Colchicine Does Not Reduce Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth in a Mouse Model by James Phie, Shivshankar Thanigaimani, Pacific Huynh, Raghuveeran Anbalagan, Corey S. Moran, Robert Kinobe, Joseph V. Moxon, Matt A. Field, Smriti M. Krishna, Jonathan Golledge

“…The primary outcome was the rate of maximum aortic diameter increase measured by ultrasound over 13 weeks. …”
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Measurements of Basic Performances for Waterjet Propulsion Systems in Water Tunnel by Nobuyuki Fujisawa

“…The optimization study of the water jet systems is conducted by simulating the change of the nozzle outlet diameter with the variable nozzle arrangement. It is suggested that the nozzle outlet diameter should be decreased as the craft velocity increases to obtain an optimum propulsive efficiency in a wide range of craft velocity.…”
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PENENTUAN NILAI MOMEN MAGNET NEODYMIUM YANG BERGERAK DI DALAM PIPA ALUMINIUM DAN KUNINGAN DENGAN METODE ANALISIS VIDEO by Albertus Hariwangsa Panuluh, Yohanes Jeverson Bulu

“…Telah dilakukan penelitian untuk menentukan nilai momen magnet dan mengetahui hubungan diameter dalam pipa terhadap nilai momen magnet neodymium yang bergerak di dalam pipa aluminium dan kuningan dengan metode analisis video. …”
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Optimization and experimental validation of a high-efficiency oil–water cyclone separator for well testing conditions by Zhimin Li

“…The optimal parameter combination was determined: oil outlet diameter of 4.241 mm and cyclone chamber cone angle of 9.622°. …”
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Investigation of Factors Influencing Solenoid Valve Speed Response Characteristics of the Common Rail Injector by Yun Bai, Chengda Du, Qiang Sun, Shi Bu, Ao Wang

“…The speed response characteristics of the solenoid valve, including the average opening speed, the average closing speed, the maximum opening speed, and the maximum closing speed, caused by the changes of characteristic parameters such as pre-tightening force of the solenoid valve spring, mass of the solenoid valve moving parts, diameter of the outflow orifice, diameter of the inflow orifice, diameter of the control piston, and pressure in the common rail, have been studied. …”
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A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization-Tuning Algorithm for the Prediction of Nanoparticle Morphology from Microscopic Images by Abhishek Singh, Thaseem Thajudeen

“…Various 3-dimensional properties including hydrodynamic diameter and mobility diameter of the retrieved structures are then compared with the properties of the aggregate used to form the candidate projection image, to test the suitability of the algorithm. …”
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Evaluation of the Lower Punctum Parameters and Morphology Using Spectral Domain Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography by Riham S. H. M. Allam, Rania A. Ahmed

“…Lower punctum was perceived by OCT to be an area with an outer diameter (mean 412.16±163 μm), inner diameter (mean 233.67±138.73 μm), and depth (mean 251.7±126.58 μm). …”
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PRELIMINARY TEST TO PLANTING STERCULIA FOETIDA AT ARID BORDER AREAS OF DAKLAK PROVINCE by Phạm Trọng Nhân, Lê Hồng Én, Huỳnh Thị Kiều Trinh, Lưu Thế Trung

“…However, the mean analysis results for the height and the stump diameter were significantly different: The height was 0.40m and the diameter was 1.30cm. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Screws Used for Rigid Internal Fixation of Mandibular Fractures by Naresh Chaudhary, Scott T. Lovald, Jon Wagner, Tariq Khraishi, Bret Baack

“…Results of the screw FE analysis (FEA) submodel show that a unicortical screw of 2.6 mm major diameter and 1.0 mm pitch will cause less bone damage than a bicortical screw of 2.3 mm major diameter and 1.0 mm pitch. …”
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The FEA and experimental stress analysis in circular perforated plates loaded with concentrated force by Mateusz Konieczny, Grzegorz Gasiak, Henryk Achtelik

“…The test plate with diameter D = 300 mm has holes in ten circles. The plate has holes with diameter d1 = 3.5 mm on the first inner circle, and holes on the tenth outside circle have a diameter d10 = 20.5 mm. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Pore Size on Spontaneous Imbibition Recovery in Oil-Wet Reservoirs by Ming Yue, Bingbing Li, Qiang Chen, Jidong Gao, Weiyao Zhu, Zhiyong Song

“…The imbibition recovery in the capillary with a diameter of 10 μm was the highest (27.81%), which was more than three times that of the capillary with a diameter of 60 μm (8.3%). …”
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Mutual associations among responsiveness to differential diagnostic tests for Cushing’s disease, tumor size, and somatostatin receptor 5 expression in corticotroph tumors by Karolina Budzen, Kosuke Mukai, Yuto Mitsui, Michio Otsuki, Atsunori Fukuhara, Satoru Oshino, Youichi Saitoh, Masaharu Kohara, Eiichi Morii, Iichiro Shimomura

“…The response to differential diagnostic tests, ACTH/cortisol index, tumor diameter, and SSTR5 expression were significantly related (vs. tumor diameter [CRH: r = –0.54; DDAVP: r = –0.54; HDDST r = –0.67; ACTH/cortisol index: r = 0.76; SSTR5: r = –0.61], vs. …”
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CIVA Confirmation of the effect of Wedge Gap on Amplitude by Edward Ginzel, Robert Ginzel

“…Simulations of gap are made for wear-pin adjustment and for small gaps that can occur when a wedge contoured for curvature on a cylinder of one diameter is used on a cylinder that is slightly larger in diameter. …”
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Application of lacrimal gland ultrasonography in the evaluation of chronic ocular graft-versus-host-disease by Mingxia Zhong, Siyuan Liu, Jinghan Luo, Qin Zhang, Zhou Yang, Shanshan Zhang

“…Lacrimal gland structures were assessed by B-mode and Doppler ultrasonography to measure parameters such as the long diameter, thick diameter, homogeneity and parenchymal vascularization. …”
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Long-Term Visual Quality and Pupil Changes after Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction for Eyes without Preoperative Cylinder Refraction by Xiaonan Yang, Qiting Feng, Quan Liu, Jianhui Chen, Pengxia Wan

“…Refractive outcomes, corneal curvature, aberrations, contrast sensitivity (CS), and pupil diameter were evaluated preoperatively, and 30 months postoperatively. …”
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Improving the efficiency of an optical-to-terahertz converter using sapphire fibers by N. V. Zenchenko, D. V. Lavrukhin, I. A. Glinskiy, D. S. Ponomarev

“…The use of a profiled sapphire fiber whose diameter has been optimized with respect to the gap parameters to significantly increase the concentration of charge carriers in the immediate vicinity of the electrodes of an OTC is demonstrated. …”
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Short-Term Biliary Stent Placement Contributing Common Bile Duct Stone Disappearance with Preservation of Duodenal Papilla Function by Tatsuki Ueda, Masataka Kikuyama, Yuzo Kodama, Takafumi Kurokami

“…CBDS disappearance was observed in 32 (48.5%) of 66 patients. The diameter of the bile ducts and the diameter of CBDS in patients with CBDS disappearance were significantly smaller than in those with CBDS requiring extraction (p=0.007 and p<0.001, resp.). …”
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Genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance in chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora) genotypes evaluated for loose flower production by K. Vandana1*, V. Vijaya Bhaskar2, A.V.D. Dorajeerao3, P. Subbaramamma4, M. Paratpara Rao5 and V. Sekhar6

“…Heritability estimates ranged from a low 29.78% (stem diameter) to as high as 99.968% (flower diameter). …”
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Dependence of Performance of Si Nanowire Solar Cells on Geometry of the Nanowires by Firoz Khan, Seong-Ho Baek, Jae Hyun Kim

“…The diameter and density of SiNWs have been used to calculate the filling ratio of the SINWs arrays. …”
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A Study on the Factors Influencing Coal Fracturing Range Caused by Liquid Carbon Dioxide Phase Transition by Xinyu Hu, Runxu Zhang, Bailin Zhang, Xinghua Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Yongdan Yang, Fazhi Yan

“…Blasting pressure, vent diameter, and blasting time are important factors that affect the fracturing effect. …”
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