Sentences with phrase «levels of adhesion»

Suitable for both road and track, the RS - R has been designed to give high levels of adhesion along with wet - weather abilities and resistance to aquaplaning.

The Alfa's grip was uncompromising in the dry, yet the car rode with an unexpected suppleness that's just not found in cars boasting this level of adhesion.

Not exact matches

By creating fibrous hydrogels with different levels of crosslinks, the team was able to show that cells surrounded by matrices with fewer crosslinks were better able to draw in fibers and increase the number of focal adhesions around them.

Tumor cells expressing p53 (left) have fewer focal adhesions (red) and lower levels of active p130Cas (green)-- rendering them noninvasive — compared with p53 - deficient tumor cells (right).

The good news is that restoring normal levels of nitric oxide can substantially reduce red blood cell adhesion, said Dr. Tohru Ikuta, a molecular hematologist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University.

«On the surface of the leaf, adhesion is eventually reduced to a level where the attachment discs most often come off completely,» adds Wolff.

Now a more fine - grained picture of adhesion mechanics is emerging, thanks to a new tool developed in Illinois in recent years called a «tension gauge tether,» which allows scientists to measure cell mechanics at the single - molecule level.

The constitutive expression of these endothelial cell adhesion molecules was very similar for most of the lines derived from different organs, i.e., very low expression levels of E-selectin and VCAM - 1 and more pronounced expression of ICAM - 1.

Established cell lines exhibited several inherent endothelial properties, including the expression of constitutive and inducible levels of endothelial cell adhesion molecules E-selectin, intercellular adhesion molecule - 1, and vascular cell adhesion molecule - 1, internalization of acetylated low - density lipoprotein, and formation of loop structures on Matrigel surfaces.

Only women who have previously suffered from placental malaria develop substantial levels of protective antibodies that prevent the adhesion of red blood cells to placental CSA.

This technique allows for the characterization of biological materials along such physical properties as stiffness, adhesion, and even its Young's modulus with sub-nN level precision.

Nanolithographic control of the spatial organization of cellular adhesion receptors at the single - molecule level.

from cell adhesion to cell migration and polarity: the division's mission is the comprehension of pathological phenomena at a cellular and molecular level, fundamental to cure disease and foster biotechnology research.

Besides promoting immunogenicity of the thyroglobulin molecule, dietary iodine can enhance levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which lead to expression of cell adhesion molecules (ICAM - 1) that are crucial to the early phases of thyroid follicular inflammatory responses (3).

It provides a great opportunity to refresh your knowledge of anatomy in an engaging and experiential way, gain a greater understanding of how to work with scar tissue and adhesions, and learn different ways to reduce stress levels.

In addition to the niacin it supplies, brown rice may also help raise blood levels of nitric oxide, a small molecule known to improve blood vessel dilation and to inhibit oxidative (free radical) damage of cholesterol and the adhesion of white cells to the vascular wall (two important steps in the development of atherosclerotic plaques).

Researchers followed a subset of 1,139 subjects and found that those with the greatest increases in urinary polyphenols had significantly lower levels of five different biomarkers of inflammation, such as adhesion molecules, interleukin, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and monocyte chemotactic protein.

While interpreting the grip levels of the stock STI can be a challenge, the Spec C's more feelsome steering delivers more of the information that tells a driver when adhesion limits are being reached.

Usually, wider tires are used with high - performance vehicles that will demand a higher level of track adhesion.

The decision also characterizes employment agreements (especially with low - level employees) as «contracts of adhesion» that may be subject to more careful judicial scrutiny.

There was no need to determine whether the restrictive covenant in this case (i) was entitled to a presumption of reasonableness (as done in the commercial context), (ii) required a high level of scrutiny (as done in an employment contract), or (iii) perhaps fell somewhere on a spectrum between these two ends (as is assumed in respect of franchise agreements, which are typically contracts of adhesion yet involve independent contractors in a commercial context).

South Korea's financial watchdog today ordered a dozen cryptocurrency exchanges to update their adhesion contracts, which the agency claims causes problems for users in withdrawals, and generally puts the businesses way ahead of consumers on all levels.