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Sexual harassment can include physical contact but also includes any unwanted sexual attention (per the SCC in Janzen v Platy Enterprises Ltd.).
Beyond this, as shown in SEM micrographs, the alignments of the platy structure of the fillers are also responsible for the increase of Young's modulus values of the composites.
Particles shapes were found to vary from irregular, platy, spherical, rod-like, and angular.
In fact, the crushed oil shale particles have an obvious platy structure especially in the equivalent diameter range of 4-25 mm [19].
In our review of the literature, we identified no previous studies that have been conducted with the Enchytraeus species of worms and the Platy (Xiphophorus maculatus Gunther, 1866) species of aquarium fish.
It is also in the form of platy and flaky grains less than 4mm.
Even within the same sample, gravels showed widely variable morphology, and thus were initially separated into six subgroups: (i) black, shiny magnetic gravels, separated with a hand magnet; (ii) black, shiny non-magnetic gravels, not attracted to a magnet; (ii) platy, earthy gravels of yellow to reddish colour; (iv) irregularly shaped, earthy red gravels; (v) white, irregular gravels; and (vi) coarse angular quartz.
"Secondary kaolin's platy shape is key to preventing strike-thru of inks, and it also acts as a pigment extender, which helps in terms of developing color strength.
The smooth, platy borosilicate substrate allows excellent color travel as the viewing angle changes, and the additional metallic effect provides an absorption color effect to the pigment.
A total of 178 fishes; goldfish, Carassius auratus L.; guppy, Poecilia reticulata (Peters); molly, Poecilia sphenops (Valemiemmes); platy, Xiphophorus maculatus (Gunther) and swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri (Heckel) were examined for parasitic infection.
If it was lava, the behavior would be pretty similar to lava on Earth, which often has a broken, platy crust on top that shows how it flowed before cooling and solidifying.