Sonochemical Microstructuring of Sodium Alginate to Increase its Effectiveness in Bakery by Anastasia V. Paymulina, Irina Yu. Potoroko, Natalia V. Naumenko, Oleg K. Motovilov

“…The effect of the treatment included the following indicators: particle morphology vs. distribution of the hydrodynamic particle diameter in a dispersed medium, antioxidant activity, dynamic viscosity, in vitro bioactivity, and bioavailability against Paramecium caudatum and S. cerevisiae. …”
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IMITATION OF STANDARD VOLUMETRIC ACTIVITY METAL SAMPLES by A. I. Zhukouski, A. O. Nichyparchuk, A. A. Khrutchinsky, S. A. Kutsen

“…Standard samples in the form of a probe made of melt metal of a certain diameter and height are used in such measurements. …”
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Visible Light Broadband Achromatic Metalens Based on Variable Height Nanopillar Structures by Yongyang Li, Haiyang Huang, Cong Zhang, Xiangshuo Shang, Yang Liu, Junyan Hu, Dengyu Shan, Naiyun Tang, Wei Li

“…The multi-level metalens designed by this method achieves a constant and approximate focal length in the visible wavelength range of λ = 450–650 nm, with a polarization-independent absolute focusing efficiency of about 17%, and a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.31 for a lens diameter of 100 μm. This improves the imaging quality.…”
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A Preliminary Evaluation of Variability, Genetic Estimates, and Association among Phenotypic Traits of African Yam Bean Landraces from Ghana by Remember Roger Adjei, Esther Fobi Donkor, Kwadwo Gyasi Santo, Charles Adarkwah, Amanda Sarfo Boateng, Daniel Ntiamoah Afreh, Edward Sallah

“…There were significant differences (p<0.05) for the traits studied, except for days to 50% emergence, petiole length, days to maturity, stem diameter, days to 50% flowering, pod weight, pod beak length, pod weight per plant, seed length, and seed width. …”
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Synthesis of Transition Metal-Nanochitosan Composites Using Ni, Cu, Zn, and Ag Metal Ions and Applications as Antibacterial Agents by Khoirina Dwi Nugrahaningtyas, Eny Kusrini, Salwa Salsabila, Dina Fitriana, Anwar Usman, Triana Kusumaningsih, Sri Juari Santoso

“…Furthermore, Ni-NCs presented the largest inhibitory zone diameter (21.74 mm) towards the gram-positive bacterium S. pyogenes.…”
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Stability analysis of the tunnel face adjacent to longitudinal stratigraphic interface using the upper bound theorem by Jian Shi, Shilin Zhang, Binghe Zhang, Sen Teng, Mingkai Zhao

“…The impact of the distance between the tunnel face and the stratigraphic interface (L), the tunnel diameter (d), and the Hoek-Brown parameters on the support pressure and collapse mode were analyzed further. …”
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Developing soil quality indices to investigate degradation impacts of different land use types in Northern Ethiopia by Araya Kahsay, Mitiku Haile, Girmay Gebresamuel, Muktar Mohammed

“…Four indicators (silt, mean weight diameter, visual evaluation of soil structure, and exchangeable calcium) were selected to establish MDS. …”
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Multimodal treatment with Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for eyelid and periocular sebaceous gland carcinoma: Long-term outcomes by Vijitha S. Vempuluru, Anshika Luthra, Vijay Anand Reddy Palkonda, Swathi Kaliki

“…The mean tumor basal diameter was 27 mm (median, 30 mm, range, 20–30 mm). …”
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Methylcobalamin-containing nanofiber sheets have better neuroprotective effects than small intestinal submucosa sheets by Yoshiaki Yoshimura, Toru Iwahashi, Taisuke Kasuya, Toshiki Shimada, Katsuyuki Konishi, Atsushi Kamata, Mai Konishi, Arisa Kazui, Ryoya Shiode, Satoshi Miyamura, Kunihiro Oka, Seiji Okada, Hiroyuki Tanaka

“…Furthermore, the distribution of residual axons by diameter revealed that the MeCbl sheet group had thicker axons than the SIS sheet group. …”
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Pulmonary Embolism in the Elderly: From Symptoms to Speckle Tracking Echocardiography by Christos Ballas, Dimitrios Sfairopoulos, Ioanna Samara, Lampros Lakkas, Olga Kardakari, Athanasios Konstantinidis, Katerina K. Naka, Lampros K. Michalis, Christos S. Katsouras

“…The RV-FWLS index did not show a statistically significant difference in distribution between age groups ≥ 65 and <65 years old. The RV diameter was similar across all age groups. (4) Conclusions: The elderly have differences compared with younger patients with PE regarding the mode of presentation, the values of biomarkers like D-dimer, BNP and troponins and some echocardiographic indices of RV affection.…”
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Diploid Ancestor Tracing of Allopolyploid Cultivars in <i>Camellia reticulata</i> Based on ITS and <i>RPB</i>2 Sequences by Zhifeng Fan, Wei Zheng, Chengmin Yan, Xiaodan Xu

“…Morphological analysis showed that diploid <i>C. reticulata</i> has significantly larger fruit weight, diameter, and pericarp thickness compared to <i>C. pitardii</i>, <i>C. saluenensis</i>, and both tetraploid and hexaploid <i>C. reticulata</i>. …”
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Investigation of the Morphometric Diversity of Ali Kazemi Rice in Iran by Seyedeh Mahsa Safiedin Ardebili, Reza Azizinezhad, Sara Saadatmand, Rahim Ahmadvand, Iraj Mehregan

“…The highest correlation was between the number of spikelets and some traits, such as plant height, leaf length, culm outer diameter, number of tillers, and panicle traits, indicating that a selection advantage for panicle traits occurs mainly for quantitative traits. …”
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Optimization of microprobe analysis of cementitious materials incorporating glass powder under electron beam to avoid alkali migration by Wena de Nazaré do Rosário Martel, Josée Duchesne, Benoît Fournier

“…Among all conditions, a beam diameter of 6 µm and a current of 10 nA, was the most accurate, reducing losses to under 2% and closely matching the reference glass analysis.…”
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Clinical efficacy and safety study of vNOTES for benign ovarian tumors in obese patients by Fei Wang, Yuqin Liu, Yue Xing, Dongdong Wang, Xue Bai, Linlin Li, Chunhua Ma, Yongjuan Sun, Yufang Bai, Liehong Wang

“…No statistical differences were observed between the two groups regarding baseline characteristics such as age, body mass index (BMI), tumor diameter, parity, and history of pelvic surgery. The vNOTES group exhibited shorter operative times compared to the MPLS group, with no significant differences in tumor pathology, intraoperative blood loss, or tumor rupture rates. …”
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Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in hydrocephalus secondary to vestibular schwannomas by Ernesto Enrique Horta-Tamayo, Diana Rosa Ortega-Raez, Luis Cesar Acosta-González, Orestes López-Piloto, Lismary Martínez-Valdés, Martha Suárez-Cruz

“…The decrease in ventricular diameter was reported in 82.9% of the cases and was only found explicit in 3 articles. …”
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Geometrical comparison of inline and staggered stack wire mesh absorbers for solar volumetric receivers by Daniel Sanchez-Señoran, Miguel A. Reyes-Belmonte, Michael P. Kinzel, Marina Casanova, Antonio L. Avila-Marin

“…In addition, the model assesses the impact of the different wire diameters and arrangements on thermal and fluid flow performance. …”
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Mechanical behaviour analysis of cemented tailings rock backfill materials: An insight from mesoscale modelling coupled with damage plasticity model by Chaoyi Yang, Hang Lin, Rugao Gao, Zhengrong Li, Dengjun Gan, Mingwu Liu, Qifan Ren

“…The key findings include: (1) incorporating waste rock significantly enhances elasticity but slightly reduces strength; (2) a lower cement-to-tailing ratio leads to compressive damage playing a more critical role in failure patterns; and (3) increasing the maximum particle diameter negatively impacts strength. Lastly, a formula correlating the attributes of meso-components was proposed to predict the elasticity of CTRB.…”
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MXene combined with β-cyclodextrin stabilized cottonseed oil Pickering emulsions for the preparation of nano-cutting fluids by Wei Wang, Mingan Zhou, Haijiang Xie, Bin Dai, Hualin Lin, Sheng Han

“…Meanwhile, the coefficient of friction (COF), wear spot diameter (WSD), and tapping torque of Pickering emulsion with MXene were reduced by 35.64 %, 10.90 %, and 17.13 %, respectively, compared with cottonseed oil, and also outperformed commercial cutting fluids. …”
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Comparison of Nutritional and Meat Quality Characteristics between Two Primal Cuts from Aceh Cattle in Aceh Province, Indonesia by Hamny Sofyan, Aryani Sismin Satyaningtijas, Cece Sumantri, Etih Sudarnika, Srihadi Agungpriyono

“…The results showed that the area of LL muscle fibers was smaller than that of ST with relatively the same diameter. Both muscles were dominated by fast fibers with a percentage of 82.37% (LL muscle) and 91.80% (ST muscle). …”
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Cerebral Embolic Protection in Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Closure by Julia Seeger, Philipp Seppelt, Mario Iturbe-Orbe, David Leistner, Jochen Wöhrle, Michael Joner

“…The number of particles ranged from 0 to 52 per patient with a maximum of 31 in the distal and 21 in the proximal filter. Particle diameter ranged from 131 to 2614 µm. By logistic regression analysis, only protected time remained a multivariable predictor for larger particles (<i>p</i> = 0.039). …”
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