Sentence examples for contraction of around from inspiring English sources

But this year the World Bank expects it to shrivel by as much as 10%, though Keith Jefferis, head of Econsult, a Botswana-based consultancy, predicts a smaller contraction of around 6% before rebounding next year.

The mechanical response to light is fully reversible and consists in a contraction of around 20% along the director of the nematic liquid crystal elastomeric network.

The Spanish economic news was not quite as bad as anticipated — a Reuters poll had found a market consensus for a quarterly contraction of around 0.4 percent.

"At current levels, the PMIs are pointing to a pace of contraction in GDP of around 0.6% quarter on quarter," said Alan Clarke, UK and eurozone economist at Scotia Capital.

Following 6-dpf lateral stripe melanophore quantitation, larvae were immersed in E3 medium containing 5 mg/ml epinephrine (Sigma E4375) for 10 minutes to induce contraction of melanosomes around cell bodies and allow evaluation of head melanophore numbers.

However, true joy is expressed on the face by the combined contraction of the muscles around the lips and very importantly, muscles around the eyes (orbicularis oculi).

Name and address withheld Many people suffer from "frozen shoulder", or adhesive capsulitis, resulting from thickening and contraction of the capsule around the shoulder joint.

Psychologists have long recognized the Duchenne smile (named for the French neurologist Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne [1806 75]), a sincere and spontaneous smile that is characterized not only by the stretching of the mouth but also by the elevation of the cheeks and the distinctive contraction of the muscles around the eye.

Rumination syndrome, or Merycism, is an under-diagnosed chronic Motility Disorder characterized by effortless regurgitation of most meals following consumption, due to the involuntary contraction of the muscles around the abdomen.

It is important to seek the expertise of a physiotherapist that has the understanding of the isometric, concentric and eccentric contraction of the musculature around the abdomen, pelvis and hip joint which are then 'fused' into functional exercise regimes.

It should be noted that SMC contractility in the villi has been suggested to be important for dietary lipid absorption and that VEGF-C can induce contraction of the SMCs around the collecting lymphatic vessels in normal and pathological conditions (Hosoyamada & Sakai, 2005, 2007; Breslin et al, 2007; Gogineni et al, 2013).