As interconnectivity is critical to the robustness of these films, thickened necks mechanically stabilize the solid network and impart an enhanced elastic modulus.
On the basis of TEM and FTIR experiments, we propose a mechanism in which particle growth ceases when adjacent particles impinge on one another; additional condensation reactions occur at regions of high curvature between particles resulting in thickened neck morphologies.
Such neck thickening makes it possible to reproduce the remaining condylar stump for functioning as a "new" condylar head.
Males undergo several physical changes as well, such as darkening of the coat due to greasy secretions from the sebaceous glands, thickening of the neck and acquiring a musky odour.
The syndrome is associated with lipohypertrophy, characterised by enlargement of the dorsocervical fat pad, thickening of the neck, breast enlargement, abdominal visceral fat accumulation, and lipomata, and/or lipoatrophy, manifested as fat loss from the face, arms, legs, buttocks, and the trunk.
Lateral radiograph of the neck shows thickening of the retropharyngeal soft tissue (asterisk), enlargement of the epiglottis with narrowing of the vallecula (large arrow), and thickening of the aryepiglottic folds (small arrow).
The neck thickened, the stomach grew and drooping lids narrowed the eyes.
At first the bureau's young chief, J. Edgar Hoover (a terrific Billy Crudup, his neck thickened and delivery clipped), ignored Dillinger, deeming him a state problem.
Statins have been shown to keep neck arteries from thickening due to atherosclerosis.
