«It's based not just on the nature
of the seta but the canted angles and flexibility they have, and ability to work under a wide range of loading conditions.»
Not exact matches
The «STAND UP» event
seta national and global record in the Guinness World Records for the largest number
of people to stand up for a cause... Lutherans across the U.S. participated in the event organised as part
of «ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History», in cooperation with the United Nations» Millennium Campaign.»
Try one
of the toasts, it's the first thing on the menu, with
setas (wild mushrooms).
The gecko's feet are covered in microscopic hairs, called
setae, which branch into thousands
of smaller hairs with paddle - shaped ends.
«These
seta and their hierarchy can deform to make intimate contact with even very rough surfaces — resulting in millions
of contact points that each are able to carry a small load.»
This «smart» adhesion system allows them to run at 20 body - lengths per second and, hanging from a ceiling, the forces provided by the
seta could actually support 50 times the body weight
of the gecko.
This ability, outlined today in the Journal
of Applied Physics, is a remarkable mechanism in the toes
of geckos that uses tiny, branched hairs called «
seta» that can instantly turn their stickiness on and off, and even «unstick» their feet without using any energy.
Van der Waals forces are weak atomistic level forces, «but geckos are able to take advantage
of them because
of a remarkable system
of branched hairs called «
seta» on their toes,» Greaney explained.
The images confirmed that, as in other spiders, the bottom
of the foot is decked out with long hairs (
setae), the undersides
of which are densely covered by even finer hairs (setules) with triangular tips, they report 19 April in Smart Materials and Structures.
The reduced wing surface and relatively long
setae of fairyflies and many other minute flying insects likely have an aerodynamic function, perhaps to reduce turbulence and hence drag on a wing flapping at several hundred beats per second.
Besides special
setae at the tips
of their feet, which likely prevent the animals from sinking into the sand, the eight - legged creatures are characterized by their interesting mating behaviour.
To determine if
seta number is a reasonable estimator
of cell number in Nasonia, the number
of cells per
seta was determined at the red - orange - eye pupal stage, where
setae are most distinguishable before the wing sclerotizes and cell nuclei disappear.
All
setae and nuclei were then counted within a 30 µm radius circle placed between the stigma and the distal tip
of the forewing.
I am interested in the change from the period when the meaning
of art and form in art was in making complex experience simple and lucid, as is still the case in «Knife in the Water» [Roman Polanski, 1962] or «Bandits
of Orgosolo» [Vittorio De
Seta, 1960], to the current acceptance
of art as technique, the technique which in a movie like «This Sporting Life» [Lindsay Anderson, 1963] makes a simple, though psychologically confused, story look complex, and modern because inexplicable.
Also called Ainu - ken, Ainu dog, Do - ken or
Seta, the Hokkaido dog is native to the prefecture
of the same name in Japan.
The hotel features a Michelin - starred fine - dining restaurant,
Seta and the Mandarin Bar & Bistrot where an eclectic choice
of contemporary cuisine and cocktails are offered in chic surroundings.
When
Seta Corporation breathed its last in January
of 2009, many in the gaming press didn't know how to mourn the company.
The Famicom title was originally planned as a home port
of the 1984 weapon - based fighting game, Great Swordsman, developed by
SETA and published by Taito, which in fact its vs. mode resembles the Kendo mode
of Great Swordsman.
Dynamic Works Institute - DWI National Association
of Workforce Development Professionals - NAWDP South Eastern Employment and Training Association -
SETA
You can win two full
seta of your own Rockwell power tools - one for you and one to give to a friend!