Silicone Foley's catheter: A useful splint in ear surgeries by Siddharth K. Karanth, Nitin J. Mokal

“…It aided in maintaining the meatal opening of a satisfactory diameter in the case of external auditory canal recanalization. …”
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Diaphragmatic crus indentation to the renal artery: Is it a new etiology for renovascular hypertension in adults? by Dilek Akkurt Acar, Atilla Hikmet Çilengir, Mehtap Balaban, Eren Çamur, Betül Akdal Dölek, Nilgün Işıksalan Özbülbül

“…Diaphragmatic crus contact was defined as compression if it caused stenosis more than 50% of the renal artery diameter, and indentation if it caused stenosis less than 50%. …”
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Finite Element and Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Buckling Strength in Additively Manufactured Lattice Stiffened Panels by Saiaf Bin Rayhan, Md Mazedur Rahman, Jakiya Sultana, Szabolcs Szávai, Gyula Varga

“…Finally, the panels were tested against increments of a strut diameter ranging from 0.5 mm to 2 mm, which corresponds to a relative density of 6% to 78%. …”
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Application of low-cost hydrokinetic technology for accelerating electricity access to rural areas in developing economies: field experiment in Kenya by Willis Awandu, Jens-Uwe Wiesemann, Boris Lehmann

“…A decommissioned boat motor with a 0.24 m diameter rotor is operated as a turbine. A shroud for flow acceleration was developed from 1.5 mm thick stainless-steel plates and a support structure constructed using angle lines. …”
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Rank Protein Immunolabeling during Bone-Implant Interface Healing Process by Francisley Ávila Souza, Thallita Pereira Queiroz, Eloá Rodrigues Luvizuto, Renato Sussumu Nishioka, Idelmo Rangel Garcia-JR, Paulo Sérgio Perri de Carvalho, Roberta Okamoto

“…Twenty male Wistar rats, 90 days old, after having had a 2 mm diameter and 6 mm long implant inserted in their right tibias, were evaluated at 7, 14, 21, and 42 days after healing. …”
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Bioactive milk-derived nutrient MFG-E8 ameliorates skeletal muscle atrophy induced by mitochondria damage in aging rats via activating the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway by Kaifang Guan, Xiaolin Liu, Weihong Lu, Yuhao Mao, Yirong Mao, Ying Ma, Rongchu Wang, Qiming Li

“…This in vivo experiment showed that MFG-E8 can improve the antioxidant status and increase soleus muscle mass (35.61%) and fiber diameter (39.72%) in the aging rats. The western blot assay preliminarily proved that increased ERK phosphorylation determines the repairment of injured skeletal muscle, but not JNK and p38. …”
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Experimental Study of the Flow Mechanism of Deep Lacustrine Carbonate Reservoirs in the Yingxi Area of the Qaidam Basin by Xiangrong Luo, Yongxian Zheng, Penggang Huang, Li’an Yang, Xiaodong Chen, Xiaojuan Ren, Guo Wang, Yanzhi Wang, Zhiguo Wang, Xiaoxiao Li

“…The micropores smaller than 10 μm in diameter play an important role in the water flooding of the matrix core. …”
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Stand dynamics as a basis for ensuring the principle of sustainable forest management on the example of the stand of an atypical selection structure in the management unit “Tara”... by Popović Aleksandar, Medarević Milan, Obradović Snežana, Pantić Damjan, Borota Dragan

“…By applying the last (theoretical) variant of the referral, positive development elements of the stand are partially achieved (reducing the number of trees above the diameter of the cutting maturity). By analyzing the results, we conclude that recognizing the direction of stand development and its direction is the primary category of activity in a management period. …”
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EN The combined effect of heating zone length and inclination angle on start-up, transient and operational characteristics of pulsating heat pipe by К. Мане, Є.С. Алексеїк

“…The investigation involved a systematic variation of the heating zone length and inclination angle with measuring of key performance indicators, including start-up heat flux density and temperature, transient heat flux density, and thermal resistance, for water, methanol and pentane as a heat carrier. 5-turn PHP made of copper capillary tube with inner diameter 1,1 mm was used as experimental sample. Main operational modes of PHP were defined and described in the paper based on obtained experimental data. …”
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Cocaine-Induced Giant Bullous Emphysema by Steven Douedi, Vandan D. Upadhyaya, Ishan Patel, Usman Mazahir, Eric Costanzo, Mohammad A. Hossain

“…Emphysematous bullae, defined as airspaces of greater than or equal to one centimeter in diameter, have a variety of etiologies such as tobacco use and alpha-1 antitrypsin being the most common. …”
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Theoretical and Practical Issues That Are Relevant When Scaling Up hMSC Microcarrier Production Processes by Valentin Jossen, Cedric Schirmer, Dolman Mostafa Sindi, Regine Eibl, Matthias Kraume, Ralf Pörtner, Dieter Eibl

“…The dependence of microcarrier-cell-aggregate formation on impeller speed and shear stress levels was investigated for human adipose derived stromal/stem cells (hASCs) at the spinner scale by recording the Sauter mean diameter (d32) versus time. Cultivation at the suspension criteria provided d32 values between 0.2 and 0.7 mm, the highest cell densities (1.25 × 106 cells mL−1 hASCs), and the highest expansion factors (117.0 ± 4.7 on day 7), while maintaining the expression of specific surface markers. …”
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Effect of Pollution Level on Size Distributions and Mixing State of Ambient Black Carbon Particles in an Urban Area during Wintertime by Kangning Li, XiaoFei Wang, Xiaohui Lu, Hong Chen, Xin Yang

“…Whereas the heavily aged traffic-emitted particles exhibited relatively small BC cores (60–80 nm in diameter) surrounded by a thick coating (100–160 nm), the biomass burning particles displayed slightly larger cores (80–130 nm) covered by an even thicker layer (160–300 nm). …”
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A Dermatological Intervention of Gynecomastia in Young Asian Man with a History of Soy Product Consumption: A Case Report by Widjajahakim R, Widjajahakim RM, Winaya KK

“…During physical examination, both breasts were enlarged and had firm nodule, mobile, and attached at the sub-central areola mammae with a diameter of 8 cm. The patient was then diagnosed with true gynecomastia Simon degree 2A and Geschikter and Copeland type 3. …”
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The natural course of cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours in MEN1 by Eline N M van Vliembergen, Carolina R C Pieterman, Annenienke C van de Ven, Arthur J A T Braat, Gerlof D Valk, Joanne M de Laat

“…Cystic lesions had a median diameter of 26 mm at the time of resection, compared to 18 mm for solid lesions, with comparable Ki-67 indices and mitotic counts. …”
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Experimental Solution of Chitosan and Nanochitosan on Wettability in Root Dentine: In Vitro Model Prior Regenerative Endodontics by Fernando Arias Alvarado, Maira Rivero Iriarte, Freddy Jordan Mariño, Sara Quijano-Guauque, León D. Pérez, Yolima Baena, Claudia García-Guerrero

“…The wettability analysis calculated the contact angle (θ) between a drop of a blood-like and root dentinal surface; topographic characterization with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) quantified the diameter and number of tubules per area; spectroscopy infrared analyses (IR-S) identified chemical changes in the inorganic (phosphate/carbonate) and organic phase (amide/methyl). …”
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Designing Microfluidic Devices to Sort Haematopoietic Stem Cells Based on Their Mechanical Properties by Mingming Du, Dean Kavanagh, Zhibing Zhang, Neena Kalia

“…Cell sorting was performed at different flow rates after which cell diameter and stiffness were determined using micromanipulation. …”
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Tumor-To-Tumor Metastasis of Poorly Differentiated Gastric Carcinoma to Uterine Lipoleiomyoma by Ryo Kiyokoba, Hiroshi Yagi, Hideaki Yahata, Yoshiaki Kawano, Eisuke Kaneki, Kaoru Okugawa, Kenzo Sonoda, Kiyoko Kato

“…However, repeat CT and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 9 cm diameter pelvic mass adjacent to the uterus. The mass was heterogeneously hyperintense on T1- and T2-weighted images with some low signal spots on fat-suppressed T1-weighted images, suggesting a benign ovarian tumor such as a mature cystic teratoma. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis Revealed the Molecular Mechanism of Acetic Acid Increasing <i>Monascus</i> Pigment Production in <i>Monascus ruber</i> CICC41233 by Yan Wang, Weiwei Wu, Xiaoshu Wu, Weiyu Li, Jingjing Cui, Chuannan Long

“…Compared with no acetic acid or HCl addition, the diameter of <i>M. ruber</i> CICC41233 colonies increased significantly under acetic acid conditions. …”
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Mechanical Properties and Control Rockburst Mechanism of Coal and Rock Mass with Bursting Liability in Deep Mining by Ming-tao Gao, Zhen-qi Song, Hui-qiang Duan, Heng-qi Xin, Jian-quan Tang

“…So, in the in-situ engineering practice, it is an important measure to improve the surface restraint and support strength of the coal roadway for reducing the occurrence intensity and probability of rockburst. (4) The combined measures of “the mining of double liberating seam + the implementation of large-diameter pressure relief borehole in advance of working face” is the very effective way to eliminate the rockburst accidents of working face in a protected coal seam and has an important guiding significance for the safe mining of rockburst mine.…”
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Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Fractal Characteristics of Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Cement Soil under Impact Loading by Yi-xin Mo, Jian-yong Pang, Jin-kun Huang

“…Dynamic compression tests for reinforced cement soil with different polypropylene fiber contents of 0%, 0.4%, 0.8%, and 1.2% were conducted using a 50 mm diameter split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) device. …”
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