Due to the high gene diversity in both mtDNA regions, each data set was first reduced using the star contraction option which identifies and contracts any starlike phylogenetic cluster into one ancestral type.
Data were pre-processed using the star contraction option in Network v.4.5.1.6 [ 33].
But one must also expect this contraction in option premiums will become attractive to long put players, either speculating on a decline or hedging their portfolios.
Eric Milton has a multi year contract with the Minnesota Twins, and if contraction occurs and the option of free agency is negotiated for all players with multiyear contracts, the Yankees would presumably pounce on Milton, a pitcher they traded to the Twins for Chuck Knoblauch before the 1998 season.
"I think the commissioner believes contraction continues to be a viable option to pursue," Alderson said.
While he made no firm statement on the subject, Bud Selig, the baseball commissioner, reiterated that contraction of baseball is a viable option.
The herbal agent celandine is thought to have mainly spasmolytic effects, but in the uterus it is regarded as promoting contractions, which can offer promising and innovative options for optimizing artificial reproduction.
We were able to identify gaps in knowledge among community members, CHWs and clinicians regarding normal length of gestation, definitions of PTB, and options for management of preterm contractions or a prior history of PTB.
The simulation describes the behavior of the put options and provides explanation for loan portfolio contraction.
What I have said relative to contraction is the problems are so significant that every option is on the table.
For nonmonotonic theories, e.g., nonmonotonic databases, however, in general it is unclear how to restore the consistency of such a theory: indeed, several options for recovery that use (mixtures of) contractions and expansions have been proposed in the literature.
