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We considered S c to be 1.55 nN/μm, which was measured using a microcapillary aspiration technique [ 9 10 ] . To calculate the balance of forces using the equation proposed by Yoneda and Dan [ 4 ] , the in-plane stiffness or surface tension is the appropriate parameter to consider.
Today, Frank Rich's op-ed column tells us what this all means: that "disingenuousness, not stiffness, is [Gore's] real character problem."
More myosin-II is recruited to the furrow cortex when D. discoideum cells are flattened by agar overlay when compared to cells grown under standard conditions on the surface of a culture plate [ 18 ] . Flattening a cell by agar overlay may increase the apparent stiffness of the cell by introducing tension into the cortex from increased hydrostatic pressure.
Investigators saw significant improvements in pain scores and significantly less morning stiffness, similar to our results.
A localized stiffness increase may define the region that is deformed during a morphological process.