A TA.XTplus texture analyzer (Stable Micro Systems Ltd., Co., UK) was used to test cap firmness by using a 2-mm diameter cylindrical probe.
President Jacques Chirac called on the French authorities to use "the greatest firmness" in dealing with racist and religious attacks, after heightened tensions in France between Muslims and Jews.
CAIRO — Egypt's military rulers and the Muslim Brotherhood escalated their confrontation on Friday as the generals threatened to use "the utmost firmness" to preserve their authority and the Islamists presented a reunited front with some of their former allies from the revolt against Hosni Mubarak.
On 14 September, Nogueira's ministry released a statement saying that if Britain challenged Portugal over Rhodesia at NATO, Lisbon would "use the greatest firmness to repel any attempt to attribute particular responsibilities or to make criticism of Portugal's position".
The puncture test was used to determine firmness, while the stress relaxation test was used to evaluate the viscoelastic behavior of the gels.
The convention of food scientists includes four days of technical talks on topics like "determination of cucumber pickle firmness using contact-ultrasound technology," and a vast food expo that provides a glimpse of what may be available on grocery shelves in the near future.
Secondary objectives were to determine if the design of the cutting tube, storage at low temperature before cutting or preharvest treatment with gibberellic acid (GA: used to improve firmness in commercial production) could influence the quality of packaged fresh-cut sweet cherries.
This type of bed allows the customer to inflate it to the desired firmness using an electric pump attached to the bed.
Subjects randomized to receive fibrinogen concentrate (Haemocomplettan® P/RiaSTAP™, CSL Behring, Marburg, Germany) or placebo (0.9% saline) were administered individualized doses based on thromboelastometric measurement of fibrin-based clot firmness using the ROTEM®-based FIBTEM test.
Compared with haemodilution using isotonic saline or albumin, HES also decreases fibrin-based clot firmness measured using thromboelastometry.
