Equivalent or closely related terms include famine response, starvation mode, famine mode, starvation resistance, starvation tolerance, adapted starvation, adaptive thermogenesis, fat adaptation, and metabolic adaptation.
Introduction. Arches and lintels are found wherever it is necessary to support a wall etc. over an opening which is usually not more than about two metres wide. They provide support in completely different ways and an understanding of this is fundamental to selecting, specifying and assessing them.ntroduction. Arches and lintels are found wherever it is necessary to support a wall etc. over an opening which is usually not more than about two metres wide. They provide support in completely different ways and an understanding of this is fundamental to selecting, specifying and assessing them.
In terms of architectural construction the Lions Gate is of post and lintel construction, two large monoliths capped with a huge lintel. It has a simple opening. Above the lintel the masonry forms a corbeled arch, the stones stacked and offset from one another forming the arch. The archâs relieving triangle transfers weight off of the lintel. In contrast the Ishtar Gate has