Sentences with phrase «of bat signal»

In addition, this particular nullification has a little extra weight, since North Korea cut off its emergency direct phone line to South Korea — a sort of bat signal one could use to call the other and sort things out when tensions got unbearable...

Not exact matches

John Raskin, the executive director of the Riders Alliance, another advocacy group, said that strong leadership from the governor was crucial because he dominates the budget and legislative process in Albany and controls the M.T.A. «The subways are a mess, Gotham is in trouble, and we've been flashing the bat signal,» he said.

This gives just enough time for light signals from the baseball to hit the batter's eye, work through the circuitry of the retina, activate successions of cells along the loopy superhighways of the visual system at the back of the head, cross vast territories to the motor areas, and modify the contraction of the muscles swinging the bat.

Analyses of videos showed that only 24 % of moths that heard the bat signals under the LED lights took evasive action, whereas 60 % dove erratically when exposed to such chirps when the lights were off, the researchers report online today in Royal Society Open Science.

Microbats, the group of bats that emit echolocation signals from the larynx, came under close scrutiny because, surprisingly, some molecular studies divided them into two groups that diverged long ago, suggesting that echolocation evolved twice.

Hunting bats (Trachops cirrhosus) can echolocate this signal by - product and prefer to attack model frogs when ripples are added to the acoustic component of the call.

The Mexican free - tailed bat sabotages the echolocation signals of its fellows so that it can home in on their winged prey for itself

Simon reckons the predictable echo signal of the disc - shaped leaf might help bats find Marcgravia flowers against the random and variable echo background of the rainforest.

«Future studies on how PAF / PAFR signaling controls UCP1 levels through beta3 - AR production in the BAT of animals and humans may reveal new therapeutic targets to treat metabolic disorders associated with obesity,» said Junko Sugatani, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Department of Pharmaco - Biochemistry at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Shizuoka in Shizuoka, Japan.

Abbreviations: ASC, apoptosis - associated speck - like protein containing a caspase - recruitment domain; ATM, adipose - tissue - resident macrophage; BAT, brown adipose tissue; CCR2, CC chemokine receptor 2; CHOP, C / EBP (CCAAT / enhancer - binding protein)- homologous protein; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; GPCR, G - protein - coupled receptor; HIF, hypoxia - inducible factor; IFNγ, interferon γ; IKK, inhibitor of nuclear factor κB kinase; IL, interleukin; IRS - 1, insulin receptor substrate - 1; JNK, c - Jun N - terminal kinase; LDL, low - density lipoprotein; Ldlr, LDL receptor; LXR, liver X receptor; MCP - 1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; miRNA, microRNA; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NF - κB, nuclear factor κB; NLRP3, NLR (nucleotide - binding - domain - and leucine - rich - repeat - containing) family, pyrin - domain - containing 3; oxLDL, oxidized LDL; PKR, double - stranded RNA - dependent protein kinase; PPAR, peroxisome - proliferator - activated receptor; STAT6, signal transducer and activator of transcription 6; SVF, stromal vascular fraction; TLR, Toll - like receptor; TNFα, tumour necrosis factor α; UPR, unfolded protein response; WAT, white adipose tissue

To celebrate her rich life and their geeky love, he built SoulGeek as a bat signal calling together singles who have a weakness for romance and a superhuman sense of fun.

Calming Signals at the Park Our foster pup Willow has beautiful body language, her body is so easy to read (in part because of her enormous bat ears and long tail haha) that I wanted to get her on video specifically for this blog post.

Taking it to be a Biennale bat signal of some sort, I walked in to find a white - maned gentleman sitting and smoking at the far end, with his phone plugged into a portable charger.

Maybe there's a way to keep bats away or warn them with some kind of ultrasound signal, and wind farms could probably be better sited.

Lead author Simon Whiteley from the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, said, «We aim to understand the echolocation process that bats have evolved over millennia, and employ similar signals and techniques in engineering systems.

«That sent a signal that cave - dwelling bats were in trouble too, and the industry needed to step up and do its part,» says Tim Hayes, environmental director for Duke Energy Renewables, one of the companies that's signed on to the agreement.

Like a bat - signal, the hero - style header layout is formed around a single content section that takes up the first fold of a page to communicate one clear goal.

That's right — the cat signal, not the bat signal, as July 19 is also the launch of the Internet Defense League.

Instead, she heads to their 100 - year - old vacation house in Chatham, Massachusetts, and sends up the bat signal summoning her friends — a chummy band of women who've coached one another through everything from child rearing to retirement.

Last week we sent out the bat signal for a brand new post and many of you responded!