Potassium requirements can be affected by climate and physical activity, the use of diuretics, and the intake of other electrolytes, notably sodium. Potassium blunts the effect of sodium chloride on blood pressure, mitigating salt sensitivity and lowering urinary calcium excretion (Whelton et al 1997).
A monarchy is an example ofan autocracy. 1  government in which one person has absolute power; dictatorship; despotism. 2  pl. -Â·cies a country with this kind of government.  unlimited power or authority of one person over others.
For other uses, see Theocracy (disambiguation). Theocracy is a form of government in which a deity is the source from which all authority derives. The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition: 1. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. 1.1. the commonwealth of Israel from the time of Moses until the election of Saul as King.