Size Influences on the Survival of Willow Cuttings Under Operational Field Conditions by Alan Pollock, Kyle R. Grant, Amanda Schoonmaker

“…Survival probability tended to be greater for larger diameter and length cuttings sourced from lowland habitats. …”
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Experimental Study of the Effect of the Expansion Segment Geometry on the Atomization of a Plain-Jet Airblast Atomizer by Yi Jin, Kanghong Yao, Xiaomin He, Kai Zhang, Yunbiao Wang

“…According to the systematic experiments, the Sauter mean diameter, the droplet size distribution, and the droplet axial mean velocity were obtained to evaluate the spray performance. …”
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Angiojet System Used in the Treatment of Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report of Two Patients by Jinbo Liu, Tianrun Li, Wei Huang, Na Zhao, Hongwei Zhao, Hongyu Wang

“…One patient was accompanied by lower blood pressure (20% lower than basal blood pressure) and higher pulmonary artery pressure (89 mmHg); the other patient had larger right ventricular transverse diameter (46 mm), decreased left ventricular end diastolic anteroposterior diameter (34 mm), and higher heartbeats (107 heartbeats per minute). …”
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Study on the Nomogram Model Based on Dual-energy Computed Tomography for Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Bo GAO, Jingbin ZHANG, Huizhi MI, Haiqiao SUN, Xiaohui LI, Jiaxing WU, Kexin ZHANG, Shaotong WANG, Xuan SU, Xinyue CUI

“…Parameters, such as iodine concentration (IC), in the arterial phase, lymph node shape, short diameter, margin, degree of enhancement, cystic changes, calcification, arterial phase enhancement pattern, and thyroid nodule capsule integrity were analyzed. …”
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Drug-Coated Balloon-Only Strategy for De Novo Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials by Wenyi Zhang, Mingduo Zhang, Jinfan Tian, Min Zhang, Yuan Zhou, Xiantao Song

“…However, DCBs were inferior to DESs for minimum lumen diameter and percentage diameter stenosis. The DCB-only strategy showed significantly better outcomes for most endpoints compared to plain-old balloon angioplasty or bare metal stents. …”
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Effective and safe surgery for keratinocyte skin cancer in the elderly over 80 years of age: a single-institution retrospective study of 345 patients over one year by Luca D. Fontana, Clara Richter, Ramon Lang, Christian Greis, Jürg Hafner

“…Data were collected from operative and postoperative notes within six months after surgery.Results A total of 565 tumors were removed from 345 patients, consisting mainly of basal cell carcinoma (46.5%) and squamous cell carcinoma (45.8%), including 24.2% clinically large tumors (>2 cm in diameter). A total of 26 complications were recorded, resulting in an overall complication rate of4.6%. …”
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Contribution to the assessment of the genetic potential of wild pear mother trees from the landscape of outstanding features ”Kosmaj” by Nonić Marina, Inđić Anđela, Kerkez-Janković Ivona, Maksimović Filip, Devetaković Jovana, Šijačić-Nikolić Mirjana

“…The variability of morphological characteristics of one-year-old seedlings from 14 half-sib lines was analyzed, the survival of seedlings was recorded, and their height and root collar diameter were measured. The mother trees DK4, DK22 and DK23 stood out as potentially superior due to the percentage of survival and the high values for height and root collar diameter of the seedlings of the half-sib lines. …”
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Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether-mediated nanostructured lipid carriers enhance trans-ferulic acid delivery by Caco-2 cells superior to solid lipid nanoparticles by Zhang Hongyu, Guo Jingwen, Wang Zhi, Wang Na, Feng Nianping, Zhang Yongtai

“…This work aimed to compare the performance of trans-ferulic acid-encapsulated nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) and solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) for transport by Caco-2 cells. The NLC particles (diameter: 102.6 nm) composed of Compritol® 888 ATO, ethyl oleate, Cremophor® EL, and Transcutol® P were larger than the SLNs (diameter: 86.0 nm) formed without liquid lipid (ethyl oleate), and the former had a higher encapsulation efficiency for trans-ferulic acid (p < 0.05). …”
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Influence of Underpinning Pile Drilling Construction on the Bearing Behavior of Existing Loaded Foundation Piles: Case Study by Hua-feng Shan, Tang-dai Xia, Feng Yu, Hai-bing Tao, Shao-heng He

“…The depth of drilling borehole and the number of boreholes have significant influence and thus should be considered in real engineering design while the borehole diameter and the pile-pile distance have a negligible effect. …”
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Three-Dimensional Finite Difference Analysis on the Ground-Sequential Tunneling-Superstructure Interaction by Ali Lakirouhani, Reyhaneh Jafari, Hadi Hasanzadehshooiili

“…The well-validated modeling procedure is adopted to investigate effects of tunnel diameter, depth of tunneling, and number of superstructure stories on the profile of occurring settlements. …”
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Research on surface charge accumulation characteristics of post-composite insulators in polluted environments by Ping Huang, Guoting Yang, Kequan Wei, Junlin Huang, Biao Zhang

“…Analysis is carried out on how wind speed, the diameter of contaminating particles, and the inclination of wind direction impact the distribution of surface charge density on post-composite insulators. …”
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Ultrasonographic Assessment of Fetal Viability in Pregnant Women with First-Trimester Bleeding at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria by Chisolum O. Okafor, Odira C. Anajuba, Chinekwu S. Nwosu, Charles I. Okafor, Munachi O. Nwabunike, Ifeanyi O. Uzukwu, Ugochukwu A. Aguwamba, Kelechi U. Okoye, Adaobi C. Emegoakor

“…Predictors of viability following multiple logistic regression were round/oval GS (OR = 2.062, P < 0.001), presence of an embryo (OR = 1.153, P = 0.032), and yolk sac diameter (OR = 2.302, P = 0.013). Conclusion: Shape of GS, presence of an embryo, and yolk sac diameter are the predictors of fetal viability following first-trimester bleeding.…”
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Design of Coil Patterns for an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With PCB Stator by Dong-Woo Nam, Min-Ki Hong, Na-Rim Jo, Dong-Hoon Jung, Won-Ho Kim

“…However, in conventional AFPMSMs, the variation in tooth thickness from the inner diameter to the outer diameter of the stator poses significant manufacturing challenges. …”
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Observed Performance and FEM-Based Parametric Analysis of a Top-Down Deep Excavation in Soil-Rock Composite Stratum by Gang Lei, Panpan Guo, Fucai Hua, Xiaonan Gong, Lina Luo

“…Among the investigated parameters, pile diameter is dominant in affecting the horizontal pile displacement. …”
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Analysis of the safety and efficacy of flow diverter device in the treatment of tandem aneurysms in the internal carotid artery by Jun Wan, Jun Wan, Ligang Xu, Yeqing Jiang, Lei Zhang, Zhenyu Wang, Xiaolong Zhang, Shengzhang Wang, Shengzhang Wang

“…The median value of maximum aneurysm diameter (Dmax) was 4.27 (3.57–5.41) mm. Among them, 28 aneurysms had a maximum diameter of &lt;5 mm (73.7%), 10 aneurysms had a maximum diameter of 5–15 mm (26.3%). …”
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A method for estimating the polymer gel granule volume by an optical technique by M.G. Tokmachev

“…It is shown that by estimating the outline of an ellipse-shaped granule, the algorithm determines its volume with a relative error of 0.4 %, which corresponds to an error in determining the granule diameter of 1 pixel.…”
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NUMERICAL COMPUTER SECTIONING OF STRESSED STATE OF THE SLUGS WITH CIRCULAR SECTION by A. N. Chichko, N. V. Andrianov, A. V. Demin

“…The computer calculations of alternate distribution of temperatures and stresses in crystallizing round ingot with diameter 300 mm of low-carbon steel 20 are presented. …”
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PERSPECTIVE REINFORCING MATERIAL FOR FIBRE CONCRETE by A. V. Vedeneev, О. I. Ignatenko, V. I. Gritsaenko

“…Peculiarities of fiber production at RUP «BMZ» are shown. recommendations on correlation «wire diameter-fiber length» are given for different types of fiber for prevention of fiber caking at production of fibrous concrete are given.…”
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METHODS OF INCREASING THE RESISTANCE OF A HEAVILY HOT TOOL LANDING BOLT HEADS by V. N. Fedoulov

“…The present study focuses on increasing resistance of highly-loaded instrument (in particular, punches) for stud driving head diameter of 8 mm and 10 mm countersunk hex through the optimization of heat hardening process using a forged-rolled steel billet DI23 in its production.…”
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Helpful Details for Commercial Propagation of Woody Plant Stem Cuttings by Thomas H. Yeager

“… This three-page fact sheet provides details that are very important for successful propagation of woody plant stem cuttings, such as sanitation, quality of cuttings, the time of year/day to take cuttings, stem size diameter and length of cutting, location of cuts/terminal bud removal, and environmental conditions. …”
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