CRITERIA OF THE CULTIVAR MODEL AND INTERRELATIONS AMONG ECONOMICALLY USEFUL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHAENOMELES IN CONNECTION WITH BREEDING by L. D. Komar-Tyomnaya

“…The strongest relationships was found between the beginning of flowering and its duration (r = –0.9), between the beginning of flowering and the duration of the dormancy period (r = 0.91), between the durations of flowering and dormancy periods (r = –0.82), between the corolla diameter, the flower’s originality (r = 0.83) and the overall ornamentality of the bush (r = 0.86). …”
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The Anchorage Performance and Mechanism of Prefabricated Concrete Shear Walls with Closed-Loop Rebar by Yufen Gao, Zheng Yang, Lu Chen, Shengzhao Cheng, Zhongshan Zhang

“…The effects of different rebar distribution forms, closed-loop rebar anchoring heights, and dowel rebar diameters on anchorage performance were considered. …”
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Controllable Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Three-Phase Flow Pulsating Mixing Microfluidic Chip by Guojun Liu, Xiang Ma, Xiaodong Sun, Yanhui Jia, Tengfei Wang

“…Experimental results show that the spherical AgNPs with an average particle diameter of about 29 nm, high yield, fine morphology, and good monodispersity were synthesized using the microfluidic chip under the conditions of the working frequency (200 Hz), the initial concentration of silver nitrate (1 mM), the synthesis temperature (80°C), the concentration ratio of sodium hydroxide to silver nitrate (2 : 1), the concentration ratio of glucose to silver nitrate (4 : 1), the inlet flow rate (3.5 ml/min), and the quality ratio of PVP to silver (more than 1 : 1). …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nanofiber of Oxidized Cellulose from Nata De Coco by Ditpon Kotatha, Supitcha Rungrodnimitchai

“…From the structural analysis, the OC products showed a nanofibrous structure with a diameter of about 58.3–65.4 nm. The Fourier transform infrared spectra suggested the formation of carboxyl groups in the OC after oxidation reaction. …”
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Green synthesis of silica-coated gold nanoparticles employing femtosecond laser, solid targets, and water by N. G. P. Machado, M. P. Raele, E. Jimenez-Villar, W. de Rossi

“…TEM analysis confirmed predominantly spherical nanoparticles with an average diameter of (15.87 ± 0.70) nm, encapsulated by a SiO₂ layer ranging from 1 to 3 nm in thickness. …”
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Recycling Waste Soils for Stability Enhancement in Bored Pile Construction by Feng Li, Lei Zhang, Zhengzhen Wang, Qiqi Liu, Tiantao Su, Jinke Wang

“…With the increase in pile diameter, the lateral displacement and deformation of the hole wall increase, and the displacement of the soil layer increases when the hole wall is unstable, increasing the possibility of forming variable cross-section piles correspondingly.…”
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A large-eddy simulation study of water tunnel interference effects for a marine propeller in crashback mode of operation by Thomas Bahati Kroll, Krishnan Mahesh

“…The effective length scale to assess the severity of interference effects is found to be larger than the vortex ring diameter.…”
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A Simple Method for Generating Narrowly-dispersed Bioaerosols in Various Sizes by Young-Su Jeong, Hyunsoo Seo, Sang-Soo Han, Young-Jin Koh, Kibong Choi

“…Our system generated bioaerosols with a diameter of 1–8 µm and a narrow distribution size. …”
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Optical spectra of conjugated gold nano-colloids; Scattering cross section and effects of solvent and polydispersity by Ehsan Koushki, Hamid Akherat Doost

“…To study the optical scattering of Au nano-colloid, the angular dispersion distribution profiles for different hydrodynamic diameters were calculated using the Discrete Dipole Approximation (DDA) model that clearly showed the effect of the hydrodynamic diameter of the target particles on the scattering patterns. …”
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Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy for Root Canal System Asepsis: A Narrative Literature Review by P. Diogo, T. Gonçalves, P. Palma, J. M. Santos

“…Toluidine blue and methylene blue are the most used photosensitizers and most commonly laser has 660 nm of wavelength with a 400 nm diameter of intracanal fiber. Conclusions. PDT has been used without a well-defined protocol and still remains at an experimental stage waiting for further optimization. …”
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Mechanical Performance of rPET Filament Obtained by Thermal Drawing for FFF Additive Manufacturing by Pedro Pires, Martim Lima de Aguiar, André Costa Vieira

“…Designed for small-scale use at home or in schools following a Do It Yourself (DIY) approach, it transforms water bottles into plastic strips, which, after passing through an extruder nozzle, become filaments with a diameter of 1.75 mm. These can replace commercially available thermoplastic filaments. …”
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Volatile Organic Compounds from the Clone Populus x canadensis “Conti” Associated with Megaplatypus mutatus Attack by Alejandro Lucia, Paola González-Audino, Héctor Masuh

“…The host selection by male M. mutatus has previously been correlated with the increasing diameter. This work explores the possibility that differential susceptibility of individual plants to M. mutatus could be associated with volatiles emitted. …”
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Dynamic compressive mechanical properties of fibre-reinforced geopolymer concrete by Jihao Su, Jize Mao, Bukui Zhou, Wei Zhang, Limei Wang, Chaomin Mu

“…Dynamic compression tests were performed using a 50 mm diameter split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) at varying strain rates ranging from 69.1 to 235 s⁻¹ . …”
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Zoom Auxiliary Imaging Lens Design for a Modulation Transfer Function Test System by Yicheng Sheng, Sihan Xu, Caishi Zhang, Binghua Su, Dingxiang Cao, Zhe Chen

“…The zoom lens uses an intermediate real image surface to obtain the perfect image quality and lower the diameter of the rear group. Additionally, the zoom lens dynamically adjusts magnification to optimize image size and align with the detector’s pixel resolution, thereby preventing undersampling and enhancing measurement precision. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of the Effect of Dip-Spin Coating Process Parameters on Coating Thickness Using Factorial Design Method by Sorasutee Buapool, Nandh Thavarungkul, Nakorn Srisukhumbowornchai, Preecha Termsuksawad

“…Statistical modeling of the dip-spin coating process to describe colloidal PTFE dispersion coating on the external surface of a small diameter hollow tube was developed by using 24 factorial design with a center point to predict the coating thickness in a range of 4–10 μm. …”
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ABPI against Colour Duplex Scan: A Screening Tool for Detection of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Low Resource Setting Approach to Validation by Janaka Weragoda, Rohini Seneviratne, Manuj C. Weerasinghe, S. M. Wijeyaratne

“…Narrowing of luminal diameter of lower limb arteries 50% or more was considered as haemodynamically significant and having PAD. …”
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Association between Platelet to Neutrophil Ratio (PNR) and Clinical Outcomes in STEMI Patients after Successful pPCI: A Secondary Analysis Based on a Cohort Study by Hao Wang, Xiaochun Qing, Hua Wang, Yunfei Gu

“…After adjusting for age, sex, anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI), history of MI, apelin-12, apelin-12 change rate, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, peak cardiac troponin I, pathological Q wave, Killip classification grade, fasting blood glucose, albumin, GENSINI score, and estimated glomerular filtration rate, a nonlinear relationship was found between the PNR and MACEs in the included cohort. …”
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EFFECT OF THE FILL VENTILATION WINDOW ON PERFORMANCE OF A NATURAL DRAFT COOLING TOWER SUBJECTED TO CROSS-WINDS by K. V. Dobrego

“…The cooling tower of the “Woo-Jin” power plant (China) 150 m of the height and 114 m of the base diameter was taken as a prototype. The analogy (equivalence) between the heat and mass transfer was taken into consideration, which enabled us to consider single-phase flow and perform complicated 3D simulation by using modern personal computers. …”
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Deployment of Municipal Solid Wastes as a Substitute Growing Medium Component in Marigold and Basil Seedlings Production by Nikos Tzortzakis, Sofia Gouma, Costas Paterakis, Thrassyvoulos Manios

“…Addition of MSWC (especially in content greater than 30%) into CP reduced (from 34 to 64%) plant height, leaf number and stem diameter as a consequence reduced plant fresh weight (plant biomass) for both species. …”
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Study elastoplastic bending of a sheet blank of different thickness while rolling by D. I. Chernyavsky, D. D. Chernyavsky

“…The work analyzes the process of rolling the sheet blank to obtain a cylindrical shell of large diameter. The analysis is carried out on the basis of strength calculations of elastoplastic bending of the sheet billet taking into account the springing effect. …”
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