The simplest member of this family, α-linolenic acid, can be converted to the biologically more active long-chain n-3 PUFAs such as eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid.
Certain genes may be more active in long-lived mice than in normal mice, or vice versa.
Luc De Nil of the University of Toronto explained how the speech centers in the brains of stutterers were found to be more densely packed and more active — proving my long-standing hypothesis that stutterers are highly intelligent, even if we can't say so ourselves.
The absorption spectra are also very different: the global minimum structure is more active in the long-wavelength region while the local minimum isomer shows absorption only at short wavelengths.
This recruitment procedure will probably have favoured enrolment of a healthier and more active group of long-term care residents.
Even if that detail turns out not to be true, Indian diplomacy looks more active than for a long time.
These results suggest that this enzyme is more active on triacylglycerol with long chain fatty acids being capable of hydrolyzing a broad spectrum of esters of fatty acid chain lengths.
Interestingly, right DLPFC and bilateral superior frontal gyrus was more active in the non-verbal long delay condition than in the long verbal condition.
The debate has taken on added urgency since Bill Clinton's visit to Tokyo last year, when it was agreed that Japan would play a more active role in the long-standing security alliance between the two countries.Diplomats have been wringing their hands over the difficulty of altering the constitution.
The total resources per participant may be higher in states with more active training programs, so long-run program impact could be higher if more intensive services produce greater impacts.
Regeneration of bone is more active in the shafts of long bones, the lower jaw, and the ribs than in the skull and the spongy ends of long bones.
