On the One-Dimensional Modeling of Vertical Upward Bubbly Flow by C. Peña-Monferrer, C. Gómez-Zarzuela, S. Chiva, R. Miró, G. Verdú, J. L. Muñoz-Cobo

“…This allows the calculation of the interfacial area directly from the definition of Sauter mean diameter of a distribution. The results show that only the proposed approach was able to predict all the flow characteristics, in particular the bubble size and interfacial area concentration. …”
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Evaluation of PM2.5 Surface Concentrations Simulated by NASA’s MERRA Version 2 Aerosol Reanalysis over India and its Relation to the Air Quality Index by Chimurkar D. Navinya, V. Vinoj, Satyendra K. Pandey

“…Abstract The PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter ≤ 2.5 µm), an essential component of air pollution, is closely linked to adverse effects on human health, including premature mortality following prolonged exposure. …”
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High-performance liquid chromatography and derivative spectrophotometry for simultaneous determination of pravastatin and fenofibrate in the dosage form by Hefnawy Mohamed M., Mohamed Mostafa S., Abounassif Mohammed A., Alanazi Amer M., Mostafa Gamal A. E.

“…HPLC separation was performed on a phenyl HYPERSIL C18 column (125 mm × 4.6 mm i.d., 5 μm particle diameter) in the isocratic mode using a mobile phase acetonitrile/0.1 % diethyl amine (50:50, V/V, pH 4.5) pumped at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min-1. …”
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Categorizing and Determining of BI-RAD Breast Cancer Score by Using Deep Learning Techniques by Azhar Kassem Flayeh, Ali Douik

“…Artificial intelligence users employ these factors as fixed values to classify the illness using region of interest (RIO), Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix (GLCAM), clustering, or mass constraints like diameter and volume. Artificial intelligence algorithms have created many techniques to extract features from massive volumes of data through training, such as deep learning. …”
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Effect of Vitreous Reflux after Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection for Macular Edema with Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Real-World Study by Tetsuya Muto, Masaaki Sakamoto, Shigeki Machida, Shinichiro Imaizumi, Tetsuju Sekiryu

“…Eighty patients with ME following BRVO were divided into three groups according to the conjunctival bleb diameter after IVAI as follows: group A (no VR), group; B (<3 mm VR), and group C (>3 mm VR). …”
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Bio-waste to environmental purifier: Application of potato peel for acid red 73 adsorption from leather dyeing effluent by Fatema-Tuj Zohra, Sobur Ahmed, Md Zahangir Alam, Md Nurnabi, Nazia Rahman

“…BET analysis exhibited mesoporous structure of PP with average pore diameter of 85.98 Å. The impact of various influences viz. pH, dosages, concentration, time and temperature were explored through batch investigation. …”
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Influence of refining slag composition on nonmetallic inclusions in 38CrMoAl steel by Guofang Xu, Shiheng Liang, Bo Song, Wei Liu, Shufeng Yang, Li Zhao, Yabing Zhang

“…The type of nonmetallic inclusions changed, and the diameter and number density of the nonmetallic inclusions decreased. …”
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Impaired Healing of a Cutaneous Wound in an Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase-Knockout Mouse by Takashi Kitano, Hiroshi Yamada, Maki Kida, Yuka Okada, Shizuya Saika, Munehito Yoshida

“…Under general anesthesia two round full-thickness excision wounds of 5.0 mm in diameter were produced in dorsal skin. After specific intervals of healing, macroscopic observation, histology, immunohistochemistry, and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were employed to evaluate the healing process. …”
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Pollen of <i>Pterocarya</i> (Juglandaceae) representatives from natural habitats and St. Petersburg environments by O. A. Gavrilova, G. A. Firsov, D. A. Gornov, A. N. Semenov, A. V. Volchanskaya

“…Morphologically, pollen grains of all 12 specimens from five taxa are flattened, medium sized, 21–45 μm in diameter, with 4–8 pores; pores are located mainly at or near the equator. …”
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Magnetically Triggered Monodispersed Nanocomposite Fabricated by Microfluidic Approach for Drug Delivery by O. Yassine, E. Q. Li, A. Alfadhel, A. Zaher, M. Kavaldzhiev, S. T. Thoroddsen, J. Kosel

“…Microparticles of the nanocomposite are fabricated efficiently with a monodisperse size distribution and a diameter ranging from 20 to 500 µm at a rate of up to 1 kHz using a simple and inexpensive microfluidic system. …”
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Gelatin's Effect on Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Properties and Its Use in Thermal Regeneration for Methylene Blue Photodegradation by Maria Ulfa, Sabrina Devinta Poetry

“…Furthermore, the surface area, pore volume, and pore diameter of iron-P123-gelatin exhibited an increment due to gelatin addition. …”
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Experimental Study of Size Effects on the Deformation Strength and Failure Characteristics of Hard Rocks under True Triaxial Compression by Qiang Han, Yaohui Gao, Yan Zhang

“…Previously, the research conditions and objects of the rock size effect have mostly focused on cylindrical rock samples with different height-to-diameter ratios (H/Ds) under uniaxial or conventional triaxial compression, while there has been little research on the rock size effect under true triaxial compression (TTC), especially rectangular rock samples with different sizes and the same length-to-width-to-height ratio. …”
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Hair growth-promotion effects and antioxidant activity of the banana flower extract HappyAngel®: double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Chia-Hua Liang, Yung-Hsiang Lin, Yung-Kai Lin, Chi-Fu Chiang

“…Consuming banana flower extract for twelve weeks increased the hair root diameter and reduced hair loss and scalp redness compared to the placebo group. …”
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Bouveret’s Syndrome as a Rare Life-Threatening Complication of Gallstone Disease—A Surgical Problem: Two Case Reports by Nebojsa S. Ignjatovic, Ilija D. Golubovic, Miodrag N. Djordjevic, Marko M. Stojanovic, Daniela A. Benedeto Stojanov, Jelena S. Ignjatovic, Jelena D. Zivadinovic, Sonja Golubovic

“…The radiological examination showed oval filling defects in the duodenal bulb consistent with Bouveret’s syndrome, with the largest stone measuring approximately 6 cm in diameter. An enterotomy was performed for stone extraction and was followed by cholecystectomy and duodenal repair with omentoplasty. …”
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Divisive Refinement of Metal Fiber at the PM0.1 Classification Stage for PM0.5–0.1 Sampling with Nanosampler by Yuta Kurotsuchi, Kazuhiko Sekiguchi, Yohei Hayakawa

“…In the 4D cartridge, it was estimated that 8.7 mg of SUS wool fiber was required to achieve a classification efficiency of 100 nm at 50% cutoff diameter because the apparent volume fraction of SUS wool fiber increases with the introduction of the partition. …”
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Delivering Volumetric Hyperthermia to Head and Neck Cancer Patient-Specific Models Using an Ultrasound Spherical Random Phased Array Transducer by Muhammad Zubair, Imad Uddin, Robert Dickinson, Chris J. Diederich

“…Multifocal sonications also improved the heating homogeneity, reducing the length-to-diameter ratio by 38% when using eight foci versus a single one. …”
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Immediate results of aortic valve reconstruction using Ozaki method by В.М. Todurov, I.Yu. Mokryk, I.O. Aksionova, N.V. Ponych, C.M. Monastyrska, О.А. Yepanchintseva, I.M. Kuzmich, V.B. Demianchuk

“…Preoperative examination demonstrated aortic valve average peak pressure gradient of 93.7 ± 27.5 mm Hg; aortic annular diameter was 22.7 ± 3.1 mm. Surgical technique is based on replacement of every single cusp of the diseased valve with neocusp trimmed using original Ozaki set from patients own pericardium treated with glutaraldehyde. …”
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Exploration of aerosol-precipitation relationships under different climate regimes in China by Yuanyuan Xiao, Jun Zhang, Jingxuan Zhu, Qiang Dai

“…By comparing Dm (the mass-weighted diameter of a raindrop) and Nw (the concentration parameter) under different aerosol conditions, it was found that Dm was significantly larger in summer than winter and in polluted than clean conditions. …”
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The establishment of the non-indigenous cyclopoid copepod Oithona davisae in Hamsilos Bay-Sinop, Southern Black Sea, Turkey by Zeynep Hasançavuşoğlu, Tuba Terbiyik Kurt, Funda Üstün

“…Zooplankton samples were collected monthly from seven stations from July 2015 to June 2016 by using a plankton net with a mesh size of 112 μm and a diameter mouth opening of 50 cm. O. davisae was observed during the whole sampling period and was the dominant species from July 2015 to December 2015. …”
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On the Static Stability and Seakeeping Performance of a Submerged Floating Tunnel Module in Wet Tow by Ikjae Lee, Chungkuk Jin, Sung-Jae Kim, Moohyun Kim

“…Inspired by the successful wet tow operations of spar platforms, a wet tow scenario is examined where a tunnel module, floating horizontally with a half-diameter draft, is towed by tugboats using towlines. …”
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