This paper analyses a particular structural assembly that has two independent inextensional mechanisms and two independent states of self-stress. It is shown that, for certain values of a variable bar length, this assembly is a first-order infinitesimal mechanism; and yet it cannot be stiffened by the imposition of a state of prestress.

An octopus brings food grasped by a tentacle to its mouth by bending the tentacle around a joint formed by stiffened distal and proximal tentacle muscles, and thus may use motor control strategies analogous to those in animals with articulated limbs.

theoretical investigations on the characteristics of the nuclear quadrupole resonance and the influence of the magnetic effect on it have been carried out. the magnetic dipole effect on the quadrupole resonance for the two spins i and i with different values oft) and e has been studied. the energy levels and their transition probabilities are presented with their corresponding spectra. the firs...