Preparation and Sound Insulation Performance of Superfine Metal Powder/Nitrile-Butadiene Rubber-Polyvinyl Chloride Microcellular Foaming Material by Sheng Hu, Jun Cai, Guofeng Liao, Qiang Fu

“…It is shown that the average pore diameter and the foaming capacity decrease by 60% and 31%, respectively, while the surface density increases by 131%. …”
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Effects of Different Soilless Growing Media on the Growth and Development of Tobacco Seedlings by Misheck Chandiposha, Tobias Takadini

“…The stem length and diameter of tobacco seedlings were superior in the medium with 100% compost manure when compared to all other treatments including pine bark. …”
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Simulation of the Vibration Characteristics for Agricultural Wheeled Tractor with Implement and Front Axle Hydropneumatic Suspension by Enlai Zheng, Song Cui, Yuanzhao Yang, Jinlin Xue, Yue Zhu, Xiangze Lin

“…Besides, the impacts of initial nitrogen volume, pressure of accumulators, and orifice diameter of throttle valves on the vibration characteristics of the tractor system are also inspected.…”
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Thinning Intensity and Pruning Impacts on Eucalyptus Plantations in Brazil by Gilciano Saraiva Nogueira, Peter L. Marshall, Helio Garcia Leite, João Carlos Chagas Campos

“…A linear mixed model was applied separately to each installation to test for differences among treatments for mean increment of height, dominant height, quadratic mean diameter, and volume outside bark at the plot level. …”
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Nitric oxide synthase inhibition decreases tolerance to hyperoxia in newborn rats by M. R. Pierce, C. A. Voelker, I. R. S. Sosenko, S. Bustamante, S. M. Olister, X.-J. Zhang, D. A. Clark, M. J. S. Miller

“…Foetal pulmonary artery vasoconstriction was induced by L-NAME with a decrease in internal diameter from 0.88 ± 0.03 mm to 0.64 ± 0.01 mm in control vs. …”
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Algorithm and mathematical model for geometric positioning of segments on aspherical composite mirror by B. Conquet, L. F. Zambrano, N. K. Artyukhina, R. V. Fiodоrtsev, A. R. Silie

“…This approach allows: to expand the spectral operating range from 0.2 to 11.0 μm and to increase the diameter of the entrance pupil of the receiving optical system, while maintaining the optimal value of the exponent mS– mass per unit area.Two variants of adjusting the position of mirror segments are considered when forming an aspherical surface of the second order, with respect to the base surface of the nearest sphere, including geometrical and opto-technical positioning.The purpose of the research was to develop an algorithm for solving the problem of geometric positioning of hexagonal segments of a mirror telescope, constructing an optimal circuit for traversing elements when aligning to the nearest radius to an aspherical surface, and also to program the output calculation parameters to verify the adequacy of the results obtained.Various methods for forming arrays from regular hexagonal segments with equal air gaps between them are considered. …”
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Turning Agricultural Biomass Ash into a Valuable Resource in the Construction Industry—Exploring the Potential of Industrial Symbiosis by Olivera Bedov, Ana Andabaka, Suzana Draganić

“…The potential of SHA as an alternative activator was assessed by testing flow diameter and compressive strength at 7 and 28 days of curing. …”
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Data-Driven Methodology for the Prediction of Fluid Flow in Ultrasonic Production Logging Data Processing by Hongwei Song, Ming Li, Chaoquan Wu, Qingchuan Wang, Shunke Wei, Mingxing Wang, Wenhui Ma

“…The present method was used to calibrate an ultrasonic Doppler sensor to estimate the flow rates of both phases in oil–water flow in a vertical pipe of diameter 159 mm. Predictions of the present method were in good agreement with direct flow rate measurements. …”
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Porous Collagen Scaffold Reinforced with Surfaced Activated PLLA Nanoparticles by Cancan Xu, Wei Lu, Shaoquan Bian, Jie Liang, Yujiang Fan, Xingdong Zhang

“…Nanoparticles of average diameter 316 nm and zeta potential −39.88 mV were obtained from the such-treated PLLA by dialysis method. …”
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Predicting Crown-width of Dominant Trees on Teak Plantation from Clonal Seed Orchards in Ngawi Forest Management Unit, East Java by Ronggo Sadono

“…The good quality compartments were determined based on higher stand density, taller average tree height, larger average stem diameter, and good accessibility. In a well-qualified compartment, 30 samples of the dominant tree were selected and each sample was measured for the crown radius in the four radii. …”
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Antimicrobial membranes based on polycaprolactone:pectin blends reinforced with zeolite faujasite for cloxacillin-controlled release by Bárbara Bernardi, João Otávio Donizette Malafatti, Ailton José Moreira, Andressa Cristina de Almeida Nascimento, Juliana Bruzaca Lima, Lilian Aparecida Fiorini Vermeersch, Elaine Cristina Paris

“…FAU with a high specific surface area (347 ± 8 m2 g−1), high crystallinity and particles with a diameter of up to 100 nm were produced under optimized synthesis conditions (100 °C/4 h). …”
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A process inspired by fractals for embedding digital codes into additively manufactured components for supply chain security by Saber Nemati, Ali Mahmoudi, Kyungmin Ham, Tie Siemers, Shengmin Guo, Josephine Gutekunst, Joachim Schulz, Ian Taylor, Michele Maasberg, Leslie G. Butler

“…These results suggest a standard selective laser sintering printer with typical metal powders could reasonably expect to print 100 bits of embedded digital information in a gauge volume 6 mm in diameter as 300  $$\upmu$$ m voids while still maintaining tensile specifications.…”
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Drainage Pipeline Multi-Defect Segmentation Assisted by Multiple Attention for Sonar Images by Qilin Jin, Qingbang Han, Jianhua Qian, Liujia Sun, Kao Ge, Jiayu Xia

“…Drainage pipeline construction projects are vulnerable to a range of defects, such as branch concealed joints, variable diameter, two pipe mouth significances, foreign object insertion, pipeline rupture, and pipeline end disconnection, generated during long-term service in a complex environment. …”
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Comparison of Maximum Stretch Forces between Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Capsulotomy and Continuous Curvilinear Capsulorhexis by Mari Takagi, Takashi Kojima, Kei Ichikawa, Yoshiki Tanaka, Yukihito Kato, Rie Horai, Akeno Tamaoki, Kazuo Ichikawa

“…For FLC, capsulotomies 5.3 mm in diameter were created using the LenSx® (Alcon) platform. …”
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Improvement in Paretic Arm Reach-to-Grasp following Low Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Depends on Object Size: A Pilot Study by Jarugool Tretriluxana, Shailesh Kantak, Suradej Tretriluxana, Allan D. Wu, Beth E. Fisher

“…Object sizes were 1.2 and 7.2 cm in diameter. Results. Compared to sham rTMS, real rTMS significantly reduced CE of the non-lesioned M1. …”
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JAPANESE IRIS (IRIS ENSATA THUNB.) IN SOUTHERN WEST SIBERIA by Z. V. Dolganova

“…During breeding, flower diameter increased from 12 to 20 cm; the width of upper perianth lobes, from 2 to 8 cm; and lower, from 7 to 9 cm. …”
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Pediatric Appendicitis Score and Ultrasound in children with Acute Appendicitis: An Observational Study by Suyog Simkhada, Bijay Thapa, Anupama Thapa Basnet, Sijan Karki

“…A pediatric appendicitis score of more than seven, which is considered a high risk, was observed in 43 (86%) patients, and a score between four and six, which was considered an intermediate risk, was observed in 6 (12%) patients Similarly, 39 (78%) of the patient had appendix diameter more than six mm and 10 (20%) had less than six in ultrasound measurement. …”
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Characterization of Acoustic Emission Parameters during Fracture Process of Siltstone with Prefabricated Void by Xiaorong Liu, Lulin Zheng, Hengyi He, Qing Qiu, Ziqi Liu, Xuefeng Li, Lin Yan, Gang Huang

“…In order to explore the damage effect of borehole pressure relief technology on rock, uniaxial compression and acoustic emission tests were carried out on siltstone specimens with borehole diameters of 8 mm, 12 mm, and 16 mm, respectively, and the acoustic emission signals of the whole process were collected simultaneously to explore the uniaxial compression of siltstone specimens with prefabricated holes in this paper. …”
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Study on the Influence of Bionic Structure on the Sealing Performance of Centrifugal Pump Sealing Ring by Ye Cai, Zhengpu Xie, Feixiang Yang, Muhan Yan, Chengqi Mou, Zhangcheng Huang, Yuxin Jin, Jiegang Mou, Yunqing Gu

“…Among the three different diameters of the circular groove, the optimal groove diameter of the surface structure is 0.2 mm, where leakage is the least, volume efficiency is the largest, and sealing performance is the best.…”
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Mathematical Modeling of Wax Deposition in Field-Scale Crude Oil Pipeline Systems by Francis Oketch Ochieng, Mathew Ngugi Kinyanjui, Jeconia Okelo Abonyo, Phineas Roy Kiogora

“…The deposited layer grows continuously and hardens during the oil transportation, reducing the effective inside diameter of the crude oil pipeline and the flow rate. …”
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