Relaxation (psychology)In psychology, relaxation is the emotional state of low tension, in which there is an absence of arousal, particularly from negative sources such as anger, anxiety, or fear. Relaxation is a form of mild ecstasy coming from the frontal lobe of the brain in which the backward cortex sends signals to the frontal cortex via a mild sedative. Relaxation can be achieved through meditation, autogenics, breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation and other means. Relaxation helps improve coping with stress.
Prelog strainIn organic chemistry, transannular strain (also called Prelog strain after chemist Vladimir Prelog) is the unfavorable interactions of ring substituents on non-adjacent carbons. These interactions, called transannular interactions, arise from a lack of space in the interior of the ring, which forces substituents into conflict with one another. In medium-sized cycloalkanes, which have between 8 and 11 carbons constituting the ring, transannular strain can be a major source of the overall strain, especially in some conformations, to which there is also contribution from large-angle strain and Pitzer strain.
Analyse mécanique dynamiqueL'analyse mécanique dynamique (AMD) ou spectrométrie mécanique dynamique (, DMA) est une méthode de mesure de la viscoélasticité. Cette méthode d'analyse thermique permet l'étude et la caractérisation des propriétés mécaniques de matériaux viscoélastiques, tels les polymères. Un instrument d'AMD permet de déterminer les grandeurs physiques intrinsèques suivantes : les modules complexes de Young (noté E*) et de Coulomb (G*), et la viscosité complexe (η*) ; le facteur d'amortissement aussi appelé facteur de perte, () ; la température de transition vitreuse (T) qui dépend de la fréquence.
