• stress functions: The Prandtl stress function is a special case of the Morera stress functions, in which it is assumed that A=B=0 and C is a function...
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    and stria terminalis. Through these mechanisms, stress can alter memory functions, reward, immune function, metabolism, and susceptibility to diseases. Disease...
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  • Stress hormones are secreted by endocrine glands to modify one's internal environment during times of stress. By performing various functions such as...
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  • contexts. Stress functions as the means of making a syllable prominent. Stress may be studied in relation to individual words (named "word stress" or lexical...
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  • linguistic functions), it is difficult to define stress solely phonetically. The stress placed on syllables within words is called word stress. Some languages...
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  • psychological stress, especially chronic stress, generally for the purpose of improving the function of everyday life. Stress produces numerous physical and mental...
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  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, domestic violence...
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  • Chronic stress is the physiological or psychological response induced by a long-term internal or external stressor. The stressor, either physically present...
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  • increase of cell specialized functions stability in the conditions of prolonged functional load. Another tissue stress function is to regulate homologous...
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    psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a form of psychological and mental discomfort. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial...
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    stress tensor (symbol σ {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {\sigma }}} , named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy), also called true stress tensor or simply stress...
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    Shear stress (often denoted by τ, Greek: tau) is the component of stress coplanar with a material cross section. It arises from the shear force, the component...
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    In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that describes forces present during deformation. For example, an object being pulled apart, such...
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    surrounding muscles. Stress affects many memory functions and cognitive functioning of the brain. There are different levels of stress and the high levels...
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  • A stressor is a chemical or biological agent, environmental condition, external stimulus or an event seen as causing stress to an organism. Psychologically...
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    Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD, cPTSD, or hyphenated C-PTSD) is a stress-related mental disorder generally occurring in response to complex...
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  • Föppl–von Kármán equations can be reduced to two by introducing the Airy stress function φ {\displaystyle \varphi } where σ 11 = ∂ 2 φ ∂ x 2 2   ,     σ 22...
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    transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding. The word endoplasmic means "within the cytoplasm"...
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    A cardiac stress test is a cardiological examination that evaluates the cardiovascular system's response to external stress within a controlled clinical...
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  • (\ll m)} -dimensional space is sought that minimizes the so-called stress function σ ( X ) {\displaystyle \sigma (X)} . Usually r {\displaystyle r} is...
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    Cortisol (category Stress (biology))
    cortisol is released and increases in response to stress and a low blood-glucose concentration. It functions to increase blood sugar through gluconeogenesis...
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  • express the stress tensor in terms of stress functions which automatically yield a solution to the equilibrium equation. The stress functions then obey...
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    magnitude of the applied stress and its duration, the deformation may become so large that a component can no longer perform its function – for example creep...
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  • Acute stress reaction (ASR), also known as psychological shock, mental shock, or simply shock, as well as acute stress disorder (ASD), is a psychological...
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    Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or takotsubo syndrome (TTS), also known as stress cardiomyopathy, is a type of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy in which there is a...
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    learning resources about Gravitational stress-energy tensor The stress–energy tensor, sometimes called the stress–energy–momentum tensor or the energy–momentum...
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    flexibility. Higher-order executive functions require the simultaneous use of multiple basic executive functions and include planning and fluid intelligence...
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    Oxidative stress reflects an imbalance between the systemic manifestation of reactive oxygen species and a biological system's ability to readily detoxify...
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    technique to determine the strain and stress field within a beam. This technique, sometimes called the Airy stress function method, can be used to find solutions...
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    the fight-flight-freeze-or-fawn (also called hyperarousal or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived...
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