The phrase "adapting the method of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes or modifications made to a specific method or approach in a particular context.
Example: "The researchers are adapting the method of data collection to improve accuracy and efficiency."
Alternatives: "modifying the approach of" or "altering the technique of".
Silica was extracted from maize husk ash and maize stem ash, adapting the method of Kamath and Proctor (1998), 250 mL portions of 1 N NaOH were added to 50 g of the ash samples and boiled in covered 500 mL Erlenmeyer flask for 1 h with constant stirring.
In this paper, we establish two new regularity criteria for the 3D magneto-micropolar fluid equations (1.1) in terms of one directional derivative of the velocity u or of the pressure π and the magnetic field b by adapting the method of [27].
Metal chelating activity of DSP, DSC, and DSE was measured by adapting the method of Dinis et al. [ 24].
Dissolved H2 concentrations were measured with a reduced gas analyzer (Peak Laboratories, Mountain View) adapting the method of Moore and colleagues (2009).
By adapting the method of TU labeling of transcripts to a larval stage (3 dpf) in zebrafish, we found 28 transcripts that were significantly enriched in the TU-tagged mRNA sample of newly developed hair cells compared to the untagged input mRNA at the same developmental stage.
His Johns Hopkins career was far too brief, 1879 to 1884, but the shadow he cast was long enough for Macksey to invoke Peirce's chutzpah for "adapting the methods of one science to the investigation of another" during the opening remarks to The Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man symposium held at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library from October 18 to 21, 1966.
39 The cost of face-to-face physiotherapy consultations was estimated by adapting the methods of Curtis 35 to obtain a different unit cost for each band of staff at each site.
Future developments include adapting the method to extraction of nucleic acids from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues.
We instituted a structured protocol adapting the method for quantitative assessment of the extent of body surface involvement in burn patients.
The third algorithm overcomes the results of the previous two, demonstrating the importance of adapting the method to deal with the complexities of the problem.
