The use of Curcuma longa extract to control Edwardsiella tarda infection on Clarias sp. by Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Muharram Nur Ikhsan, , Sukenda, Yan Evan

“…The results showed that 15 minutes decoction method allowed the best inhibition with diameter 7.42 mm of clear zone and then curative measurement using turmeric extract could be the best application against E. tarda since it gave 86.67% of survival. …”
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Challenges in Predicting the Filtration Performance of a Novel Sewn Mask: Scale-up from Filter Holder to Mannequin Measurements by Audrey J. Dang, Benjamin M. Kumfer, J. Tyler Bertroche, Jane Olson Glidden, Christopher R. Oxford, Udayabhanu Jammalamadaka, Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, Alexander R. Scott, Jason A. Morris, Connie Gan, Jesse Hu, Bradley King, David I. A. Dhanraj, Shruti Choudhary, Pratim Biswas, Richard L. Axelbaum, Kathleen W. Meacham, Brent J. Williams

“…Since filtration efficiency depends on particle diameter and air face velocity, the relevance of material filtration or prototype fit data depends on test conditions. …”
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Enabling high-throughput quantitative wood anatomy through a dedicated pipeline by Jan Van den Bulcke, Louis Verschuren, Ruben De Blaere, Simon Vansuyt, Maxime Dekegeleer, Pierre Kibleur, Olivier Pieters, Tom De Mil, Wannes Hubau, Hans Beeckman, Joris Van Acker, Francis wyffels

“…We present fully digitized beech discs of 30–35 cm diameter at a resolution of 2.25  $$\upmu$$ μ m, for which we automatically quantified the number of vessels (up to 13 million) and rays. …”
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Diagnostic value of the MZXBTCH scoring system for acute complex appendicitis by Tianyi Ma, Qian Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Peng Zhang

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified preoperative body temperature (odds ratio (OR) = 1.104; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.067–1.143; P < 0.001), preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) level (OR = 1.002; 95% CI 1.001–1.002; P < 0.001), lymphocyte percentage (OR = 0.994; 95% CI 0.990–0.996; P < 0.001), appendiceal fecal stones (OR = 1.127; 95% CI 1.068–1.190; P < 0.001), periappendiceal fat stranding (OR = 1.133; 95% CI 1.072–1.198; P < 0.001), and appendix diameter (OR = 1.013; 95% CI 1.004–1.022; P < 0.001) as independent risk factors for complex appendicitis. …”
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Effective rain rate model for analysing overestimated rain fade in short millimetre-wave terrestrial links due to distance factor by Asma Ali Budalal, Ibraheem Shayea, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Jafri Din, Abdulsamad Ebrahim Yahya, Yousef Ibrahim Daradkeh, Marwan Hadri Azmi

“…These deviations can be attributed to several factors, such as spatial inhomogeneity, rain cell diameter, and environmental variations. Additionally, sudden changes in the propagation environment, such as wind direction, humidity, and wind speed, contribute to non-uniform rain distributions. …”
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Response of Tree Seedlings to a Combined Treatment of Particulate Matter, Ground-Level Ozone, and Carbon Dioxide: Primary Effects by Valentinas Černiauskas, Iveta Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė, Ieva Čėsnienė, Emilis Armoška, Valda Araminienė

“…Scots pine and Norway maple showed no changes in growth (stem height and diameter) and biochemical parameters (photosynthetic pigments, total polyphenol content (TPC), total flavonoids content (TFC), and total soluble sugars (TSS)), indicating a neutral response to the combined PM, O₃, and CO₂ treatment. …”
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Viral Mimetic Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles for Targeting Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 by Ahn G, Yoon HW, Jeong JH, Kim YH, Shin WR, Song MS, Ahn JY

“…Through serial centrifugation to purify fabricated OMVs, spherical Ag43β 700_RBD OMVs with an average diameter of 218 nm were obtained. The confirmation of the RBD expressed on OMVs was performed using trypsin treatment.Results: Our viral mimetic Ag43β 700_RBD OMVs had an impact on the theranostic studies: (i) angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 blockade assay, (ii) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the OMVs, and (iii) intracellular uptake and neutralization assay. …”
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Assessment of salicylic acid and potassium nitrate to mitigate frost stress in autumn-sown potato crop cv. Sutlej by Muhammad Wasim Haider, Syed Mohsin Abbas, Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Tahir Akram, Umar Farooq, Mona S. Alwahibi, Mohamed S. Elshikh, Zaid Shakeel, Muhammad Nafees, Muhammad Rizwan, Rashid Iqbal

“…This included increased plant height by 14% and 17.6%, leaf area index by 6.3% and 26.3%, shoot biomass by 15.4% and 46.2%, crop growth rate by 16.7% and 43.3%, average tuber weight by 8.2% and 23%, tuber diameter by 6.8% and 12.2%, tuber yield by 26.1% and 46.3%, leaf angle by 16.2% and 21.6%, quantum yield of photosystem II by 20.6% and 28.2%, photosynthetically active radiations by 20.5% and 32.4%, chlorophyll content by 6.3% and 14.6%, leaf thickness by 14% and 29%, linear electron flow by 20% and 32.7%, O–2 by 6% and 14.4%, H2O2 by 11.7% and 27.6%, enzyme activities of catalase by 20.7% and 28.5%, superoxide dismutase by 28.6% and 28.5%, peroxidase by 8.3% and 13.5%, ascorbate peroxidase by 17.2% and 37.8%, total protein by 21% and 37%, proline by 36.2% and 114%, and phenolic content by 33% and 63.3% with a reduction in non-photochemical quenching by 12.7% and 29.6%, non-regulatory energy dissipation by 169.5% and 268.5%, and leaf electrolyte leakage by 57.5% and 180%, compared to KNO3 and the control, respectively. …”
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Foliar application of humic liquid extract from vermicompost improves garlic (Allium sativum L.) production and fruit quality by D. M. Balmori, C. Y. A. Domínguez, C. R. Carreras, S. M. Rebatos, L. B. P. Farías, F. G. Izquierdo, R. L. L. Berbara, Andrés Calderín García

“…At 125 days after planting, the plants were collected, and growth and production parameters were determined: quantity of garlic cloves, fresh and dry bulb, diameter of garlic cloves and bulb, as well as parameters of fruit quality including caliber, firmness, acidity, brix, pungency, carbohydrate and protein contents. …”
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Ultrasound localization microscopy in the diagnosis of breast tumors and prediction of relevant histologic biomarkers associated with prognosis in humans: the protocol for a prospe... by Jia Li, Lei Chen, Ronghui Wang, Jiang Zhu, Ao Li, Jianchun Li, Zhaojun Li, Wen Luo, Wenkun Bai, Tao Ying, Cong Wei, Di Sun, Yuanyi Zheng

“…Secondary outcomes include (1) differences in the quantitative parameters (microvasculature density, tortuosity, diameter, and flow velocity) between benign and malignant breast tumors based on ULM; (2) diagnostic performance of the qualitative parameters in distinguishing benign and malignant breast tumors; (3) diagnostic performance of the quantitative parameters in distinguishing benign and malignant breast tumors; (4) relationships between the qualitative parameters and histologic biomarkers in malignant breast tumors; (5) relationships between the quantitative parameters and histologic biomarkers in malignant breast tumors; and (6) the evaluation of inter-reader and intra-reader reproducibility. …”
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An early lung cancer diagnosis model for non-smokers incorporating ct imaging analysis and circulating genetically abnormal cells (CACs) by Ran Ni, Yongjie Huang, Lei Wang, Hongjie Chen, Guorui Zhang, Yali Yu, Yinglan Kuang, Yuyan Tang, Xing Lu, Hong Liu

“…Furthermore, our results indicated that the model built using random forest (RF) method, which integrates clinical characteristics (age, extra-thoracic cancer history, gender), radiological characteristics of pulmonary nodules (nodule diameter, nodule count, upper lobe location, malignant sign at the nodule edge, subsolid status), the artificial intelligence analysis of LDCT data, and liquid biopsy achieved the best diagnostic performance in the independent external non-smokers validation cohort (sensitivity 92%, specificity 97%, area under the curve [AUC] = 0.99). …”
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Reduction of Lipid-Core Burden Index in Nonculprit Lesions at Follow-Up after ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Study of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold versus Optim... by Joelle Kefer, Patrick Chenu, Olivier Gurné, Frederic Maes, Théophile Tamakloé, Christophe Beauloye

“…At baseline, there were no differences in plaque characteristics between groups (fractional flow reserve: 0.85 ± 0.04 vs. 0.89 ± 0.06; diameter stenosis (DS): 43.4 ± 8 vs. 40.1 ± 10.7%; plaque burden 54.98 ± 5.8 vs. 49.76 ± 8.31%; and maxLCBI4 mm 402 [348; 564] vs. 373 [298; 516]; p=NS for all comparisons between groups 1 and 2, respectively). …”
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The real-world efficacy and toxicity of first-line paclitaxel and cisplatin with bevacizumab in platinum-naïve primary stage IVB cervical cancer by Junhwan Kim, Eun-Byul Park, Shin-Wha Lee, Jeong-Yeol Park, Dae-Yeon Kim, Dae-Shik Suh, Jong-Hyeok Kim, Yong-Man Kim, Ju-Hyun Kim

“…Multivariate analysis indicated that cervical mass size reduction rate ≥40 % at the longest diameter was an independent prognostic factor for PFS (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.24; 95 % CI, 0.11−0.53; p < 0.001). …”
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Effect of Channel Orientation and Rib Pitch-to-Height Ratio on Pressure Drop in a Rotating Square Channel with Ribs on Two Opposite Surfaces by Prabhu S. V., Arora Neelabh, Vedula R. P.

“…Experiments have been carried out for various rib pitch-to-height ratios <math alttext="$(P/e)$"> <mrow><mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mrow><mi>P</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>e</mi></mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo></mrow> </math> with a constant rib height-to-hydraulic diameter ratio <math alttext="$(e/D)$"> <mrow><mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mrow><mi>e</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>D</mi></mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo></mrow> </math> of <math alttext="$0.1$"> <mn>0.1</mn> </math>. …”
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Cardiac manifestations of Fabry disease in G3Stg/GlaKO and GlaKO mouse models-Translation to Fabry disease patients. by Abirami Kugadas, Pietro Artoni, Wanida Ruangsiriluk, Meng Zhao, Natalia Boukharov, Rizwana Islam, Dmitri Volfson, Katayoun Derakhchan

“…Several cardiomyopathy characteristics of early Fabry pathology were found in GlaKO mice, including mild cardiomegaly [up-to-25% increase in left ventricular (LV mass)] with no significant LV wall thickening. The LV internal diameter was significantly wider (up-to-24% increase at 9-months), when compared to the age-matched WT. …”
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Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Micronutrients and Their Deficiency Effect on the Root Morphology and Architecture in Citrus Rootstock by Gaofeng Zhou, Yiping Fu, Mei Yang, Yanhong Li, Jing Zhang

“…From the perspective of micronutrient deficiency, FeD and B deficiency (BD) inhibited all root morphological traits in Ptr and Cre except the average root diameter, while Mn deficiency (MnD) and Zn deficiency (ZnD) had lesser impacts, as well as the morphology of the stem. …”
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High concentrations of polyethylene microplastics restrain the growth of Cinnamomum camphora seedling by reducing soil water holding capacity by Run Yang, Jinping Wang, Huanying Fang, Jinwen Xia, Guomin Huang, Rongzhen Huang, Hong Zhang, Liqin Zhu, Lichao Zhang, Jihong Yuan

“…The results showed that low concentrations of PE-MPs (not larger than 0.5 % in soils) did not restrain seedling growth, while the PE-MP concentrations of 1 % and 2 % decreased the net growth of ground diameter by 38.8 % (p < 0.05) and biomass by 29.6 % (p < 0.05), respectively. …”
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Perbandingan Daya Hambat Madu Alami dengan Madu Kemasan secara In Vitro terhadap Streptococcus beta hemoliticus Group A sebagai Penyebab Faringitis by Elsi Wineri, Roslaili Rasyid, Yustini Alioes

“…Hasil penelitian menunjukan madu alami dan madu kemasan dapat menghambat pertumbuhan <em>Streptococcus </em><em>beta hemoliticus Group A</em> dengan diameter daya hambat terbesar pada madu alami adalah 14 mm dan madu kemasan 11 mm. …”
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Validation of biomarkers and clinical scores for the detection of uterine leiomyosarcoma: a case-control study with an update of pLMS by Marcus Vollmer, Günter Köhler, Julia Caroline Radosa, Marek Zygmunt, Julia Zimmermann, Martina Köller, Christine Seitz, Helena Bralo, Marc Philipp Radosa, Askin Cangül Kaya, Johann Krichbaum, Erich-Franz Solomayer, Lars Kaderali, Zaher Alwafai

“…LDH, NLR, and PLR achieved a diagnostic odds ratios of 18.03, 8.64 and 4.81, respectively. pLMS2 is based on subscores for menopausal status interacting with age, tumor diameter, intermenstrual bleeding, hypermenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postmenstrual bleeding, rapid tumor growth, and suspicious sonography. …”
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Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous and Intracristal Ventricular Septal Defects Using Amplatzer Duct Occluder II in Children by Shenrong Liu, Wenqian Zhang, Junjie Li, Shushui Wang, Mingyang Qian, Jijun Shi, Yumei Xie, Zhiwei Zhang

“…ADO II provides a safe and reproducible alternative for the closure of perimembranous and intracristal ventricular septal defects with a diameter less than 5 mm in young children.…”
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