On the base of a rigorous mathematical model, the problem of the contact interaction of a heated flat punch of an Nursing Pillow elliptical section with a transversely isotropic elastic half-space is investigated.It is assumed that the half-space surface is the isotropy plane of a transversely isotropic material, and also that there is a smooth (wi
Adjudication has been statutorily introduced as an alternative dispute resolution method in 14 jurisdictions including New Zealand.Whilst adjudication under the New Zealand Construction Contracts Act 2002 has been hailed a success, further refinements were proposed in the Construction Contracts Amendment Bill first published in 2013.As part of the
Abstract Rolling bearings working in oscillating applications often suffer from false brinelling and fretting corrosion that limit their service life.At present, the study of oscillation-induced failures is primarily dominated by a large number of sliding and bench tests.However, most of the previous work are not able to fully describe the two clos
Fragrance Set Abstract Eicosanoids are major players in the pathogenesis of several common diseases, with either overproduction or imbalance (e.g.between thromboxanes and prostacyclins) often leading to worsening of disease symptoms.Both the total rate of eicosanoid production and the balance between eicosanoids with opposite effects are strongly d
Treatment-resistant glioma stem cells are thought to propagate and drive growth of malignant gliomas, but blood sugar their markers and our ability to target them specifically are not well understood.We demonstrate that podoplanin (PDPN) expression is an independent prognostic marker in gliomas across multiple independent patient cohorts comprising