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.
keystone - the symmetrically shaped, wedge-like stone located in a head ring course at the crown of the arch; the final stone placed, thereby closing the arch. king-post - the post member in a king-post type truss; also known as king rod.