The formation of a relatively rigid but flexible matrix from egg white provides an important component in baking cakes, and also underpins many desserts based on meringue.

A second consequence of the presence of the 2 '- hydroxyl group is that in conformationally flexible regions of an RNA molecule ( that is, not involved in formation of a double helix ), it can chemically attack the adjacent phosphodiester bond to cleave the backbone.

The Tercio deployed smaller numbers of pikemen than the huge Swiss and Landsknecht columns, and their formation ultimately proved to be much more flexible on the battlefield.

The phalanx, though very powerful head on, was not as flexible as the Roman manipular formation.

It was far more flexible than the solidly massed hoplite formation, allowing the army to maneuver better on rugged terrain.

* Kampfgruppe, " KG ", a flexible combat formation used by Axis forces during World War II

Nuts also provide Arginine, a substance that may help make the walls of the arteries more flexible and less prone to blockage from blood clot formation.

U. S. heavy bomber designs, optimized for formation flying, had upwards of 10 machine guns and / or cannons in both powered turrets and manually operated flexible mounts to deliver the optimal protective arcs of fire.

Units could be assigned to one of the Combat Commands at need, creating a very flexible formation.

Activists have preferred this flexible coordination between groups within a small formation.

He began the adoption of the loose finger-four formation in an attempt to cut RAF losses by introducing more flexible tactics to compensate for technical inferiority.

This spread moored ( fixed orientation ) vessel uses 100 mm, 150 mm and 200 mm bore DeepFlex non-steel flexible risers in a double lazy wave formation ( with weights and distributed buoyancy ) to accommodate the large motion offsets in an environment of extreme waves and currents.

Conchiolin serves as a relatively flexible, crack-deflecting matrix for the mineral aggregate particles ; its strength and the strong bonding of perlucin can in some cases ( such as in the formation of nacre ) give the finished material an impressive level of toughness.

In flexible structures, five-membered ring formation is preferred to six-membered ring formation.

Before the formation of the Roman Republic, the Romans had originally employed the phalanx themselves, but gradually evolved more flexible tactics resulting in the three-line Roman legion of the middle period of the Roman Republic.

He used the full and flexible Alemannic idiom with rare skill, and contributed much to the formation of good German prose, especially by giving new shades of meaning to words employed to describe inner sensations.

Hewitt also offered its clients several flexible investment strategies for employee benefit packages, which led to the formation of a new consulting firm, the Hewitt Investment Group, in 1974.

The flexible nature of the formation also helps prevent defenses from focusing their attention on either the run or pass.

The introduction of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber allowed vaulters to achieve greater height.

His solution was in the manner of a true follower of Innocent III: he issued what in retrospect has been viewed as the magna carta of the University, assuming direct control by extending papal patronage: his Bull allowed future suspension of lectures over a flexible range of provocations, from " monstrous injury or offense " to squabbles over " the right to assess the rents of lodgings ".

This allowed the STAR to use vectors of any length, making it highly flexible.

By playing the beat-by-beat pulse of standard 4 / 4 time on the " ride " cymbal instead of on the thudding bass drum, Roach and Clarke developed a flexible, flowing rhythmic pattern that allowed soloists to play freely.

Also air combat tactics and doctrines changed, large scale strategic bombing campaigns were launched, fighter escorts introduced and the more flexible aircraft and weapons allowed precise attacks on small targets with dive bombers, fighter-bombers, and ground-attack aircraft.

This allowed the heel strap to be replaced by a less flexible leather strap.

In this case the use of highly flexible plastics allowed for a sole that was very strong torsionally and side-to-side, but still had excellent flexibility lengthwise, allowing the heel to rise as with a cable binding.

It also extended the ProDOS file system to provide for resource forks on files similar to those used on the Apple Macintosh, which allowed for programs to be written in a more flexible way.

Instead, his invention employed a flexible connection, which allowed the sidecar to turn, raise, and lower without affecting the balance of the motorcycle.

Beck conducted research that allowed him to develop a toy that would not be too complex but would nevertheless be flexible.

Alternatives to a fixed exchange rate system include a managed float where some changes of exchange rates are allowed, or at the other extreme a purely floating exchange rate ( also known as a purely flexible exchange rate ).

The flexible mounting allowed the sidecar to lean on corners along with the motorcycle, and was based on a design patented by Young.

Some developers also liked it because it was flexible in the way it allowed protocols to be " stacked " to apply filters and other such duties.

Another example was the Total Football played by the Dutch team in the 1970s, where the ability of their players, and in particular Johan Cruijff, to swap positions allowed a flexible attacking approach which opposition teams found difficult to effectively mark.

The original Intel 8086 ( Intel's first 16-bit microprocessor ) was an exception to this rule which implemented a segmented memory model, because it provided an easy form of memory management with flexible page boundaries for early operating systems such as DOS and allowed access to an address space greater than what would otherwise be available with its 16-bit addressing.

It seems that two factors have influenced interpretations of when the rapper sword was introduced: firstly, the relocation of a steel works operation by Alistair Crowley to the Derwent Valley, before which time it is believed that suitable steel for flexible swords would most likely have been unavailable ; and secondly, the prohibitive expense of such instruments before the Bessemer process in 1855 that allowed steel to be made inexpensively.

When the monetary authorities implemented the advice of Coombs to have a flexible interest rate, it allowed the Bank to rely more on open market operations.

In the mid 1960s, monetary authorities accepted Coombs ' conclusions and allowed a flexible interest rate, making it easier for the Bank to rely on open market operations.

Their process looked like traditional cutout animation, but was faster, more flexible and less expensive, and allowed them to make changes based upon feedback from test audiences.

These include allowing flexible hours, a job-sharing program that allows people to work part-time, and a daycare center in the building ( and Maria, the woman Hart had fired, is allowed to return ).

The more flexible storage format for programs in the TI-59 allowed combining more keys into one instruction.

This truss system allowed optimized load redistribution of floor diaphragms between the perimeter and core, with improved performance between the different materials of flexible steel and rigid concrete allowing the moment frames to transfer sway into compression on the core, which also mostly supported the transmission tower.

Basil Isaac Hirschowitz (* 29 May 1925, Bethal, South Africa ) is an academic gastroenterologist from the University of Alabama at Birmingham ( UAB ) best known in the field for having invented an improved optical Fiber which allowed the creation of a useful flexible endoscope.

* Acrobat Boglins were made of a flexible, sticky material which allowed them to be thrown at walls and slowly ' crawl ' down them.