Effective emission control technologies and novel propulsion systems have been developed for road vehicles, decreasing exhaust particle emissions. However, work has to be done on non-exhaust traffic related sources such as tyre–road interaction tyre wear. Given that both are inevitable in efforts assessing minimising wear should considered. The amount of is because internal (tyre structure, man...

A 8-month-old female baby presented with cushingoid facies, with large skin folds involving the extremities and trunk since birth (Fig. 1). The child was born to healthy parents in a non-consanguineous marriage. The child weighed 8 kgs, was exclusively breast fed and developmentally normal and had no dysmorhic features. There was no history of similar complaints in other family members. Serum c...