Sentence examples for role of contraction from inspiring English sources

The role of contraction was noticed by Fitch 1936, who observed that, in order to derive the Russell paradox one considers a function of two variables, then one diagonalizes and regards such an object as a new unary propositional function.

The diagnosis of the paradoxes was further enriched by a subtler analysis of purely logical features of paradoxical reasoning: this is especially true for negation and the crucial role of contraction and duplication properties built into the laws of standard implication.

Although contractile activity is the primary function of the mature sarcomere, the role of contraction in sarcomerogenesis has remained understudied.

It is not clear what these distributional differences mean, but one appealing hypothesis is that evenness reflects relative levels of 'generalism.' By this reasoning, the biased transcriptome of skeletal muscle reflects a dominant cell type (the myocyte) and its' primary role of contraction.

To determine the role of actomyosin contraction on cell sheet contraction and cohesion, cells were treated with blebbistatin for one day prior to dispase lifting, followed by either continued blebbistatin treatment or replacement back to normal media (bleb+ and bleb-, respectively) and compared against control (no blebbistatin treatment, Figure  4A).

Our findings are relevant for understanding the role of matrix contraction by cells during wound healing and cancer development, and may provide design parameters for materials to guide morphogenesis in tissue engineering.

For instance, a recent study by Su et al., showed that acetylcholine dependent dilation was decreased in diabetes whereas there was no difference between control and diabetic group in response to PE, concluding no specific role of VSMC contraction in type 2 diabetes [ 14].

Objective: To establish the role of uterine contractions in retrograde menstruation with subsequent abdominal implantation of endometrial tissue.

This indicates that children regularly use a cocontraction activity between QF and hamstring muscles in weight acceptance during walking, supporting the hypothesis of a regulatory role of co-contraction in providing knee joint stability.

The more pronounced role of abdominal contractions in propelling hemolymph in the ventral abdomen was expected given that hemolymph in this area flows adjacent to the musculature responsible for ventral abdominal contractions.

PTGER3 is a receptor required for prostaglandin response that plays a role in initiation of contraction (labor).