Experimental Verification of Impact of Sprinkled Area Length on Heat Exchange Coefficient by Petr Kracik, Marek Balas, Martin Lisy, Jiri Pospisil

“…The basic quantity is the flow rate of the sprinkling liquid, but also diameter of the tubes, pipe spacing of the tube bundle, and physical state of the sprinkling and heating fluid. …”
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Effects of Vitrectomy on Recurrent Macular Edema due to Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion after Intravitreal Injection of Bevacizumab by Tatsuya Yunoki, Keiichi Mitarai, Shuichiro Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Kato, Nobuo Ishida, Atsushi Hayashi

“…OCT parameters were central macular thickness (CMT) and average retinal thickness in a 1-mm-diameter circular region at the fovea (MRT). Results. …”
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Research and Optimization of Gas Extraction by Crossing-Seam Boreholes from Floor Roadway by Gang Li, Jiafei Teng

“…The borehole spacing and diameter were determined to be 5 m and 0.09 m, respectively. …”
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Mesoporous TiO2 Micro-Nanometer Composite Structure: Synthesis, Optoelectric Properties, and Photocatalytic Selectivity by Kun Liu, Lianjie Zhu, Tengfei Jiang, Youguang Sun, Hongbin Li, Dejun Wang

“…The results show that the TiO2 composite structure consists of microspheres (∼0.5–2 μm in diameter) and irregular aggregates (several hundred nanometers) with rough surfaces and the average primary particle size is 10.2 nm. …”
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Numerical study of comparing skirt sandpile with deep cement pile to improve load‒settlement response of circular footing in layered soils: Centric and eccentric effects by Hussein Ahmad

“…The SSP, measuring 8.00 m in length and 1.00 m in diameter, was analyzed in a soft clay-sandy soil environment. …”
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Assessment of land cover/land use changes using object-oriented processing of satellite imageries (1985-2015) in the Rozechai Watershed of Urmia by Khadijeh Haji, Abazar Esmali-Ouri, Raoof Mostafazadeh, Habib Nazarnejad

“…Also, the tables of obtained from the error matrix indicate that the observed values in the diameter of the error matrix are much larger than the values outside the diameters. …”
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Uric Acid to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio is a Novel Marker to Predict Functionally Significant Coronary Artery Stenosis by Fanqi Li, Donghui Zhao, Qiuyu Li, Xiaolong Lin, Haoxuan Sun, Qian Fan

“…Intermediate coronary stenosis (ICS) is defined as a visually estimated percentage of diameter stenosis ranging between 40% and 70% by conventional coronary angiography (CAG). …”
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Production of Biologically Activated Carbon from Orange Peel and Landfill Leachate Subsequent Treatment Technology by Zhigang Xie, Wei Guan, Fangying Ji, Zhongrong Song, Yanling Zhao

“…The analysis based on X-ray diffraction spectrogram (XRD) and three-dimensional fluorescence spectrum indicated that the as-prepared activated carbon, with smaller microcrystalline diameter and microcrystalline thickness and enhanced reactivity, exhibited enhanced adsorption performance. …”
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A Rare Coexistence of Retroperitoneal Pararenal Castleman's Disease with Focal Nodular Hyperplasia by Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Andreas Karakatsanis, Anneza I. Yiallourou, Fotios Nikolakopoulos, Vassiliki Psychogiou, Eleni Karvouni, Dionysios Voros

“…At workup, a solid hepatic lesion, 3 cm in diameter, located in the left lobe of the liver, segment IV, was also identified. …”
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Rapid growth of a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura after slow long-term progression: a case report by Daichi Kakibuchi, Shunta Ishihara, Masanori Shimomura, Satoshi Ikebe, Ryota Dobashi, Kazuki Honda, Masayoshi Inoue

“…He remained asymptomatic for 60 years, and chest computed tomography (CT) during treatment of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis revealed that the mediastinal tumor was 8.0 cm in diameter. The size remained unchanged for 3 years but increased to 15.0 cm over the next 5 years. …”
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Corrosion Behavior and Failure Mechanism of Prestressed Rock Bolts (Cables) in the Underground Coal Mine by Qiong Wang, Fengnian Wang, Aiwu Ren, Rui Peng, Jian Li

“…The pitting corrosion reduced the outer diameter of the rock cable and its bearing capacity, leading to the final fracture.…”
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Silicon Nitride Spot-Size Converter with Coupling Loss < 1.5 dB for Both Polarizations at 1W Optical Input by Enge Zhang, Yu Zhang, Lei Zhang, Xu Yang

“…When coupled to a tapered fiber with a 4.5 μm mode field diameter (MFD), the device exhibits low coupling losses of <0.9 dB for TE modes and <1.4 dB for TM modes at relatively low optical input power. …”
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Ventilation Strategy for Proper IAQ in Existing Nurseries Buildings - Lesson Learned from the Research during COVID-19 Pandemic by Katarzyna Ratajczak

“…The proposed solutions require two holes in the external wall with a diameter of 160–200 mm (depending on the number of people), which guarantees the technically possible application in existing buildings. …”
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Effect of Forest Management on Carbon Stock of Tropical Moist Afromontane Forest by Damena Edae Daba, Bikila Workineh Dullo, Teshome Soromessa

“…A total of 100 main plots of 400 m2 were laid to record trees and shrubs with a diameter at breast height (DBH) ≥ 5 cm. The soil data were collected from 1 m2 subplots established at the four corners and the center of each main plot. …”
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Analysis of Nanostructures and Wettability of Marine Shale in Southern China, Based on Different Fractal Models by Yang Wang, Baoyuan Zhong, Yunsheng Zhang, Yanming Zhu, Meng Wang

“…The existence of large-diameter pores is conducive to the homogeneous development of the pore structure. …”
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Biphasic Equilibrium Dialysis of Poly(N-Isopropyl Acrylamide) Nanogels Synthesized at Decreased Temperatures for Targeted Delivery of Thermosensitive Bioactives by Witold Musial, Jiri Michálek, Janusz Pluta, Anna Jaromin, Magdalena Pietka-Ottlik, Martin Pradny

“…Due to small size in the range below the diameter of the capillaries, they are proposed as drug delivery carriers. …”
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Relaparotomy Two Years after Incisional Hernia Repair Using a Free Fascia Lata Graft by Yuuki Sekine, Hiroyuki Sugo, Naoki Iwanaga, Shigefumi Neshime, Ikuo Watanobe

“…One year later, abdominal computed tomography revealed a locally recurrent tumor 1.5 cm in diameter and a giant incisional hernia measuring approximately 15×6 cm on the supraumbilical midline. …”
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Study on the Behaviors of a Conceptual Passive Containment Cooling System by Jianjun Wang, Xueqing Guo, Shengzhi Yu, Baowei Cai, Zhongning Sun, Changqi Yan

“…The system is composed of series of heat exchangers, long connecting pipes with relatively large diameter, valves, and a water tank, which is located at the top of the system and serves as the final heat sink. …”
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Sex and stature estimations from dry femurs of Northeastern Thais: Using a logistic and linear regression approach by Worrawit Boonthai, Chanasorn Poodendaen, Juthamas Kamwong, Piyanan Sangchang, Suthat Duangchit, Sitthichai Iamsaard

“…Materials and method: The 400 dry femora were measured for its six parameters including femur maximum length (FL), femoral shaft length (FSL), femur epicondylar breadth (FEB), femur maximum head diameter (FHD), femur midshaft circumference (FMC) and femur weight (FW). …”
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Dealings between Cataract and Retinal Reattachment Surgery in PVR by Svenja Deuchler, Pankaj Singh, Michael Müller, Thomas Kohnen, Hanns Ackermann, Joerg Iwanczuk, Rachid Benjilali, Frank Koch

“…For SLP (65% phakic eyes) a Pentacam densitometry reference body with 3 mm diameter was chosen and 3 segments (anterior/mid/posterior) were evaluated separately after a quality check. …”
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