High genetic gains in wood volume and fecundity can be both achieved by direct selection in half-sib families of Pinus yunnanensis Franch by Chengjie Gao, Zhongmu Li, Jin Li, Kai Cui

“…Growth, crown size, and crown health positively correlated with fecundity and trunk straightness, with tree height and diameter being the most important predictors. Both pairwise and multivariate analyses revealed significant and positive relationships among growth, fecundity, and crown health, suggesting high potential for multi-trait selection. …”
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Effects of Soil Disinfection Using Chlorine Dioxide on Soil Fungal Communities in Apple Replant Fields and the Growth of <i>Malus hupehensis</i> Rehd. Seedlings by Gongshuai Wang, Yuxin Xie, Jinhui Lv, Susu Zhang, Chengmiao Yin, Yusong Liu, Zhiquan Mao

“…Results from pot experiments demonstrated that, compared with the replant control, the height, ground diameter, fresh weight, and dry weight of <i>Malus hupehensis</i> Rehd. seedlings treated with 600 mg·L⁻¹ chlorine dioxide increased by 27.20%, 15.95%, 100.70%, and 76.28%, respectively. …”
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Surgical Extirpation of Glomus Tumor from Rare Localization on the Upper Extremity by Jan Hrubý, Robert Novotný, Miroslav Špaček, Petr Mitáš, Jaroslav Hlubocký, David Janák, Ctibor Povýšil, Jaroslav Lindner

“…A multifocal venous malformation approximately 5–10 mm in diameter was excised. Histological examination showed dilated vascular area with proliferated glomus cells with round nucleus in the wall of dilated vascular structures. …”
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Integration of artificial intelligence and advanced optimization techniques for continuous gas lift under restricted gas supply: A case study by Leila Zeinolabedini, Forough Ameli, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…To optimize the selected input variables, including tubing inside diameter, gas injection rate, and separator pressure, various optimization algorithms such as particle swarm optimization (PSO), ant colony optimization (ACO), genetic algorithm (GA), and a Novel optimization algorithm in a gas-lift study called grey wolf optimization (GWO), were utilized considering the constraint of the limited available gas. …”
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Manganese ferrite-graphite oxide-chitosan nanocomposite for efficient dye removal from aqueous and textile wastewater under UV and sunlight irradiation by Nazila Mohammad Hosseini, Shabnam Sheshmani, Ashraf S. Shahvelayati

“…BET analysis revealed a high specific surface area of 442.57 m2/g and a pore diameter of 2.36 nm for the MnFe2O4/GO/CS nanocomposite. …”
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Bubble connectivity in experimentally-sheared crystal-bearing silicic melts by Daffos, Camille, Martel, Caroline, Arbaret, Laurent, Champallier, Rémi

“…The pre-deformed samples contain 0 to 50 vol% of plagioclase crystals (40–90 $\mu $m size) in a hydrated haplogranitic melt with 20–30 vol% vesicularity mainly consisting of decompression-induced H2O bubbles (${\sim }$20–250 $\mu $m in diameter). The samples were deformed in torsion at a temperature of 650 °C (crystal-free) or 750 °C (crystal-bearing), confining pressure of 50 MPa, constant moderate shear rate of $2 \times 10^{-4}~\mathrm{s}^{-1}$, and low strains ($\gamma < 2$). …”
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Correction of CAMS PM₁₀ Reanalysis Improves AI-Based Dust Event Forecast by Ron Sarafian, Sagi Nathan, Dori Nissenbaum, Salman Khan, Yinon Rudich

“…The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) offers global reanalysis datasets and forecasts of particulate matter with a diameter of under 10 μm (PM₁₀), which approximate dust, but recent studies highlight discrepancies between CAMS data and ground <i>in-situ</i> measurements. …”
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A Fortified Method to Screen and Detect Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Asymptomatic Hypertensive Adults: A Korean Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study by Hyo Eun Park, Sung-Bin Chon, Sang Hoon Na, Heesun Lee, Su-Yeon Choi

“…Left ventricular (LV) mass is determined by the wall thickness and diameter. LV hypertrophy (LVH), the increase in LV mass, is usually screened with electrocardiography but is often insensitive. …”
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Non-inferiority study to compare the efficacy of relugolix with dienogest for endometriosis-associated pain and usefulness of administering relugolix prior to dienogest (READY stud... by Fuminori Taniguchi, Motoko Fukui, Yutaka Osuga, Tasuku Harada, Jo Kitawaki

“…The secondary outcomes will include VAS score for dyspareunia, B&B score for dysmenorrhea, severity of induration in the pouch of Douglas, restricted uterine mobility, pelvic tenderness, quality of life, analgesic use, and ovarian endometrioma diameter. The safety outcomes will include treatment-emergent adverse events, bone density, bone markers, menstrual status, genital bleeding, and endometrial thickness. …”
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All-fiber delivery of 100 W single-frequency laser through 100 m anti-resonant hollow-core fiber without stimulated Brillouin scattering by Shoufei Gao, Wenxiang Zha, Yujun Feng, Zhixi Liang, Yizhi Sun, Xiaobo Yang, Yingying Wang

“…By employing a custom-designed AR-HCF with a mode-field diameter matching that of a large-mode-area panda fiber, the system achieves high coupling efficiency without the need for free-space components or fiber post-processing. …”
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Incorporation of anthocyanin into zein nanofibrous films by electrospinning: Structural characterization, functional properties, and ammonia color-responsiveness by Jun Wang, Wenpeng Zhao, Dongli Qin, Hongyan Shan, Xiaoman Zhu, Lilan Chen, Ying Liu, Songnan Li

“…With an increase in A concentration from 0 % to 0.5 %, the average thickness and fiber diameter of the electrospun Z-FF increased from 68.6 μm to 102.0 μm and from 582.1 nm to 690.7 nm, respectively. …”
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Correlation between Obesity and Left Atrial Enlargement in Patients Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance by Solos Jaturapisanukul, Yodying Kaolawanich, Methat Meechuen, Thananya Boonyasirinant

“…However, most studies primarily evaluated LA diameter using echocardiography, which is less accurate and reliable than assessing LA volume with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). …”
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The impact of exercise intensity and duration for swim training‐induced adaptations in cardiac structure and function in women with mild hypertension by Tórur Sjúrðarson, Nikolai B. Nordsborg, Jacobina Kristiansen, Lars Juel Andersen, Peter Krustrup, Kasper Kyhl, Magni Mohr

“…Additionally, only MOD demonstrated increased left atrial diameter of 4.9% [0.7; 9.1] (p =0.02). A significant time×group effect (p = 0.02) existed for global longitudinal strain, which increased by 1.6% [0.2; 3.0] (p = 0.03) in MOD only. …”
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Evaluating the antagonist effect of naltrexone implant via opioid challenge tests with escalating doses of hydromorphone injection in former heroin dependent patients by Wei Qu, Xuyi Wang, Chongyang Dong, Tao Zhang, Shugui Yin, Zhijun Sun, Shiqiang Wang, Anni Guo, Wei Hao

“…Calculation of slope between VAS score or pupil diameter and hydromorphone dose suggested a stronger antagonistic effect in the 1.5 g group. …”
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Preparation and Gas-Sensitive Properties of SnO₂@Bi₂O₃ Core-Shell Heterojunction Structure by Jin Liu, Yixin Gao, Yuanyuan Lv, Mengdi Yang, Haoru Guo, Neng Li, Danyang Bai, Anyi Wang

“…Based on the conclusions from XRD and SEM, it can be observed that as the hydrothermal temperature increases, the content of Bi₂O₃ coated on the surface of SnO₂ spheres gradually increases, and the diameter of Bi₂O₃ nanoparticles also increases. …”
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Overrated energy storage performances of dielectrics seriously affected by fringing effect and parasitic capacitance by Song Ding, Jiangheng Jia, Bo Xu, Zhizhan Dai, Yiwei Wang, Shengchun Shen, Yuewei Yin, Xiaoguang Li

“…Enlarging the electrode diameter and/or thinning the sample can reduce the above deviations, and thus a general standard of setting capacitor configurations is proposed for the measurement validity. …”
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Application of Dynamic 18F-FDG PET/CT for Distinguishing Intrapulmonary Metastases from Synchronous Multiple Primary Lung Cancer by Weize Lv, Min Yang, Hongcheng Zhong, Xiaojin Wang, Shuai Yang, Lei Bi, Jianzhong Xian, Xiaofeng Pei, Xinghua He, Ying Wang, Zhong Lin, Qingdong Cao, Hongjun Jin, Hong Shan

“…The SUVmax, fitted Ki value based on dynamic scanning, and corresponding maximum diameter (Dmax) from the two largest tumors were determined in each patient. …”
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Production of recombinant norovirus VP1 protein and its antigenic and immunogenic properties by Vladislav A. Lapin, Dmitry V. Novikov, Ekaterina V. Mokhonova, Dmitry A. Melentyev, Maria I. Tsyganova, Dmitry E. Zaitsev, Viktor V. Novikov

“…A purified soluble recombinant VP1 protein forms virus-like particles with a diameter of 30–50 nm. Immunization of BALB/c mice by protein lead to antibodies production with a titer greater than 1 : 1000. …”
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Cryptolepine, the Main Alkaloid of the Antimalarial Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlechter, Induces Malformations in Zebrafish Embryos by Kwesi Boadu Mensah, Charles Benneh, Arnold Donkor Forkuo, Charles Ansah

“…Morphological examination of (postfertilization day 5) of eleutheroembryos treated during embryonic development with cryptolepine showed decreased body length (growth inhibition), decreased eye diameter and bulginess, enlarged pericardia, and enlarged yolk sac and muscle malformations. …”
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Ion irradiation introduced high-density core-shell structured nanoprecipitates in FeCrNi by Yizhou Qian, Xiaolei Ma, Kangkang Wen, Siyu Chen, Yiheng Chen, Yugang Wang, Tongde Shen, Gang Sha, Chenxu Wang

“…We have successfully prepared NPs in FeCrNi with an average diameter of ∼15.2 nm and a number density of ∼2.03 × 1022 m−3 by employing ion irradiation. …”
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