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for stretching in general, but depending on which muscle group is being stretched, some techniques may be ineffective or detrimental, even to the point...

constituents: high-strength steel, pre-stretched to allow its full strength to be easily realised; and modern concrete, pre-compressed to minimise cracking...

use canvas that are pre-stretched on a solid frame or panel (so-called stretchers usually made of stretcher bars). These stretched canvas became popular...

be used. Many films have about 500% stretch at break but are only stretched to about 100–300% in use. Once stretched, the elastic recovery is used to keep...

In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper...

his own pigments, working on canvas he had stretched or is stretched by assistants rather than on pre-stretched canvas, and working from live models, often...

Pre-Socratic philosophy, also known as Early Greek Philosophy, is ancient Greek philosophy before Socrates. Pre-Socratic philosophers were mostly interested...

high-performance physical properties, that has been factory expanded or pre-stretched, and assembled onto a supporting removable plastic core. Cold shrink...

shape memory polymers is a toy called Shrinky Dinks that is made of pre-stretched polystyrene (PS) sheet which can be used to cut out shapes that will...

fed, being limited by a brake system. More sophisticated systems also pre-stretch the film before wrapping by means of fixed/variable gear ratios or other...

length. Stretched length has correlated with erect length in some cases. However, studies have also shown drastic differences between stretched and erect...

being stretched to accommodate up to 10 passengers. Volkswagen Beetle limousine Lada limousine in Cuba Trabant limousine Lincoln Navigator stretch limousine...

elastic recoil by pre-stretching involved fascial tissues); The Ninja principle (focus on effortless movement quality); Dynamic stretching (alternation of...

The pre-Indo-European languages are any of several ancient languages, not necessarily related to one another, that existed in Prehistoric Europe, Asia...

Pre-Islamic Arabia (Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية قبل الإسلام), referring to the Arabian Peninsula before Muhammad's first revelation in 610 CE, is referred...

bell can be a hard-wearing synthetic rope with little stretch, or which has been pre-stretched, to reduce spring. Rope splicing plays an important role...

art market for so many years. Although artists use blank canvases and pre-stretched canvases in the art business, many photographers use stretcher bars...

steam, heat guns and torches to help apply film to complex surfaces. Pre-stretch and pre-form of films are also used for complex wraps and curves. There are...

micro-fractures in gold to enhance stretchability, is inducing wave-like buckles by placing the gold films on pre-stretched elastomeric substrates. Once these...

including the 1988 VFL Grand Final. In 1994 he was traded to Fitzroy in the pre-season draft and played his final two seasons at the club. Steven's son Billy...