Sentences with phrase «45-fold during hibernation»

In my senior year of college, in my tiny studio apartment with a microwave oven and electric stove, I'd pass time during the hibernation by trying out all sorts of new recipes.

Certain species pack into tight, dense clusters during hibernation.

Ecologist Kate Langwig of Boston University and her colleagues want Eastern bats to listen up: No more cuddling — at least during hibernation.

Its huddling, cuddling nature during hibernation would suggest the species is ripe for epidemic infection.

During hibernation polar bears maintain crucial muscles so that they are still physically strong when they wake up.

Do the bats» immune systems just take longer to boot up during hibernation?

«The idea would be to apply the bacteria on bats during hibernation and see if it suppresses the growth of the fungus,» Kilpatrick said.

But the remarkably high rate of infection during hibernation leads to high mortality rates at the time of year when bat populations are naturally at their lowest, before the females give birth in the summer.

During hibernation, the body temperatures of bats drop to the cold ambient temperatures of their «hibernacula» (the caves and abandoned mines where the bats hibernate).

«Can mechanisms used during hibernation help animals colonize new habitats?.»

The researchers hope that a bacterial spray applied to bats during hibernation could suppress the fungus enough to help the bats survive the winter.

The fungus that causes white - nose syndrome (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) grows on the exposed skin of bats» noses, ears, and wings during hibernation, when the bats» body temperatures drop.

Welinder and colleagues found that even though protein expression decreased overall, there were a few select proteins that were drastically elevated during hibernation.

Welinder and colleagues found that while the large majority of protein levels decreased during hibernation, the overall protein concentration increased due to dehydration and an increased level of serum albumin.

The sex hormone - binding globulin increased a dramatic 45-fold during hibernation, suggesting that this molecule must play a central role in the maintenance of hibernation.

Welinder says the mechanism of action of sex hormone - binding globulin during hibernation still remains elusive.

Only the three central coagulation factors, fibrinogen, thrombin and factor Xa, were increased during hibernation; together, these factors facilitate wound healing, only permitting local formation of blood clots when needed.

In a recent paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Karen Gjesing Welinder at Aalborg University in Denmark and colleagues set out to understand how wild Scandinavian brown bears protect their health and save energy during hibernation.

Bile salt - activated lipase, which can hydrolyze both triglycerides and cholesterol esters, was elevated 32-fold during hibernation and allowed the bears efficiently to harvest energy from stored fat.

Brian Barnes of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and his colleagues wanted to test whether this was the case for the Arctic ground squirrel — famous for its ability to lower its body temperature to -3 °C during hibernation by supercooling its blood.

The scientists also found that the bears» levels of calcium — of which bone is made — in the blood did not change during hibernation, meaning that even though bone remodeling is suppressed, it remains balanced, which helps limit bone loss.

While the animals» brains experience dramatically reduced blood flow during hibernation, just like human patients after a certain type of stroke, the squirrels emerge from their extended naps suffering no ill effects.

The squirrel - like mammals can lose up to 40 percent of their body mass during hibernation, and longer summers are giving them more time to eat and store fat, helping them live through the winter and reproduce the following year.

Bears» gut summer bacteria are more diverse and include species that tend to promote energy storage than are the bacteria that live in them during their hibernation.

Recently, researchers led by John Hallenbeck, M.D., an NINDS senior investigator and co-senior author of the study, found that a cellular process called SUMOylation goes into overdrive in a certain species of ground squirrel during hibernation.

The study will measure the survival of little brown bats during hibernation after being treated with UV - light compared to control groups.

P. destructans can only infect bats during hibernation because it has a strict temperature growth range of about 39 - 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

White - nose syndrome fungus can infect an entire bat colony during hibernation, but surviving bats are able to clear the infection after they become active again

Thirteen - lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) show microstructural bone loss during hibernation but preserve bone macrostructural geometry and strength

We hauled back all the gear that we had removed for safe - keeping during hibernation and began to reinstall it and test it out.

Additionally, bats may have a suppressed immune system during hibernation.

This fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, infects bats during hibernation causing a disease called white - nose syndrome.

Chesapeake Bay blue crabs get their celebrated buttery flavor from the fat stores they accumulate during hibernation, according to Maryland's Department of Natural Resources; locals call those fat deposits «mustard.»

Hibernation is very stressful, and sub-clinical illnesses can manifest themselves during hibernation.

During hibernation your hamster's body will appear lifeless, remaining completely limp even as you manipulate him.

Scientists hypothesize that bat deaths from the fungus are caused by them being roused during hibernation.

No one yet knows how the butterflies are able to find the exact same trees their ancestors used during hibernation.

City denizens are also advised to stay away from nesting hedgehogs during hibernation season and to be wary of garden items that could cause harm, like plant netting, garden tools and rodent poison during the rest of the year.

Hiberfil.sys is used by the Windows operating system to store all the contents of your RAM during hibernation.

Not exact matches

During the financial crisis, private mortgage insurance lenders went into hibernation, producing just 15 percent of mortgage insurance volume, compared with nearly 70 percent for FHA - insured loans.

And I have missed that distinctive language during its seven - month hibernation.

After employees go home, the software puts their PCs into hibernation by automatically adjusting power management settings — and overriding any changes the employees may have made during the day.

But while the mama bear survived the ordeal, she lost 22 percent of her body fat during a crucial time of year for fattening up before a long winter's hibernation.

Bears in both habitats reduced their body temperatures and activity levels below those of bears actively hunting and feeding, but not to levels as low as those observed during energy - saving hibernation.

During their resting period, ovules turn off their genes to enter an almost hibernation - like state.

In winter, bears are among the most inert mammals known; they don't even urinate during their 5 - to 7 - month - long hibernation.

The researchers examined the impacts of exposing queen bumblebees to thiamethoxam during the spring when they emerge from hibernation and are preparing to lay their first eggs and establish a colony.

The likelihood of getting scooped during a 3 - month leave is low, but if you are doing a Ph.D. in a fast - moving field, leaving for 12 months is like going into hibernation for 20 years.

The rover used Flash memory to store information when it went into hibernation during the Martian nights, which take place about as frequently as they do on Earth.

During this time, it passed close to the asteroids Šteins and Lutetia, and went into a 31 - month hibernation to conserve resources until the comet rendezvous.