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up contraction or contracted in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contraction may refer to: Contraction (grammar), a shortened word Poetic contraction, omission...

Muscle contraction is the activation of tension-generating sites within muscle cells. In physiology, muscle contraction does not necessarily mean muscle...

Length contraction is the phenomenon that a moving object's length is measured to be shorter than its proper length, which is the length as measured in...

A contraction is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds...

In mathematics, a contraction mapping, or contraction or contractor, on a metric space (M, d) is a function f from M to itself, with the property that...

Uterine contractions are muscle contractions of the uterine smooth muscle that can occur at various intensities in both the non-pregnant and pregnant uterine...

Vaginal contractions are contractions of the pelvic muscles surrounding the vagina, especially the pubococcygeus muscle. Vaginal contractions are generally...

a given Lie group a different (non-isomorphic) Lie group by a group contraction with respect to a continuous subgroup of it. That amounts to a limiting...

Contraction alkalosis refers to the increase in blood pH that occurs as a result of fluid losses (volume contraction). The change in pH is especially pronounced...

The lanthanide contraction is the steady decrease in the ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series, from left to right. It is caused by the...

Braxton Hicks contractions, also known as practice contractions or false labor, are sporadic uterine contractions that occur during pregnancy, but before...

In computer science, the method of contraction hierarchies is a speed-up technique for finding the shortest path in a graph. The most intuitive applications...

In graph theory, an edge contraction is an operation that removes an edge from a graph while simultaneously merging the two vertices that it previously...

In multilinear algebra, a tensor contraction is an operation on a tensor that arises from the canonical pairing of a vector space and its dual. This example...

In an isotonic contraction, tension remains the same, whilst the muscle's length changes. By contrast, in isokinetic contractions, the muscle speed remains...

In cardiac physiology, isometric contraction is an event occurring in early systole during which the ventricles contract with no corresponding volume...

The Great Contraction, as characterized by economist Milton Friedman, was the recessionary period from 1929 until 1933, i.e., the early years of the Great...

Poetic contractions are contractions of words found in poetry but not commonly used in everyday modern English. Also known as elision or syncope, these...

In mathematics, the Banach fixed-point theorem (also known as the contraction mapping theorem or contractive mapping theorem or Banach–Caccioppoli theorem)...

functional, contractile units of the muscle fiber necessary for muscle contraction. Muscles are predominantly powered by the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates...

In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction that occurs when there is a period of broad decline in economic activity. Recessions generally...

In algebraic geometry, a contraction morphism is a surjective projective morphism f : X → Y {\displaystyle f:X\to Y} between normal projective varieties...

A tetanic contraction (also called tetanized state, tetanus, or physiologic tetanus, the latter to differentiate from the disease called tetanus) is a...

The Expansionary Fiscal Contraction (EFC) hypothesis predicts that, under certain circumstances, a major reduction in government spending (such as austerity...

In graph theory, a deletion-contraction formula / recursion is any formula of the following recursive form: f ( G ) = f ( G ∖ e ) + f ( G / e ) . {\displaystyle...

Volume contraction is a decrease in the volume of body fluid, including the dissolved substances that maintain osmotic balance (osmolytes). The loss of...

The d-block contraction (sometimes called scandide contraction) is a term used in chemistry to describe the effect of having full d orbitals on the period...

quality of life. People may report pain, aching, and itching with the contractions. Normally, the palmar fascia consists of collagen type I, but in Dupuytren...

A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) is a common event where the heartbeat is initiated by Purkinje fibers in the ventricles rather than by the sinoatrial...

A contraction stress test (CST) is performed near the end of pregnancy (34 weeks' gestation) to determine how well the fetus will cope with the contractions...

muscle in terms of structure, function, regulation of contraction, and excitation-contraction coupling. However, smooth muscle tissue tends to demonstrate...

"Contraction" (Chinese: 坍缩; pinyin: tānsuō) is a science-fiction short story by Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It was published in Science Fiction World in...

in mathematics, and in statistical physics, the Asano contraction or Asano–Ruelle contraction is a transformation on a separately affine multivariate...

In computer science, parallel tree contraction is a broadly applicable technique for the parallel solution of a large number of tree problems, and is...

The sliding filament theory explains the mechanism of muscle contraction based on muscle proteins that slide past each other to generate movement. According...

usually contract with decreasing temperature which is called thermal contraction. The SI unit of thermal expansion is the inverse kelvin (K−1). Temperature...

(also known as static exercise) is an exercise involving the static contraction of a muscle without any visible movement in the angle of the joint. The...

is progression of coordinated contraction of involuntary circular muscles, which is preceded by a simultaneous contraction of the longitudinal muscle and...

It is a place where the cross section area is minimal. The maximum contraction takes place at a section slightly downstream of the orifice, where the...

sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ, such as the bladder. A spasmodic muscle contraction may be caused by...

used for basic literacy; contracted – an addition of abbreviations and contractions used as a space-saving mechanism; and grade 3 – various non-standardized...

In mathematics, contraction principle may refer to: Contraction principle (large deviations theory), a theorem that states how a large deviation principle...

In mathematics contraction theorem may refer to: The Banach contraction mapping theorem in functional analysis Castelnuovo's contraction theorem in algebraic...

Contraction band necrosis is a type of uncontrolled cell death (necrosis) unique to cardiac myocytes and thought to arise in reperfusion from hypercontraction...

during stimulation prior to ejaculating. Ejaculation involves involuntary contractions of the pelvic floor and is normally linked with orgasm. It is a normal...

(nu)) is a measure of the Poisson effect, the deformation (expansion or contraction) of a material in directions perpendicular to the specific direction...

A premature atrial contraction (PAC), also known as atrial premature complex (APC) or atrial premature beat (APB), is a common arrhythmia characterized...

Contraction and Convergence (C&C) is a proposed global framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. Conceived by the Global...

simultaneity, kinematic and gravitational time dilation, and length contraction. In the field of physics, relativity improved the science of elementary...

attainable value for the force of contraction of a given heart. The ability to produce changes in force during contraction result from incremental degrees...

The Eschenmoser sulfide contraction is an organic reaction first described by Albert Eschenmoser for the synthesis of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds from a...

and early 20th centuries, persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction and in the Russian Empire resulted in large-scale loss of life and mass...

mathematics, Blackwell's contraction mapping theorem provides a set of sufficient conditions for an operator to be a contraction mapping. It is widely used...

reflexive contraction of the external anal sphincter upon stroking of the skin around the anus. A noxious or tactile stimulus will cause a wink contraction of...

In mathematics, Castelnuovo's contraction theorem is used in the classification theory of algebraic surfaces to construct the minimal model of a given...

displacement of Muslims out of the Balkans during the era of territorial contraction of the Ottoman Empire has become a topic of recent scholarly interest...

languages there is a process similar but not identical to elision, called contraction, where common words that occur frequently together form a shortened pronunciation...

and Paul Taylor. Graham technique is based on the opposition between "contraction and release", and the idea that movement starts in the torso, from breath...

I'll may refer to "I'll", meaning "I will" or "I shall", a contraction (grammar) I'll (manga) "I'll", a song by Band-Maid from Unleash "I'll", a song...

be a contraction if its operator norm ||T || ≤ 1. Every bounded operator becomes a contraction after suitable scaling. The analysis of contractions provides...

Segmentation contractions (or movements) are a type of intestinal motility. Unlike peristalsis, which predominates in the esophagus, segmentation contractions occur...

intense sexual pleasure resulting in rhythmic, involuntary muscular contractions in the pelvic region. Orgasms are controlled by the involuntary or autonomic...

Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling (Cardiac EC coupling) describes the series of events, from the production of an electrical impulse (action potential)...

decision was made due to economic reasons, as the teams targeted for contraction, reportedly the Minnesota Twins and the Montreal Expos, had "a long record...

Within the muscle tissue of animals and humans, contraction and relaxation of the muscle cells (myocytes) is a highly regulated and rhythmic process....

Isolytic contraction is when a muscle contracts while external forces cause it to lengthen. For example, during a controlled lowering of the weight in...

as viewed from S. Therefore, they are all subject to the same Lorentz contraction, so the entire assembly seems to be equally contracted in the S frame...

two to sixteen soldiers and called "corporal's guard"). The word is a contraction from the medieval Italian phrase capo corporale (transl. head of a body...

erector muscles, are small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals. Contraction of these muscles causes the hairs to stand on end, known colloquially...

hematocrit and hemoglobin are temporarily increased by reflex splenic contraction, which discharges a large additional amount of red blood cells. The brain...

The Tensor Contraction Engine (TCE) is a compiler for a domain-specific language that allows chemists to specify the computation in a high-level Mathematica-style...

twelfth rib. Contraction of one of the pair of muscles causes lateral flexion of the lumbar spine, elevation of the pelvis, or both. Contraction of both causes...

and refills with blood, called diastole, following a period of robust contraction and pumping of blood, called systole. After emptying, the heart relaxes...

stromal and vascular tissue. Its main function is to induce uterine contractions. The myometrium is located between the endometrium (the inner layer of...

on the right. Known as monotonicity of entailment in classical logic. Contraction, where two equal (or unifiable) members on the same side of a sequent...

examination and anorectal manometry were shown to cause paradoxical sphincter contraction in healthy controls, who did not have constipation or incontinence. Due...

are also contractions. For example, Toshiba (東芝), is a contraction or portmanteau of Tōkyo Shibaura (東京芝浦), and Nissan (日産), is a contraction of Nippon...

Premature junctional contractions (PJCs), also called atrioventricular junctional premature complexes or junctional extrasystole, are premature cardiac...

Y'all (pronounced /jɔːl/ yawl) is a contraction of you all, sometimes combined as you-all. Y'all is the main second-person plural pronoun in Southern...

Title Year Contraction 2005...

atrioventricular valves which prevent back flow from one chamber to the next during contraction. Being myogenic, the heart's pace is maintained by pacemaker cells found...

the start of 20th centuries, persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction and in the Russian Empire resulted in large-scale loss of life and mass...

stimulation (NMES) or electromyostimulation, is the elicitation of muscle contraction using electrical impulses. EMS has received attention for various reasons:...

the main candidate for the source of solar energy was gravitational contraction. However, it soon was recognized by Sir Arthur Eddington and others that...

many tiny strands called fibrils, impulses from nerve cells control the contraction of each muscle fiber. Skeletal muscle, is a type of striated muscle,...

response to an increase in the volume of blood in the ventricles, before contraction (the end diastolic volume), when all other factors remain constant. As...

nervous system, albeit not engaging cortical structures until after the contraction has occurred.[citation needed] The different muscle types vary in their...

Ring expansion and ring contraction reactions expand or contract rings, usually in organic chemistry. The term usually refers to reactions involve making...

solidification temperature to room temperature, which occurs due to thermal contraction. Most materials shrink as they solidify, but, as the adjacent table shows...

beats include premature atrial contractions, premature ventricular contractions and premature junctional contractions. Supraventricular tachycardias include...

Ballistic movement can be defined as muscle contractions that exhibit maximum velocities and accelerations over a very short period of time. They exhibit...

ventricles now perform isovolumetric contraction, which is contraction while all valves are closed. This contraction ends the first stage of systole. The...

The collagen gel contraction assay is an in vitro model of wound contraction. It is performed using the dermal equivalent model, which consists of dermal...

states that, for a fixed contraction T, the polynomial functional calculus map is itself a contraction. For a contraction T acting on a Hilbert space...

of contraction of an edge ( u , v ) {\displaystyle (u,v)} in an undirected graph G = ( V , E ) {\displaystyle G=(V,E)} . Informally, the contraction of...

Tocolytics (also called anti-contraction medications or labor suppressants) are medications used to suppress premature labor (from Greek τόκος tókos,...

process that may occur during wound healing when an excess of wound contraction, a normal healing process, leads to physical deformity characterized...

{\displaystyle {\hat {A}}} and B ^ {\displaystyle {\hat {B}}} we define their contraction to be A ^ ∙ B ^ ∙ ≡ A ^ B ^ − : A ^ B ^ : {\displaystyle {\hat {A}}^{\bullet...

graph obtained from G by edge contractions and vertex and edge deletions. The Hadwiger number is also known as the contraction clique number of G or the homomorphism...

caused by barriers to or interference with the different stages of muscle contraction. There are two main causes of muscle fatigue: the limitations of a nerve's...

Tension headache, stress headache, or tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common type of primary headache. The pain usually radiates from the lower...

students, Hartland Snyder, produced the paper "On Continued Gravitational Contraction", which predicted the existence of what later became termed black holes...

used to form the possessive of English nouns and noun phrases 's, a contraction of the English words is and has 's, a form of the English plural ending...

from Latin for "sob, hiccup"; also spelled hiccough) is an involuntary contraction (myoclonic jerk) of the diaphragm that may repeat several times per minute...

Her heart rhythm is very irregular, with many premature ventricular contractions heard. Problems playing this file? See media help. A premature heart...

We Beheld the Last Contraction of the Seraph is an EP by Abu Lahab, independently released on February 5, 2012. All music is composed by Abu Lahab. Adapted...

(residual muscle tension or tonus) is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, or the muscle's resistance to passive stretch during...

This training focuses on learning to move from a muscle extension to a contraction in a rapid or "explosive" manner, such as in specialized repeated jumping...

and are difficult to separate. The d-block contraction is less pronounced than the lanthanide contraction but arises from a similar cause. In this case...

Niedergerke. Together they discovered in 1954 the mechanism of muscle contraction, popularly called the "sliding filament theory", which is the foundation...

continuous maximal contraction to prevent leakage of faeces or gases. Sympathetic stimulation stimulates and maintains the sphincter's contraction, and parasympathetic...

Tetany or tetanic seizure is a medical sign consisting of the involuntary contraction of muscles, which may be caused by disorders that increase the action...

"Chinese Taipei" is the name used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC)...

operators on Banach spaces. It is sometimes stated for the special case of contraction semigroups, with the general case being called the Feller–Miyadera–Phillips...

both tonic and clonic contractions, with tonic contractions usually preceding clonic contractions. After these series of contractions, there is an extended...

T-tubule structure and function are affected beat-by-beat by cardiomyocyte contraction, as well as by diseases, potentially contributing to heart failure and...

{\displaystyle f(I)} need not be an ideal of S; see also § Extension and contraction of an ideal. Ideal correspondence: Given a surjective ring homomorphism...

surrounding the margin of the anus. It exhibits a resting state of tonic contraction and also contracts during the bulbospongiosus reflex. The external anal...

rate. An eccentric contraction is one of two distinct phases in the movement of muscles and tendons, following concentric contraction (shortening). An eccentric...

Monetary policy is the policy adopted by the monetary authority of a nation to affect monetary and other financial conditions to accomplish broader objectives...

ventricular contraction (PVC), a pause, another normal beat, and then another PVC. In atrial bigeminy, the other "twin" is a premature atrial contraction (PAC)...

described. The upward deflections are the "a" (atrial contraction), "c" (ventricular contraction and resulting bulging of tricuspid into the right atrium...

biology of wound contraction, which can be modelled in vitro using the collagen gel contraction assay or the dermal equivalent model. Contraction commences approximately...

self-contraction, especially of the muscles or similar active biological tissue Contractile ring in cytokinesis Contractile vacuole Muscle contraction Myocardial...

The Dreamachine (a contraction of Dream Machine), invented in 1959 by Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville, is a stroboscopic flickering light art device that...

Smooth muscle cells control involuntary movements such as the peristalsis contractions in the esophagus and stomach. Smooth muscle has no myofibrils or sarcomeres...

is a positive number smaller than 1, scaling is sometimes also called contraction or reduction. In the most general sense, a scaling includes the case...

flow constant within the blood vessel. Myogenic response refers to a contraction initiated by the myocyte itself instead of an outside occurrence or stimulus...

women giving birth for the first time, Braxton Hicks contractions are mistaken for actual contractions, but they are instead a way for the body to prepare...

The pharyngeal reflex or gag reflex is a reflex muscular contraction of the back of the throat, evoked by touching the roof of the mouth, back of the...

person; or a rogue, vagrant or vagabond without means of support. It is a contraction of the phrase never-do-well. The term ne'er-do-well was used in the nineteenth-century...

useful mathematical properties. The wave function is encoded as a tensor contraction of a network of individual tensors. The structure of the individual tensors...

(scheduled to expand to 18 by 2030). This article includes expansions, contractions, and relocations. Current member Former member Relocated member Future...

fasciculation, or muscle twitch, is a spontaneous, involuntary muscle contraction and relaxation, involving fine muscle fibers. They are common, with as...

controls the frequency of contraction but additional neuronal and hormonal controls regulate the strength of each contraction. Smooth muscle within the...

via the same nerve; a muscle which works to adduct the eye. Thus, co-contraction of the muscles takes place, limiting the amount of movement achievable...

motor neuron to transmit a signal to the muscle fiber, causing muscle contraction. Muscles require innervation to function—and even just to maintain muscle...

Rao–Blackwell theorem, and is also known for the Blackwell channel, Blackwell's contraction mapping theorem, Blackwell's approachability theorem, and the Blackwell...

owners voted in favor of contraction. Several MLB teams had been considered for elimination in early talks about contraction, but the Montreal Expos and...

electrocardiogram (ECG) represents atrial depolarization, which results in atrial contraction, or atrial systole. The P wave is a summation wave generated by the depolarization...

Kohnstamm's phenomenon is a sustained involuntary contraction of a muscle after a prolonged voluntary contraction. The simplest demonstration, sometimes called...

the force or energy of muscular contractions. Negatively inotropic agents weaken the force of muscular contractions. Positively inotropic agents increase...

which repeat along the length of the myofibril in sections or units of contraction called sarcomeres. Muscles contract by sliding the thick myosin, and...

Latin, from Greek a- 'not', 'without' + systolē 'contraction') is the absence of ventricular contractions in the context of a lethal heart arrhythmia, in...

contribute to inhalation and exhalation, by aiding in the expansion and contraction of the thoracic cavity. The diaphragm and, to a lesser extent, the intercostal...

muscle when under contraction. Such a device is commonly used in myography, the study of the velocity and intensity of muscular contraction. A myograph can...

mobility and the contraction of cells during cell division. Actin participates in many important cellular processes, including muscle contraction, cell motility...

to the actin cross-bridge binding sites, permitting muscle contraction. Muscle contraction ends when calcium ions are pumped back into the sarcoplasmic...

upper and lower motor neurons that normally control voluntary muscle contraction. ALS is the most common of the motor neuron diseases. ALS often presents...

multiplication, inner multiplication, inner derivative, insertion operator, contraction, or inner derivation) is a degree −1 (anti)derivation on the exterior...

The nebular hypothesis is the most widely accepted model in the field of cosmogony to explain the formation and evolution of the Solar System (as well...

been its rapidly aging population. In August 2012, the year-on-year contraction was 0.8%; however, 0.2% growth was recorded in the first quarter (in...

\exp(\omega t)} for all t ≥ 0 {\textstyle t\geq 0} . It is called a contraction semigroup if ‖ T ( t ) ‖ ≤ 1 {\textstyle \|T(t)\|\leq 1} for all t ≥...

conscientiously activated. The contraction of the involuntary longitudinal muscles shortens and widens the canal, while the contraction of the circular muscles...

muscle decreases the vaginal opening. They play a role in the vaginal contractions of orgasm by causing the vestibular bulbs to contract. The tissues of...

they correspond to singletons). Figure 2 represents these boxes after contraction. Note that no point of X has been removed by the contractor. The contractor...

like a strap or belt and have fibers that run longitudinally to the contraction direction. These muscles have broad attachments compared to other muscle...

impulses, known as cardiac action potentials, which control the rate of contraction of the cardiac muscle, that is, the heart rate. In most humans, these...

The Contraction Act of 1866 was an act passed by Congress of the United States on April 12, 1866. It was intended to lower the price level so they could...

(near the speed of light) and therefore undergoing a Lorentz length contraction. The ladder is imagined passing through the open front and rear doors...

in pharmaceutical form. In either form, oxytocin stimulates uterine contractions to speed up the process of childbirth. In its natural form, it also plays...

The suffix -ly in English is usually a contraction of -like, similar to the Anglo-Saxon -lice and German -lich. It is often added to an adjective to form...

major role these channels play is to regulate cell signaling and muscle contraction by releasing calcium ions. There are three major isoforms of the ryanodine...

along with their inflected forms, is shown in the following table. Contractions are only shown if their orthography is distinctive. There are also numerous...

diffuses from mitochondria to myofibrils. In myofibrils, during exercise (contraction) ADP levels are very high, which favors resynthesis of ATP. Thus, phosphocreatine...

seizures are usually caused by sudden muscle contractions (positive myoclonus) or brief lapses of contraction (negative myoclonus). The most common circumstance...

native to the Americas. The name, sometimes spelled odocoeleus, is a contraction of the Greek root odont-, meaning "tooth," and -coelus, New Latin for...

to drive and support many processes in living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, and chemical synthesis. Found in all known...

A tremor is an involuntary, somewhat rhythmic muscle contraction and relaxation involving oscillations or twitching movements of one or more body parts...

plasma membrane can increase as a result of either exercise or muscle contraction. During exercise, the body needs to convert glucose to ATP to be used...

genetic disorder. The hallmark of the disease is the failure of initiated contraction to terminate, often referred to as delayed relaxation of the muscles...

(LAD) is a condition wherein the mean electrical axis of ventricular contraction of the heart lies in a frontal plane direction between −30° and −90°...

as the maximum amount of force that can be generated in one maximal contraction. One repetition maximum can be used for determining an individual's maximum...

with blood (vasocongestion), and the individual experiences vaginal contractions. The ischiocavernosus and bulbocavernosus muscles, which insert into...

muscle contraction is the microfilament. Microfilaments are composed of the most abundant cellular protein known as actin. During contraction of a muscle...

1901) was an Irish theoretical physicist known for hypothesising length contraction, which became an integral part of Albert Einstein's special theory of...

"The Contraction and Enclosure of the Land" in The Lava of the Land, an anthology of South-African poetry edited by Denis Hirson. "The Contraction and...

as a guest star. Astronaut Mike Massimino appears in "The Friendship Contraction" and "The Countdown Reflection". Stephen Hawking went on to appear in...

composition of a contraction mapping and a non-expansion mapping (or vice versa) is a contraction mapping. If T {\displaystyle T} is not a contraction mapping...

The Purkinje fibers transmit the signals more rapidly to stimulate contraction of the ventricles. The conduction system consists of specialized heart...

reasoned that either their model would not apply or that gravitational contraction would not stop. John Archibald Wheeler and two of his students resolved...

uncoordinated esophageal contractions Nutcracker esophagus (NE) also known as hypertensive peristalsis, where the contractions are coordinated but with...

myofilaments to slide past each other in a process called excitation-contraction coupling. Diseases of the heart muscle known as cardiomyopathies are...

Retrieved 7 July 2020. Taagepera, Rein (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia" (PDF). International...

show the geometry underlying phenomena such as time dilation and length contraction without the need of mathematical equations. The history of an object's...

stomach. The other type of contractions, called phasic contractions, consist of brief periods of both relaxation and contraction, occurring in the posterior...

of restriction and contraction operations. Matroid minors are closely related to graph minors, and the restriction and contraction operations by which...

vowel of contraction: a, e, or o. Contraction also occurs in nouns, including the contracted second declension. S-stem nouns undergo contraction with vowel...

Death SS (later also intended as a contraction of In Death of Steve Sylvester) is an Italian heavy metal band formed in 1977. They have sometimes been...

In the culinary arts, fond is a contraction of fonds de cuisine which is loosely described as "the foundation and working capital of the kitchen". In...

experience "partial" SPS, also called "stiff-limb syndrome", where the muscle contractions and stiffness are limited to the limbs, or sometimes a single limb. This...

calcium release. Instead, CICR is thought to be crucial for excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac muscle. It is now obvious that CICR is a widely occurring...

Twitch may refer to: Muscle contraction, otherwise known as twitching Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation Fasciculation...

Henry Pickering Bowditch in 1871 for the contraction of heart muscle. An induction shock produces a contraction or fails to do so according to its strength;...

sexual intercourse, most women experience involuntary vaginal contractions. The contraction causes the pelvic muscles to tighten around the penis, which...

Purkinje fibers allow the heart's conduction system to create synchronized contractions of its ventricles, and are essential for maintaining healthy and consistent...

Fibrillation is the rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of muscle fibers. An important occurrence is with regard to the heart. There are...

In the Dutch language, the word 't (Dutch pronunciation: [ət]) is a contraction of the article "het", meaning "the". 't can be found as a tussenvoegsel...

Tokyu Corporation (東急株式会社, Tōkyū kabushiki-gaisha), a contraction of and formerly Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha (東京急行電鉄株式会社; "Tokyo Express Electric...

retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress. The plural of Miss is Misses or occasionally Mses. Like...

in the short term, until being disillusioned later on. The term is a contraction of the word "embezzlement". The bezzle does not necessarily require criminal...

Laryngospasm is an uncontrolled or involuntary muscular contraction (spasm) of the vocal folds. It may be triggered when the vocal cords or the area of...

another lead to better coordinate the timing of atrial and ventricular contraction. No specific set of criteria has been developed for diagnosis of pacemaker...

contraction of the right and left ventricles. The contraction of the ventricles results in the QRS complex seen on an ECG tracing. After contraction,...

transformations and Poincaré transformations; conversely, the group contraction in the classical limit c → ∞ of Poincaré transformations yields Galilean...

Tonic vibration reflex is a sustained contraction of a muscle subjected to vibration. This reflex is caused by vibratory activation of muscle spindles...

Haderech (Hebrew: קְפִיצַת הַדֶּרֶךְ, romanized: qəp̄îṣáṯ haddéreḵ, lit. 'contraction of the road') is a Hebrew term used in Jewish sources, referring to miraculous...

summation convention to compensate for the difficulty in describing contractions and covariant differentiation in modern abstract tensor notation, while...

stricture). Stricture as a term is usually used when narrowing is caused by contraction of smooth muscle (e.g. achalasia, Prinzmetal angina); stenosis is usually...

around 250 letters (phonograms), numerals, punctuation, formatting marks, contractions, and abbreviations (logograms). Some English Braille letters, such as...

leaf is some 400 times thicker than goldene. It features 9% lattice contraction compared to bulk gold. Goldene was synthesized as a free-standing material...

anilingus to wash away most external fecal particles and reduce the risk of contraction of fecal-sourced infection.[citation needed] In the 18th century, Wolfgang...

The Haline contraction coefficient, abbreviated as β, is a coefficient that describes the change in ocean density due to a salinity change, while the...

Tzimtzum or tsimtsum (Hebrew: צִמְצוּם, romanized: ṣimṣum, lit. 'contraction, constriction, condensation') is a term used in Lurianic Kabbalah to explain...

(myotatic reflex), or more accurately muscle stretch reflex, is a muscle contraction in response to stretching a muscle. The function of the reflex is generally...

sarcomeres in cardiac muscle and plays a major role in cardiac muscle contraction. MHC-β is a 223 kDa protein composed of 1935 amino acids. MHC-β is a...

rules of exchange, weakening, and contraction: Ordered types correspond to noncommutative logic where exchange, contraction and weakening are discarded. This...

is caused by vasospasm, a narrowing of the coronary arteries due to contraction of the heart's smooth muscle tissue in the vessel walls. In comparison...

increase in blood volume (sometimes resulting in edema), Braxton Hicks contractions, the presence of colostrum in the breasts, and the dislodging of the...

is a rapid transitioning from an eccentric contraction (lengthening under load) to a concentric contraction (shortening) of the same muscle, storing elastic...

neurological disorder characterized by intermittent, involuntary spasms and contractions of the orbicularis oculi (eyelid) muscles around both eyes. These result...

dates the contraction following the panic as lasting from October 1873 to March 1879. At 65 months, it is the longest-lasting contraction identified...

A neck spasm is an involuntary contraction of the muscles in the neck region. The possible causes of neck spasms include:[citation needed] Anxiety Muscle...

scientists: the thermal contraction theory. The thermal contraction theory posits that during the winter months, thermal contraction cracks form only a few...

surface mechanomyogram) is a technique to measure the force of muscle contraction by recording the low frequency sounds created during muscular activity...

severe. They may be caused by general exertion, sexual excitement, or contraction of the neck and facial muscles. Most cases can be successfully treated...

Pro–am (or pro/am, pro am, ProAm; a contraction of professional–amateur) refers to a sporting event where both professional career athletes and amateurs...

characterized by delayed relaxation (prolonged contraction) of the skeletal muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation, and the muscle shows...

the failure of the uterus to contract adequately following delivery. Contraction of the uterine muscles during labor compresses the blood vessels and...

blocking muscarinic receptors in the bladder thus decreasing bladder contractions. Tolterodine was approved for medical use in 1998. It is available as...

muscle contraction. He and Andrew Huxley, complimenting the independent works of Hugh Huxley and Jean Hanson, revealed that muscle contraction is due...

Lombard's paradox describes a paradoxical muscular contraction in humans. When rising to stand from a sitting or squatting position, both the hamstrings...

were formed by extensional and contractional forces originating in tectonic processes such as uplift and global contraction. The combination of graben and...

mercury thermometer is a thermometer that uses the thermal expansion and contraction of liquid mercury to indicate the temperature. A basic mercury thermometer...

(CTG) is a technique used to monitor the fetal heartbeat and uterine contractions during pregnancy and labour. The machine used to perform the monitoring...

muscles begin a series of rhythmic contractions. Both men and women experience quick cycles of muscle contraction of lower pelvic muscles and women often...

Vivour is surname common in West Africa. It is a contraction of the word Survivor. Akinwunmi Rhodes-Vivour, Nigerian jurist Bode Rhodes-Vivour, Nigerian...

metallic hydrogen and a diffuse inner core of denser material. The ongoing contraction of Jupiter's interior generates more heat than the planet receives from...

parts together while safely absorbing temperature-induced expansion and contraction of building materials. They are commonly found between sections of buildings...

mitral valve during diastole with contraction of the left atrium, and the mitral valve closes during systole with contraction of the left ventricle. The valve...

aortic stenosis, after a premature ventricular contraction (PVC), the following ventricular contraction will be more forceful, and the pressure generated...

smooth muscle contraction. The β receptor couples to Gs and increases intracellular cAMP activity, resulting in e.g. heart muscle contraction, smooth muscle...

different observers, when one of the observers is moving, because of Lorentz contraction. The situation is even more complicated if the two points are separated...

suitable where power rather than range of contraction is required. This limitation in the range of contraction affects all muscles, and those that act over...

edge(s) connecting u and v. Figure 1 gives an example of contraction of vertex A and B. After contraction, the resulting graph may have parallel edges, but contains...

terms of a contraction of space ahead of the bubble and an expansion behind, but this interpretation could be misleading, since the contraction and expansion...

classified as: Premature heart beat premature ventricular contraction (PVC) premature atrial contraction (PAC) Escape beat, when the sinoatrial node becomes...

San Francisco drew 2,808 per game and only 1,920 in New Jersey. This contraction forced the remaining six teams to form one conference. The Rochester...

of measurement 3 contractions occurred subtract the resting tone from the peak intensity of the contraction add the 3 contractions together to get the...

in trachea.[citation needed] The muscle protein myosin "motors" the contraction of muscle fibers in animals. The importance of motor proteins in cells...

muscle contraction, chronic vasospasm involves more permanent structural damage to the vessel wall. In chronic stages, smooth muscle contraction becomes...

(PROKR1, PROKR2). These receptors mediate gastrointestinal smooth muscle contraction and angiogenesis. Lin DC, Bullock CM, Ehlert FJ, Chen JL, Tian H, Zhou...

characterized by seizures of the tonic–clonic type, with a regular pattern of contraction and extension of the arms and legs, lasting at least 5 minutes without...

strongest main flow contraction 3, and A2 the cross-sectional area of the narrower part of the pipe. Since A3 ≤ A2, the coefficient of contraction is less than...

muscle contraction. The activation of more motor neurons will result in more muscle fibers being activated, and therefore a stronger muscle contraction. Motor...

experiment was an experiment designed to measure if the Lorentz–FitzGerald contraction of an object according to one frame (as defined by the luminiferous aether)...

Trish is a feminine given name, often a contraction of Patricia. It may refer to: Trish Adudu (born 1969), British freelance journalist, television presenter...

exhibits no intercalated discs. Intercalated discs support synchronized contraction of cardiac tissue in a wave-like pattern so that the heart can work like...

sympathomimetic effects include increases in heart rate, force of cardiac contraction, and blood pressure. The primary endogenous agonists of the sympathetic...

smooth muscle. During muscle contraction: H2O + ATP → H+ + ADP + Pi (Mg2+ assisted, utilization of ATP for muscle contraction by ATPase) H+ + ADP + CP →...

cochleostapedial reflex or intra-aural reflex) is an involuntary muscle contraction that occurs in the middle ear in response to loud sound stimuli or when...

shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym), or crasis. An abbreviation may...

do work. Nerves control the contraction of muscles by determining the number, sequence, and force of muscular contraction. When a nerve experiences synaptic...

a Slime'), also known as Regarding Reincarnated to Slime and by the contraction TenSura (転スラ), is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Fuse...

trough at 6.9% contraction during the second quarter. While the contraction was a big hit to the economy, compared to the massive contractions other countries...

person participating via volunteering/volunteerism Voluntary muscle contraction Voluntary action Voluntariness, in law and philosophy Voluntaryism, rejection...

the birth of the placenta during the third. During the first stage, contractions gradually become stronger and closer together. The postpartum period...

in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fro or FRO may refer to: 'fro, a contraction of "afro", a hairstyle Frø (Freyr), a Norse god Family Responsibility...

contraction of the entire heart. There are specific proteins expressed in cardiac muscle cells. These are mostly associated with muscle contraction,...

promote neurite outgrowth. At the organ level blebbistatin stops the contraction of skeletal muscle or heart muscle. Blebbistatin has also been found...

phosphorylating the enzyme, tabun accomplishes a constant and involuntary contraction of the affected muscles, as the acetylcholine is not recycled and continues...

(arrector pili muscle) attached to each hair follicle to contract. This contraction causes the hair strands to stand straight. The emotional correlates of...

and a collection of trailing tentacles on the underside. Via pulsating contractions, the bell can provide propulsion for locomotion through open water. The...

{\displaystyle j} . A third definition uses a deletion–contraction recurrence. The edge contraction G / u v {\displaystyle G/uv} of graph G {\displaystyle...

a feminine given name and a French surname. As a given name, it is a contraction of the compound name Marie-Louise. The name has been well used for girls...

eight postulates for contraction and vice versa. If a contraction operator satisfies at least the first six postulates for contraction, translating it into...

titin is an elastic protein. The myofilaments act together in muscle contraction, and in order of size are a thick one of mostly myosin, a thin one of...

and myosin fibrils leading to contraction. A plentiful supply of mitochondria provide the energy for the contractions. Typically, cardiomyocytes have...

material types and constraints. Temperature gradients, thermal expansion or contraction and thermal shocks are things that can lead to thermal stress. This type...

fibers. Substrates within the muscle generally serve to power muscular contractions. They include molecules such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), glycogen...

paralysis, 1 = flicker of contraction, 2 = contraction with gravity eliminated alone, 3 = contraction against gravity alone, 4 = contraction against gravity and...

parameter, and cosmological constant. If the expansion stopped, then contraction will inevitably follow, accelerating as time passes and finishing the...

Westralia was a common contraction of Western Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Westralia may refer to: Westralia, a name associated with secessionism...

spread of the other. Distribution A is said to be a mean-preserving contraction of B if B is a mean-preserving spread of A. Ranking gambles by mean-preserving...

without a counterstain. As such, it is used to identify contraction bands, as seen in contraction band necrosis. PTAH can be helpful in diagnosing oncocytomas...

twitches can become superimposed as a result of summation or a tetanic contraction. Individual twitches can become indistinguishable, and tension rises...

kind of blend can be deliberate or accidental. A blend is similar to a contraction. On one hand, mainstream blends tend to be formed at a particular historical...

iterative scheme: the basic idea is to prove a fixed point theorem using the contraction mapping theorem. The inverse function theorem is not often stated separately...

provider's fingers to assess for pain and strength of pelvic floor muscle contraction. Imaging provides a more complete picture of the type and severity of...

generate a contraction semigroup. Let A be a linear operator defined on a linear subspace D(A) of the Banach space X. Then A generates a contraction semigroup...

purposes: The marking of the omission of one or more letters, e.g., the contraction of "do not" to "don't" The marking of possessive case of nouns (as in...

the contraction; Contraction time (Tc) as a time between 10% and 90% of the contraction; Sustain time (Ts) as a time between 50% of the contraction and...

two hormonal mechanisms. The end pathway of both mechanisms lead to contractions in the myometrium, a mechanical cause of placental separation, which...

department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The name is a contraction of the former Hangenbietenheim. Hangenbieten lies 2 km north of Strasbourg...

Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries...

from the follicle or high blood levels of luteinizing hormone causing contraction of smooth muscle. Diagnosis involves ruling out other potential causes...

efferent impulse back to the quadriceps femoris muscle, triggering contraction. This contraction, coordinated with the relaxation of the antagonistic flexor...

"Rx", is used as an abbreviation of the word "prescription". It is a contraction of the Latin word "recipe" (an imperative form of "recipere") meaning...

suggesting that borrowers are or were less creditworthy can lead to a sudden contraction of credit. Other causes can include an anticipated decline in the value...

preference for homemade zip guns. According to another theory, the term is a contraction of a Sicilian slang term for "hicks" or "primitives". With increasing...

fell by an estimated 15%; in the U.S., the Depression resulted in a 30% contraction in GDP. Recovery varied greatly around the world. Some economies, such...

the capacity of an athlete to exert force through voluntary muscular contraction: After an initial period of neuro-muscular adaptation, the muscle tissue...

from the delayed, nonphysiologic timing of atrial contraction in relation to ventricular contraction. "Retrograde VA Conduction - Medical Dictionary Definition"...

(the E wave) to peak velocity flow in late diastole caused by atrial contraction (the A wave). It is calculated using Doppler echocardiography, an ultrasound-based...

contract before ventricular contraction due to retrograde conduction, during ventricular contraction, or after ventricular contraction. If there is a blockage...

to the body (such as a fall or pull) or at the tendon by a muscular contraction that is stronger than the forces holding the bone together. Generally...

a contraction of owó ọ̀kan 'one cowrie'; 2–10, 20, and 30 are analogous. ** Lá is a contraction of lé ẹ̀wá 'and ten'. *** Ẹ̀ẹ́dógún is a contraction of...

Meeples are a common component in German-style board games. The word is a contraction of "my people." The earliest known form of the Meeple was found in the...

simultaneity is the conceptual foundation from which time dilation and length contraction follow. In 1892 and 1895, Hendrik Lorentz used a mathematical method...

length of the contraction of one of the bands of contraction. However, depending on the length of the animal, several bands of contraction can be in progress...

Scouts preparing "Some Mores" using the modern recipe appear, with the contraction s'more arising by the 1930s. More elaborate versions of s'mores came...

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an important role in cross-bridge cycling kinetics and cardiac muscle contraction. MLC-2v phosphorylation at Ser14 and Ser15 increases myosin lever arm...

flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne...

walking (eccentric contraction) and acts later to pull the foot clear of the ground during the swing phase (concentric contraction). It also functions...

developed enough to survive outside of the uterus, the cervix dilates and contractions of the uterus propel it through the birth canal, which is the vagina...

and noncommutative geometry. The word "brane" originated in 1987 as a contraction of "membrane". A point particle is a 0-brane, of dimension zero; a string...

contracts (systole), and diastolic blood pressure reflects pressure between contractions (diastole). Mean arterial pressure (MAP)is a weighted average of systolic...

the entire cardiac cycle. Note that during isovolumetric/isovolumic contraction and relaxation, all the heart valves are closed; at no time are all the...

propagation is to call all available atomic contractors until no more contraction could be observed. As a result of the Knaster-Tarski theorem, the procedure...

Coetzee WA, Fishman GI (August 2003). "Sorcin regulates excitation-contraction coupling in the heart". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (31):...

sense and word class from its source. In English, clipping may extend to contraction, which mostly involves the elision of a vowel that is replaced by an...

Venospasm is the contraction of a vein as a protective mechanism. It may follow infusion of a cold or irritating substance into the vein. If a vein spasms...

by Dr. Gerhard Wagner in order to escape East Germany. (DOWA being a contraction of “Doctor Wagner” and "81" referring to the year of the intended escape...

pregnancy. It is of the antimuscarinic class and works by decreasing bladder contractions. Solifenacin was approved for medical use in the United States in 2004...

found in the FitzGerald–Lorentz contraction hypothesis, now simply called length contraction or Lorentz contraction, first proposed by George FitzGerald...

one-to-one relationship between electrical stimulation and mechanical contraction. The majority of flying insects use asynchronous muscles to generate...

para adelante in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pa'lante is a Spanish contraction of para adelante (straight ahead). Pa'lante, or variants, may refer to:...

dilation theorem (proved by Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy) states that every contraction T {\displaystyle T} on a Hilbert space H {\displaystyle H} has a unitary...

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model of wound contraction. This collagen gel contraction assay may be used to screen for treatments which promote or inhibit contraction and thus affect...

and higher ionization energies. Lanthanide and actinide contraction (and scandide contraction): The shrinking of the elements affects the ionization energy...

straightened and expands when the elbow is bent. The long head gets a further contraction when the arm is behind the torso due to how it crosses the shoulder joint...

are tiny bumps on the surface of the skin caused by involuntary muscle contractions at the base of each hair. Goosebumps may refer to: Goosebumps, a series...

produce 10 to 30 contractions per second (equivalent to 10 to 30 Hz sound frequency). Fast twitch fibers produce 30 to 70 contractions per second (equivalent...

–troponin C, troponin I, and troponin T, that are components of the contraction mechanism in striated muscle. Measurements of cardiac-specific troponins...

Lipschitz continuous in y {\displaystyle y} , this integral operator is a contraction (See detailed proof below) and so the Banach fixed-point theorem proves...

the Montreal Expos as part of a four-team expansion. After a failed contraction plan, MLB bought the Expos, seeking to move the team to a new city. MLB...

their Z-lines misaligned. cMyBP-C appears to act as a brake on cardiac contraction, as loaded shortening, power and cycling kinetics all increase in cMyBP-C...

non-peristaltic contractions of the esophageal wall that compartmentalize the barium column and give the lumen a curled or beaded shape. When the contractions create...

This is a list of notable blogs. A blog (contraction of weblog) is a web site with frequent, periodic posts creating an ongoing narrative. They are maintained...

the deletion-contraction recurrence t(G) = t(G − e) + t(G/e), where G − e is the multigraph obtained by deleting e and G/e is the contraction of G by e....

Jyutping (itself the Jyutping romanisation of its Chinese name, 粵拼) is a contraction of the official name, and it consists of the first Chinese characters...

Conversely, afferent input causes contraction of the sphincter through excitation of Onuf's nucleus, and contraction of the bladder neck and urethra through...

Ríos in 1801. The term haversine was coined in 1835 by James Inman, a contraction of "half-versed sine". These names follow from the fact that they are...

the trace. The contraction is often used in conjunction with the tensor product to contract an index from each tensor. The contraction can also be understood...

waveform, upward deflections correspond with (A) atrial contraction, (C) ventricular contraction (and resulting bulging of tricuspid valve into the right...

influenced by environmental and climatic changes, such as the expansion and contraction of forests and the fluctuations of temperature and precipitation. The...

stretch-coupling in smooth muscle. I. Anatomy of intestinal segmentation and sleeve contractions". The Anatomical Record. 262 (1): 110–24. doi:10...

PMC 5035146. PMID 27661778. Amos, William Bradshaw (1975). Aspects of contraction in the Peritrich stalk. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge...

ʾA.Q.), is the first of Four Worlds that came into being after the contraction of God's infinite light. Adam Kadmon is not the same as the physical...

for being highly nonlinear. Their nickname amongst their fans is the contraction TokiMemo. The gameplay in Tokimeki Memorial focuses on scheduling, dating...

(nogami, polywka), but this is falling out of use. Some verbs do not show contraction: stojali (stali). A few changes from Standard Polish can be seen here...

cooperate in response to calcium levels, overseeing sarcomere contraction. During muscle contraction, tropomyosin shifts to expose the myosin-binding site on...

different number-based constructs, but it most commonly refers to a contraction in which all letters between the first and last of a word are replaced...

transition from a previous period of slow contraction to the current period of expansion. If the contraction is slow, it smooths the entire universe, and...

thigh—regardless of the direction of stroke. The normal response is an immediate contraction of the cremaster muscle that pulls up the testicle ipsilaterally (on...

derived from Shakespearian expression "will ye, nill ye", which is a contraction that means “whether one wants to or not.” It has a very similar meaning...

with the aim of depolarising enough of the myocardium for coordinated contractions to occur again. The use of this is often dictated around the world by...

in simulation capability built on a multiple-amplitude tensor network contraction algorithm. Despite high hopes for quantum computing, significant progress...

Shivers may refer to: Shivers, an instance of shivering, or the fast contraction and release of muscles Equine shivers, a neuromuscular disease of horses...

sedation sometimes used. Because of the significant skeletal muscle contractions it causes, electroejaculation is not used in stallions — except in rare...

medicinally, it was used historically in small doses to strengthen muscle contractions, such as a heart and bowel stimulant and performance-enhancing drug....

In mathematics — specifically, in large deviations theory — the contraction principle is a theorem that states how a large deviation principle on one...

The causes are varied and might demonstrate either the expansion or contraction of a species' range. Also called range fragmentation, disjunct distributions...

Kardemir is a Turkish steel producer. The name is a contraction of the Karabük Iron and Steel Works (Turkish: Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikaları). Its main...

Look up lingo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lingo, a contraction of language, often refers to jargon, but in a less formal or technical sense. Lingo...

Look up gotcha in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gotcha, a colloquial contraction for "got you" (got ya), may refer to: Gotcha! (film), a 1985 film starring...

waves occur in an attempt to decompress the intestine, and the strong contractions of the intestinal muscles push the contents backwards through the pyloric...

Gravitational collapse is the contraction of an astronomical object due to the influence of its own gravity, which tends to draw matter inward toward...

of motion with respect to the aether (length contraction). That is, the older hypothesis of a contraction of electrostatic fields was extended to intermolecular...

out that although special relativity appeared to describe an "observed contraction" in moving objects, these interpreted "observations" were not to be confused...

paresis of the leg. The sign relies on the principle of synergistic contraction.[citation needed] Involuntary extension of the "normal" leg occurs when...

predecessor to the 20th-century battleship, whose very designation is itself a contraction of the phrase "ship of the line of battle" or, more colloquially, "battleship...

Stanley is a toponymic surname, a contraction of stan (a form of "stone") and leigh (meadow), later also being used as a masculine given name. Stanley...

Uterine tachysystole is a condition of excessively frequent uterine contractions during pregnancy. It is most often seen in induced or augmented labor...

existing in antagonistic pairs, with contraction of one muscle producing forces opposite to those generated by contraction of the other. For example, in the...

new metaphysical concepts such as tzimtzum (צִמְצוּם, lit. '[divine] contraction' or 'withdrawal') and tikkun olam (תִּיקּוּן עוֹלָם, 'repair [of the]...

These include the equivalence of mass and energy (E = mc2), length contraction (moving objects shorten), Terrell rotation (apparent rotation), and time...

recurrence relation called the deletion–contraction recurrence or Fundamental Reduction Theorem. It is based on edge contraction: for a pair of vertices u {\displaystyle...

of Tostitos Scoops was launched in June 2001. The term tostito is a contraction of Spanish tostadito (little toasted thing), which is a diminutive of...

from a phonetic contraction of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Tamhais — the Gaelic root of MacTavish — meaning Son of Thomas. The contraction follows the same...

cysteine-rich secretory protein (CRISP) family. Ophanin weakly blocks the contraction of smooth muscles elicited by high potassium-induced depolarization,...

achilles reflex), brief stimulation to the muscle spindle results in contraction of the agonist or effector muscle. By contrast, in polysynaptic reflex...

known as an oxytocic or ecbolic, is a type of medication used to induce contraction or greater tonicity of the uterus. Uterotonics are used both to induce...

as the beginning of a period of expansion that followed a period of contraction. In this view, one could talk of a "Big Crunch" followed by a "Big Bang"...

later described in A Monetary History of the United States as "The Great Contraction". Later, Friedman and his colleague Anna Schwartz wrote A Monetary History...

the depolarization of the right and left ventricles of the heart and contraction of the large ventricular muscles. In adults, the QRS complex normally...

looking at deep abdominal co-contraction reported that it can take as long a 4–5 weeks to achieve this pattern of co-contraction. Matt Smith: Actor who played...

has been termed the d-block contraction and is similar to the f-block contraction normally termed the lanthanide contraction. Although AsCl5 is quite unstable...

initiation of contraction of mesangial cells is similar to that of smooth muscle. Contraction of mesangial cells is coupled with contraction of the basement...

In medicine, pulse is the rhythmic expansion and contraction of an artery in response to the cardiac cycle (heartbeat). The pulse may be felt (palpated)...

positive-strand RNA viruses which infect eukaryotes. The name of the group is a contraction of "Nodamura virus" and -virales which is the suffix for a virus order...

Clonus is a set of involuntary and rhythmic muscular contractions and relaxations. Clonus is a sign of certain neurological conditions, particularly associated...

blood to have a normal rhythm of contraction. Cardiotoxic drugs act on cardiac muscles to cease muscle contraction. As the heart fails to pump blood...

Kalu (also Kanu) is a common Igbo surname. It is a contraction of Kamalu (also Kamanu), which is the name for Amadioha, the god of lightning and justice...

premature contraction of the atrium or ventricle. The pause after the contraction causes the "stop." The "start" comes from the next forceful contraction. rapid...

bradycardia, because their trained hearts can pump enough blood in each contraction to allow a low resting heart rate.[medical citation needed] Sinus bradycardia...

32 mm (1.3 in). This connection is now obscured because "Oshan" is a contraction of the transliteration that is no longer widely used, Omeishan. Fei Liang...

Akkadian, the circumflex indicates a long vowel resulting from an aleph contraction. In western Cree, Sauk, and Saulteaux, the Algonquianist Standard Roman...

fitness company that specializes in isometric exercise, that is the static contraction of a muscle without any visible movement. The original portable home...

reported. For a list of recent contractions (recessions) and expansions see U.S. Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions. Note that at the height of the...

mammals, when a muscle contracts, a series of reactions occur. Muscle contraction is stimulated by the motor neuron sending a message to the muscles from...

cell, causing a depolarization of the end plate, resulting in muscle contraction. Following depolarization, the acetylcholine molecules are then removed...

begins hydrogen burning on the zero age main sequence. This period of contraction is the pre-main sequence stage. An observed PMS object can either be...

tensors respectively. Connecting lines between two shapes corresponds to contraction of indices. One advantage of this notation is that one does not have...

of motor units often work together as a motor pool to coordinate the contractions of a single muscle. The concept was proposed by Charles Scott Sherrington...

timing, or lack of synchrony, of contractions in different ventricles in the heart. Large differences in timing of contractions can reduce cardiac efficiency...

that causes positive inotropy and it will lead to an increased force of contraction. Milrinone use following cardiac surgery has been under some debate because...

"mark of contraction"). Thus, the commonly used words Anno Domini were frequently abbreviated to Ao Dñi, with an elevated terminal with a contraction mark...

French authors as early as the 19th century, is that concierge is a contraction of comte des cierges ("count of candles"), a servant responsible for...

muscles are not functioning properly, the mitral valve may leak during contraction of the left ventricle. This causes some of the blood to travel "in reverse"...

fractals, a Hutchinson operator is the collective action of a set of contractions, called an iterated function system. The iteration of the operator converges...

volumetric fraction of blood ejected from a ventricle or atrium with each contraction (or heartbeat). An ejection fraction can also be used in relation to...

developed. The thick lithosphere supports the mountains that result from the contraction of volcanic layers. Cooling heat-pipe planets could enter the next stage...

including Judaism and Christianity. It is thought to be derived by contraction from al-ilāh (الاله, lit. 'the god') and is linguistically related to...

colonies in Africa and South America. The name "bichon" is believed to be a contraction of "barbichon", which means "little barbet". The Bichon Frisé, formally...

Snyder studied this topic with their paper "On Continued Gravitational Contraction" making the opposite argument as Einstein's. They showed when a sufficiently...

Russia, Austria-Hungary, occupied Serbia and Bulgaria. Feldwebel is a contraction of Feld meaning 'field' and Weibel, an archaic word meaning 'usher'....

reorganization, division plane specification, cytokinetic ring assembly and contraction, and abscission. Faithful partitioning of the genome to emerging daughter...

comprising the cardiac muscle thick filament, and functions in cardiac muscle contraction. Mutations in MYH6 have been associated with late-onset hypertrophic...

inhomogeneities would ultimately lead to either the runaway expansion or contraction of the universe. The equilibrium is unstable: if the universe expands...

Hypovolemia, also known as volume depletion or volume contraction, is a state of abnormally low extracellular fluid in the body. This may be due to either...

by length contraction alone, the negative result of the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment requires time dilation in addition to length contraction to explain...

alcohol and mercury. It is the contraction/expansion of alcohol that measures the minimum temperature, and the contraction/expansion of both alcohol and...

research fellow at the University of Bristol, where he researched muscle contraction and blood vessel glycocalyx structure. He was a Fellow of both the Institute...

was a post-punk band from London formed in 1978. The band name was a contraction of the two words "pragmatism" and "vector", chosen at random. PragVEC...

(quadrans), half (semis), and three-quarters (dodrans). Dodrans is a Latin contraction of de-quadrans which means "a whole unit less a quarter" (de means "from";...

abbreviations—in British usage, primarily truncations such as Rev., but not after contractions which retain the final letter such as Revd; in American English, it is...

column contraction C A {\displaystyle C_{A}} into a 2 × 2 self-adjoint contraction. This can always be done and the structure of such contractions gives...

The triceps reflex is a deep tendon reflex that elicits involuntary contraction of the triceps brachii muscle. It is sensed and transmitted by the radial...

and faced serious financial issues, but narrowly escaped merger and contraction plans through the fundraising of Hiroshima citizens and fans. The team...

thrusts. As most women approach orgasm, they experience acute vaginal contractions, which also increases the man's sexual stimulation by increasing tightness...

excitation contraction (EC) coupling and the initiation of the cross-bridge cycling in smooth muscle, ultimately causing smooth muscle contraction. In order...

from the right ventricle into the right atrium during right ventricular contraction (systole). The tricuspid valve usually has three cusps or leaflets, named...

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plays an essential role in the regulation of smooth muscle and nonmuscle contraction. The conserved domain of this protein possesses the binding activities...

A cramp is a sudden, involuntary, painful contraction of one or more skeletal muscles, or an overshortening of such associated with electrical activity...

that connects muscle to bone. It sends the mechanical forces of muscle contraction to the skeletal system, while withstanding tension. Tendons, like ligaments...

can also occur following a premature ventricular contraction or blocked premature atrial contraction. Junctional rhythms (if a bradycardia) can cause...

myotendinous junctions and strengthen skeletal muscle attachments during muscle contraction. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000079022 – Ensembl, May 2017 "Human...

as a second messenger, and many intracellular processes, such as the contraction of cardiac muscle. Mutations in CALM2 are associated with cardiac arrhythmias...

suspends the writing of the word). A separate form of abbreviation is by contraction and was mostly a Christian usage for sacred words, or Nomina Sacra; non-Christian...

initial value problem. A special type of Lipschitz continuity, called contraction, is used in the Banach fixed-point theorem. We have the following chain...

and early 20th centuries, persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction and in the Russian Empire resulted in large-scale loss of life and mass...

as Uterine tachysystole- the contraction frequency numbering more than five in a 10-minute time frame or as contractions exceeding more than two minutes...

Weil. A natural extension of the representation leads to a semigroup of contraction operators, introduced as the oscillator semigroup by Roger Howe in 1988...

wearing of loose socks. The word kogal is anglicized from kogyaru, a contraction of kōkōsei gyaru ("high school gal"). Aside from the miniskirt or microskirt...

Note on the Difference Between the Lorentz–Fitzgerald Contraction and the Einstein Contraction", Br. J. Phil. Sci. 16:64 (Feb 1966): 332–333 (a response...

Verbrugghen, Verbrugge and Verbrugghe are Dutch toponymic surnames. They are a contraction of "van der Brugge(n)", meaning "from the bridge". Notable people with...

cat species are susceptible to bubonic plague, and typically die upon contraction. In the bubonic form of plague, the bacteria enter through the skin through...

over the inner product, also known in this context as a contraction (cf. tensor contraction): ∑ m ⟨ j , m | j , m ⟩ = 2 j + 1 {\displaystyle \sum _{m}\langle...

circumstances, electrical activation of muscle cells precedes mechanical contraction of the heart (known as electromechanical coupling). In PEA, there is...

muscular contractions (peristalsis) to force the blockage out of the organ, resulting in episodic pain that fluctuates with the contractions. Although...

defecation, in addition to contraction of the rectal muscles and relaxation of the external anal sphincter, abdominal muscle contraction, and relaxation of the...

without a full stop) is short for the Latin videlicet, which itself is a contraction of the Latin phrase videre licet, meaning "it is permitted to see". It...

polypeptides involved in blood coagulation, vasodilation, smooth muscle contraction, inflammatory regulation, and the regulation of the cardiovascular and...

years after such as approaches using grids, highway hierarchies and contraction hierarchies. Transit node routing is a static approach that requires...

EMG activation or the peak contraction value is a debated topic. Most studies commonly use the maximal voluntary contraction as a means of analyzing peak...

surrounding DUX4 is the causative mutation in 95% of cases, termed "D4Z4 contraction" and defining FSHD type 1 (FSHD1). FSHD caused by other mutations is...

thoughts are reduced to simple terms of simplistic meaning. The political contractions of Newspeak – Ingsoc (English Socialism), Minitrue (Ministry of Truth)...

Breasts Bust (sculpture), of head and shoulders An arrest An economic contraction, the opposite of a boom, Bust may also refer to: Bust, Bas-Rhin, a city...

the 60th largest in the world as of 2017. The name Kookmin Bank is a contraction of Citizens National Bank, an English name by which it also used to be...

the periphery experience the Lorentz contraction, but the rods upon the diameter do not experience this contraction (along their lengths!). It therefore...

administered for acute pain in general and for tension headache (muscle contraction headache). It acts on the spinal cord by depressing reflexes. It is sold...

seen five expansions, three direct or indirect relocations, and one contraction. The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) was established as the top...

particularly around decisions of inventory, purchase, work force expansion/contraction, facility expansion, purchases of capital equipment, promotional activities...

inhibition of motor neurons, causing excessive velocity-dependent muscle contraction. This ultimately leads to hyperreflexia, an exaggerated deep tendon reflex...

Many results can be considered extensions of the following result: Contraction Theorem for Analytic Functions—Let f be analytic in a simply-connected...

singer, and producer Hervé Salters. He also uses the moniker RV, a contraction of the pronunciation of his first name in French. Hervé Salters, a French...

factor 1. MYBPH contributes to sarcomere organization and striated muscle contraction. It is associated with the myosin filament and is active in the M band...

contribution of Ca++ influx and intracellular Ca++ release in the drug induced contraction of the rabbit aorta." Deth's research primarily focuses on how D4 dopamine...

that increase the output force of the heart and decrease its rate of contractions by inhibiting the cellular sodium-potassium ATPase pump. Their beneficial...

(see phase 2, below) and is a fundamental step in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. There are important physiological differences between the pacemaker...

time. It is able to be measured using electromyography (EMG) from the contractions that occur. The general mechanism of it is still widely unknown. It is...

of classical sequent calculus in which uses of (the structural rules) contraction and weakening are carefully controlled. Operationally, this means that...

In morphogenesis, apical constriction is the process in which contraction of the apical side of a cell causes the cell to take on a wedged shape. Generally...

the muscles of mastication, the tongue, and the teeth, and also by the contractions of peristalsis, and segmentation. Gastric juice containing gastric acid...

Abbreviations that include the initial and final letters (a type of contraction) are typically written in most English dialects (modern U.K. English...

allows time travel in fiction, or a hypothetical form of time dilation or contraction. Time Warp may also refer to: "Time Warp", a song and dance from The...

2018. An oft-repeated false etymology claims that the name comes from a contraction of Fat Man and Little Boy, the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the...

and played their home games at Blocktickets Park. As a result of a contraction of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Pioneer League, of which the Vibes...

organized electrical activity in the heart muscle, there is inconsistent contraction of the ventricles, which prevents the heart from generating adequate...

mammals this expansion is produced mainly by contraction of the diaphragm and, to a lesser extent, by contraction of the intercostal muscles, which lift the...

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be found efficiently. The subroutine to find them uses blossoms and contractions. Given G = (V, E) and a matching M of G, a blossom B is a cycle in G...

(coumarin–benzofuran ring contraction) is a rearrangement reaction in which a 2-halocoumarin in the presence of hydroxide undergoes a ring contraction to form a benzofuran...

facilitating the myosin head to move along the thin filament, resulting in a contraction of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The sternocleidomastoid is within...

with congestive heart failure. Amrinone has been shown to increase the contractions initiated in the heart by high-gain calcium induced calcium release (CICR)...

pressure created from ventricular contraction that closes the valve, not the papillary muscles themselves. The contraction of the ventricle begins just prior...

geology, it is more commonly known as montmorillonite. Diosmectite is a contraction of "dioctahedral smectite". Its effectiveness in improving stool consistency...

Skipped beat may also refer to: Premature ventricular contraction Premature atrial contraction Cardiac dysrhythmia The dictionary definition of skip a...

^{n}\rightarrow \mathbf {R} ^{n},\quad i=1,\ldots ,m} are each a contraction mapping on Rn with contraction constant ri < 1. Then there is a unique non-empty compact...

smooth muscle. During muscle contraction: H2O + ATP →  H+ + ADP + Pi (Mg2+ assisted, utilization of ATP for Muscle contraction by ATPase)  H+ + ADP + CP...

of calcium ions from the sarcoplasmic reticulum triggering muscular contraction through calcium-induced calcium release. Triadin is a multiprotein family...

of a quadrat that would otherwise be incomplete. Some signs are the contraction of several others. These signs have, however, a function and existence...

ear myoclonus (MEM) is a rare disorder involving involuntary muscle contractions of the middle ear muscles, specifically the tensor tympani and stapedius...

moving backwards through time (due to time reversing with the upcoming contraction of the universe) allows the construction of a messaging system to send...

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chamber. This period of the cardiac cycle is called isovolumic contraction. Because the contraction starts near the base of the left ventricle and spreads toward...