Sentences with phrase «adaptive mechanism»

As you start to lose weight, a number of adaptive mechanisms kick in that try to stop you — all of which I wrote about here.

The driving forces behind such adaptive mechanisms are often unknown.

It kicks your body's adaptive mechanisms into overdrive, releasing way more fat - burning and growth - stimulating hormones like testosterone and growth hormone.

Although the processes of protein degradation and ketosis can create problems of their own during prolonged fasting, they are adaptive mechanisms during glucose shortages.

Managing the stress that parents experience while taking care of their child with ASD or ID requires utilization of a wider range of adaptive mechanisms.

«These earthworms have developed adaptive mechanisms for dealing with the soil pollution,» Hodson says.

For example, we discovered how the protein phosphatase calcineurin and its downstream effector protein NFAT act synergistically with the transcription factor MEF2 at transcriptional enhancer elements of selected genes, such as myoglobin, to medicate adaptive mechanisms by which skeletal myofibers acquire specialized contractile and metabolic properties in response to changing patterns of muscle contraction.

Supportive - adaptive counseling aims at reversing this out - of - control adaptive mechanism which has become maladaptive to the family's coping with the crisis.

The authors state that there is no coherent answer if immunity is viewed as merely another physiological system within the body but, when considered against the background of millions of years of co-evolution between mammals and microorganisms, the «inflammatory bias», reflected in the association between immune activation and depression, makes sense as an evolutionary adaptive mechanism and also provides insight into another question concerning «alleles».

«Normal - weight women usually have less adaptive mechanisms in their body, compared to overweight and obese women, when they [are] exposed to... the hazardous effects of weight cycling,» he said in a video on the American Heart Association website.

Weighted squats stimulate your body's adaptive mechanisms more than bodyweight squats.

«It can stimulate the expression of PGC - 1α and mitochondrial biogenesis in the cardiac myocytes, and this process might provide a potential adaptive mechanism for cardiac myocytes to increase ATP output and minimize hypoxic damage to the heart [xvi].»

The threat here comes from mutant bugs that have evolved from genetically - altered cockroaches to monstrous predators with the uncanny and ingenious adaptive mechanism that allows them to mimic human forms in the creepiest ways.

Through its work with absurd limits, the exhibition reveals the tragicomic nature of exaggerated adaptive mechanisms.

Because of biological differences in the way that our bodies respond to stress, perhaps stemming from evolutionarily adaptive mechanisms developed in our cave - dwelling days, it is still more difficult for men's bodies to calm down after an argument.

As resources within the environment change, some species find that they already have the adaptive mechanisms needed for survival.

«This could be an adaptive mechanism deriving from the patients» experience of inhibiting their own tics.

The Wilds of New Guinea Even though it is only about one - tenth the size of the United States, New Guinea has 7 percent of the world's biodiversity, making the island a living laboratory for evolutionary biologists like Christopher Austin, who observes firsthand the adaptive mechanisms that spark the creation of novel species.

These extensive and selective actions of the conditioned stimulus in Aplysia resemble the actions of conditioned fear stimuli in higher mammals and suggest that the functional equivalent of fear occurs in invertebrates and thus may be an adaptive mechanism that is widespread in the animal kingdom.

«These findings are especially significant since they unveil not only a striking effect of calorie restriction on the skin but also an adaptive mechanism to cope with reduced insulation derived from skin changes under conditions of reduced caloric intake,» Kowaltowski says.

Symons believes arousal is an adaptive mechanism in female sexuality, and that female genitals have indeed been «designed» to provide pleasurable stimulation during intercourse.

However, at 30 °C (moderate thermal stress), Symbiodinium were damaged, and corals selectively digested the damaged cells or immediately expelled them without digestion by exocytosis, which is most likely to reflect an adaptive mechanism in response to moderate thermal stress to avoid the accumulation of damaged cells.

A-to-I editing appears to be an adaptive mechanism that antagonizes miR - BART6 activities.

HESC have been shown to have reduced immunogenicity, expressing low levels of MHC - I and MHC - II in both the undifferentiated and dedifferentiated state, and to possess an adaptive mechanism to immune responses [60]--[62].

«Taking a period of time to «tone down» your training allows your body's adaptive mechanisms to reset, ridding it of fatigue and allowing full recovery.

This is where you work out for short periods of time, just long enough to stimulate your body's adaptive mechanisms, then sit back and rest while your body gets to work at re-structuring itself.

This is an adaptive mechanism; our bodies think they need to protect us.

It gets easier and easier because the adaptive mechanisms, including the smooth muscles that line the blood vessels, adapt... they get stronger, faster and more efficient at doing what they were designed to do.

Using a sauna stimulates your central nervous system, triggering the body's adaptive mechanisms to aid in recovery.

Despite the apparent discrepancies in study populations and methodologies, these data suggest that energy restriction may elicit a down - regulation in muscle protein synthesis in the early stages of negative energy balance, perhaps representing an adaptive mechanism to conserve energy and protein reserves.

A number of studies have been undertaken that show that resource - poor farmers and communities use a variety of coping and adaptive mechanisms to ensure food security and sustainable livelihoods in the face of climate change and variability (see also Table 9.2).

However, human conceptions also occur seasonally [15]--[17], prompting the need to investigate any cyclic patterns in SSR using seasonal or monthly data, in order to further identify any adaptive mechanisms of temperature and sex allocation in human beings [18].

Another possibility is that disinhibited social engagement disorder is an adaptive mechanism used to elicit care from potential caregivers.