Two-Year Outcomes of Visian Implantable Collamer Lens with a Central Hole for Correcting High Myopia by Zhipeng Yan, Huamao Miao, Feng Zhao, Xiaoying Wang, Xun Chen, Meiyan Li, Xingtao Zhou

“…Anterior chamber volume (ACV), anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior chamber angle width (ACAW), and vault were measured using a Scheimpflug tomography imaging system. …”
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ALGUNAS APLICACIONES RECIENTES DE LA TÉCNICA DE RADIO OCULTAMIENTO SATELITAL EN EL ESTUDIO DE PROCESOS ATMOSFÉRICOS by Alejandro de la Torre, Pedro Alexander, Pablo Llamedo, Rodrigo Hierro, Horacio Pessano, Andrés Odiard

“…The ray trajectory associated to a radio wave between a GPS and a LEO, while these are hiding themselves mutually due to the interposition of the Earth, is deviated due to refractivity gradients. The ray bending angle is obtained from a change in the phase (Doppler shift) of the signal received by the LEO. …”
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Recognition and Classification of 3D Objects of Different Details by Islam A. Alexandrov, Maxim S. Mikhailov, Alexander N. Muranov, Vladimir Zh. Kuklin

“…In the paper it is proposed to use the method of Laplace-Beltrami, which allows to calculate distances and angles between points within a given area. Next, it is necessary to determine which parameters will be used to analyze the obtained geometric data. …”
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A comparative study to estimate three commercial products of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) on blood biochemistry, sexual hormones concentrations, reproductive indices, and lar... by El-Sayed I. Attia, Mohamed F. A. Abdel-Aziz, Habib Ul Hassan, Mohammad Z. Ahmed, Takaomi Arai, Hamed H. E. Saleh

“…A single dose of hCG was injected intramuscularly at an angle of 45 degrees above the lateral line towards the tail. 24 hr after the injection blood sampling was drawn and samples of testes and ovaries were collected to measure reproductive indices and analyse chemical composition. …”
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Impact of Effective Out Sourcing on Procurement Contract Performance: A Case Study of Kisoro District Local Government. by Ndayisenga, Jack

“…The study findings revealed the impact of flexibility on the reliability of procurement contract performance in local government and these included resilience from supply challenges comes from attacking supply chain constraints from all angles and having operational, enterprises should do more to prevent fraud by actively evaluating and estimating the obstacles that may be encountered in the process of execution, sourcing flexibility has many advantages as they help to the buying firm to reduce their backorders, shortcomings in the contract management process occur because the buyer and the supplier are two different entities. …”
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A blockchain-based secure path planning in UAVs communication network by Shubhani Aggarwal, Ishan Budhiraja, Sahil Garg, Georges Kaddoum, Bong Jun Choi, M. Shamim Hossain

“…By examining the best path for UAVs, there is a need for the consideration of various other issues such as security and privacy, turning angle, overtake speed of obstacle, etc. The fundamental problem of UAVs is finding an optimal and secure route in a challenging environment. …”
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Analysis of the Relationship Between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Dento-Skeletal Maturation: A Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study by Alessio Verdecchia, Inmaculada Coronado de la Torre, Ivan Menéndez Diaz, Veronica García Sanz, Yolanda García Mesa, Teresa Cobo, Vanessa Paredes Gallardo

“…No difference was detected in the distribution of the ANB angle between the groups. As regards craniofacial growth pattern, no significant differences were found between the groups. …”
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Airway morphology, hyoid position, and serum inflammatory markers of obstructive sleep apnea in children treated with modified twin-block appliances by Jun Duan, Wanyuan Xia, Xuelei Li, Feng Zhang, Fan Wang, Mengwei Chen, Qian Chen, Bing Wang, Bing Li

“…Sella- and subspinale-nasion-supramental angles significantly increased and decreased, respectively (P < 0.05). …”
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Unveiling Low-frequency Eclipses in Spider Millisecond Pulsars Using Wideband GMRT Observations by Sangita Kumari, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Devojyoti Kansabanik, Rahul Sharan, Ankita Ghosh, Jayanta Roy

“…We cataloged the $\dot{E}/{a}^{2}$ , mass function, Roche lobe filling factor, and inclination angle for compact MSP binaries with low-mass companions and found that higher spin-down flux does not guarantee eclipses. …”
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Technical Proficiency Analysis in Table Tennis: A Comparative Study Between Advanced and Intermediate Players by Benny Aprial, Denny Setyawan, George Danut Mocanu, Candra Brema Tarigan, Ghulam Mustafa, John Michael D. Aquino, Bilal Azmi Sarıtaş

“…Biomechanical analysis showed advanced players maintained more optimal arm angles (110.5° vs 95.8°) and faster bat swing speeds (17.8 m/s vs 12.4 m/s). …”
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Evaluation of Astigmatic Correction Using Vector Analysis after Combined Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Phacoemulsification and Intrastromal Arcuate Keratotomy by Su Young Moon, Ho Seok Chung, Jae Hyuck Lee, So Young Park, Hun Lee, Jae Young Kim, Hungwon Tchah

“…Magnitude of error (ME), angle of error (AE), correction index (CI), and coefficient of adjustment (CA) were calculated. …”
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Experimental study on the engineering characteristics of expansive soil improved conjointly using enzyme induced carbonate precipitation and eggshell powder by Mudassir Mehmood, Yuancheng Guo, Yunlong Liu, Lei Wang, Wen Nie, Bantayehu Uba Uge, Sharafat Ali, Chen Xuanyu, Yingao Zhao

“…Additionally, the combined treatment led to an increase in the unconfined compressive strength, cohesion, internal friction angle, unsoaked CBR, and soaked CBR by 3, 1.6, 1.8, 8.0, and 9.5 times, respectively, indicating better enhancements than the individual treatments of EICP and ESP. …”
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Genotype-environment interactions on growth and inner shell color variation in Hyriopsis cumingii cultured in different iron-level substrates by Xuefeng Lv, Zhiyan Wang, Quanzhi Bao, Changzhi Li, Tingting Lu, Yuyang Wu, Chuntong Liu, Zhiyi Bai

“…Heritability estimates for growth and inner shell color traits ranged from 0.07 to 0.25 across the experimental population. The anal angle radial rib length (AARRL) displayed stronger genetic and phenotypic correlations with body weight (BW) and shell width (SW) compared to shell height (SH) and total shell height (TSH). …”
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Biparatopic binding of ISB 1442 to CD38 in trans enables increased cell antibody density and increased avidity by Jeremy Loyau, Thierry Monney, Marco Montefiori, Fedir Bokhovchuk, Jeremy Streuli, Matthew Blackburn, Arnaud Goepfert, Lydia N. Caro, Samitabh Chakraborti, Stefania De Angelis, Camille Grandclément, Stanislas Blein, M. Lamine Mbow, Ankita Srivastava, Mario Perro, Stefano Sammicheli, Eugene A. Zhukovsky, Michael Dyson, Cyrille Dreyfus

“…In solution phase, ISB 1442 forms a 2:2 complex with CD38 as determined by size-exclusion chromatography with multi-angle light scattering and electron microscopy. The predicted antibody-antigen stoichiometries at different CD38 surface densities were experimentally validated by surface plasmon resonance and cell binding assays. …”
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The focal mechanism and field investigations of mining-induced earthquake by super-thick and weak cementation overburden strata fracturing by Xianxi Bai, Anye Cao, Changbin Wang, Yaoqi Liu, Chengchun Xue, Xu Yang, Yao Yang, Songwei Wang, Qi Hao

“…When coal seam is mined under the STWCS, the dip angle of focal rupture surface is mainly between 0° and 30°, accounting for about 50% of the total. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of TiO2 Modified with Polystyrene and Poly(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl Methacrylate) as Adsorbents for the Solid Phase Extraction of Organophosphorus Pe... by Enrique Alejo-Molina, A. Rafael Vilchis-Néstor, David Muñoz-Rodríguez, Cristian Carrera-Figueiras

“…By observing the contact angle, particles coated with PClHPMA were determined to be more hydrophilic than TiO2-PS particles. …”
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Investigation of Anti-Friction Properties of MoS₂ and SiO₂ Nanolubricants Based on the Friction Pairs of Inconel 718 Superalloy and YG6 Carbide by Lijie Ma, Fengnan Li, Shijie Ba, Zunyan Ma, Xinhui Mao, Qigao Feng, Kang Yang

“…Then, the viscosity, wettability, and tribological properties of the nanolubricants were measured and analyzed with a rotary viscometer, a contact angle measuring instrument, and a friction tester. …”
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A systematic investigation on microstructure evolution, phase transformation and dynamic recrystallization mechanisms of hot isostatic pressed Ti–45Al–2Mn–2Nb–1B alloy during hot d... by Meiyi Ba, Hongkui Tang, Lianxi Hu, Yu Sun, Fei Gao

“…The microstructure after thermal deformation contains true twins (TT) and pseudo twins (PT) and the DRX grains near twin boundaries (TBs) show a peak misorientation angle of 89 ± 3°, driven by high strain energy at twin intersections. …”
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Dual-Polarized Wideband Filtering Antenna Array Based on Stacked-PCB Structure by Matti Kuosmanen, Sten E. Gunnarsson, Johan Malmstrom, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Jari Holopainen, Ville Viikari

“…The antenna array provides a &#x2212;10-dB active reflection coefficient (ARC) with beam-steering angles within &#x00B1;60&#x00B0; in E- and D-planes, and &#x2212;6 dB within &#x00B1;55&#x00B0; in the H-plane. …”
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From bench to bedside: Developing CRISPR/Cas-based therapy for ocular diseases by Qing Zhao, Linxin Wei, Youxin Chen

“…To date, active trials include treatments for primary open angle glaucoma with MYOC mutations, refractory herpetic viral keratitis, CEP290-associated inherited retinal degenerations, neovascular age-related macular degeneration, and retinitis pigmentosa with RHO mutations. …”
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