Acceptance Rate By Year. 1  2009-2010: 27.8%. 2  2010-2011: 22.3%. 3  2011-2012: 19.4%. 4  2012-2013: 18.4%. 5  2013-2014: 18.1%. 6  Projected JHU Acceptance Rate 2017-2018: 19.6%.
Allostasis is the process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, through physiological or behavioral change. This can be carried out by means of alteration in HPA axis hormones, the autonomic nervous system, cytokines, or a number of other systems, and is generally adaptive in the short term (McEwen & Wingfield 2003).
homeostasis hoÂ·meÂ·oÂ·staÂ·sis (hÅ'mÄ-Å-stÄ'sÄ­s) n. The ability or tendency of an organism or a cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes. The processes used to maintain such bodily equilibrium.