Sentences with phrase «other adaptive responses»

While intermittent fasting appears to produce similar effects to continuous energy restriction to reduce body weight, fat mass, fat - free mass and improve glucose homeostasis, and may reduce appetite, it does not appear to attenuate other adaptive responses to energy restriction or improve weight loss efficiency, albeit most of the reviewed publications were not powered to assess these outcomes.

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A baby's cry has been shown to cause aversion in adults, but it could also create an adaptive response by «switching on» the cognitive control parents use in effectively responding to their child's emotional needs while also addressing other demands in everyday life, adds Haley.

In other words, emotions are the body's adaptive response to external events or stimuli.

Dr. Quintana's research is focused on the regulation of the adaptive and innate immune response and the identification of biomarkers for multiple sclerosis (MS) and other immune - mediated diseases.

Recently, the crucial involvement of IRFs in innate and adaptive immune responses has been gaining much attention, particularly with the discovery of their role in immunoregulation by Toll - like receptors and other pattern - recognition receptors.

We are applying an interdisciplinary approach to study the consequences of aberrant activation of the cAMP / CREB / CRTC signal circuit on these adaptive responses and how cooperative signaling with other pathways promotes oncogenic processes in oral, head, and neck cancers.

Therefore the group studies with sophisticated imaging technology in vitro and ex vivo: i) the molecular mechanism driving the migration of HIV through the intestinal epithelial barrier; ii) the cellular targets in the mucosa, in specific macrophages and DCs, to identify the possible pathways to invade the tissue and disseminate to other organs; iii) the involvement of DCs and their functional properties in mediating adaptive immune responses at mucosal level; and iv) the role of antibodies with different effector functions in changing the pathways of the virus.

«Our work on this common species helps us to understand the adaptive responses of birds to a changing climate and their constraints, and this fundamental knowledge will help future workers and managers focus their work on other species and potentially identify those species most at risk from climate change.»

«Increases in inflammatory activity are a very adaptive response when you have them once in a while, but to have lots of these activations over the course of a day or a week could potentially lead to chronic levels of inflammation which can be damaging to other cells and to organs.»

Hormones and other physiological agents that mediate the stress response have short - term protective and adaptive effects and yet can accelerate pathophysiology when they are over-produced.

Within minutes of a stressful event (and possibly lasting for several hours), a much more elaborate interaction between the nervous and endo - crine systems and other forms of internal communication occurs, resulting in a very complex adaptive response to deal with the stress.

Based on human and animal research, it appears a variety of nutritional and botanical substances — such as adaptogenic herbs, specific vitamins including ascorbic acid, vitamins B1 and B6, the coenzyme forms of vitamin B5 (pantethine) and B12 (methylcobalamin), the amino acid tyrosine, and other nutrients such as lipoic acid, phosphatidylserine, and plant sterol / sterolin combinations — may allow individuals to sustain an adaptive response and minimize some of the systemic effects of stress.

Based on human and animal research, it appears a variety of nutritional and botanical substances - such as adaptogenic herbs, specific vitamins including ascorbic acid, vitamins B1 and B6, the coenzyme forms of vitamin B5 (pantethine) and B12 (methylcobalamin), the amino acid tyrosine, and other nutrients such as lipoic acid, phosphatidylserine, and plant sterol / sterolin combinations - may allow individuals to sustain an adaptive response and minimize some of the systemic effects of stress.

Switching models will alter the engine response, transmission, Adaptive Cruise Control, lights and other systems.

Other range - wide standard equipment includes all - wheel drive, a ZF eight - speed automatic transmission, Terrain Response, Powered Gesture Tailgate, electric park brake, adaptive dynamics, idle - stop, electric power steering, automatic wipers and headlights, front / rear LED lights, heated wing mirrors, acoustic laminated windscreen, keyless entry / start and rear parking sensors.

With our Drive Pro Package (which adds adaptive cruise control and other driver aid features for $ 2,350), the Terrain Response 2 Capability Plus Package ($ 1,250), rear seat entertainment ($ 2,270) and an assortment of other options, our example weighed in closer to the $ 80,000 mark.

The Dynamic Evoque also gets a host of other upgrades which include an optimised chassis that features upgraded suspension geometry, firmer spring rates and re-calibrated adaptive dampers for increase in agility and turn - in response without hampering passenger comfort.

Assuming relatively even warming through out, Easterbrook looks at humankind's «adaptive response» - move or drown in some parts of the world, enjoy wealth, comfort and fine Quebec wines in others.

It's a development that reflects something Robert Brulle and others have explored — how the shifting baselines of our concerns, and our inherent adaptive nature, can blunt a response to looming or incremental risks.

On the other hand, resilience of established plants and seed banks [46], differing population responses at range margins [47], and adaptive evolutionary responses might mitigate the influence of climate change.

«The latest research suggests corals and other forms of aquatic life have effective adaptive responses to climate change enabling them to flourish despite or even because of climate change.»

There is, I can argue, nothing on the horizon other than vigorous international policy response that will prevent rate of change of climate from continuing to increase until it eventually overwhelms our adaptive capacity.

As yet, there are few data on species» response across the complete life cycle of marine invertebrates to ocean acidification in isolation, and combined with (cf. [31]-RRB- warming and other climate - related stressors, to assess transgenerational adaptive potential to changing ocean conditions [67].

In other words, some high - risk children may have benefited from the intervention by enhancing their social behaviors and others may have benefited by developing a more adaptive stress response in anticipation of a social stressor.

One final example is the prefrontal cortex, which is thought to play an important role in regulating behavior by suppressing impulses and emotions arising from the amygdala and other parts of the limbic system.50 — 52 In animal studies, exposure to chronic stress or glucocorticoids alters the synaptic connectivity within the prefrontal cortex, 52,53 and this may limit the ability of the prefrontal cortex to (1) suppress the impulsivity and aggression of the limbic system, and (2) execute adaptive responses (rather than maladaptive responses) to stress.54 — 56 Stress - induced changes in brain structure parallel the well - described impact of significant childhood adversity on a variety of brain functions, including the modulation of physiologic responses (hyper - responsive or chronically active stress response), learning (impaired memory), and the regulation of behavior (the ability to execute adaptive vs maladaptive responses to stress).3, 39,57

Parental estrangement is a child's healthy adaptive response to trauma, as opposed to parental alienation, which occurs when one parent provides erroneous information to the child resulting in unwarranted rejection of the other parent.»

On the other hand, being in the moment with the child and aware of the therapists» own emotional responses to the client is often enough to further assess, validate, encourage an adaptive response by the child.

An adaptive response from today's agent is to focus only on the tasks that you are uniquely suited to do, leveraging the expert skills of others to do the rest.