1 Ghrelin is a fast-acting hormone that plays a vital role in meal initiation and contributes to weight gain.  Leptin mediates long-term regulation of energy balance and suppresses food intake, thereby inducing weight loss.
For the military, as for the civilian world, it is not overstating the point to say that the advent of radio communications has changed almost everything. The meerkat or suricate is a small mammal and a member of the mongoose family.
suspense. n. 1. the condition of being insecure or uncertain: the matter of the succession remained in suspense for many years. 2. mental uncertainty; anxiety: their father's illness kept them in a state of suspense. 3. excitement felt at the approach of the climax: a play of terrifying suspense.