Carp Edema Virus Disease (CEVD) / Koi Sleepy Disease (KSD) by Shohreh Hesami, Pedro Viadanna, Natalie K. Steckler, Staci Spears, Patrick M. Thompson, Karen L. Kelley, Roy P. E. Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Johnny Shelley, Joseph M. Groff, Andy Goodwin, Olga L. M. Haenen, Thomas B. Waltzek

“…This 6-page fact sheet describes symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and what fish producers, wholesalers, or retailers can do if they suspect carp may have contracted the disease. Written by Shohreh Hesami, Pedro Viadanna, Natalie Steckler, Staci Spears, Patrick Thompson, Karen Kelley, Roy Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Johnny Shelley, Joseph Groff, Andy Goodwin, Olga Haenen, and Thomas Waltzek, and published by the School of Forest Resources and Conservation Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, October 2015. …”
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Letter Of Credit as a Payment Instrument of the Export-Import Deal by N. A. Butakova

“…Letter of credit — a financial term, one of the types of payment instruments between the participants of export-import contract. Today the letter of credit is recognized by financiers in all over the world as the most universal way of payment in foreign economic activity. …”
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Machine learning suggests climate and seasonal definitions should change under global warming by Milton Speer, Lance Leslie

“…In contrast, flooding has increased in coastal eastern Australia. The poleward contraction of mid-latitude westerly winds is a readily identifiable contributor. …”
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The Collective Behaviors of Self-Excitation Information Diffusion Processes for a Large Number of Individuals by Lifu Wang, Bo Shen

“…We also find that the steady-state distribution is a “contraction” of the initial distribution in the linear and bounded confidence (DW model) interaction cases, which is different from the results of the model with nonself-excitation interaction.…”
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Combined Spinal-Epidural Analgesia for Laboring Parturient with Arnold-Chiari Type I Malformation: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Clark K. Choi, Kalpana Tyagaraj

“…The increase in intracranial pressure during uterine contractions, coughing, valsalva maneuvers, and expulsion of the fetus can be detrimental to the mother during the process of labor and delivery. …”
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Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required? by Osman Beton, Tolga Han Efe, Hakki Kaya, Murat Bilgin, Lale Dinc Asarcikli, Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz

“…Asystole, premature ventricular contractions, ventricular tachycardia, conduction disorders (various degrees of heart blocks, bundle-brunch blocks), supraventricular tachycardia, and atrial fibrillation are the other arrhythmic complications of electrical injury. …”
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A blockchain and internet of things-based information infrastructure for the Chinese automotive sector carbon-credit market by Yanchu Liu, Yu Zhang, Duosi Zheng

“…We use the distributed ledger technology and establish five distinct types of smart contracts for decentralized operations to ensure that all procedures of the Chinese carbon-credit scheme are standardized and under public scrutiny. …”
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A Mathematical Model for Peristaltic Transport of Micro-Polar Fluids by S. K. Pandey, Dharmendra Tripathi

“…A mathematical model has been constructed for peristaltic transport of micro-polar fluid in a circular cylindrical tube of finite length by letting sinusoidal waves propagate along the wall that induce contraction and relaxation but not expansion beyond the natural boundary. …”
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Using the Ethereum Blockchain in the Internet of Things Network for IT Diagnostics by U. A. Vishniakou, YiWei Xia, Chuyue Yu

“…During the experiments, the process of creating and testing the system was implemented, including setting up the environment, connecting an IPFS node, programming Ethereum smart contracts, sampling voice data and storing their hashes.…”
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A Novel and Efficient Iterative Approach to Approximating Solutions of Fractional Differential Equations by Doaa Filali, Nidal H. E. Eljaneid, Adel Alatawi, Esmail Alshaban, Montaser Saudi Ali, Faizan Ahmad Khan

“…This study presents a novel and efficient iterative approach to approximating the fixed points of contraction mappings in Banach spaces, specifically approximating the solutions of nonlinear fractional differential equations of the Caputo type. …”
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Phytoestrogens Enhance the Vascular Actions of the Endocannabinoid Anandamide in Mesenteric Beds of Female Rats by Roxana N. Peroni, Tamara Abramoff, Isabel Neuman, Ernesto J. Podestá, Edda Adler-Graschinsky

“…In rat isolated mesenteric beds that were contracted with NA as an in vitro model of the vascular adrenergic hyperactivity that usually precedes the onset of primary hypertension, the oral administration (3 daily doses) of either 10 mg/kg genistein or 20 mg/kg daidzein potentiated the anandamide-induced reduction of contractility to NA in female but not in male rats. …”
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A Game Theory Approach for Supply Chain Coordination Model with Incentive Mechanisms of Discount and Delay in Payments by Mohammad Ferdousmakan, Roya M. Ahari, Mohammadreza Vasili, Majid Vaziri Sarashk

“…As such, using game theory, a bilevel adjustable contract based on wholesale price has been proposed as an incentive for players to participate in the coordination plan. …”
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Examining the Retrial for Conflicting Two Rulings Emphasizing the "Same Court" Element in the Light of Doctrine and Judicial Procedure by Roohollah Taherifard

“…Two people sign a contract with each other in Isfahan and the place of fulfillment of the commitment is Tehran. …”
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Sacrificing Catfish as Marriage Tradition in Indonesia in ‘Urf Perspective by Muhammad Iqbal Mahbub Rabbany, Sudirman Sudirman

“…This marriage tradition requires a couple who will marry to slaughter a pair of catfish beforethe ceremony of a marriage contract. This empirical legal research uses the socio-legal approach with the interview as primary data and related books as secondary data. …”
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Images of a nation in crisis by Rodwell Makombe

“…In February 2018, his contract of over ten years with The Sunday Times was abruptly terminated. …”
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Dirichlet Forms Constructed from Annihilation Operators on Bernoulli Functionals by Caishi Wang, Beiping Wang

“…And then we prove that Ew is closed and has the contraction property; hence, it is a Dirichlet form. …”
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Variation in Macro and Trace Elements in Progression of Type 2 Diabetes by Khalid Siddiqui, Nahla Bawazeer, Salini Scaria Joy

“…Trace elements participate in tissue and cellular and subcellular functions; these include immune regulation by humoral and cellular mechanisms, nerve conduction, muscle contractions, membrane potential regulations, and mitochondrial activity and enzyme reactions. …”
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2003 Handbook of Employment Regulations Affecting Florida Farm Employers and Workers: Portal to Portal Act of 1947 [Federal] by Leo C. Polopolus, Michael T. Olexa, Fritz Roka, Carol Fountain

“…In general, work starts at the work site unless otherwise provided by contract, custom, or practice. This Act is an Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). …”
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Bulge Oscillation Driven by Outflows of Active Galactic Nuclei. I. Fast Outflow Case by Yue-Chang Peng, Jian-Min Wang, Yu Zhao, Luis C. Ho

“…For some typical values of bulges and AGNs, we find that the expansion and contraction velocities are a few × 10 km s ^−1 for 10 ^10 M _⊙ bulges and mass outflowing rate 500 M _⊙ yr ^−1 , which would give observational signatures.…”
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System Dynamics Modelling of Remanufacturing and Recycling Mode Based on Closed-Loop Across-Chain Competition by Shidi Miao, Deyun Chen, Tengfei Wang

“…The retailers show more enthusiasm of recycling through certain amendment of the contract between manufacturers and retailers. The time of payment could be shortened in closed loop. …”
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