Non-fiction novels can have both more or less words but most publishable novels for the adult market, again, should be at least 60,000 words. Young adult and children's market novels are considerably shorter. They run on average from 45,000 to 75,000 words.
a small downward deflection in the arterial pulse or pressure contour immediately following the closure of the semilunar valves, sometimes used as a marker for the end of systole or the ejection period. Called also dicrotic notch.
This variant has no physiologic significance except in rare cases of pancreatic cancer that do not involve the main pancreatic duct. Symptoms of pancreatic divisum probably are due to high intrapancreatic dorsal ductal pressure caused by resistance to pancreatic secretion by a small minor papilla orifice. Possible alternate mechanism is intermittent obstruction of drainage by minor papilla proteinaceous plugs. CFTR gene mutation has been found in some cases of pancreas divisum and may be responsible for variations in the occurrences of symptoms.