Sentence examples for stiff surface from inspiring English sources

The cultivated flowers that are often dried are those with a naturally dry, stiff surface quality—such as strawflowers (Helichrysum bracteatum), globe amaranth (Gomphrena), and statice.

When the temperature decreases to 343 K, a very standard force curve for a stiff surface is captured with an indentation of 89 nm, which indicates that the interaction between tip and sample is weaker.

If part of the beeline path stretches on a loose surface and the walker finds a stiff surface in his vicinity, he may deviate from the direct path if the result of his evaluation confirms that this detour is an optimal solution.

Elbow flexion (upward movement) and extension (downward movement) was applied using the stiff surface in a sinusoidal-like manner, up to an angle of ±30° at a 1 Hz frequency.

Using a stiff surface connected to the monkey's limb from the elbow to the fingers, the wrist joint was fixed with the back of the hand facing upwards, such that movements would involve the elbow joint alone, allowing only one degree of freedom.

Photodiode sensitivities of each cantilever were calibrated before and after measurements on the stiff surface region of culture dishes.

When compared with automated contact methods of finite element (FE) analyses, gap elements have certain inherent disadvantages in simulating large slip of compliant materials on stiff surfaces.

Whereas Rihanna's social media presence presents her as highly flawed but genuinely intriguing and authentic, qualities that add to her overall appeal as an artist, Beyoncé's, much like Life Is But a Dream, comes off as a stiff, surface-level imitation, a portrait of a woman who can't ever fully let go of control and let her "freak flag fly".

Wrinkling of the PDMS substrate has been correlated to the contraction force that the fibroblast or myofibroblast exerts on its environment, where cells cultured on stiff surfaces (E ∼ 100 kPa) exhibit enhanced wrinkle formation, indicating greater cell contraction and pro-fibrotic behavior.

Anchorage-dependent cells, like astrocytes, are particularly responsive to the mechanical properties of their matrix, and preferentially attach to stiffer surfaces [ 33].

That said, work by other groups shows an opposite trend in which osteoblast differentiation increased with strong adhesion on large ECM-patterned areas and with stiffer surfaces [ 21, 45].