The phrase "altering the timing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes to a schedule, sequence, or duration of events.
Example: "The project manager is considering altering the timing of the deadline to accommodate the team's needs."
Alternatives: "modifying the schedule" or "adjusting the timing."
These two lighting cycles, which differed in their timing relative to each other, were used to test whether flight orientation was time compensated, because altering the timing of the daily light-dark cycle should cause predictable changes in the direction the butterflies fly, if time compensation is operable.
In addition, poor circadian entrainment could lead to long sleep duration and or increased time in bed by altering the timing of sleep and rest-activity patterns [ 4, 7, 8].
Epigenetic events can result in a change in the expression of the underlying genetic trait by altering the timing and quantity of expression at key points in time (i.e., variation in timing of the expression of a functional protein).
The soot levels can be reduced by altering the timing of combustion, but that raises fuel consumption.
India's planned dam-building boom along the upper Ganges might add to the river's burden by altering the timing and quantity of water flowing downstream.
Takuji Usui, of the university's school of biological sciences, said: "Many plant and animal species are altering the timing of activities associated with the start of spring, such as flowering and breeding.
Because many practices reduce water retention times and alter the timing and pathways of water flow, local decisions regarding land use can potentially exert a major influence on watershed N export.
Therefore, multiple species in the same location will leaf out at different times in the season, and changes in species distributions can drastically alter the timing of leaf emergence across the temperate biome.
The economy may have altered the timing, but Kicking Horse's owners have not abandoned their plans.
Her team's discovery that blue light from sources such as iPads can alter the timing of this system has important implications for how we sleep.
