Phytotherapeutics and Probiotics as an Alternative to the Use of Antimicrobials in the Diets of Laying Quails by J Zanella, JK Valentim, AA Almeida, RG Garcia, CM Komiyama, PH Braz, MFC Burbarelli, FC Serpa, FR Caldara, BB Przybulinski, VARC Heiss, DD Moraleco

“…Egg quality showed variations, with higher albumen height in the probiotic group, better yolk height and luminosity with pollen, increased luminosity in the control group, and a larger yolk diameter with phytotherapeutics. The findings indicated that essential oils, probiotics, and pollen effectively replaced antibiotics without negatively affecting zootechnical performance, serum metabolites, or organ weight and size. …”
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Estimation of Surface Heat Flux and Surface Temperature during Inverse Heat Conduction under Varying Spray Parameters and Sample Initial Temperature by Muhammad Aamir, Qiang Liao, Xun Zhu, Aqeel-ur-Rehman, Hong Wang, Muhammad Zubair

“…An experimental study was carried out to investigate the effects of inlet pressure, sample thickness, initial sample temperature, and temperature sensor location on the surface heat flux, surface temperature, and surface ultrafast cooling rate using stainless steel samples of diameter 27 mm and thickness (mm) 8.5, 13, 17.5, and 22, respectively. …”
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TEMPO-oxidized cellulose fiber from spent coffee ground: Studying their properties as a function of particle size by Hooriyeh Rahmani Khoshk, Marzieh Moeenfard

“…The freez-dried TOC was characterized in terms of functional groups, morphology, width diameter, crystallinity, carboxyl content, charge density, thermal properties, and re-dispersibility in water. …”
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Experiments and Computational Research of Biomass Pyrolysis in a Cylindrical Reactor by A. V. Mitrofanov, V. E. Mizonov, S. V. Vasilevich, M. V. Malko

“…The reactor was a cylindrical steel body with internal diameter of 200 mm and height of 500 mm. The temperature of a lateral surface of the cylinder during the experiment was being kept constant (550 °C) due to electrical heating. …”
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Effect of Graphene Reinforcement on the Color Stability of Polymethyl Methacrylate Provisional Restorative Material – An in vitro Study by Vaishnavi Banode, Saee Deshpande, Neelam Pande

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 72 samples, 24 samples from each restorative material (n = 8), each measuring 10 mm in diameter and 2 mm in thickness, were fabricated from the provisional materials and were divided into three subgroups each into artificial saliva, tea solution, and sambhar solution. …”
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Multi-Sensor Instrument for Aerosol In Situ Measurements by Ilya Bruchkouski, Artur Szkop, Jakub Wink, Justyna Szymkowska, Aleksander Pietruczuk

“…To enhance particle transmission efficiency to the IAMU sensors, aerodynamic modeling of the inlet pipes was performed, accounting for particle density and diameter. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using the IAMU, in conjunction with optimized inlet designs, for PM monitoring under varying ambient relative humidity and sensor temperature conditions. …”
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Feasibility Study of Swallowing Assistive Gel during Capsule Swallowing in Post-Stroke Patients by Videofluoroscopic Swallowing by Meng DAI, Delian AN, Ke ZHANG, Yaowen ZHANG, Zulin DOU

“…We analyzed quantitative parameters included oral transit time (OTT), stage transition time (STT), pharyngeal transit time (PTT), UES opening time (UOT), delay time (DT), hyoid bone superior movement (HSM), hyoid bone anterior movement (HAM) and UES opening diameter (UOD).Results:Successful swallowing ratio was 80.65%by using SAG, which was significantly higher than 54.84%by using water (χ²=4.724, <italic>P</italic>=0.030). …”
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Acute Abdomen due to Mutual Tangle of Two Small Paratubal Cysts by Hiroharu Kobayashi, Shinichi Shibuya, Kentaro Iga, Keiichiro Kato, Airi Kato, Shuhei Terada, Hiroshi Adachi

“…Two small pedunculated 1- and 2-cm diameter paratubal cysts that grew from almost the same place of the ampulla of the right fallopian tube were observed. …”
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The influence of phytohormones on the germination of apple pollen in the process of low-temperature storage by A. V. Pavlov, V. G. Verzhuk, M. N. Sitnikov, A. V. Shlyavas

“…Pollen was considered sprouted if its pollen tube in length exceeded the diameter of the pollen grain. Drops of pollen suspension in distilled water with added phytohormones in various combinations and concentrations were applied to the surface of the nutrient medium.Results. …”
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Assessment of the Sphericity of Submicrometer Particles Using a Single-particle Polar Nephelometer at an Urban Site in Japan by Maho Nakagawa, Tomoki Nakayama, Hiroshi Sasago, Yuki Kuruma, Hikari Yai, Shuhei Ogawa, Yange Deng, Michihiro Mochida, Yutaka Matsumi

“…Thus, to examine this property and its controlling factors, this study measured the scattering angular distributions of both thermodenuded and non-thermodenuded individual particles with a diameter of 500 nm in real time using a home-made polar nephelometer in Nagoya, Japan. …”
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Small world of the miRNA science drives its publication dynamics by A. B. Firsov, I. I. Titov

“…Using this graph, we show that the growth of the miRNA field is governed by the small-world architecture of the scientific institution network and experiences power-law growth with exponent 2.64 ± 0.23 for organization number, in accordance with network diameter, proposing the growth model for emerging scientific fields. …”
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Evaluation of the Status of Gluteus Medius Muscle Measured by Computed Tomography Scan in Patients with Intertrochanteric Fractures Treated by Intramedullary Nailing: A Short Term... by Gopalakrishna Kurugunda Girigowda, Varadraj Govindaraj Nayak, Lakshmisha Narasimhe Gowda, Suhas Aradhya Bhikshavarthimath

“…However, compared to other studies, this overall decrease is in small dimensions, possibly due to the small diameter of proximal portion of the nail which is evolved for the Asian population. …”
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Taper Preparation Variability Compared to Current Taper Standards Using Computed Tomography by Richard Gergi, Joe Abou Rjeily, Nada Osta, Joseph Sader, Alfred Naaman

“…After preparation with Twisted Files and PathFiles-ProTaper to size 25 taper .08, the diameter was measured using computed tomography (CT) at 1, 3, and 16 mm. …”
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Sustainable utilization of bovine adipose tissue derivatives as robust antimicrobial agents against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Muhammed Abdelhameed Ismael Alcici, Salma Waheed Abdelhaleem, Karima Mogahed Fahim, Neveen Mohamed Saleh, Heba Saeed Farag

“…The tested Adipolysate revealed inhibition zone of diameter 25.33 ± 0.88 mm against the tested S. aureus strain, compared with the inhibition zone of Vancomycin (24.0 ± 0.00 mm) and Erythromycin (30.0 ± 0.00). …”
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Synchronization in graph analysis algorithms on the Partially Ordered Event‐Triggered Systems many‐core architecture by Ashur Rafiev, Alex Yakovlev, Ghaith Tarawneh, Matthew F. Naylor, Simon W. Moore, David B. Thomas, Graeme M. Bragg, Mark L. Vousden, Andrew D. Brown

“…A classifier model is therefore proposed and implemented to perform such a prediction based on the application graph topology parameters: graph diameter, degree of connectivity, and reconvergence metric. …”
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The added role of Doppler ultrasound evaluation of sickle cell disease vasculopathy as a state of arterial stiffness and decreased nitric oxide bioavailability by Marwa Mohammed Mohammed Onsy, Sonia Ali El-Saiedi, Douaa Mohammed Mohammed Elsheshtawy, Marwa Abd-Elhady Abd-Elsamad

“…Brachial artery parameters showed that baseline diameter was significantly higher (p < 0.001) and flow mediated dilatation (FMD) was significantly lower in patients than control (p < 0.001). …”
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Contribution of Phosphorylation Modification to Stability and Antibacterial Activity of Egg White Protein Nanogels Loaded with Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil by Sheng-Qi Rao, Xin-Ru Gao, Hui Liu, Zhi-Rong Wang, Zhen-Quan Yang

“…Compared to EWP-CBEO nanogels without chemical phosphorylation, the obtained P-EWP-CBEO nanogels have shown smaller average hydrodynamic diameter (133.6 nm), relatively uniform size distribution (polydispersity index around 0.265), enhanced negative surface charge (−35.4 mV), and improved stability under the conditions of high temperature (up to 90 °C) and ionic strength (up to 200 mM NaCl). …”
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Investigation of Sonic Under-expanded Jets Using Slotted Rectangular Mechanical Tabs by K. Anusindhiya, G. Vinayagamurthy, K. Sathish Kumar

“…The Tabs A, B and C are designed with a blockage of 7.3% which are placed diametrically opposite to each other at the exit of a converging nozzle of 13 mm exit diameter. The centerline total pressure profiles, radial total pressure profiles and shadowgraph images for the tabbed cases are retrieved from the investigation and the results are compared with the free jet to study and visualize the jet mixing characteristics of the tabs. …”
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Prilling as an Effective Tool for Manufacturing Submicrometric and Nanometric PLGA Particles for Controlled Drug Delivery to Wounds: Stability and Curcumin Release by Chiara De Soricellis, Chiara Amante, Paola Russo, Rita Patrizia Aquino, Pasquale Del Gaudio

“…Results: Particles mean diameter (d₅₀) 316 and 452 nm, depending on drug-loaded cargo as Curcumin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles demonstrated high encapsulation efficiency, assessed via HPLC analysis, stability, and controlled release profiles. …”
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A Wearable Iron-Based Implant as an Intramedullary Nail in Tibial Shaft Fracture of Sheep by Sitaria F. Siallagan, Marzuki Silalahi, Arief Boediono, Sri Estuningsih, Deni Noviana

“…The samples used for this experiment were iron-based and stainless steel implants. Each had a diameter of 5 mm. These samples were analyzed through 3 phases which are material characterization, in vitro and in vivo examination. …”
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