Moreover, the transition of a fingertip's frictional state from stuck to slipping appears to be largely probabilistic, such that a stuck fingertip area either smoothly or noncontinuously decreases to zero at random [39].
"At the time of his arrest, Franks had money fanned out in the passenger side of his vehicle, a ripped up demand note, and several used Band-Aids he used to cover his fingertips," the release stated.
Clinicians tasked to make decisions about services need good quality information and intelligence at their fingertips, comparing the current state of play to forecasted alternatives – their finance colleagues can provide these.
It didn't say "little people", for we all know that they are the ones who really pay their taxes rather than those "individuals" with the world's information resources at their fingertips and heads of states at their parties.
According to the legend, mice had gnawed off the statue's fingertips in its home village, in the nearby state of Morelos, and villagers there took the image to Mexico City for repair.
A Heathcliff lookalike, he has state-of-the-art technology at his fingertips and cracks on at a good pace.
If there is no effective international anti-proliferation control, we may well have between 20 and 30 declared and undeclared nuclear powers within 15 years – and several non-state organisations with nuclear technology at their fingertips.
I've already explored some of the most incredible landscapes in the past few months of living in California, but it's only one state and I have the world at my fingertips.
For the active state, subjects were instructed to successively touch the fingertips II V with the thumb of either right or left hand as fast as possible (finger-tapping).
The disease activity was evaluated by the BASDAI, CRP, ESR, and duration of morning stiffness; the functional state was assessed by BASFI, metrologic measurements by fingertip-to-floor distance, and BASMI.
