He labors hard to make an anti-plague serum, but as the epidemic continues, he shows increasing signs of wear and tear.

The pain from arthritis is due to inflammation that occurs around the joint, damage to the joint from disease, daily wear and tear of joint, muscle strains caused by forceful movements against stiff painful joints and fatigue.

However, the University of Washington was unwilling to let the fledgling league use Husky Stadium, probably due to the excessive wear and tear that would have caused to the facility's grass surface.

Combinations of iron, aluminium, silicon and manganese make brass wear and tear resistant.

Thanks to a carefully planned time-table, the effects of wear and tear had been kept to a minimum.

The factory could produce mining robots to collect raw materials, construction robots to put new machines together, and repair robots to maintain itself against wear and tear, all without human intervention or direction.

Any new flag would also quickly become unlawful, due to wear and tear.

Use of moderate pressure loads extends the life of the case significantly, not to mention saving quite a bit of wear and tear on the barrel.

Solid-state devices such as LEDs are subject to very limited wear and tear if operated at low currents and at low temperatures.

Signs of much wear and tear have been found on some of these finds.

The same athlete could be an ephedros more than once, and this could of course be of great advantage to him as the ephedros would be spared the wear and tear of the rounds imposed on his opponent ( s ).

Because of the complexity of producing a reliable display that will cope with daily wear and tear, these displays are expensive.

A horseshoe is a man-made product, normally made of metal or other modern synthetic materials, designed to protect a horse's hoof from wear and tear.

" The wear and tear upon their nerves and their muscles, and the loss of sleep make them and fretful.

Normal wear and tear includes pitting from cavitation, fatigue cracking, and abrasion from suspended solids in the water.

Using HETs saves wear and tear on the tank, and is more cost efficient, as tanks are expensive to run and maintain.

It shows that the substance under test consisted of ferrous matter of the highest quality, that it is of exceptional tensile strength, is highly resistant to wear and tear and to stress, and may be used with advantage for all national purposes?

Adam Smith maintained that exchange value was made up of rent, profit, labour and the costs of wear and tear on the instruments of husbandry.

A well-maintained airliner can operate safely for decades, depending on how often it is flown, its operating environment, and whether damage and wear and tear is properly repaired.

Incorporating a half-twist, it had the advantage over conventional belts of a longer life because it could expose all of its surface area to wear and tear.

Monday: Morning, runthrough, no costumes usually ( save wear and tear ), mainly for the techs.

It may be worn for hygienic reasons as well as in order to protect clothes from wear and tear.

Before rubber was invented, the first versions of tires were simply bands of metal that fitted around wooden wheels to prevent wear and tear.

Dunlop is credited with " realizing rubber could withstand the wear and tear of being a tire while retaining its resilience ".

This extends battery life and reduces wear.

This also restricts full monastic life ( and therefore moksa ) to males as Digambaras do not permit women to be nude ; female renunciates wear white and are referred to as Aryikas.

If a bull moose is castrated, either by accidental or chemical means, he will quickly shed his current set of antlers and then immediately begin to grow a new set of misshapen and deformed antlers that he will wear the rest of his life without ever shedding again.

The friction between the walls of the cylinder and the piston rings eventually results in wear, reducing the effective life of the mechanism.

The skier should know how to swim, but he or she should wear a life jacket regardless of swimming ability.

If the heat source is too high, then energy is wasted, too much liquid may be released to maintain the nominal pressure, and reduces the life of the gasket / sealing ring by wear.

Drum brakes retain heat and are more complex than disc brakes but are often the more economical and powerful brake type to use in rear brake applications due to the low heat generation of rear brakes, a drum brake self applying nature, large friction surface contact area, and long life wear characteristics (% life used / kW of braking power ).

An additional special case exists in Welwitschia, an African gymnosperm plant that produces only two leaves which grow continuously throughout the plant's life but gradually wear away at the apex.

Fearing a curse that targeted male children, young Ramachandra was brought up as a girl for the first few years of his life, including having his nose pierced and being made to wear a nose-ring ( nath in Marathi ).

Guiding the Army as it transitioned to an all-volunteer force, he issued many directives to try to make Army life better and more palatable for America's youth, e. g. allowing soldiers to wear sideburns and drink beer in the mess hall.

He has stated that, although he is not a republican, he would never wish to be knighted, saying it would be a bit like having to wear a suit for the rest of his life.

Chronic sinusitis was to significantly affect Earhart's flying and activities in later life, and sometimes even on the airfield she was forced to wear a bandage on her cheek to cover a small drainage tube.

Some bolt-action rifles, such as the Lee-Enfield, have a series of different length bolts available to extend the service life of the rifle, for taking up any wear of the bolt and chamber occurring from long years of service.

Another advantage of rounded profile wheels is longer wear life due to the increased amount rubber on the tire.

Depending upon the material the yo-yo is made from, some starbursts can last the life of the yo-yo, but on many plastic yo-yos, the friction between the string and the yo-yo can eventually wear away the starburst.

This block serves as a reminder of how life on Main Street functioned prior to statehood ; the buildings still house a hardware store, a western wear store, and a furniture store.

Multiple ground electrodes generally provide longer life, as when the spark gap widens due to electric discharge wear, the spark moves to another closer ground electrode.

This funded the first substantial relief to Cambodia, including life saving drugs like penicillin and the manufacture of clothes to replace the black uniforms people had been forced to wear.

Whereas rodents have gnawing incisors that grow throughout life, the teeth of shrews wear down throughout life, a problem made more extreme because they lose their milk teeth before birth, and therefore have only one set of teeth throughout their lifetimes.

A sexual fetish may be regarded as an enhancing element to a romantic / sexual relationship " achieved in ordinary ways ( e. g. having the partner wear a particular garment )" or as a mental disorder / disorder of sexual preference if it causes significant psychosocial distress for the person or has detrimental effects on important areas of their life.