Optimizing community-based aquaponics: Evaluating the impact of rotary drum filter implementation on water conservation and operational efficiency by Muhammad Fuad, Arief Budihardjo Mochamad, Shofwan Agus, Sumartono Agus, Setyawan Budi, Inandin Nabiha Puteri

“…Key parameters such as water inlet and outlet diameters, body dimensions, and flow rate were optimized to suit the specific needs of a small to medium-sized aquaponic system. …”
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Coaxial Pipes Used as Ground Buried Heat Exchangers—A Review of Research in Recent Years by Geng Wang, Nai Rong, Xuefei Li, Ning Hu, Zhi Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Yuhan Wang

“…Coaxial pipe is a high-efficiency heat exchanger composed of two nested tubes of different diameters. In this paper, the structure and thermal exchange characteristics of coaxial pipe geothermal exchangers are introduced, which are superior to single-U and double-U geothermal exchangers in respect of installation, heat transporting, and deep geothermal application. …”
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An affordable and adaptable Faraday isolator design for research by Nicholas L. Wong, Ben Delaney, Takanori Miyazaki, Emma Sokell, Fergal O’Reilly

“…Presented here is an affordable Faraday isolator designed to account for conditions of high pulse energy and high total power lasers, with a clear input aperture allowing beam diameters up to 12 mm, and pulse energies and total powers limited by the dielectric crystal. …”
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Calcium Alginate and Calcium Alginate-Chitosan Beads Containing Celecoxib Solubilized in a Self-Emulsifying Phase by Lorena Segale, Lorella Giovannelli, Paolo Mannina, Franco Pattarino

“…The systems were prepared by ionotropic gelation using needles with different diameters (400 and 600 μm). Morphology, particle size, swelling behavior, and in vitro drug release performance of the beads in aqueous media with different pH were investigated. …”
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Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Capped with Quaterthiophene for Transistor and Resistor Memory Devices by Mai Ha Hoang, Toan Thanh Dao, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Phuong Hoai Nam Nguyen, Trinh Tung Ngo

“…These nanoparticles have diameters in the range 2–6 nm and are well dispersed in the poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) host matrix. …”
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Glycyrrhetinic Acid-Poly(ethylene glycol)-glycyrrhetinic Acid Tri-Block Conjugates Based Self-Assembled Micelles for Hepatic Targeted Delivery of Poorly Water Soluble Drug by Fengbo Wu, Ting Xu, Chi Liu, Can Chen, Xiangrong Song, Yu Zheng, Gu He

“…The GA-PEG-GA conjugates having the critical micelle concentration of  M were used to form nanosized micelles, with mean diameters of 159.21 ± 2.2 nm, and then paclitaxel (PTX) was incorporated into GA-PEG-GA micelles by self-assembly method. …”
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INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS ON OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS WITH CIRCULAR LATTICE by Van Trong Dang, Tran Bao Tran Le, Van Lanh Chu, Thi Hong Phuong Nguyen, Nguyen Minh Hang Trang, Trong Duc Hoang, Thi Thuy Nguyen

“…To do that, a new solid-core circular PCF design with various air hole diameters and lattice constants is presented, and the design features are numerically analyzed in detail. …”
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Applying Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis to Detect Tungsten Inclusions in Nuclear Fuel Rod End Plug TIG Welds by Runqiu Gu, Jianfeng Cheng, Wanchang Lai, Guangxi Wang

“…The detectable tungsten particle diameters in the zirconium alloy at different depths in welds and the detection limits of the trace tungsten dispersed in welds were obtained. …”
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Growth Rates of  Morphometric Variables in Approximately Linear Sections Using Lines in R3 by Aquiles E. Darghan, Enrique Quevedo García, Sergio Esteban Gamboa Muñoz, Carlos Armando Rivera Moreno

“…The application was illustrated with growth data of the equatorial and longitudinal diameters of peach fruits measured on different days after defoliation, using data from different elevations above sea level. …”
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Influence of Blade Profiles on Plastic Centrifugal Pump Performance by Hui Zhang, Lingfeng Tang, Yongtao Zhao

“…The impeller inlet and outlet diameters (D1 and D2) and impeller inlet and outlet installation angles (β1 and β2) were taken as control variables, and the total power loss and the minimum NPSHr of the pump were taken as the objective functions. …”
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Evaluation of Induced Settlements of Piled Rafts in the Coupled Static-Dynamic Loads Using Neural Networks and Evolutionary Polynomial Regression by Ali Ghorbani, Mostafa Firouzi Niavol

“…Analyses are performed with respect to different axial loads and pile’s configurations, numbers, lengths, diameters, and spacing for both loading cases. Based on the results of well-validated three-dimensional finite difference modeling, artificial neural networks and evolutionary polynomial regressions are then applied and introduced as capable methods to accurately present both static and coupled static-dynamic settlements. …”
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Effect of Free‐Stream Turbulence on the Power Performance and Wake Characteristics of Paired Counter‐Rotating Vertical‐Axis Wind Turbines by Ayoub Talamalek, Mark C. Runacres, Tim De Troyer

“…The mechanical power output of the turbines was measured through torque and angular speed sensors, and the wake up to six rotor diameters downstream of paired VAWTs was characterised using constant temperature anemometry. …”
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Vibration Response Analysis of a Tethered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System under Transient Wind Field by Wei He, Suxia Zhang

“…The results indicate that the UAV can maintain a stable single-period motion by increasing the length or elastic modulus or selecting the appropriate diameters of the cable. Finally, an experiment is implemented on the vibration response of the tethered UAV system in a wind tunnel. …”
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Clinical and Aberrometric Evaluation of a New Monofocal IOL with Intermediate Vision Improvement by Alessandro Bova, Stefano Vita

“…The optical aberrations at 3.0 and 5.0 mm aperture diameters were similar in both groups. Conclusion. …”
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Influence of Thermal Parameters, Microstructure, and Morphology of Si on Machinability of an Al–7.0 wt.% Si Alloy Directionally Solidified by Cássio A. P. Silva, Layo R. M. Leal, Emanuelle C. Guimarães, Paulo M. Júnior, Antonio L. Moreira, Otávio L. Rocha, Adrina P. Silva

“…A morphological change of Si along the solidified ingot length has been observed, that is, the morphology of Si in the eutectic matrix has indicated a transition from particles to fibers along the casting together with an increase of the particle diameters with the position from the metal/mold interface.…”
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Morphometric study of the cell nucleus of endometrioid carcinoma of the uterus by Ridyl Sarduy Rodríguez, Raisel García Pérez, Norma Bárbara Hernández Pérez, Neisy Pérez Ramos, Belkis Yanes Milián, Iván Triana de la Paz

“…Results: the nuclear area and perimeter and the largest and smallest nuclear diameters had the maximum values in endometrioid carcinoma, and the mean and standard deviation of each of these morphometric parameters was greater in the carcinomatous cells. …”
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Size of Left Cardiac Chambers Correlates with Cerebral Microembolic Load in Open Heart Operations by Elena Z. Golukhova, Anna G. Polunina, Svetlana V. Zhuravleva, Natalia P. Lefterova, Alexey V. Begachev

“…The associations between left ventricular diameters and number of cerebral microemboli remained significant when cardiopulmonary bypass time was included as a covariate into the analysis. …”
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Light-Emitting Polymer Nanocomposites by Kyle Gipson, Brett Ellerbrock, Kathryn Stevens, Phil Brown, John Ballato

“…Nanoparticles produced in situ with the PMMA contained on average 10 wt% loading of Tb3+ : LaF3 at a 6 : 1 La : Tb molar ratio and ~7 wt% loading of 4 : 1 La : Tb molar ratio for the PA and ASA systems, respectively. Measured diameters ranged from 457±176 nm to 150±105 nm which is indicative that agglomerates formed during the synthesis process. …”
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Pore Geometry Optimization of Titanium (Ti6Al4V) Alloy, for Its Application in the Fabrication of Customized Hip Implants by Sandipan Roy, Debojyoti Panda, Niloy Khutia, Amit Roy Chowdhury

“…The results that are obtained are used to suggest a range of pore diameters that lower the effective stiffness and modulus of the implant to around 60% of the stiffness and modulus of dense solid implants while keeping the stress levels within permissible limits.…”
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Association between exposure to particulate matter and heart rate variability in vulnerable and susceptible individuals by Yong Whi Jeong, Hayon Michelle Choi, Youhyun Park, Yongjin Lee, Ji Ye Jung, Dae Ryong Kang

“…This study examines PM1.0 (aerodynamic diameters <1 μm), PM2.5 (≥1 μm and <2.5 μm), and PM10 (≥2.5 μm and <10 μm) effects on HRV in patients with environmental diseases as chronic disease groups and vulnerable populations as control groups. …”
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