Sentence examples for stiff platform from inspiring English sources

A former Scots Guards officer with no front-line political experience, a stiff platform presence and little ability to communicate personal warmth, Mr. Duncan Smith has had scant impact on the public.

"Arches in the feet are a key component of human-like walking because they absorb shock and also provide a stiff platform so that we can push off from our feet and move forward," said Ward. "People today with 'flat feet' who lack arches have a host of joint problems throughout their skeletons.

The translation of microtubule pulling forces into spindle movement presumably requires the microtubule end to be anchored to a relatively stiff platform at the plasma membrane, and it has been suggested that the acto-myosin cortex could provide such a platform [2], [10], [11].

The deformable soft Ecoflex substrate was designed to suppress the applied strain on the gas sensor and MSCs via insertion of stiff platforms of SU-8 underneath and serpentine electrical interconnections of polymer-encapsulated long and narrow Au thin film.

Additionally, Toyota improved the structural rigidity of their new confection with the use of additional weld points around the doorsill, creating a stiffer platform that lets the suspension and steering respond more accurately.

Matrix stiffness has been reported to dictate differentiation and chemotherapeutic resistance of human HCC cell lines, with softer matrices abrogating hepatoma proliferation and stiffer platforms promoting proliferation [ 40, 52].

"The stiff stable platform would be excellent for beginners who lack stability and ankle strength".

On the road, the car feels not unlike Volkswagen's very fine Golf TDI, which should come as no great surprise as both share the VW Group's stiff MQB platform.

However, it is also possible to fabricate this cloak out of a stiff polymer platform, as provided the impedance contrast in the scalar acoustic field (see Table 1) of glassy polymers and air or even water is large enough (∼ 2).

In future work, we aim at applying this learning approach to the real STIFF-FLOP platform, by considering diverse motion/feedback skill primitives that could be used to assist doctors in surgical operations.

This article investigates the coupled microvibration dynamics of a cantilever configured reaction wheel assembly mounted on either a stiff or flexible platform.