The phrase "alter the affects" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct term should be "alter the effects," where "effects" refers to the changes or outcomes resulting from something.
Example: "The new policy aims to alter the effects of climate change on local ecosystems."
Alternatives: "change the impacts" or "modify the outcomes."
Cultivation practices and the type of irrigation method can alter the microclimate, affect the crop characteristics or affect the wetting of the soil and crop surface.
The difference between the flexed and extended FSUs could be due to that the facet joints are more loaded in extension and thereby alter the load affecting the discs and vertebral bodies compared to flexion loading.
Through early contact with the central nervous system, the estrogenic compound bisphenol A (BPA) could alter the processes affecting sociosexual behavior.
Saporta worries that differences in language and world view could alter the way therapy affects patients in China.
When pollution such as ammonia and oxides of nitrogen interact with other airborne chemicals and sunlight, they create compounds known as secondary aerosols, which alter the climate and affect the weather, she says.
The prescribed MV is the product of the TV and the RR, and manipulation of either the TV or the RR will alter the MV and affect the PaCO2.
It is unlikely that the callus fracture sign can be applied to fractures treated by internal fixation as, unlike in Ilizarov treatment, it is difficult to subsequently alter the construct to affect the overall rigidity.
Mutation T9I may alter the local conformation, affecting the interaction with Artemis and/or DNA.
Invasive exotic species can alter the local ecology, affecting fisheries and threatening endangered species, besides posing a risk to human health by contaminating seafood.
In 1998, again in Nature, McClintock claimed to have proved that pheromones were an "interpersonal process" which altered the hormones affecting onset of menstruation.
