People wanting fighting or guard dogs, she said, often select them for a "suite of behaviors" that includes "increased tenacity, increased reactivity, increased bite and forcefulness, increased impulsiveness and decreased inhibition".
And separate data the center has collected indicates that students pursuing the language at universities with long-established Arabic departments are showing increased tenacity since the Sept. 11 attacks made its study a national priority.
Hemp fibers, even at high temperatures, preserved their "bridge action" between the fracture surfaces, increasing the tenacity of plaster and preventing its fragile collapse.
If carbon fiber and polypropylene fiber are mixed together, a superimposed effect exists and fatigue behavior is improved greatly because the polypropylene fiber increases the tenacity of concrete and carbon fiber improves the ability to resist load.
These new investors are responding to the increasing strength, vibrancy and tenacity of European entrepreneurs.
However, it is clear that significantly increasing the denier and tenacity value of PET and PE LLINs will increase manufacturers' costs and reduce production rates, resulting in more expensive LLINs.
DATEM and BIG that have not single and/or quadratic effects on tenacity, increased the viscous component by 37% when added together.
Inside Syria, the Assad government and the armed opposition demonstrated the tenacity, violence and increasing cunning that has made the prospect of resolving the conflict seem remote.
Open image in new window Fig. 7 Increasing TPM of copper and tenacity.
Although heat treatment markedly increased the tenacity of HBA/HNA fibre, the tenacity fell steadily with increasing weight loss by hydrolysis.
