any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" (同)opposition
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
group action in opposition to those in power
the military action of resisting the enemys advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"
not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" (同)stubborn
marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"
impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"
exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance; "resistive load"
the trait of being unmanageable (同)unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy
The influence of organization tenure on nurses' perceptions of multiple work process improvement initiatives.
Edwardson N1, Gregory S, Gamm L.
Health care management review.Health Care Manage Rev.2016 Jul 1. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND: A nurse's optimism or skepticism toward an organization-mandated change initiative largely depends on their experience with similar change initiatives and their unit's and organization's track record with previous change efforts. Thus, depending on the context, organization tenure can wo
A critical review of analytical methods in pretreatment of lignocelluloses: Composition, imaging, and crystallinity.
Karimi K1, Taherzadeh MJ2.
Bioresource technology.Bioresour Technol.2016 Jan;200:1008-18. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.11.022. Epub 2015 Nov 14.
Lignocelluloses are widely investigated as renewable substrates to produce biofuels, e.g., ethanol, methane, hydrogen, and butanol, as well as chemicals such as citric acid, lactic acid, and xanthan gum. However, lignocelluloses have a recalcitrance structure to resist microbial and enzymatic attack
Bioresource technology.Bioresour Technol.2016 Jan;199:113-20. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.078. Epub 2015 Oct 9.
One of the main drawbacks for using lignocellulosic biomass is related to its recalcitrance. The pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass plays an important role for delignification and crystallinity reduction purposes. In this work rice husk (RH) was submitted to supercritical pretreatment at 80°C
The concept combines mechanical pretreatment of the substrate with the aid of ultrasound to overcome its recalcitrance and disrupt inhibitors with mild CO2 hemicellulose degradation and with the enzymatic recovery of sugars and ...
Recalcitrance definition, resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory. See more. ... The day of the Upcott visit came, and, in spite of all recalcitrance, Roger was made to mount the motor beside his ...