Nike rival Adidas is pursuing the goal in a different way, using interwoven textiles and self-tightening weaves in its N3XT L3V3L basketball shoe.
The observed large recoverable deformation and fast actuation make these materials strong candidates for applications in such medical devices as self-tightening sutures.
Dry periods lead to a successive draining of the rock mass, possibly also to a self-tightening of the flow system with a permeability decrease (the factor could again be 2 3; however, this is subject to future observations).
Power Lace's enterprising creator is already on the second generation of his self-tightening shoes and it looks surprising similar to Nike's just-granted patent — complete with heel sensor.
Self regulation is tightening up.
The industry itself is tightening self-regulation.
There is a form of self-deprecation that can tighten into self-pity and, from there, mutate into a ready-wounded pride, and that, pretty much, is the tenor of this movie.
Yet, by the mid-1970s, he was on a tightening spiral of self-destruction, both drinking and smoking heavily, indulging the hard-bitten image he had created.
3) Solutions - Instead of tightening and being self-critical around failure, try inquiring about solutions.
Websites such as Craigslist, it said, should tighten self-policing policies.
In recent weeks, Woeser has posted on her blog photos and information about self-immolations, as well as the tightening of security in Tibetan areas.
