Sentences with phrase «breaking upon impact»

Through computer simulations and experiments that included mechanically crushing replicas with controlled force, they showed that flutes provided shock absorption, preventing points from breaking upon impact.

Knack can turn into a pure crystal form for a short amount of time, and he can also accumulate ice and wood to bulk up, although they will break upon impact and melt or burn accordingly.

Not exact matches

Upon impact, the sutures» zigzag patterns essentially lock in and keep the scutes from breaking apart.

The next step would be to examine the impact of regularly breaking up prolonged sedentary time upon internal fat levels.»

This was fitted as a safety feature; it is designed to break apart upon impact with a pedestrian.

The momentum was more than her body could handle and upon impact, her pelvis shattered, with breaks in four places, cracks throughout, and a spot where her bone splintered into numerous pieces.

This attack is unblockable, has armor break properties, and crumples an opponent upon impact.

Tables now break otherwise with regards to the impact put upon them.

The choice of works is very deliberate with the exhibition broken down into seven themes: Beauty, Power and Space, which looks at each artist's engagement with the sublime, a theme central to English Romantic art but which survived through the modernist movement and is a key feature of Twombly's paintings; Atmosphere, which considers the ways in which the three artists paint land and sea through a filter of atmospheric conditions; Naught so Sweet as Melancholy, named after a phrase in Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, where the theme of loss and memorialisation are central concerns; The Seasons which reflects upon the passage of time; Fire and Water where all three artists evince the power of the elements; The Vital Force which brings together works of a sensual or erotic nature; and finally A Floating World where each artist contemplates mortality and external events that impact on their lives.

An update from the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the third National Climate Assessment is a detailed, 1,300 - page compendium, compiled by over 240 authors, of how climate change is impacting the United States, broken down by region and touching upon nearly every aspect of our society: White House senior counselor John Podesta called it the «most authoritative and comprehensive» report of its kind issued so far.

One other thing to point out about the Younger Dryas / Impact theory... They call upon the rapid break up of a portion of the Laurentide Ice Sheet culminating with the original freshwater routing hypothesis to explain the 1.3 kyr reduction in Atlantic overturning circulation.

Upon impact with the ground, passengers can suffer broken bones, lost limbs, spinal cord injuries, paralysis, brain injuries and wrongful death.

The high speeds at which these buses travel, combined with the structurally - flimsy and manner in which the buses tend to crumple upon impact, means that any collision can result in serious injuries to the passengers — from broken bones, to spinal injuries and even death.

Upon impact of the vehicle into the median, Burleson broke both bones in his arm, necessitating surgery that was expected to be performed early Wednesday morning.

Some of the most common are wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, violations of the Family Medical Leave Act, violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Violations of the California Family Rights Act, privacy breaches (e.g. disclosure of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know), contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay for unused vacation days upon resignation or termination, failure to pay for all hours worked within 72 hours of quitting, failure to pay for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions for failure to pay wages and over time, class actions for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class actions for failure to reimburse employees for expenses.

With news breaking today that Sir Michael Marmot — a leading global advocate for action on the social determinants of health and health inequalities — will deliver the 57th Boyer Lectures Series later this year, Croakey wonders what impact this might have upon the dominant debates around health and policy?