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.
Architrave in the Basilica di San Salvatore, Spoleto, Italy. An architrave (/ËÉrkÉ¨treÉªv/ ; from Italian: architrave, also called an epistyle; from Greek á¼ÏÎ¯ÏÏÏÎ»Î¿Î½ epistylon door frame) is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns.It is an architectural element in Classical architecture.he word is derived from the Greek and Latin words arche and trabs combined together to mean main beam. The architrave is different in the different orders. In the Tuscan, it only consists of a plain face, crowned with a fillet, and is half a module in height.