Some effects of non-conservative gravity on cosmic string configurations E. A. F. Bragança, Thiago R. P. Caramês, Júlio C. Fabris and Antônio de Pádua Santos Eur. Phys. J. C, 79 2 (2019) 162 Published online: 22 February 2019 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6672-0