Another subcategory of entropic chains are entropic springs, such as those present in the titin protein, which contains repeat regions rich in PEVK amino acids that generate force upon overstretching to help restore muscle cells to their relaxed length.
The current paradigm attributes VILI to overstretching due to very high-volume ventilation (volutrauma) and cyclic changes in aeration due to very low-volume ventilation (atelectrauma); however, this model cannot explain some research findings.
The time has therefore come, Ferguson concludes, to revive Paul Kennedy's term "imperial overstretch," but to apply it now to the gap that exists between the domestic obligations Americans have taken on and their unwillingness to pay for them: this could be the Achilles' heel of their empire.
Van Nistelrooy's touch required Smith to overstretch himself trying to clear and he only kicked the ball to Scholes, who scored clinically.
Because ARDS is not a homogeneous process, 43 a disproportional amount of tidal volume during mechanical ventilation is delivered to more compliant, less injured regions (the so-called baby lung), causing overstretch injury to previously functional lung.
Before you overstretch yourself to place the winning bid on a property – especially one at a high loan-to-value – it is vital to first assess the long-term impact of the sacrifices you will have to make.
However, overstretch led to deterioration in the properties in all of the tests.
Did we get some more $$inn?" Occasionally Murphy seems to overstretch his analogies or to treat America as if it were a society as distant and curious as ancient Rome.
Second, it's about regional councils overstretching themselves to provide services and "experiences" to compete with an inflated, marketeer's-eye view of what an urban lifestyle should look and feel like.
He also points to research that suggests language learning benefits from not requiring the learner to overstretch themselves by asking them to do too much, too soon.
