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.
I like that you compared the arched opening of the Ishtar Gate to the post-and-lintel construction of the Lion Gate. That is an interesting difference. The Babylonians were among the first to use the arch, and then later cultures like the Etruscans and the Romans will popularize this architectural device.-Prof. Bowen