Sentence examples for of the timekeeping from inspiring English sources

According to Romain Boutevillain, company director of the timekeeping site Top Chrono, which organizes runs throughout the city, registration numbers for a series of races called the Paris Running Tour have been climbing steadily by about 10 percent every year since it began in 2007-8.

We were also able to measure concentrations of the timekeeping hormone melatonin in the saliva of the aye-aye and found that levels were significantly lower in blue light compared to red (F1,85 = 18.0, p < 0.001).

In this paper, extending our previous mechanics model, the dynamical wave motion of the hairspring balance wheel assembly, the core of the timekeeping mechanism called the escapement, is analyzed by partial differential equations.

In other words, our models claim for a statistical localization of the timekeeping process (i.e., its independence from implementation and phase correction processes), rather than for a structural localization in the brain.

Therefore, it is reasonable to predict that if a molecular alteration of the timekeeping mechanism changes the period of the circadian rhythm in the SCN, then the period of locomotor activity should also change (in a similar direction and magnitude).

For example, previous studies have demonstrated that PERIOD2-deficient mice have shorter free-running periods or arrhythmic nocturnal activity [28], [29] and do not display food anticipatory activity [30], suggesting that PER2 is a fundamental component of the timekeeping mechanisms in both the LEO and FEO.

Today it often bids against Omega, Breitling and Rolex for the privilege of paying between $2 million and $3 million for the timekeeping role in a big feature.

Any expansion or contraction of the rod caused by changes of temperature will affect the timekeeping of a pendulum; e.g., a pendulum clock with a steel rod will lose one second a day for a rise in temperature of approximately 4 °F (2.2 °C).

To Mr. LaVerdiere, they embody the emotional and political content of time, while the timekeeping sounds represent the march of imperialism.

It is thus safeguarded from those alterations of position that slightly affect the timekeeping of even the best watches.

At first, the researchers thought that the lack of antennae was throwing off the timekeeping ability of the butterflies' brain clocks.