Bird Species Abundance and Their Correlationship with Microclimate and Habitat Variables at Natural Wetland Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia by Muhammad Nawaz Rajpar, Mohamed Zakaria

“…Results revealed that the habitat characteristics such as vegetation composition (i.e. emergent and submerged vegetations, grasses, shrubs, and trees), vegetation structures (tree diameter and height) and microclimate variables (temperature, relative humidity and light intensity) were the key factors that influenced the distribution, diversity and density of the wetland bird species. …”
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Thermal Performance Improvement of Solar Parabolic Dish System Using Modified Spiral Coil Tubular Receiver by Rajkumar Malviya, Prashant V. Baredar, Anil Kumar

“…Material used for the reflective surface is anodized aluminum and copper for the absorber. The diameter of the aperture for the parabolic dish collector is 1.4 m. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Steel-FRP Composite Bars under Tensile and Compressive Loading by Zeyang Sun, Yu Tang, Yunbiao Luo, Gang Wu, Xiaoyuan He

“…The increase in the postyield stiffness of SFCB rsf can delay the postyield buckling of SFCB with a large length-to-diameter ratio, and an empirical equation for the relationship between the postbuckling stress and rsf is suggested, which can be used for the design of concrete structures reinforced by SFCB to consider the effect of reinforcement buckling.…”
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Optimization of Highly Porous Mannitol Preparation using Ammonium bicarbonate and Citric acid as Templating Agents with Spray Drying Technique by Nindya Kusumorini, Adhyatmika

“…The surface area of mannitol increased from 1.167 m2/g to 3.571 m2/g, followed by an increase in pore volume from 0.0022 cc/g to 0.012 cc/g and pore diameter from 75.33 Å to 115.2 Å. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) results are consistent with the surface area measurement results using the Surface Area Analyzer (SAA). …”
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Effect of Two Different Ultrafast Curing Exposure Durations on the Surface Hardness of Bulk Fill Composite - An In-Vitro Study by Shekar Shobana, Anandavelu Sujareetha, Sundaresan Balagopal, Sarath Kumar, Sriganesh Angusamy, Sebatni Anisha

“…Forty-five cylindrical composite specimens were prepared to a dimension of 5 mm height and 4 mm diameter. Curing was done using three different exposure modes and duration with dual mode LED curing light as follows: Group I: Ultrafast curing mode for 1 second at 2300 mW/cm2 (n = 15); Group II: Ultrafast curing mode for 3 second at 2300 mW/cm2 (n = 15) and Group III: Standard exposure mode for 20 second at 1000 mW/cm2 (n = 15). …”
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An investigation on the population parameters of freshwater crayfish (Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823) in Lake Yeniçağa (Bolu) by Gençay İrem, Sorguç Bura Uğur, Saygı Yasemin

“…The female specimens carried between 103 and 841 eggs each, with a diameter ranging from 2.03 to 2.82 mm. The research revealed a size range of 80–168 mm and weight range of 15–133 g for crayfish specimens. …”
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Utility of modified endoscopic radial incision and selective cutting combined with short-term stenting for refractory stricture in patients undergoing endoscopic submucosal dissect... by Lu Chen, Xiajiao Tang, Jingjing Jiang, XiaoChun Yin, Yuxin Wang, Mingyue Li, Ruihua Shi

“…However, the narrowest diameter of esophageal stenosis was significantly larger after RISC-STS treatment ( p  = 0.04). …”
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Coalescence and Melting Process of Cu and Ag Nanoparticles by Hui Guo, LinFu Zhang, Qiang Zhu, ChuanJie Wang, Gang Chen, Peng Zhang

“…The coalescence point and melting temperature increase as cluster diameter increases. Moreover, the arrangement of Cu and Ag nanoparticles has a certain effect on the stability of the initial joint interface, which will affect subsequent coalescence and melting behavior.…”
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Aqueous Extract of Saraca indica Leaves in the Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles: Finding a Way towards Going Green by Kollur Shiva Prasad, Alakananda Patra, Govindaraju Shruthi, Shivamallu Chandan

“…The images from SEM investigation revealed that the particles are spherical in shape with average diameter of 40–70 nm. TEM and HRTEM images clearly indicate the crystallinity and spherical nature of as-synthesized CuO nanoparticles with interplanar distance between two neighboring lattice fringes of 0.315 nm.…”
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Basic Violet Decolourization Using Alginate Immobilized Nanozirconium Tungestovanadate Matrix as Cation Exchanger by M. F. Elkady, H. Shokry Hassan, Eman M. El-Sayed

“…The SEM and TEM images of the prepared zirconium tungestovanadate identified that it was prepared in homogeneous structure with spherical shape in average diameter 22 nm. However, the optical microscope image of the composite matrix confirms the good distribution of nanozirconium tungestovanadate into the polymeric matrix. …”
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Corrosion Resistant Coating from Nano Printed Circuit Board Powder for the Reinforced Concrete Structures by R. Mohana, D. Selvaganesh, A. Anto Issac, M. Vignesh Kumar

“…From the results, it was observed that the nano PCB-coated specimens exhibited 3.5 times reduced rate of corrosion and lost only 46.15% strength and 52.5% diameter under the accelerated rate of 6 V after 48 hours. …”
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The Segmental Morphometric Properties of the Horse Cervical Spinal Cord: A Study of Cadaver by Sadullah Bahar, Durmus Bolat, Muhammet Lutfi Selcuk

“…The segmented CSC from five mature animals was used. Length, weight, diameter, and volume measurements of the segments were performed macroscopically. …”
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Dependence of Geometric and Spectroscopic Properties of Double-walled Boron Nitride Nanotubes on Interwall Distance by Metin Aydin

“…The calculated nonresonance Raman spectra of (0,6) @(0,n)-DWBNNTs (with cell lengths of one unit and n=12-18) indicated that the radial breathing modes (RBMs) of inner (0,6) and outer (0,n) tubes are not only diameter dependent, but also exhibit a strong blue-shift for the ΔR below ~0.35 nm and rapidly approach zero with increasing ΔR reference to the position of the RBM in the spectrum of the corresponding single wall boron nitride nanotubes, (0,n)-SWBNNTs. …”
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Rationality of the FIGO2023 staging for early-stage endometrial cancer, compared with the FIGO2009 staging by Yiqin Wang, Jianliu Wang, Xingchen Li, Aoxuan Zhu, Yangyang Dong

“…The new staging was more predictive of death postoperatively. Lesion maximum diameter (LMD) was one of the independent risk factors associated with prognosis. …”
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Functionally graded AZ91/WC nanocomposite fabricated via friction stir processing using a novel way by Subhi A.D., Abdulkareem M.H., Hussein H.A.

“…In this work, functionally graded AZ91/WC nanocomposites were prepared by a novel multi-step chamber diameter reduction method. The WC nanoparticles were packed into chambers with graded diameters and processed by friction stirring using a tool with four-sided grooved probe. …”
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Simulation of Electronic Structure of Aluminum Phosphide Nanocrystals Using Ab Initio Large Unit Cell Method by Hamad R. Jappor, Zeyad Adnan Saleh, Mudar A. Abdulsattar

“…Ab initio restricted Hartree-Fock method coupled with the large unit cell method is used to determine the electronic structure and physical properties of aluminum phosphide (AlP) nanocrystals between 216 and 1000 atoms with sizes ranging up to about 3 nm in diameter. Core and surface parts with different sizes are investigated. …”
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Continuous 1D single crystal growth with high aspect ratio by oriented aggregation of dendrite by Quan Wan, Maoqi Li, Yuhao Zhou, Meng Zhang, Zongpu Xu, Jie Wang, Yajun Shuai, Shuxu Yang, Mingying Yang

“…Such aggregated mono-crystalline dendrite branches can reach an ultra high aspect ratio (over 10000:1) with uniform diameter and orientation. We show an example application of such dendrite to prepare a high aspect ratio nanowire. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Different Surface Configurations on Stability of Miniscrews by Tolga Topcuoglu, A. Altuğ Bicakci, M. Cihat Avunduk, Z. Deniz Sahin Inan

“…Immediate loading of miniscrews does not impair screw stability. Also, the diameter of miniscrew and more frequent thread pitches have a positive effect on stability; however, length of miniscrews does not have a significant effect on the stability.…”
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RANCANG BANGUN MODEL PEMBANGKIT LISTRIK TENAGA MIKRO HIDRO (PLTMH) MENGGUNAKAN PADDLE BREAST WHEEL by Ichlas Nur, Wahmin Rais, Nota Effiandi, Aidil Zamri, Yuli Yetri

“…In this research, the modeling of a Micro Hydro Power Plant (PLTMH) has been designed using a breast wheel with a semicircular blade shape, a wheel diameter of 20cm, and 10 blades. The wheel model has 5 variations of water level (head) calculated from the water level in the reservoir to the water level in the wheel with 3 variations of ball valve openings. …”
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Tradeoff Study between Cost and Environmental Impact of Aircraft Using Simultaneous Optimization of Airframe and Engine Cycle by Xiao Chai, Xiongqing Yu, Yu Wang

“…The impact of propulsion installation with large diameter engines on aircraft weight and drag are considered in the framework. …”
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