Sentences with phrase «mechanical responses of»

Questioning mechanical responses of scientific truth, Herden blurs the lines between internal, external, scientific and experiential.

In part, this increase might be a mechanical response of nominal yields to developments in world bond markets, rather than signalling a lasting change in the financial market's view of the inflation outlook in Australia.

«It's important to join experiments and theoretical calculations to see the mechanical response of this composite,» Woellner said.

Not exact matches

I think it's a very dangerous mistake to dispense with our present concerns by ignoring the narrative of our stress - testing response to the credit crisis, and concluding that our experience over this half - cycle has been a mechanical reflection of our pre-2009 methods, our present methods, or some perma - bearish disposition on my part.

The point of central importance in these developments for a philosophy of man is that man - made physical mechanisms are no longer limited to rigid patterns of mechanical action, but are now admitted to the domain of sensitive response, memory, and even of decision - making — activities that traditionally have been thought the exclusive province of minded organisms.

Without the attention of memory, there would be «but a passive juxtaposition of sensations, accompanied by a mechanical reaction» (MM 163); 4 the latter is necessary in order that the response be chosen in accord with the present state of affairs.

By mechanical causality I mean that which operates without any purpose of valuation except immediate and habitual response to a particular stimulus.

Whereas the first two models sometimes seem to represent a mechanical and juridical transaction, the latter two stress personal and ethical dimensions, and the subjective side of man's response as well as the objective side of God's initiative.

In response to the demand of customers for flexibility and reduced downtime when managing production of different batches, CareSelect ™ offers fully automatic changeovers in less than one minute, with no need for mechanical adjustments.

During his postdoc, Barboiu entered the field of molecular machines, molecular assemblies able to perform mechanical movements in response to external stimuli.

Engler's team, which includes bioengineering graduate student researchers Ludovic Vincent and Jessica Wen, found that the stem cell differentiation is a response to the mechanical deformation of the hydrogel from the force exerted by the cell.

Freeman found forecasts of Ph.D. production based on models that incorporated the response of enrollments to salary considerations to be «remarkably accurate while those based on mechanical extrapolations were orders of magnitude off base.»

By carefully controlling the composition of the droplets and the strength of the magnetic field, the forces applied by the droplet can be controlled, and the response of the surrounding tissue reveals its mechanical characteristics as well as the cues that cells are exposed to as the tissue grows.

Nanoscale rods of the material wobble in response to mechanical stress — such as the vibrations produced by sound — and generate an electric field.

«However, we have little knowledge of how bacteria read out mechanical stimuli and how they change their behavior in response to these cues,» says Jenal.

This bond, the nitrogen analog of a sulfoxide, appears to have arisen at the divergence of sponge and cnidaria, an adaptation of the extracellular matrix in response to mechanical stress in metazoan evolution.

Co-author François Ingremeau, a former postdoctoral researcher in mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton who is now at the University of Grenoble in France, also conducted significant experimental and modeling work related to quorum - sensing response to fluid flow.

The study, published April 10, 2017 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, combined measurements of fin shape from hundreds of specimens of the Labridae family with fin mechanical properties and neural responses recorded from eight different Labrid species, commonly known as wrasses.

Appel and Cocroft say future research will focus on how vibrations are sensed by the plants, what features of the complex vibrational signal are important, and how the mechanical vibrations interact with other forms of plant information to generate protective responses to pests.

In addition, controllable mechanical response will allow for the development of adaptive aerospace structures that could potentially accommodate mechanical loading conditions.

It is thought that such abilities evolved in response to no longer needing hands for locomotion, as well as the mechanical demands of using tools.

The cell density of cartilage is also very low, therefore, cell cultures offer an easier approach to study cellular responses of chondrocytic cells, e.g., to mechanical stimuli.

This thesis primarily investigates the effects of mechanical cyclic stretching, a 5 % low oxygen atmosphere and the Rho - kinase inhibitor, Y - 27632, on protein responses in chondrocytic human chondrosarcoma (HCS - 2 / 8) cells.

The transcriptional regulator megakaryoblastic leukemia - 1 mediates serum response factor - independent activation of tenascin - C transcription by mechanical stress.

Challenges stem from the kinetic nature and mechanical softness of brain tissue, tissue responses to implanted foreign bodies as well as our limited ability to control neural circuits and regenerative processes in situ.

Mechanical properties and cell cultural response of polycaprolactone scaffolds designed and fabricated via fused deposition modeling.

The following day mechanical sensitivity was assessed by measuring withdrawal responses to a series of calibrated Von Frey filaments with incrementing force (15 g, 26 g, 60 g and 100 g).

«The mechanical disturbance of having a parasite in the skin would trigger mast cells to release their chemicals,» he says, «and to produce an allergic response.

What's the News: Engineers and patients dream of mechanical prosthetic limbs that can talk and listen to the brain, moving in response to thought and sending back sensory information.

The feeling of soreness indicates an inflammatory response in your muscles to mechanical stress (exercise).

On the other hand, high volume, moderate intensity programs (such as a 5x10 squat or deadlift program) will cause significant gains in muscle size due to the sheer mechanical damage of the muscle and the required stress response.

Known as «delayed onset muscle soreness» (DOMS), we typically experience these pains when eccentric muscle activity is involved and the contracting muscles are forcibly lengthened.1 This mechanical stress triggers an inflammatory response and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS).

There's plenty of mechanical grip, too, and immediate steering response, so the Z always feels agile.

BMW has also tuned up a few key mechanical and chassis elements, including revising the electric - assist steering system, strengthening the mounting points of the front suspension struts, and firming up the rear dampers for better dynamic response.

It turns in more keenly and with less initial understeer, its responses feel cleaner and more alert and the electro - mechanical steering, while just as short of genuine feel, is pleasingly a little lighter and crisper.

Of even more cheer is the optional new, purely mechanical variable - ratio steering system, which of course offers a more precise response to input and sharper handling, and on the 335i and 328i, a Servotronic function for speed - sensitive power assistance is also standarOf even more cheer is the optional new, purely mechanical variable - ratio steering system, which of course offers a more precise response to input and sharper handling, and on the 335i and 328i, a Servotronic function for speed - sensitive power assistance is also standarof course offers a more precise response to input and sharper handling, and on the 335i and 328i, a Servotronic function for speed - sensitive power assistance is also standard.

Optional performance enhancements were available for each Firebird trim level; the Y87 performance packages for V6s added mechanical features of the V8 setups, such as four - wheel disc brakes, faster - response steering, limited - slip rear differential, and dual tailpipes.

Their fitment will hopefully combat the Land Rover's lack of mechanical refinement, unimpressive fuel economy and occasionally sluggish responses.

The engine is only one part of the recipe; the CT6 V - Sport features a mechanical limited - slip rear differential and a suspension tuned for greater cornering capability, steering response and roll control.

Introduce that response to a less - than - perfect road surface, and the MINI will follow cambers and tramline slightly under throttle; there's electronic differential locking as part of the MINI Clubman's expansive electronic control repertoire, however, a mechanical system would be more capable of handling the torque delivery.

Further chassis changes, including the adoption of stiffer steering knuckles and a unique ratio and software mapping for the electro - mechanical steering, are aimed at sharpening up responses.

The DCCD system, which previously used a combination of mechanical and electronic center limited slip differential control, now exclusively uses electronic control for quicker and smoother response.

As the driver bends the car into a corner, the mechanical ratio of the steering rack becomes faster and provides the driver with precise, lightning - quick response for mid-corner adjustments to «the line.»

Thanks to the integration of the dynamic control systems, the active aerodynamics and mechanical set - up, the response time to steering wheel inputs when turning into a corner is 30 per cent faster and lateral acceleration in corners increases by 20 per cent.

Of course, some would argue now, after the generally poor response to The Amazing Spider - Man 2, that the mechanical webshooters are one of the few positive elements about Marc Webb's rebooOf course, some would argue now, after the generally poor response to The Amazing Spider - Man 2, that the mechanical webshooters are one of the few positive elements about Marc Webb's rebooof the few positive elements about Marc Webb's reboot.

It has PagePress sensors with touch response instead of mechanical buttons for page turning, tempered protection glass with High Gloss coating, and screen backlit with adaptive lighting sensor.

The machine world was the easiest: cold, mechanical textures using circuit bent synths, glitching and stretching, and metallic overtones that were achieved running percussive loops through impulse responses of iron and metal objects being struck.

For decades I have been working in the field of climate - responsive design, eg maximising a building's passive response to climate, and minimising the cost of mechanical response.

Every time a scientist quotes equations in response to doubts, as if a mechanical isolated reaction represents the entire atmosphere with all the thousands of other influences, they are closing their eyes.

«Periodic» is often used to describe systems that have two reactive (where the response is out of phase with the forcing) components; inductor and capacitor in electronics, mass and spring in mechanical clocks, chemical bond and atomic mass in greenhouse gases, gas density and compressibility in sound.