In this paper, the influence of a nominal bearing clearance on the lift-off behaviour and the load-carrying capacity of gas polymer bearings (GPBs) is investigated.For this purpose, an experimental study with five different bearing gap configurations and a range of static loads is carried out.Furthermore, the test rig for the clearance and friction

In recent years, the incidence of chronic pancreatitis has increased significantly.Pancreatic calculi obstruct the Hose pancreatic duct and induce abdominal pain in the patients.Pancreatic duct stenting is the major treatment option for chronic pancreatitis with calculi.In this study, a new kind of drug-eluting stent, a pancreatic stent coated by m

The article discusses the problem of international criminal responsibility for crimes against cultural property.The authors consider three offenses against cultural Collections values: smuggling of cultural values, destruction of cultural property, and theft of cultural property.The research of crimes against cultural values includes a number of is

Purpose: Radiation cystitis (RC), a severe inflammatory bladder condition, develops as a side effect of pelvic radiation therapy in cancer patients.There are currently no effective therapies to treat prostate-stimulator RC, in part from the lack of preclinical model systems.In this study, we developed a mouse model for RC and used a Small Animal Ra

The optimization issues connected to VIOLET a landing task of an unmanned aerial vehicle are discussed in the paper, based on a model of a mini-class drone.Three landing scenarios are considered, including minimum-time landing, landing with minimum energy consumption, and planned landing.With the use of classical dynamic programming techniques, inc