Liver fibrosis and markers of endothelial function at metabolic syndrome and early disorders of carbohydrate metabolism by L. V. Chesnokova, I. M. Petrov, Ye. A. Sidorova, I. A. Troshina, Yu. A. Petrova

“…Along with increase of fibrosis stage progressive elevation of TNF-α (p=0,0265), IL-6 (p=0,0012) and endothelin-1 (p=0,0137) contents on background of decrease of adiponectin concentration (p=0,0026) and gain of humeral artery diameter after compression (p=0,005) was marked.Conclusions. …”
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The Impact of Different Oxygen Delivery Methods on Corneal Epithelial Repair after Injury by Shanshan Li, Qingfen Tian, Gang Ding, Yuqin Sun, Zhongkai Hao, Xu Wang, Chenming Zhang, Yuan Tao

“…Then, on each rabbit eye (150 eyes in total), a circle of corneal epithelium with 5 mm in diameter was scraped off from the center of the cornea with a corneal epithelial scraper. …”
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Bionic Inner-Tapered Energy Absorption Tube Featuring Progressively Enhanced Fold Deformation Mode by Shuang Zhang, Zhengzhi Mu, Wenda Song, Zhiyan Zhang, Hexuan Yu, Binjie Zhang, Zhiwu Han, Luquan Ren

“…The influences of taper and length–diameter ratio on the axial energy absorption of BITT are explored. …”
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Thermal and morphological properties of human erythrocytes from patients afflicted with type 1 diabetes mellitus by Péter Gaszler, Dénes Lőrinczy, Dávid Szatmári, Beáta Bódis, Katalin Türmer

“…Red blood cells (RBC), are the most unique and abundant cell types. The diameter of RBCs is 7–8 μm. They have an essential role in transporting circulatory oxygen. …”
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Evaluating the Fracture Resistance of Different Reinforcement Methods of Repaired Maxillary Complete Denture. by Zhala Dara Miran, Nasa Hasan Ahmad

“…The fracture strength of maxillary complete denture was tested using universal testing machine and load was applied to the tissue surface of the denture with a 10-mm diameter ball at a crosshead speed of 5 mm/min. The results were analyzed using stat graph version 5.1, one-way ANOVA (p<0.05). …”
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Onset of Intense Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering and Aggregation in the Au@Ag System by Priya Bhatia, Joseph Consiglio, John Diniz, Jia E. Lu, Christopher Hoff, Shelby Ritz-Schubert, Roger H. Terrill

“…Gold core/silver shell (Au@Ag) nanoparticles of ~37 ± 5 nm diameter generate intense SERS (λEX=785 nm) responses in solution when they interact with the SERS labels rhodamine 6G (R6G), 4-mercaptopyridine (MPY), and 4-mercaptobenzoic acid (MBA). …”
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Particle Removal and Antibacterial of Nanofiber Doped with Metal and Ions Prepared by Electrospinning by Ying-Chi Jiang, Hope T. Cayron, Yu-Chen Cheng, Alvin R. Caparanga, Chang-Tang Chang

“…In addition, the fiber diameter and pore size of the traditional fiber filter material is too large, and the bulk density is difficult to control. …”
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Separation of Highly Pure Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Alkane Solvents via Double Liquid-Phase Extraction by Ahmad Al Shboul, Mohamed Siaj, Jerome Claverie

“…DLPE proves particularly efficient in partitioning larger-diameter s-SWCNTs (0.85–1.0 nm) compared to those dispersed directly in isooctane by poly(CEM₁₁-<i>b</i>-EHA₇) using direct liquid-phase exfoliation (LPE) techniques for diameters ranging from 0.75 to 0.95 nm. …”
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Histopathological Diagnostic Discordance between Punch Biopsies and Final Diagnostic Excisions of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Analysis of 737 Cases by Katherine Hopkins, Åsa Ingvar, Johan Palmgren, Valdis Thorhallsdottir, Kari Nielsen, Karim Saleh

“…In total, 493 (67%) lesions were confirmed as invasive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma on excision, 76% when excluding “scar” as a final diagnosis. Tumour diameter > 20mm was highly predictive of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (positive predictive value 91.1%). …”
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Design of an Inhalation Chamber and Metrology Assessment to Study Tungsten Aerosol Neurotoxic Effects by Léo Macé, Chrystelle Ibanez, Thomas Gelain, Cécile Bodiot, Laure Juhel, François Gensdarmes

“…Additionally, the count median diameter determined from the electrical mobility measured by the EEPS equaled 0.17 µm, which falls beyond both the intended range of the instrument and the range of previously studied aerodynamic sizes. …”
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Gliadin encapsulated PCOs nanoformulation: An effective therapeutic option for metastatic breast cancer by Sant Lal, Monika Kataria, Neeraj Dilbaghi

“…In this study, we synthesized a stable nanoformulation of PCOs (termed PCOs–NF) using a modified desolvation method and characterized it through SEM and TEM analyses, revealing a consistent spherical morphology and an average diameter of 156 nm. The anticancer efficacy of PCOs–NF was evaluated against MCF-7 (human breast cancer), L-132 (human lung cancer), and HBL-52 (human brain meningioma) cell lines using the MTT assay. …”
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A Nomogram Based on Apelin-12 for the Prediction of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention among Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial... by Enfa Zhao, Hang Xie, Yushun Zhang

“…Apelin-12 change rate, apelin-12 level, age, pathological Q wave, myocardial infarction history, anterior wall myocardial infarction, Killip’s classification > I, uric acid, total cholesterol, cTnI, and the left atrial diameter were independently associated with MACEs (all P<0.05). …”
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Effects of exercise on vascular remodelling and fetal growth in uncomplicated and abortion-prone mouse pregnancies by Evangeline A. K. Lovell, Shanna L. Hosking, Holly M. Groome, Lachlan M. Moldenhauer, Sarah A. Robertson, Kathryn L. Gatford, Alison S. Care

“…In uncomplicated pregnancies, exercise caused symmetric fetal growth restriction in fetuses evidenced by reductions in fetal weight, crown-to-rump length, abdominal girth and biparietal diameter. Placental insufficiency was indicated by reduced fetal: placental weight ratio and increased glycogen cell content in the junctional zone of placentas of exercised BALB/c-mated mice on gestational day (GD)18.5. …”
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Short-Term Health Impact Assessment of Urban PM10 in Bejaia City (Algeria) by Fatima Benaissa, Cara Nichole Maesano, Rezak Alkama, Isabella Annesi-Maesano

“…We used Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to analyze the impact on a given population’s health outcomes in terms of all-causes mortality and respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations attributable to short-term exposure to particulate matter less than 10 μm diameter (PM10) in Bejaia city, for which health effects of air pollution have never been investigated. …”
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An Experimental Study on Coal Fines Migration during Single Phase Water Flow by Wenlong Han, Yanbin Wang, Jingjing Fan, Yong Li, Xiang Wu, Yun Yu

“…Physical simulations are conducted to investigate the permeability variation under different diameter coal fines intrusion at various flow velocities and confining pressures. …”
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Analysis of the effect of cutting mode and coolant on the formation of burrs when drilling aluminum alloy AK5Mch by O. P. Evdokimova, D. S. Makashin

“…Drilling is carried out using coolant and without coolant using drills made of high-speed steel with a diameter of 6,0 mm with cutting speeds of 20, 42 and 60 m/min at a constant feed of 0,15 mm/rev. …”
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Reduction of Carbon-Based Emissions using MgO Nanoparticle with Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel in Diesel Engine by Mohammad A. Al Zubi, A. Jayaganthan, null Alimuddin, Mohd Yunus Khan, Ravi Kumar, Bharat Singh, Vighneswara Rao Kakara

“…Using SEM analysis, the diameter of nanoparticles is found to be 20 nm to 38 nm. …”
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In-vitro antifungal potential of myco versus bacteria synthesized ZnO NPs against chickpea and apricot pathogen by Junaid Ahmed, Farhana, Ghulam Ali Manzoor, Abdul Rasheed Kaleri, Bilal Zulfiqar, Abdul Waheed, Rashid Iqbal, Mehdi Rahimi

“…Evaluated for their antifungal effectiveness against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris in chickpea and Alternaria solani, myco-synthesized ZnO NPs generated from Trichoderma harzianum and bacteria-synthesized ZnO NPs were using a poisoned food approach, the study evaluated minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC), and inhibition zone diameter. At lower concentrations, myco-synthesized ZnO NPs shown better antifungal activity than their bacteria-synthesized counterparts, according to results. …”
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Numeral simulation of droplet evaporation-atomization under hot air flow by Chao Lv, Lu-Lu Zhang, Ning Wei, Xu-Xin Chen, Hong-Liang Zhao, Wei-Guang Hao

“…The research results indicate that increasing the ambient temperature, enhancing convective intensity, and changing the diameter accelerate the evaporation rate of the droplet, lead to more complete droplet fragmentation, and shorten both the evaporation lifetime and duration. …”
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Data driven prediction of fragment velocity distribution under explosive loading conditions by Donghwan Noh, Piemaan Fazily, Songwon Seo, Jaekun Lee, Seungjae Seo, Hoon Huh, Jeong Whan Yoon

“…The results show the influence of casing dimensions on fragment velocity distributions, with the tendencies indicating increased resultant velocity with reduced thickness, increased length and diameter. The model's predictive capability is demonstrated through the accurate predictions for both training and testing datasets, showing its potential for the real-time prediction of fragmentation performance.…”
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