The mammalian serine/threonine Akt kinases comprise three closely related isoforms: Akt1, Akt2 and Akt3. Akt activation has been implicated in both normal and disease processes, including in development and metabolism, as well as cancer and cardiovascular disease.
In music, vamping is the repeated use of a phrase through an entire song or the improvisation on top of a repeated phrase through a song. Looping, samples and grooves are all examples of vamping, as is almost all popular music with repeated chord progressions. It is not a negative attribute, but implies building on top of a groove to create a song. The keyboardist used extensive vamping to create an intricate song based on a funk groove.
Vamps, 2012 horror-comedy film; Vamp, a Brazilian telenovela; The Vamp, a 1955 musical comedy; Theda Bara, American silent film actress nicknamed The Vamp Other. Vamp Creek, a river in Manitoba, Canada; Vamp Building, a building in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; V.A.M.P. (G.I. Joe), a toy vehicle; Seattle Vamps, a women's ice hockey team