* Plasticity ( physics ), in physics and engineering, plasticity is the propensity of a material to undergo permanent deformation under load

* Plasticity is the behaviour observed after the material is subjected to a yield stress :</ br > A material that behaves as a solid under low applied stresses may start to flow above a certain level of stress, called the yield stress of the material.

Plasticity is vital for coking as it represents its ability to gradually form specific plasticity phases during the coking process, measured by coal dilatation tests.

Plasticity in a crystal of pure metal is primarily caused by two modes of deformation in the crystal lattice, slip and twinning.

* Plasticity or plastic deformation is the opposite of elastic deformation and is defined as unrecoverable strain.

* Brain Basics Synaptic Plasticity Synaptic transmission is plastic

Plasticity in female choice is favored for adapting to changes in ecological and social environments.

Plasticity surface friction is also very low in comparison to the plastic deformation energy and can be neglected.

Plasticity of the brain is when rewiring occurs because of brain damage, finding different neural pathways and not relying on the damaged structures.

Plasticity spreads throughout the solid and at the limit load, the plastic zone becomes very large and the displacements become unbounded and the component is said to have collapsed.

* Plasticity: when a single genotype gives rise to a spectrum of phenotypes, the phenotype is said to have ' plasticity '.

From the search for a molecular code of memory to the role of neurotransmitters: a historical perspective, Neural Plasticity, 11 ( 3-4 ), 151-158

* MRC / University of Bristol Centre for Synaptic Plasticity ( based at the University of Bristol )

Plasticity and memory formation in the amygdala are generated by activation of the neurons in the region.

They are: Repair and Plasticity ; Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience ; Channels, Synapses, and Circuits ; Neurogenetics ; Neural Environment ; and Neurodegeneration.

Plasticity under a spherical Nanoindenter in ( 111 ) Copper.

* R. Hill, The Mathematical Theory of Plasticity, Oxford University Press ( 1998 ).

* L. M. Kachanov, Fundamentals of the Theory of Plasticity, Dover Books.

* A. S. Khan and S. Huang, Continuum Theory of Plasticity, Wiley ( 1995 ).

* International Journal of Plasticity, Elsevier Science.

Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind.

Plasticity can be categorized as short-term, lasting a few seconds or less, or long-term, which lasts from minutes to hours.

* R. Hill, " The Mathematical Theory of Plasticity ", Oxford University, 1950.

* J. Lubliner, " Plasticity Theory ", Macmillan Publishing Company, 1990.

" Neural Plasticity ", 12 ( 2-3 ), 183-196.

No longer is the United States the only major industrial country capable of providing substantial amounts of the resources so urgently needed in the newly developed countries.

Respecting their need, one of the major focal points of our concern is the South-Asian region.

It is obvious that the historian who seeks to recapture the ideas that have motivated human behavior throughout a given period will find the art and literature of that age one of his central and major concerns, by no means a mere supplement or adjunct of significant historical research.

Like most major works of synthesis, The History Of England is informed by the positive views of a first-class mind, and this is surely a major work.

There is now substantial evidence from several major studies of college students that the experience of the college years results in a certain, selective homogenization of attitudes and values.

What is wrong with advertising is not only that it is an `` outrage, an assault on people's mental privacy '' or that it is a major cause for a wasteful economy of abundance or that it contains a coercive tendency ( which is closer to the point ).

For here if anywhere in contemporary literature is a major effort to counterbalance Existentialism and restore some of its former lustre to the tarnished image of the species Man, or, as Malraux himself puts it, `` to make men conscious of the grandeur they ignore in themselves ''.

The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each week from West Germany, but the hard truth, says Crossman, is that `` The closing off of East Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East German, as distinct from Russian, troops was a major Communist victory, which dealt West Berlin a deadly, possibly a fatal, blow.

A reporter restricted to the competing propaganda statements of both sides in a major labor dispute, for instance, is unable to tell his readers half of what he knows about the causes of the dispute.

So don't see yourself as a heroine or fancy this little adventure is an event of major importance ''.

Although much of the Industrial Division's promotional effort is devoted to securing new locations and expansions by major industries, small business is also afforded considerable attention.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger has been a distinguished publisher of this distinguished newspaper and it is fitting that we take due notice of his major contribution to American journalism on the occasion of his retirement.

If there is anything which we can do in the executive branch of the Government to speed up the processes by which we come to decisions on matters on which we must act promptly, that in itself would be a major contribution to the conduct of our affairs.

The cost of developing a major weapon system is now so enormous that the greatest care must be exercised in selecting new systems for development, in determining the most satisfactory rate of development, and in deciding the proper time at which either to place a system into production or to abandon it.

The company is still broadening its line and is now active on four major fronts.

Another, more interesting explanation, is hinted at by Watson when he observes on several occasions that Holmes would have made a magnificent criminal.

There is no explanation of terms nor a qualification that most such revolts have been dealt with by force -- only a bald dogmatism that they must, because of some undefined compulsion, be so repelled.

But that explanation is only partly true.

For purposes of this explanation, this percentage is referred to as the State's `` unadjusted Federal share ''.

The variation in the 3-cm emission of the moon during a lunation is very much less than the variation in the 8.6-mm emission, as would be expected from the explanation of Piddington and Minnett ( 1949 ).

Autosuggestibility, the reaction of the subject in such a way as to conform to his own expectations of the outcome ( i.e., that the arm-rise is a reaction to the pressure exerted in the voluntary contraction, because of his knowledge that `` to every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction '' ) also seems inadequate as an explanation for the following reasons: ( 1 ) the subjects' apparently genuine experience of surprise when their arms rose, and ( 2 ) manifestations of the phenomenon despite anticipations of something else happening ( e.g., of becoming dizzy and maybe falling, an expectation spontaneously volunteered by one of the subjects ).

A more tenable explanation for the change in reactions is that the added knowledge and increased familiarity with the total situation made it possible for these subjects to be less guarded and to relax, since any reaction seemed acceptable to the examiner as `` normal ''.

No single explanation is adequate to account for this.

A second explanation is suggested by the material described in Rowlands' paper.

A third explanation is suggested by Richardson's analysis of Sukuma tone.

Here is the best short explanation of the origins of the Cold War that has been written.

While there may be several such industries to which the model of this paper is applicable, the authors make particular claim of relevance to the explanation of the course of wages and prices in the steel industry of the United States since World War 2.

This explanation is attractive, but is vitiated at least in part by the observation that Cynewulf, though he used kennings in the traditional manner, was a literate man who four times inscribed his name by runes into his works.

Every dream, and this is true of a mental image of any type even though it may be readily interpreted into its equivalent of wakeful thought, is a psychic phenomenon for which no explanation is available.

A traditional Lao explanation is that the moon was being swallowed by a toad, and the remedy was to make all possible noise, ideally with firearms.

This `` family-community '' spirit is the real explanation of the marvel of our achievement.

This is not to say that the only explanation of the present infatuation with Norman Vincent Peale's `` cult of reassurance '' or the other types of a purely cultural Christianity is the ever-present need for a demythologized gospel.

To me, the explanation is very simple.

The explanation offered for her conduct is a misguided attempt to save her marriage to a neurotic husband left sterile as a result of an automobile accident.

" In short, ANOVA is a statistical tool used in several ways to develop and confirm an explanation for the observed data.