Besides flathead bronze screws, silicon bronze Stronghold nails ( made by Independent Nail & Packing Co., Bridgewater, Mass. ) are used extensively in assembly and Weldwood resorcinol glue is used in all the joints.

All frames are butted at the joints and 3/8-inch plywood gussets are glued and nailed on each side of each joint, again using the one-inch, No. 12 nails.

The battens covering the joints are of Af stock and are applied after the walls are erected.

While the improvements are attributed primarily to changes in the brain and not just the hip and / or ankle joints, it is still unknown whether the improvements are due to adaptations in the cerebellum or compensation by other areas of the brain.

Implants, such as artificial hip joints, are generally extensively regulated due to the invasive nature of such devices.

Knee-pads ( and sometimes elbow-pads ) are popular for protecting joints during crawls.

These joints are usually glued and can be reinforced with mechanical fasteners.

Bolt on neck joints were once associated only with less expensive instruments but now some top manufacturers and hand builders are using variations of this method.

In this regard, cycling is especially helpful for those with arthritis of the lower limbs who are unable to pursue sports that cause impact to the knees and other joints.

In 1691, an article in the London Gazette mentioned John Lofting, who held a patent for a fire engine: " The said patentee has also projected a very useful engine for starting of beer, and other liquors which will draw from 20 to 30 barrels an hour, which are completely fixed with brass joints and screws at reasonable rates ".

Fra Bartolomeo's compositions are remarkable for skill in the massing of light and shade, richness and delicacy of colouring, and for the admirable drapery of the figures, Bartolomeo having been the first to introduce and use the lay-figure with joints.

The human foot and ankle is a strong and complex mechanical structure containing exactly 26 bones, 33 joints ( 20 of which are actively articulated ), and more than a hundred muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

The joints between the phalanges are called interphalangeal and those between the metatarsus and phalanges are called metatarsophalangeal ( MTP ).

There can be many sesamoid bones near the metatarsophalangeal joints, although they are only regularly present in the distal portion of the first metatarsal bone.

The plantar interossei adducts and the dorsal interossei abducts these digits and are also plantar flexors at the metatarsophalangeal joints.

Martin & Co .), dovetail joints ( also used by CF Martin on the D-28 and similar models ) and Spanish heel neck joints, which are named after the shoe they resemble and commonly found in classical guitars.

On a large scale, exfoliation joints are produced as the granite weathers.

A key principle of Krav Maga is finishing a fight as quickly as possible and therefore all attacks are aimed towards the most vulnerable parts of the body ( e. g., face, neck, groin, knee, eyes, joints ).

Painful joints, for example, may be treated with an ibuprofen-or diclofenac-containing gel ; capsaicin also is used topically.

The main chiropractic treatment technique involves manual therapy, including manipulation of the spine, other joints, and soft tissues ; treatment also includes exercises and health and lifestyle counseling.

Purfling can also appear on the back of an acoustic guitar, marking the edge joints of the two or three sections of the back.

As aspirin is also an anticoagulant, this intervention would have worsened the hemarthrosis causing Alexei's joints ' swelling and pain.

Modern tests and contemporary accounts agree therefore that well-made plate armour could protect against longbows, however there are a number of caveats to this point ; not all plate armour was well-made or well looked after, and there were also weak points in the eye and air holes and joints where arrows could penetrate, meaning that even if the armour was proof against nearly all arrows, being shot at by thousands of longbowmen would have been an uncomfortable experience, physically and mentally.

Contrast agents may also be directly injected into a joint in the case of arthrograms, MRI images of joints.

There is also the achlis, which is produced in the land of Scandinavia ; it has never been seen in this city, although we have had descriptions of it from many persons ; it is not unlike the elk, but has no joints in the hind leg.

An example is the RSSR linkage, which can be viewed as a four-bar linkage in which the hinged joints of the coupler link are replaced by rod ends, also called spherical joints or ball joints.

Another type of steel reinforcement, referred to as ladder-reinforcement, can also be embedded in horizontal mortar joints of concrete block walls.

With time RA nearly always affects multiple joints ( it is a polyarthritis ), most commonly small joints of the hands, feet and cervical spine, but larger joints like the shoulder and knee can also be involved.

Calcinosis ( deposition of calcium in lumps under the skin ) is also common in systemic scleroderma, and is often seen near the elbows, knees or other joints.

The relative density difference means that water supports the body during swimming, and therefore makes swimming low impact compared to surface activities such as running where weight is put on to the joints, and also creates resistance when moving through the water.

The United States also allows two-axle tractors to tow two 1-axle semi-trailers known officially as STAA doubles and colloquially as doubles, a set, or a set of joints on all highways that are part of the National Network.

Traditional construction uses animal glue, and internal joints are often reinforced with strips of either linen or vellum soaked in hot animal glue — a practice also employed in early plucked vihuela construction.

10BASE2 networks cannot generally be extended without breaking service temporarily for existing users and the presence of many joints in the cable also makes them very vulnerable to accidental or malicious disruption.

Layered models also allow better spatial anti-aliasing of complex drawings and provide a sound model for certain techniques such as mitered joints and the even-odd rule.

In some instances, iron rings reinforced the joints.

Straw bales can also be used as part of a Spar and Membrane Structure ( SMS ) wall system in which lightly reinforced 2 "-3 "-8 cm gunite or shotcrete skins are interconnected with extended " X " shaped light rebar in the head joints of the bales.

To accommodate elimination of the B-pillars, which provides unobstructed access for side loading, the Element features a chassis reinforced joints, strengthened lower side sills, larger cross members, enlarged rocker panels, and five bulkheads per side.

The advantages of prestressed concrete include crack control and lower construction costs ; thinner slabs-especially important in high rise buildings in which floor thickness savings can translate into additional floors for the same ( or lower ) cost and fewer joints, since the distance that can be spanned by post-tensioned slabs exceeds that of reinforced constructions with the same thickness.

Philosophically, the various seismic retrofit strategies discussed above can be implemented for reinforced concrete joints.

Going beyond factory standards for the Granada and Monarch, the Versailles was designed with “ matched balance driveline parts, low-friction lower ball joints, double isolated shocks, reinforced chassis areas and plenty of insulation.

The Balkholme to Caves section was the first use on a UK motorway of continuously reinforced concrete pavement ( CRCP ), which has no transverse joints.

Bearing buds, reinforced branch joints, and branched trunks similar to today's timber, it is more reminiscent of modern seed-bearing trees than other spore bearing taxa ; It combines characteristics of woody trees and herbaceous ferns, and belongs to a group of extinct plants sometimes called the progymnosperms, plants with gymnosperm-like wood but that produce spores rather than seeds.

A construction system where steel reinforcement is embedded in the mortar joints of masonry or placed in holes and after filled with concrete or grout is called reinforced masonry.

To prevent catastrophic collapse in response earth shaking ( in the interest of life safety ), a traditional reinforced concrete frame should have ductile joints.