The phrase "appears to alter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or modifications that seem to occur, often in a context of observation or analysis.
Example: "The data from the experiment appears to alter the previously held theories about the subject."
Alternatives: "seems to change" or "appears to modify".
And people's satisfaction with their relationships appears to alter how they experience pain.
There are also issues around access to radiotherapy, he said, which appears to alter with social class.
Repeated use of ophoids like heroin, morphine, codeine and methadone appears to alter the nerve cells upon which they act.
(Scientists have already found that behavioral interference during reconsolidation appears to alter glutamate receptors in the amygdala, which might explain how memories are rewritten during the treatment).
The right prefrontal cortex, for example, communicates with certain types of immune cells, and stress appears to alter the functioning of a chemical messenger, dopamine, in the region.
We conclude that replacing maize silage with RCS appears to alter milk FA composition by reducing linoleic acid intake and ruminal biohydrogenation.
Exposure to endocrine disruptors in utero appears to alter epigenetics in the male germ-line and subsequently promote adult-onset disease in subsequent generations.
Stress appears to alter overall food intake in two ways, resulting in under- or overeating, which may be influenced by stressor severity.
Put differently, when an employee is out of step with prevailing trajectory in unit-level attitudes, the discrepancy of attitudes appears to alter the relationship between his or her job satisfaction trajectory and turnover propensity.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) I demonstrated that price primacy appears to alter the process by which price and product information are integrated to determine an item's value.
The application "appears to alter the iPhone's distinctive user experience by replacing the iPhone's core mobile telephone functionality and Apple user interface with its own user interface for telephone calls, text messaging and voice mail," the letter said.
