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  2. Type A and Type B personality theory - Wikipedia

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    Type A and Type B personality hypothesis describes two contrasting personality types.In this hypothesis, personalities that are more competitive, highly organized, ambitious, impatient, highly aware of time management, or aggressive are labeled Type A, while more relaxed, "receptive", less "neurotic" and "frantic" personalities are labeled Type B.

  3. Occupational stress - Wikipedia

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    Research conducted in Japan showed a more than two-fold increase in the risk of stroke among men with job strain (combination of high job demand and low job control). [43] The Japanese use the term karoshi to reflect death from overwork. High levels of stress are associated with substantial increases in health service utilization. [18]

  4. Convergent boundary - Wikipedia

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    A convergent boundary (also known as a destructive boundary) is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other, a process known as subduction. The subduction zone can be defined by a plane where many earthquakes occur, called the Wadati–Benioff zone. [1]

  5. Torsion (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Torsion of a square section bar Example of torsion mechanics. In the field of solid mechanics, torsion is the twisting of an object due to an applied torque.Torsion is expressed in either the pascal (Pa), an SI unit for newtons per square metre, or in pounds per square inch (psi) while torque is expressed in newton metres (N·m) or foot-pound force (ft·lbf).

  6. Transform fault - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing a transform fault with two plates moving in opposite directions Transform fault (the red lines). A transform fault or transform boundary, is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal. [1]

  7. Anderson's theory of faulting - Wikipedia

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    Types of faulting. Anderson's theory of faulting, devised by Ernest Masson Anderson in 1905, is a way of classifying geological faults by use of principal stress. [1] [2] A fault is a fracture in the surface of the Earth that occurs when rocks break under extreme stress. [3]

  8. Sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    Sweat glands are a type of exocrine gland, which are glands that produce and secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct. There are two main types of sweat glands that differ in their structure, function, secretory product, mechanism of excretion, anatomic distribution, and distribution across species:

  9. Diathesis–stress model - Wikipedia

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    The diathesis-stress model, also known as the vulnerability–stress model, is a psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder, or its trajectory, as the result of an interaction between a predispositional vulnerability, the diathesis, and stress caused by life experiences.