Sentence examples for before the dark period from inspiring English sources

We were praying that the snow would arrive before the dark period hit us.

Polling is prohibited in the final two weeks of Italian political campaigns, but before the dark period commenced on November 19 the 'no' vote held a modest lead.

The starch decreased before the dark period, and the lowest starch content was approximately 16.77 mg g−1 FW.

Rats administered visfatin 2 h before the dark period showed an increase in body temperature beginning 2 h after injection and peaking 8 h after injection (Fig. 2B).

Moreover, PACAP-deficient mice express an unusually early onset of activities, from approximately four hours before the dark period, without influencing the phase of the endogenous circadian clock.

Free corticosterone levels were low during the early morning and started to rise from approximately 1300 h reaching maximum levels about 1 2 h before the dark period.

For the mitotic libraries, S. robusta strains 85A (MT+) and 85B (MT-) with an average cell size below the sexual size threshold (SST) were grown under abovementioned growth conditions and before sampling, the dark period was extended with 12 h to synchronize cells at the G1 phase [ 116].

IP injection was carried out without anesthesia just before beginning of the dark period.

ICV injections were performed less than 1 hour before beginning of the dark period.

Portions which amounted of approximately 75% of the daily calorie intake were stored at −20°C and administered just before start of the dark period.

Food intake was measured immediately before the onset of the dark period and immediately after the onset of the light period.