4 fold or 1.2 fold increase in [PSI+] cells, respectively, as compared to overexpression of Sup35 alone (Fig. 2A) [29].
However, there are also some equally modest positive effects on language and cognitive skills.
These effects are modest and are accompanied by some, equally modest, positive effects on language and cognitive skills.
Some previous studies of older people and pre-school children had shown modest positive effects from brain training, said the scientists.
In the work domain, the findings show modest positive effects, albeit only for work reported on the surveys.
Figure 1 shows a range of effects, from a large negative effect for swordfish and shark to modest positive effects for trout, farmed salmon, and herring.
