Effect on OPU/IVEP success of different applications for synchronizing follicular waves prior to superstimulation in holstein heifers by M. F. Çiftçi, Ö. F. Yeşilkaya, S. Ü. Çizmeci, M. Gölbaşı, A. Sarı, D. A. Dinç

“…The number of medium-diameter follicles (3–8 mm) was found to be greater in hCG <span class="inline-formula">+</span> P4 and DFR <span class="inline-formula">+</span> P4 than in the control group (<span class="inline-formula"><i>p</i><i>&lt;</i>0.05</span>). …”
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Relationship between Particulate Matter (PM10) and Airway Inflammation Measured with Exhaled Nitric Oxide Test in Seoul, Korea by Juwhan Choi, Jae Kyeom Sim, Jee Youn Oh, Young Seok Lee, Gyu Young Hur, Sung Yong Lee, Jae Jeong Shim, Ji-yong Moon, Kyung Hoon Min

“…We investigated the correlation between particulate matter with a diameter of less than 10 μm (PM10) and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) to determine whether PM causes airway inflammation. …”
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The epididymal microenvironment in Akodon cursor (Muridae, Sigmodontinae, Akodontini): The lifetime of spermatozoa from production to maturation by Tatiana Prata Menezes, Fernanda Carolina Ribeiro Dias, Nara Clara Lazaroni e Merchid, Camila Folly Batista, Camilo Jose Ramirez-Lopez, Arabela Guedes de Azevedo Viana, Renner Philipe Rodrigues Carvalho, Adrielli Ribeiro Araújo, José Lino-Neto, Gisele Lessa, Arlindo A. Moura, Mariana Machado-Neves

“…Histomorphometrically, the distal cauda had the highest tubular and luminal diameter, whereas the epithelial height was higher in the initial segment than in the other regions. …”
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Biological Characteristics and Whole-Genome Analysis of a Porcine <i>E. coli</i> Phage by Shenghui Wan, Nana Li, Sajid Habib, Pei Zheng, Yanfang Li, Yan Liang, Yonggang Qu

“…Electron microscopy revealed that Psq-1 belongs to the family of long-tailed phages, possessing clear and transparent plaques of approximately 1 mm in diameter. Psq-1 only lyses the host bacterium and does not affect other <i>E. coli</i> strains or other species of bacteria. …”
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Mechanical and Pharmacological Revascularization Strategies for Prevention of Microvascular Dysfunction in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Analysis from Index of Microc... by Ji-Hun Jang, Man-Jong Lee, Kyu-Yong Ko, Jin-Hee Park, Yong-Soo Baek, Kwon Sung-Woo, Sung-Hee Shin, Seong-Ill Woo, Dae-Hyeok Kim, Young Ju Suh, Jun Kwan, Sang-Don Park

“…Mechanical therapeutic strategies including stent diameter/length, preballoon dilatation, direct stenting, and thrombectomy were not associated with low IMR value (all P>0.05), and postballoon dilatation was associated with high IMR (β = 8.30, P=0.020). …”
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Mechanism of Exogenous Silicon in Enhancing Cold Stress Tolerance in <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L. Seedlings: Insights from Resistance and Quality Indicators by Fan Zhang, Yihong Zhao, Yuanbo Zhang, Yu Shi, Leiping Hou, Abid Khan, Ruixing Zhang, Yi Zhang

“…The results show that compared with the control treatment, the plant height, stem diameter, and fresh weight of above-ground and underground parts of tomato seedlings decreased significantly by 46.52%, 42.53%, 28.81%, and 28.97%, respectively, after 15 days of low-temperature stress (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and in order to resist low temperature, the activity of antioxidant enzymes and the content of osmotic adjustment substances were up-regulated in seedlings. …”
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Hydrogel loaded with cerium-manganese nanoparticles and nerve growth factor enhances spinal cord injury repair by modulating immune microenvironment and promoting neuronal regenera... by Zhaoyang Gong, Zhenhao Chen, Dachuan Li, Xiao Lu, Jianwei Wu, Hanqiu Sun, Ximeng Wang, Siyang Liu, Xinlei Xia, Feizhou Lu, Jianyuan Jiang, Chi Sun, Hongli Wang, Feng Zeng, Xiaosheng Ma

“…Size uniformity, biocompatibility, and catalytic activity were assessed via hydrodynamic diameter, zeta potential, and elemental analysis. The Lightgel/NGF/CeMn NP-PEG composite was synthesized and characterized via electron microscopy, compression testing, rheological analysis, NGF release kinetics, and 30-day degradation studies. …”
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The use of Curcuma longa extract to control Edwardsiella tarda infection on Clarias sp. by Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Muharram Nur Ikhsan, , Sukenda, Yan Evan

“…The results showed that 15 minutes decoction method allowed the best inhibition with diameter 7.42 mm of clear zone and then curative measurement using turmeric extract could be the best application against E. tarda since it gave 86.67% of survival. …”
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Challenges in Predicting the Filtration Performance of a Novel Sewn Mask: Scale-up from Filter Holder to Mannequin Measurements by Audrey J. Dang, Benjamin M. Kumfer, J. Tyler Bertroche, Jane Olson Glidden, Christopher R. Oxford, Udayabhanu Jammalamadaka, Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, Alexander R. Scott, Jason A. Morris, Connie Gan, Jesse Hu, Bradley King, David I. A. Dhanraj, Shruti Choudhary, Pratim Biswas, Richard L. Axelbaum, Kathleen W. Meacham, Brent J. Williams

“…Since filtration efficiency depends on particle diameter and air face velocity, the relevance of material filtration or prototype fit data depends on test conditions. …”
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Enabling high-throughput quantitative wood anatomy through a dedicated pipeline by Jan Van den Bulcke, Louis Verschuren, Ruben De Blaere, Simon Vansuyt, Maxime Dekegeleer, Pierre Kibleur, Olivier Pieters, Tom De Mil, Wannes Hubau, Hans Beeckman, Joris Van Acker, Francis wyffels

“…We present fully digitized beech discs of 30–35 cm diameter at a resolution of 2.25  $$\upmu$$ μ m, for which we automatically quantified the number of vessels (up to 13 million) and rays. …”
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Effective rain rate model for analysing overestimated rain fade in short millimetre-wave terrestrial links due to distance factor by Asma Ali Budalal, Ibraheem Shayea, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Jafri Din, Abdulsamad Ebrahim Yahya, Yousef Ibrahim Daradkeh, Marwan Hadri Azmi

“…These deviations can be attributed to several factors, such as spatial inhomogeneity, rain cell diameter, and environmental variations. Additionally, sudden changes in the propagation environment, such as wind direction, humidity, and wind speed, contribute to non-uniform rain distributions. …”
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Assessment of salicylic acid and potassium nitrate to mitigate frost stress in autumn-sown potato crop cv. Sutlej by Muhammad Wasim Haider, Syed Mohsin Abbas, Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Tahir Akram, Umar Farooq, Mona S. Alwahibi, Mohamed S. Elshikh, Zaid Shakeel, Muhammad Nafees, Muhammad Rizwan, Rashid Iqbal

“…This included increased plant height by 14% and 17.6%, leaf area index by 6.3% and 26.3%, shoot biomass by 15.4% and 46.2%, crop growth rate by 16.7% and 43.3%, average tuber weight by 8.2% and 23%, tuber diameter by 6.8% and 12.2%, tuber yield by 26.1% and 46.3%, leaf angle by 16.2% and 21.6%, quantum yield of photosystem II by 20.6% and 28.2%, photosynthetically active radiations by 20.5% and 32.4%, chlorophyll content by 6.3% and 14.6%, leaf thickness by 14% and 29%, linear electron flow by 20% and 32.7%, O–2 by 6% and 14.4%, H2O2 by 11.7% and 27.6%, enzyme activities of catalase by 20.7% and 28.5%, superoxide dismutase by 28.6% and 28.5%, peroxidase by 8.3% and 13.5%, ascorbate peroxidase by 17.2% and 37.8%, total protein by 21% and 37%, proline by 36.2% and 114%, and phenolic content by 33% and 63.3% with a reduction in non-photochemical quenching by 12.7% and 29.6%, non-regulatory energy dissipation by 169.5% and 268.5%, and leaf electrolyte leakage by 57.5% and 180%, compared to KNO3 and the control, respectively. …”
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Foliar application of humic liquid extract from vermicompost improves garlic (Allium sativum L.) production and fruit quality by D. M. Balmori, C. Y. A. Domínguez, C. R. Carreras, S. M. Rebatos, L. B. P. Farías, F. G. Izquierdo, R. L. L. Berbara, Andrés Calderín García

“…At 125 days after planting, the plants were collected, and growth and production parameters were determined: quantity of garlic cloves, fresh and dry bulb, diameter of garlic cloves and bulb, as well as parameters of fruit quality including caliber, firmness, acidity, brix, pungency, carbohydrate and protein contents. …”
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An early lung cancer diagnosis model for non-smokers incorporating ct imaging analysis and circulating genetically abnormal cells (CACs) by Ran Ni, Yongjie Huang, Lei Wang, Hongjie Chen, Guorui Zhang, Yali Yu, Yinglan Kuang, Yuyan Tang, Xing Lu, Hong Liu

“…Furthermore, our results indicated that the model built using random forest (RF) method, which integrates clinical characteristics (age, extra-thoracic cancer history, gender), radiological characteristics of pulmonary nodules (nodule diameter, nodule count, upper lobe location, malignant sign at the nodule edge, subsolid status), the artificial intelligence analysis of LDCT data, and liquid biopsy achieved the best diagnostic performance in the independent external non-smokers validation cohort (sensitivity 92%, specificity 97%, area under the curve [AUC] = 0.99). …”
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Reduction of Lipid-Core Burden Index in Nonculprit Lesions at Follow-Up after ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Study of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold versus Optim... by Joelle Kefer, Patrick Chenu, Olivier Gurné, Frederic Maes, Théophile Tamakloé, Christophe Beauloye

“…At baseline, there were no differences in plaque characteristics between groups (fractional flow reserve: 0.85 ± 0.04 vs. 0.89 ± 0.06; diameter stenosis (DS): 43.4 ± 8 vs. 40.1 ± 10.7%; plaque burden 54.98 ± 5.8 vs. 49.76 ± 8.31%; and maxLCBI4 mm 402 [348; 564] vs. 373 [298; 516]; p=NS for all comparisons between groups 1 and 2, respectively). …”
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Effect of Channel Orientation and Rib Pitch-to-Height Ratio on Pressure Drop in a Rotating Square Channel with Ribs on Two Opposite Surfaces by Prabhu S. V., Arora Neelabh, Vedula R. P.

“…Experiments have been carried out for various rib pitch-to-height ratios <math alttext="$(P/e)$"> <mrow><mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mrow><mi>P</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>e</mi></mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo></mrow> </math> with a constant rib height-to-hydraulic diameter ratio <math alttext="$(e/D)$"> <mrow><mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mrow><mi>e</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>D</mi></mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo></mrow> </math> of <math alttext="$0.1$"> <mn>0.1</mn> </math>. …”
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Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Micronutrients and Their Deficiency Effect on the Root Morphology and Architecture in Citrus Rootstock by Gaofeng Zhou, Yiping Fu, Mei Yang, Yanhong Li, Jing Zhang

“…From the perspective of micronutrient deficiency, FeD and B deficiency (BD) inhibited all root morphological traits in Ptr and Cre except the average root diameter, while Mn deficiency (MnD) and Zn deficiency (ZnD) had lesser impacts, as well as the morphology of the stem. …”
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High concentrations of polyethylene microplastics restrain the growth of Cinnamomum camphora seedling by reducing soil water holding capacity by Run Yang, Jinping Wang, Huanying Fang, Jinwen Xia, Guomin Huang, Rongzhen Huang, Hong Zhang, Liqin Zhu, Lichao Zhang, Jihong Yuan

“…The results showed that low concentrations of PE-MPs (not larger than 0.5 % in soils) did not restrain seedling growth, while the PE-MP concentrations of 1 % and 2 % decreased the net growth of ground diameter by 38.8 % (p < 0.05) and biomass by 29.6 % (p < 0.05), respectively. …”
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Perbandingan Daya Hambat Madu Alami dengan Madu Kemasan secara In Vitro terhadap Streptococcus beta hemoliticus Group A sebagai Penyebab Faringitis by Elsi Wineri, Roslaili Rasyid, Yustini Alioes

“…Hasil penelitian menunjukan madu alami dan madu kemasan dapat menghambat pertumbuhan <em>Streptococcus </em><em>beta hemoliticus Group A</em> dengan diameter daya hambat terbesar pada madu alami adalah 14 mm dan madu kemasan 11 mm. …”
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Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous and Intracristal Ventricular Septal Defects Using Amplatzer Duct Occluder II in Children by Shenrong Liu, Wenqian Zhang, Junjie Li, Shushui Wang, Mingyang Qian, Jijun Shi, Yumei Xie, Zhiwei Zhang

“…ADO II provides a safe and reproducible alternative for the closure of perimembranous and intracristal ventricular septal defects with a diameter less than 5 mm in young children.…”
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