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The convoluted sheets can be combined to attain certain cushioning effects mechanically rather than chemically.

The murders are often extremely ingenious, involving some convoluted piece of deception.

Aldosterone's effects are on the distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct of the kidney where it causes increased reabsorption of sodium and increased excretion of both potassium ( by principal cells ) and hydrogen ions ( by intercalated cells of the collecting duct ).

Southeast Alaska is the northern terminus of the Inside Passage, a protected waterway of convoluted passages between islands and fjords, beginning in Puget Sound in Washington state.

Given the complexity of the calculations involved and the convoluted structure that a convertible bond can have, an arbitrageur often relies on sophisticated quantitative models in order to identify bonds that are trading cheap versus their theoretical value.

Some parts, such as the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, consist of layers that are folded or convoluted to fit within the available space.

The sagas they created were elaborate and convoluted ( and still exist in partial manuscripts ) and provided them with an obsessive interest during childhood and early adolescence, which prepared them for their literary vocations in adulthood.

As global interconnectedness makes legitimate suspense more difficult to achieve, several writers — including Elizabeth Peters, P. C. Doherty, Steven Saylor, and Lindsey Davis — have eschewed fabricating convoluted plots in order to manufacture tension, instead opting to set their characters in some former period.

Daedalus, in the form of " daedalean ", can be an adjective meaning " complicated " or " convoluted ".

Thiazide-type diuretics such as hydrochlorothiazide act on the distal convoluted tubule and inhibit the sodium-chloride symporter leading to a retention of water in the urine, as water normally follows penetrating solutes.

Frequent urination is due to the increased loss of water that has not been retained from the body as a result of a concomitant relationship with sodium loss from the convoluted tubule.

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors inhibit the enzyme carbonic anhydrase which is found in the proximal convoluted tubule.

Kevin Welner points out that vouchers funded through a convoluted tax credit system — a policy he calls " Neovouchers "-- present additional accountability concerns.

Narrative structures sometimes involved convoluted flashbacks uncommon in non-noir commercial productions.

The District's convoluted borders run no farther south than 4th Street or St. Luke's Place, and no farther east than Washington Square East or University Place.

The latter feature is due to the presence of elongated loops of Henle ; these are much shorter in birds, and not truly present in other vertebrates ( although the nephron often has a short intermediate segment between the convoluted tubules ).

A convoluted chip surface with angled facets similar to a jewel or fresnel lens can increase light output by allowing light to be emitted perpendicular to the chip surface while far to the sides of the photon emission point.

While all theories of language acquisition posit some degree of innateness, a less convoluted theory might involve less innate structure and more learning.

Iconography, often convoluted and abstruse, is a more prominent element in the Mannerist styles.

He is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways.

Soap opera storylines sometimes weave intricate, convoluted, and sometimes confusing tales of characters who have affairs, meet mysterious strangers and fall in love, and who commit adultery, all of which keeps audiences hooked on the unfolding story twists.

Peckinpah accepted the job but reportedly hated the convoluted screenplay based upon Robert Ludlum's novel ( which he also disliked ).

David Quammen has described the book as written in everyday language for a wide audience, but noted that Darwin's literary style was uneven: in some places he used convoluted sentences that are difficult to read ; in other places his writing was beautiful.

Faced with growing competition from Marmite, from 1928 to 1935 the product was renamed as " Parwill " to make use of the advertising slogan " Marmite but Parwill ", a convoluted pun on the new name and that of its competitor ; " If Ma might ... then Pa will.

* proximal convoluted tubule