SKELETAL MUSCLES OF HIBERNATING BLACK BEARS SHOW MINIMAL ATROPHY AND PHENOTYPE SHIFTING DESPITE PROLONGED PHYSICAL INACTIVITY AND STARVATION.

Skeletal muscles of hibernating black bears show minimal atrophy and phenotype shifting despite prolonged physical inactivity and starvation.

Hibernating mammals experience prolonged periods of torpor and starvation during winter for up to 5-7 months.Though physical inactivity and malnutrition generally lead to profound loss of muscle mass and metabolic dysfunction in humans, hibernating bears show limited muscle atrophy and can successfully maintain locomotive function.These physiologic

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From foe to friend and back again: The temporal dynamics of intra-party bias in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Political identification Tools is the basis of enduring conflict, suggesting that political attitudes are difficult to change.Here we show that in the 2016 U.S.Presidential Election, political identities underwent modification in response to salient political events.We investigate these dynamics in detail by collecting data at periodic intervals fr

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