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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Soil Characteristics and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) Performance Two Decades after Disk Trenching of Unburned and Broadcast-Burned Plots in Subboreal British Col... by Jacob O. Boateng, Jean L. Heineman, Lorne Bedford, Amanda F. Linnell Nemec

“…Burning and planting positions interacted significantly in their effect on pine height, diameter, and stem volume for at least 19 years. Pine survival was high regardless of burning or planting position. …”
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Rheological Characterization and Printability of Sodium Alginate–Gelatin Hydrogel for 3D Cultures and Bioprinting by Mohan Kumar Dey, Ram V. Devireddy

“…In contrast, the 30R needle, with the smallest inner diameter (0.152 mm) and highest printing pressure (80 psi), resulted in the widest strand width (0.70 ± 0.01 mm) and the lowest accuracy (88.8%), resulting in a POI_normalized of 0.274. …”
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Experimental Study on Lateral Bearing Mechanical Characteristics and Damage Numerical Simulation of Micropile by Ning Liu, Yi-Xiong Huang, Bo Wu, Wei Huang

“…In order to study the lateral force characteristics and failure characteristics of micropile, laboratory tests on the flexural and tensile strength of reinforced concrete micropiles with different diameters and with or without external steel pipes were performed. …”
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Numerical study of evaporation–condensation heat transfer in finned double pipe heat exchangers by Junrong Yang, Tianming Zhong, Xin Yan, Haokun Li, Zhilin He, Haoxian Bai, Shiwen Fang

“…In this study, the effects of inner and outer tube diameter combinations and inlet velocity on heat transfer performance, pressure drop, and thermal performance are systematically analyzed through computational fluid dynamic simulation. …”
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Effect of Twisted-Tape Turbulators and Nanofluid on Heat Transfer in a Double Pipe Heat Exchanger by Heydar Maddah, Reza Aghayari, Morshed Farokhi, Shabnam Jahanizadeh, Khatere Ashtary

“…Titanium dioxide nanoparticles with a diameter of 30 nm and a volume concentration of 0.01% (v/v) were prepared. …”
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Poly lactic‐co‐glycolic acid‐alginate nanocarrier for efficient drug delivery to liver cancer cells by Mahsa Hoseinzadeh, Mohammad Javad Mokhtari, Farshid Kafilzadeh, Javad Mohammadnejad, Yaghoob Taheri

“…Nano‐metric size (55 and 85 nm in diameter), close to neutral surface charge, semi‐spherical morphology, and successful synthesis were approved. …”
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Drug-Coated versus Uncoated Balloon for Side Branch Protection in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Treated with Provisional Stenting Using Drug-Eluting Stents: A Meta-analysis by Zhi-Ming Jiang, Le Liu

“…With a follow-up duration of 6 to 12 months, SB protection with DCB was associated with a lower degree of postoperative diameter stenosis (mean difference (MD): −11.35%, 95% confidence interval (CI): −14.17 to−8.53, p<0.001; I2 = 0%) and less late lumen loss (MD: −0.19 mm, 95% CI:−0.28 to−0.10, p<0.001; I2 = 69%) of SB compared to those with UCB. …”
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Postoperative Megarectum in an Adult Patient with Imperforate Anus and Rectourethral Fistula by Yoshifumi Nakayama, Toshihito Uehara, Masaki Akiyama, Noritaka Minagawa, Takayuki Torigoe, Naohiro Fujimoto

“…A 71-year-old Japanese male presented with a mass in the lower abdomen which was 15 × 12 × 8 cm in diameter, edema in the right lower extremity, and frequent urination. …”
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Determination of Appropriate Thresholding Method in Segmentation Stage in Detecting Breast Cancer Cells by Adem Polat, Cihat Ediz Akbaba

“…It is an electronic, mechan-ical, and software-based device capable of 3D imaging of tumoroids up to 1 cm in diameter in size. Ob-serving an entire tumor spheroid that has the size of several centimeters in size in a single square image with a microscope is not possible, but with mini-Opto tomography it is possible. …”
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Efikasnost rada mobilne šumske žičare Konrad Mounty 4000 pri transportu oblog drveta u sastojinama bukve by Danilović Milorad, Antonić Slavica, Stojnić Dušan, Babić Violeta, Gojković Slaven

“…Norms for cutting and making tree parts depending on the diameter of the tree at chest height. It was found that the speed of movement of the carriage along the mainline, as well as the speed of movement of the load to the mainline decreases with the increase in the volume of the load. …”
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Utilization of Sanitized Human Excreta and Wood Ash for Establishing Multipurpose <i>Ficus Thonningii</i> Blume in a Degraded Tantalum Technosol by D. Neina

“…Hardwood cuttings of ficus from homesteads in  Western Rwanda were planted in 20.4 × 19 cm diameter pots containing 5 kg forest soil (FS) and 6 kg Technosol. …”
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Synthesis, characterization and evaluation biological activity of some 2-mercaptobinzemidazol complexes by Anfal Salam Al-Mahdawi, Noor Sabah Al-Obaidi, Amna Ali Ahmad, Tabarak Ali Jumaa, Zahraa Ali Abas, Haider Salah Mahdi

“…The synthesized complexes were assessed for their biological activity against different four types of bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, spherical bacteria, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Klebsiella pneumoniae), in addition to a type of Fungus, Candida albicans, the comparison include the activity of the complexes in relation to the antibiotic penicillin and the activity of 2-mercaptobenzomidazole, the prepared complexes had the highest biological activity compared to ligand and the antibiotic penicillin, the best prepared complex was the cadmium complex, the diameter of inhibition ranged between (27–36 nm) against bacteria and (40 nm) against the fungus, the complexes can be suggested as a more activity antibiotic than ligand and penicillin.…”
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Fetal Thymus Size in Pregnant Women with COVID-19 Infection by Sule Goncu Ayhan, Deniz Oluklu, Selcan Sinaci, Aysegul Atalay, Seyit Ahmet Erol, Eda Ozden Tokalioglu, Muradiye Yildirim, Ozlem Moraloglu Tekin, Dilek Sahin

“…The anteroposterior thymic and the intrathoracic mediastinal diameter was determined in the three-vessel view and their quotient, the thymic-thoracic ratio, was calculated. …”
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