Facts about Potassium by R. Elaine Turner, Linda B. Bobroff

“…It is important because it helps regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, maintain normal blood pressure, transmit nerve impulses, control muscle contraction, and maintain healthy bones. Legumes are good sources of potassium, as are nuts and seeds. …”
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Biomaterial Influence on Intraocular Lens Performance: An Overview by Cari Pérez-Vives

“…We reviewed the published literature describing the adverse events that are mainly related to the intraocular lens (IOL) material, such as PCO, ACO, and the subsequent capsule contraction, as well as glistening formation. The adverse events presented in this overview are the most common ones in clinical practice, and therefore, they are generally included in the clinical protocols for IOL evaluation.…”
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The Implied Risk Neutral Density Dynamics: Evidence from the S&P TSX 60 Index by Nessim Souissi

“…By eliminating bias caused by daily variation of contract maturity through a completely nonparametric technique based on kernel regression, we allow comparing evolution of risk neutral density and extracting from time continuous indicators that detect evolution of traders’ attitudes, risk perception, and belief homogeneity. …”
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Stability Analysis of High-Order Iterative Learning Control for a Class of Nonlinear Switched Systems by Xuhui Bu, Fashan Yu, Ziyi Fu, Fuzhong Wang

“…The stability condition for the proposed high-order learning control law is first established, and then the stability is analyzed based on contraction mapping approach in the sense of λ norm. …”
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Towards an Information Model of Consistency Maintenance in Distributed Interactive Applications by Xin Zhang, Tomás E. Ward, Séamus McLoone

“…A novel framework to model and explore predictive contract mechanisms in distributed interactive applications (DIAs) using information theory is proposed. …”
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Review the principle of trust in the marketing of investment-linked insurance products (PAYDI) in bancassurance by Cindy Indudewi Hutomo, Agus Yudha Hernoko, Trisadini Prasastinah Usanti, Zahry Vandawati Chumaida

“…This study suggests that it is important to examine the teleological contractual relationship between the parties involved, particularly those that place importance on the social and moral components of the contract's goal. The collaboration between PAYDI and life insurance firms in implementing bancassurance marketing strategies with distribution business models is essential.…”
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Existence and Uniqueness of Mild Solutions to Impulsive Nonlocal Cauchy Problems by Mohamed Hannabou, Khalid Hilal, Ahmed Kajouni

“…We used some fixed point theorems such as Banach contraction mapping principle, Schauder’s fixed point theorem, Schaefer’s fixed point theorem, and Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem, and we derive many existence and uniqueness results concerning the solution for impulsive nonlocal Cauchy problems. …”
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The influence of dispersing structure in multiple drawing on the plasticity of low‑carbon steel by V. P. Fetisov

“…Minimizing the cell sizes and reducing the intensity of deformation hardening for a more dispersed initial structure maintain an increased relative contraction of fine‑grained steel after large total compressions. …”
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Stability Analysis of Impulsive Stochastic Reaction-Diffusion Cellular Neural Network with Distributed Delay via Fixed Point Theory by Ruofeng Rao, Shouming Zhong

“…However, the difficulties have been overcome by constructing a new contraction mapping and an appropriate distance on a product space which is guaranteed to be a complete space. …”
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Coordination in a Single-Retailer Two-Supplier Supply Chain under Random Demand and Random Supply with Disruption by Fei Hu, Cheng-Chew Lim, Zudi Lu, Xiaochen Sun

“…We also analyze the decentralized scenario, and a combination of overproduction risk sharing and buy-back contracts with a side payment from/to the backup supplier is provided to coordinate the supply chain. …”
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Rifting and seafloor spreading in the South China sea: a subduction-related extension on the down-going plate? by Chang, Sung-Ping, Pubellier, Manuel

“…This dual simultaneous tectonic evolution illustrates how far-field subduction process may impact the regional tectonics in terms of both rifting and contraction of the crust from initiation to termination.…”
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Board voting system based on the consortium blockchains by You-kang DONG, Da-wei ZHANG, Zhen HAN, Liang CHANG

“…The board voting is a scenario of anonymous voting on a particular group of individuals,which is strict with the identities of the participants.A board e-voting protocol based on the consortium blockchains was presented,which replaced the traditional trusted third party with the smart contract so as to reduce the system trust cost.It adopt a digital certificate-based identity mechanism to ensure that the voter's identity is legal.It adopt the blind signature based on elliptic curve technology to achieve the anonymity of voting.The security analysis shows that the proposed protocol can meet the requirements of unforgeability,anonymity and security etc,which is convenient and flexible to use.…”
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Ventricular fibrillation caused by massive right coronary air embolism: a case report by Hongcai Zhang, Ai-ling Huang, Qian Nie, Haseeb Sattar, Xie Wen

“…Conclusion Our finding suggests that inducing strong myocardial contractions with a cardioverter defibrillator may effectively disperse large air emboli and restore coronary circulation.…”
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Convergence of Some Iterative Algorithms for System of Generalized Set-Valued Variational Inequalities by M. Akram, Aysha Khan, M. Dilshad

“…Using the projection method and Banach contraction principle, we prove the existence of a solution for the considered problem. …”
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Atypical Manometric Abnormality of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter: A Procedure-Related, Stress-Induced Phenomenon? by Bhuvanendram Indrakrishnan, William G Paterson

“…Stress-induced esophageal contraction abnormalities have been well documented in the literature, but relatively little is known about stress-related lower esophageal sphincter (LES) dysfunction. …”
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The dynamics of Cosserat nets by J. Gratus, R. W. Tucker

“…The whole discussion is based on the notion of a Cosserat net and its contractions obtained by taking certain limits that transform Cosserat elements to rigid structures. …”
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CONSTRAINTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY by LATEEF AKINTOLA, OLUFIKAYO ADERINLEWO, SUNMBO AKANDE

“…After applying the Relative Importance Index and Severity Index methods, it was established that the rankings of the critical factors that hamper contract job completion were significantly different, thus underscoring their respective importance. …”
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A Review on Current Osteoporosis Research: With Special Focus on Disuse Bone Loss by Roy Yuen-chi Lau, Xia Guo

“…The disuse osteoporosis refers to bone mass decrements under conditions of decreased mechanical loading, including decreased ground force reaction, muscular contraction, and microgravity-related bone loss in astronauts after space flights. …”
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Some Problems of the Realization of Marital Relation with Foreigners by S. S. Myrza, I. A. Serednytska

“…It has been noted that marriage under current law of different countries can take place only if the established requirements are followed: conclusion of marriage contract, lack of close blood ties, compliance with the requirements of religion, reaching marriage age, mutual consent of both parties, equality, presence of witnesses while concluding a marriage contract and marriage, observance of folk traditions. …”
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Effect of concentric exercise-induced fatigue on proprioception, motor control and performance of the upper limb in handball players. by Stelios Hadjisavvas, Michalis A Efstathiou, Irene-Chrysovalanto Themistocleous, Katerina Daskalaki, Paraskevi Malliou, Christoforos D Giannaki, Jeremy Lewis, Manos Stefanakis

“…Fatigue was determined by a 40% decline in the peak torque over three consecutive contractions despite reinforcing feedback and encouragement.…”
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