If anything, there's something pitiable about a sexagenarian going through the motions of his younger days for an audience of rapidly diminishing mass.
In theory, because users must use a bullet and not their finger, it takes a few extra seconds to reload the magazine, diminishing mass shooters' ability to inflict damage.
Also, the elderly people have a lowered heat production capacity (diminished muscle mass) as well as weakened ability to sense cold (54, 55).
As emigration diminished and mass education expanded, living standards began to rise in line with, but always well behind, the more affluent north.
Both enhanced islet injury upon STZ treatment and diminished islet mass may contribute to the hyperglycemia seen here in Myd88−/− mice.
Stimulation of sympathetic nerves decreased bone blood flow [ 34] and diminished bone mass accrual [ 35].
Interestingly, male draggen mice have systemic metabolic abnormalities, including diminished fat mass and improved glucose tolerance.
SMS mutations in humans cause X-linked Snyder-Robinson syndrome involving hypotonia, unsteady gait, diminished muscle mass, kyphoscoliosis, osteoporosis, facial asymmetry, and intellectual disability (Cason et al., 2003).
Interestingly, APOBEC2 deficiency in mice has recently been associated with a shift to a slow-fiber type in muscle, and with diminished body mass and mild myopathy [ 120].
Low levels of testosterone have been found to be associated with cardiovascular diseases including heart failure, where hypogonadism could play a role in favoring the onset of some peculiar features like decreased exercise capacity, diminished muscle mass and energy handling and final cachexia [ 3].
