The phrase "altering the severity of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes to the intensity or seriousness of a situation, condition, or effect.
Example: "The new policy is aimed at altering the severity of the penalties for minor infractions."
Alternatives: "modifying the intensity of" or "changing the degree of".
Problem is, unlike with instant replay in the N.F.L., there is no mechanism for N.B.A. refs to right such wrongs, short of altering the severity of a flagrant foul.
The specificity of cerulein and laparotomy/bowel manipulation for causing the transient decrease in food intake and fecal output was assessed by altering the severity of the insults.
This study also found gene-environment interactions involving EE and polymorphisms of the serotonin and dopamine transporters suggesting that maternal expressions of warmth and hostility may act together with genetic factors in altering the severity of ADHD [ 53].
Co-exposure of explants to kavain (1 100 μM) with NMDA did not alter the severity of NMDA-induced neurotoxicity.
These mutant peptides differ in MHC binding affinity, CD4+ T cell priming, and alter the severity of peptide-induced experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.
In conclusion, the addition of monoclonal antibodies did not alter the severity of Clostridium difficle-associated disease.
In these studies, the null transgene did not alter the severity of E. coli-induced lung injury (Table 2).
In a separated experiment, we aimed to assess whether the frequency of bleomycin injections had the capacity to alter the severity of dermal fibrosis.
Compared with WT mice, genetic deletion of Hsp70 did not alter the severity of the deficits in mechanical and thermal sensitivity that had developed prior to drug treatment.
In the present study, a Aeromonas punctata derived depolymerase was used to alter the severity of infection during K. pneumoniae induced pneumonia and septicemia.
