The phrase "alter point" is not commonly used in written English and may not be clear in meaning without context.
It could potentially be used in discussions about changing a specific point or aspect of a topic, but clarity is essential.
Example: "We need to alter point in our strategy to better align with market demands."
Alternatives: "change the focus" or "modify the aspect".
This research suggests that serration does not substantially alter point performance, and this characteristic may therefore vary independently of function.
Models were repeated with original and imputed data to confirm imputation did not significantly alter point estimates.
Adjustment for matching factors (birth year and region of residence) did not materially alter point estimates; hence, they were not included in the final models.
To further examine the risk of prostate cancer, we obtained a parsimonious model by removing variables that did not alter point estimates by > 5%, leaving variables for age and state of residence in the model.
Even in a cohort study in Guinea-Bissau, where children were followed with weekly stool specimen examination to identify infections with enteropathogens from birth up to 2 years of age, generalized estimating equations or frailty correction to account for between-child differences did not substantially alter point estimates or precision [ 24– 26].
Among the 52,331 patients for whom survey data were available on height and weight, diabetes duration, smoking history, and race/ethnicity, inclusion of BMI and other survey variables in the models did not appreciably alter point estimates for the association between ever use of pioglitazone and the risk of cancer (data not shown).
Retailers don't really have to alter point-of-sale systems or anything like that.
Importantly, CD8+ TCM cell recovery is not significantly altered, pointing to several dichotomies in the survival and expansion of different CD8+ T cell subsets during peripheral T cell recovery.
Two subjects (6.7%) of the control group and 15 (20.5%) of the diabetic patients showed abnormal FDTs based on the criteria of altered points.
However, the amount of Ca2+ released from ER stores via stimulation by either carbachol (CCH) or BHQ was not markedly altered pointing to a minor effect of GSK-7975A on pathways affecting the ER Ca2+ content (Suppl. Fig. 2).
As Alter points out, if "hearken" is used in one verse, "listen" may be used in the next.
