In this talk I assert that the usual interpretation of what one means by “elasticity” is much too insular and illustrate my thesis by introducing implicit constitutive theories that can describe the nondissipative response of solids. I show that response which was hitherto untenable within the context of Cauchy or Green Elasticity are not only possible, they can explain phenomena that have thus...

This paper analyses capital tax competition between jurisdictions of different size when multinational firms can shift some fraction of their tax base between them. For the case of revenue maximizing governments, we show that introducing profit shifting will not generally increase downward pressure on tax rates. We find that profit shifting decreases the tax-base elasticity of the low tax juris...

We consider a variational antiplane lattice model and demonstrate that at zero temperature, there exist locally stable states containing screw dislocations, given conditions on the distance between the dislocations and on the distance between dislocations and the boundary of the crystal. In proving our results, we introduce approximate solutions which are taken from the theory of dislocations i...

We build a dynamic equilibrium model of a durable goods oligopoly with a competitive secondary market to evaluate the bias in estimating the structural parameters of demand and supply when durability is omitted. We simulate data from our dynamic model and use them to estimate the model’s static counterpart. We find that the static estimate of the elasticity of demand is an overestimate of the t...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine whether or not vaginal elasticity or lack of lubrication is associated with deep or superficial dyspareunia. We investigated gynecological cancer survivors treated with radiation therapy. METHODS In a population-based study with 616 women answering a questionnaire (participation rate 78%) and who were treated with radiotherapy for gynecological...

We fabricate freely suspended nanosheets of molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) which are characterized by quantitative optical microscopy and high-resolution friction force microscopy. We study the elastic deformation of freely suspended nanosheets of MoS2 using an atomic force microscope. The Young's modulus and the initial pre-tension of the nanosheets are determined by performing a nanoscopic vers...

Typical requirements of SaaS applications target scalability, elasticity, and cost-efficiency. However, these quality properties lack an engineering method for software architects, allowing them to precisely and efficiently analyze these properties already at early design-time. To tackle this lack, we propose the architectural template (AT) method, an efficient design-time engineering method fo...

the use of plant fibers in producing different industrial products has attracted the attention of many researchers. plant fibers, in comparison with industrial ones, are degraded faster in nature and are more environments friendly. one of the major conventional uses of plant fibers is the production of traditional ropes which are subjected to tensile forces. however, the traditional ropes bear ...

Cells can sense forces applied to them, but also the stiffness of their environment. These are two different phenomena, and here we investigate the mechanosensitivity of the 2nd kind: how the cell can measure an elastic modulus at a single point of adhesion-and how the cell can receive and interpret the chemical signal released from the sensor. Our model uses the example of large latent complex...