Envelope and intelligent prediction of horizontal bearing capacity for offshore wind monopiles in sandy seabed under HM combined loading by Xin-Yu You, Shi-Yi Qian, Bin Li, Jun Wang, Ling-Yu Xu

“…An elliptical equation is developed to represent the horizontal bearing capacity envelope in the HM plane, accurately predicting ultimate horizontal force (Hu) and bending moment (Mu) across different length-to-diameter (L/D) ratios and seabed slopes. To further enhance predictive capability, an ANN surrogate model is developed, trained on 288 scenarios. …”
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Ecological and biological features and prospects of the introduction of <i>Cornus mas</i> in Central Russia by O. Yu. Emelyanova, M. P. Tsoy

“…Under the conditions of the arboretum, C. mas is a multi-stemmed shrub, up to 5.3 m high, with an average crown projection diameter of up to 4.7 m, showing good vitality, active growth, and a high degree of resistance to damaging climatic factors of the winter season. …”
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Nanoparticle-in-Hydrogel Delivery System for the Sequential Release of Two Drugs by Demian van Straten, Jaime Fernández Bimbo, Wim E. Hennink, Tina Vermonden, Raymond M. Schiffelers

“…The kinetics and mechanisms of drug release from this hydrogel were determined. Results: The diameter of the nanoparticles was larger than the mesh size of the hydrogel, rendering them immobilized in the polymer network. …”
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Mechanical Properties of High-Strength High-Performance Reinforced Concrete Shaft Lining Structures in Deep Freezing Wells by Shilong Peng, Chuanxin Rong, Hua Cheng, Xiaojian Wang, Mingjing Li, Bin Tang, Xuemei Li

“…These tests determined that HSHPRCSL capacity was most affected by the ultimate concrete uniaxial compressive strength and the thickness-diameter ratio and least affected by the reinforcement ratio. …”
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Study on the Relationship between Different Body Mass Indexes and Puncture Pain and Image Quality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography with Intravenous Indwelling Needle by Jiani Ding, Xiaoyu Chen

“…The 20 G indwelling needle can basically meet the coronary angiography examination of patients with different body mass indexes, but patients with a BMI greater than 24 are recommended to use a larger diameter indwelling needle to reduce contrast leakage as well as to reduce patient pain and improve patient comfort.…”
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Mechanistic modelling of water–oxygen bubbly flow in horizontal pipes: Deviation analysis from experimental correlations and performance comparison with CFD by Montadhar Guesmi, Johannes Manthey, Richard Schab, Simon Unz, Michael Beckmann

“…Motivated by the benefits of these two correlations, we investigate the horizontal two-phase bubbly flow in a double-pipe heat exchanger with inner diameter of d=21.6 mm and length L=16⋅d using the mechanistic one-dimensional cell model. …”
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Agricultural waste as growing media component for the growth and flowering of Gerbera jamesonii cv. hybrid mix by Atif Riaz, Adnan Younis, Imran Ghani, Usman Tariq, Muhammad Ahsan

“…The highest values for leaf area, number of roots, flower fresh to dry weight ratio and number of flowers per plant were achieved in combination of silt, farm yard manure, and top soil (SFT) whereas silt, sand, and top soil (SST) presented maximum flower diameter, maximum fresh, and dry weight of flowers. …”
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Foliar applied calcium chloride alleviated drought stress in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) by improving growth and yield contributing traits and antioxidant activity. by Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir, Wasif Azhar, Qaisar Ali, Muhammad Usman Masood Bhutta, Muhammad Ateeq, Allah Wasaya, Mubshar Hussain, Rehana Riaz

“…Results revealed that a significant reduction in the growth (plant height; PH, stem diameter; SD, fresh leaf weight; FLW, stem fresh weight; SFW, stem dry weight; SDW, root fresh weight; RFW, root dry weight; RDW, and plant dry weight; PDW), yield (panicle length; PL, grain per panicle; GPP, grain weight; GW, thousand grain weight; TGW, grain yield; GY, biological yield; BY, and harvest index; HI), and physiological attributes (membrane stability index; MSI, and soil plant analysis development; SPAD) were found under water drought stress condition, while increment in antioxidant level was observed due to low moisture contents in soil. …”
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Рerioperative period of high-risk patients with coronary artery disease by O.K. Gogayeva

“…Careful preoperative diagnosis, preparation, risk stratification, determination of the term of surgery, choice of CABG method taking into account the anthropometric data, the state of the lower extremities veins, anatomical location of coronary arteries, their diameter and degree of damage, personalized drug therapy, allows to achieve good results with minimal complications.…”
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Effect of Gold Dispersion on the Photocatalytic Activity of Mesoporous Titania for the Vapor-Phase Oxidation of Acetone by S. V. Awate, A. A. Belhekar, S. V. Bhagwat, R. Kumar, N. M. Gupta

“…Mesostructured titanium dioxide photocatalyst, having uniform crystallite size (6–12 nm) and average pore diameter of ∼4.2 nm, was synthesized by using a low-temperature nonsurfactant hydrothermal route, employing tartaric acid as a templating agent. …”
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Histomorphometrical Study on Regional Variation in Distribution of Sweat Glands in Buffalo Skin by Debajit Debbarma, Varinder Uppal, Neelam Bansal, Anuradha Gupta

“…Maximum sweat gland diameter was found in abdomen region followed by thorax, head, neck, and tail region.…”
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SUPPORT-FREE TECHNOLOGY FOR MAINTAINING SHRUBS OF BLACKBERRY AND DEWBERRY VARIETIES IN THE COLLECTION ORCHARDS OF KRYMSK EXPERIMENT BREEDING STATION OF VIR by V. N. Podorozhnyi

“…The planting pattern for seedlings needs to be denser than the conventional one (with trellises) and is prearranged by digging holes in the mulching film, up to 10 cm in diameter, at intervals of 1.1 m in a row, so that a dripper is placed above the root system. …”
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Color Stability and Roughness of Ocular Prosthesis Between Heat-Cured Acrylic and 3D Printed Acrylic After Artificial Weathering by Shahad Fadhil Bunyan, Shahad Mohammed Shakir, Faraedon Mohidden Mostafa Zardawi

“…Two techniques were used to create 100 samples (2 mm thickness and 20 mm diameter) that were fabricated and divided into 50 heat-cured PMMA samples, and 50 samples were made using Next Dent Denture 3D acrylic resin printed with 3D printing technology stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer. …”
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Pneumocentrifugal Classification of Dispersed Particles during Grain Milling by Olga N. Terekhova, Yana S. Duyunova

“…At an air-flow rate of 6–8 m/s, turn 1 of the spiral separator had the ratio of the internal coil radius to the inner pipe diameter as r1/dpipe = 7.9; it was r1/dpipe = 7 on turn 2 and fell down to r1/dpipe = 6.25 on turn 3; for all subsequent turns, the ratio was r1/dpipe < 5. …”
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Bearing Behavior of H-Shaped Honeycombed Steel Web Composite Columns with Rectangular Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Flanges under Eccentrical Compression Load by Jing Ji, Chenyu Yu, Liangqin Jiang, Jiedong Zhan, Hongguo Ren, Sixue Hao, Shaojie Fan, Li Jiang, Yubo Lin, Lingjie He

“…In order to investigate the bearing capacity of H-shaped honeycombed steel web composite columns with rectangular concrete-filled steel tube flanges (STHCCs) subjected to eccentrical compression load, 33 full-scale STHCCs were designed with the eccentricity(e), the slenderness ratio (λ), the cubic compressive strength of concrete(fcuk), the thickness of the steel tube flange (t1), the thickness of honeycombed steel web (t2), diameter-depth ratio (d/hw), space-depth (s/hw), and the yield strength of the steel tube (fy) as the main parameters. …”
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Biopreservation of Shrimps Using Composed Edible Coatings from Chitosan Nanoparticles and Cloves Extract by Ahmed A. Tayel, Aml F. Elzahy, Shaaban H. Moussa, Mohammed S. Al-Saggaf, Amany M. Diab

“…The synthesized CLE/Cht-NPs were electrostatically cross-linked and appeared with spherical shapes and homogenized distribution, with 159.4 nm mean size diameter and positive charge of 17.4 mV. The entire agents (Cht-NPs, CLE, and CLE/Cht-NPs) exhibited remarkable antibacterial activities toward all food-borne pathogens; CLE/Cht-NPs were significantly the most forceful. …”
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Evaluation of the potential of multi-trait PGPR isolates as inoculants for maize (Zea mays L.) growth by Ebrahim Eshaghi, Sara Mousae, Ali Hendiyani, Alireza Habibi Khave, Rahim Nosrati

“…Finally, the potential of selected isolates in enhancing the germination, height, shoot collar diameter, shoot fresh and dry weight biomass, and root dry weight of maize were evaluated. …”
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A Systematic Literature Review of Three Stenting Strategies for Bifurcation Lesions in Coronary Artery Disease by Larragem Parsley-Raines, Dominique M. Brandt, Dillon L. Carr, Sabrina Uhry, Eileen S. Alexander, Stephanie A. Donauer, Peter J. Mallow

“…**Objectives:** To conduct a systematic literature review of the safety and effectiveness of three stenting strategies (provisional, complex, and Tryton Side Branch Stent®) for bifurcation lesions with a side-branch diameter ≥2.25 mm, undergoing PCI. **Methods:** Literature searches in Medline, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and Embase were conducted to identify prospective clinical trials from January 2007-July 2017. …”
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Effect of a bovine manure vermicompost leachate on yield of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) hybrid Nathalie by Eduardo Fidel Héctor Ardisana, Antonio Torres García, Osvaldo Alberto Fosado Téllez, José Lincoln Cedeño Guerra, Juan Bautista Zambrano Alcívar

“…The variables measured were the height of the plants, the diameter of the stem, the number of leaves, the total chlorophyll content, the length, the circumference and the weight of the fruits in four harvests. …”
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Transition of BiOCl nanosheet into cotton-like clusters for piezoelectric enhanced photocatalytic degradation of dye and photocatalytic hydrogen production by Zheng Luo, C.P. Leo, Fengbo Guo, Xin-ya Zhao

“…The plate-like structure and the spherical clusters transformed into cotton-like spherical clusters assembled from ultra-thin nanosheets with diameters ranging from 20 to 50 nm after using ethylene glycol and PVP. …”
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