General Decay for the Degenerate Equation with a Memory Condition at the Boundary by Su-Young Shin, Jum-Ran Kang

“…For a wider class of relaxation functions, we establish a more general decay result, from which the usual exponential and polynomial decay rates are only special cases.…”
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Fabrication of self-standing hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine) film with shape-memory and copper adsorption behavior via simple polymer reaction with tetraazacalix[2]arene[2]triazi... by Tomohiro Suzuki, Ryota Shibata, Tadashi Tsukamoto, Yuji Shibasaki

“…By virtue of these two relaxation phenomena, the PEI modified films exhibited shape-memory properties. …”
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The Carnivore Connection Hypothesis: Revisited by Jennie C. Brand-Miller, Hayley J. Griffin, Stephen Colagiuri

“…The selection pressure was relaxed at the beginning of the Agricultural Revolution when large quantities of cereals first entered human diets. …”
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The role of esophageal and stomach motility disorders in pathogenesis of gastroesophageal reflux disease by Yu. V. Yevsyutina, A. S. Trukhmanov

“…In patients with GERD disorders of primary and secondary peristalsis of the esophagus, increase of frequency of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations and pathologic bile refluxes are common.Conclusion. …”
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Biosynthetic Pathways and the Role of the Mas Receptor in the Effects of Angiotensin-(1–7) in Smooth Muscles by Marcio Augusto Fressatto de Godoy, Larissa Pernomian, Ana Maria de Oliveira, Satish Rattan

“…These include smooth muscle relaxation and cardioprotection. While the roles of Ang-(1–7) in other systems are currently topic of intense research, functional data suggest a relaxation action in gastrointestinal smooth muscles in a way that corroborates the results obtained from vascular tissues. …”
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Nymphaea pubescens Willd. extract and its flavonoid constituents vasodilate rat isolated pulmonary artery via NO-sGC-cGMP pathway by Teerapap Panklai, Prapapan Temkitthawon, Nungruthai Suphrom, Corine Girard, Perle Totoson, Kowit Hengphasatporn, Yasuteru Shigeta, Krongkarn Chootip, Kornkanok Ingkaninan

“…PE-induced contraction via α1-receptor was also unaffected by WLE. Compounds 1–3 relaxed both PA and aorta rings with and without endothelium (EC50=26 - >100 µM). …”
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Discretization of Optimal Control Problems Governed by p-Laplacian Elliptic Equations by Shu Luan

“…The feasible control set or the cost functional may be nonconvex, and the purpose is to obtain the convergence of a solution of the discretized control problem to an optimal control of the relaxed continuous problem.…”
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Dielectric Properties of Polyimides Being Modified with Fullerene by J. Suboch, A. Valozhyn

“…It is ascertained that temperature is influencing on time constants of p-relaxation of investigated materials.…”
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Vitreous Humour Extrusion after Suxamethonium Induction of Anaesthesia in a Polytraumatized Patient: A Case Report by Frederick Ebegue Amadasun, Theodore Ojeide Isesele

“…Suxamethonium, a deepolarizing muscle relaxant, increases intraocular pressure. It is therefore advised to be avoided in open globe surgery, for fear of extruding ocular contents. …”
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Pengaruh Hedonic Shopping Motivations terhadap Impulsive Buying pada Konsumen Produk Fashion by Diyah Ranasari, Fajrianthi Fajrianthi

“…Hasil analisis data menunjukkan adventure shopping memiliki nilai R 2sebesar 0,273, value shopping sebesar 0,110, idea shopping sebesar 0,251, social shopping sebesar 0,142, dan relaxation shopping sebesar 0,237. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa dimensi adventure shopping memiliki pengaruh terhadap impulsive buying sebesar 27,3%, value shopping sebesar 11%, idea shopping sebesar 25,1%, social shopping sebesar 14,2%, dan relaxation shopping sebesar 23,7%.…”
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Double-Diffusive MHD Viscous Fluid Flow in a Porous Medium in the Presence of Cattaneo-Christov Theories by Bidemi Olumide Falodun, Adeola John Omowaye, Funmilayo Helen Oyelami, Homan Emadifar, Ahmed A. Hamoud, S. M. Atif

“…In order to numerically solve the nonlinear ODEs, the spectral relaxation method (SRM) is utilized. In order to decouple and linearize the equation sets, the SRM employs the Gauss-Seidel relaxation method. …”
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Nonlinear Matrix Ferroelectric Composites on Construction Quality and Safety Measures by Danping Hu, Gongxing Yan, Hongquan Sun

“…Through theoretical analysis and experiments, it is concluded that the change of effective stress relaxation stiffness of nonlinear matrix ferroelectric composites tends to be stable with the increase of time, and the effective stress relaxation stiffness of composites increases with the increase of age volume fraction at t = 0 s.…”
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First-Principles Calculations on Atomic and Electronic Properties of Ge/4H-SiC Heterojunction by Bei Xu, Changjun Zhu, Xiaomin He, Yuan Zang, Shenghuang Lin, Lianbi Li, Song Feng, Qianqian Lei

“…Based on the density functional theory, the work of adhesion, relaxation energy, density of states, and total charge density are calculated. …”
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Effect of Curvature-Dependent Surface Elasticity on the Flexural Properties of Nanowire by Mengjun Wu, Quan Yuan, Honglin Li, Bin Wu, Lin Fang, Mengyang Huang

“…The bending curvature of nanowire in the reference and relaxed states is obtained. We find that flexural rigidity is composed of three parts. …”
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Predicting the Onset of Cavitation in Automotive Torque Converters—Part II: A Generalized Model by D. L. Robinette, J. M. Schweitzer, D. G. Maddock, C. L. Anderson, J. R. Blough, M. A. Johnson

“…Dimensional analysis was applied to test results from a matrix of torque converters that ranged from populations comprised of strict geometric similitude to those with more relaxed similarities onto inclusion of all the torque converters tested. …”
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Asymptotic behavior for a nonlinear viscoelastic problem with a velocity-dependent material density by Nasser-Eddine Tatar

“…This is established under weaker conditions on the relaxation function than the usually used ones. In particular, we remove the assumptions on the derivative of the kernel. …”
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On a Characterization of Exponential and Double Exponential Distributions by Reza Rastegar, Alexander Roitershtein

“…The purpose of this note is twofold: we extend Yanev’s theorem by relaxing a restriction on the sign of mixture coefficients and, in addition, obtain a similar characterization for the Laplace family of distributions.   …”
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Polynomial Decay Rate for a Coupled Lamé System with Viscoelastic Damping and Distributed Delay Terms by Nadjat Doudi, Salah Mahmoud Boulaaras, Ahmad Mohammed Alghamdi, Bahri Cherif

“…By assuming a more general of relaxation functions and using some properties of convex functions, we establish the general energy decay results to the system by using an appropriate Lyapunov functional.…”
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Treatment Patterns and Healthcare Costs Among Patients with Stroke and Spasticity: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study by Michael Hull, Vamshi Ruthwik Anupindi, Jing He, Mitchell DeKoven, Jumaah Goldberg, Jonathan Bouchard

“…Results Overall, 7851 patients fulfilled study criteria; 47.7% were treated with physical or occupational therapy, 11.3% with muscle relaxants, and 0.8% with BoNT-A; 12.4% met the post-index definition of PSS; 84.2% were identified using muscle relaxant or BoNT-A codes, 6.6% using diagnosis codes, and 9.2% using both. …”
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Voltage Mode Pulse Width Modulator Using Single Operational Transresistance Amplifier by Rajeshwari Pandey, Neeta Pandey, Sajal K. Paul

“…The proposed PWM consists of a relaxation oscillator output which is modulated using modulating signal. …”
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