Optimization, Characterization, and Antibacterial Activity of Copper Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Senna didymobotrya Root Extract by Bernard Otieno Sadia, Jackson Kiplagat Cherutoi, Cleophas Mecha Achisa

“…The biosynthesized nanoparticles exhibited significant antimicrobial activity on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus with the zone of inhibition diameters of 26.00 ± 0.58 mm and 30.00 ± 0.58 mm compared to amoxicillin clavulanate (standard) with inhibition diameters of 20 ± 0.58 mm and 28.00 ± 0.58 mm, respectively.…”
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Surface Characteristics and Catalytic Oxidation of CO on Silicalites and Silicalites Containing Cobalt, Copper and Silver Oxides by Farid Sh. Mohamed

“…Electron microscopic analysis showed that the crystalline morphology of S 1 and S 2 consisted of intergrown discs and shelf-like shapes with diameters in the range 10–15 μm and 29–33 μm, respectively. …”
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Hidden Urban Biodiversity: A New Species of the Genus <i>Scincella</i> Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Southwest China by Ru-Wan Jia, Zong-Yuan Gao, Di-Hao Wu, Guan-Qi Wang, Gang Liu, Min Liu, Ke Jiang, De-Chun Jiang, Jin-Long Ren, Jia-Tang Li

“…The new species can be clearly distinguished by a combination of the following unique characters: (1) slender, medium-sized body, snout-vent length 28.4–43.2 mm; (2) infralabials seven, rarely six; (3) supraciliaries six or seven; (4) tympanum deeply recessed without lobules, tympanum diameters equal to or exceeding palpebral disc diameters; (5) midbody scale-row counts 23; (6) dorsal scales smooth, slightly enlarged, paravertebral scale-row counts 57–60, ventral scale-row counts 42–44, gulars 21–22; (7) upper edge of lateral longitudinal stripes relatively straight, four rows of dorsal scales in middle; (8) enlarged, undivided lamellae beneath finger IV 8–9, enlarged, undivided lamellae beneath toe IV 10–12; (9) ventral surface densely covered with dark spots; (10) grayish-brown, irregular dorsal stripes 2–3, black dorsolateral stripes from posterior corner of eye to lateral side of tail. …”
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Influence of the stress gradient on the fatigue life calculation of a martensitic high strength steel by Igor Miloševic, Gerhard Winter, Florian Grün, Martin Kober

“…The influence of the stress distribution was considered by the stress gradient approach which is implemented in the lifetime tool FEMFAT. Specimens with diameters of D4mm and D7.5mm were used to examine the effect of the calculation modified by the stress gradient. …”
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Influence of the stress gradient on the fatigue life calculation of a martensitic high strength steel by Igor Miloševic, Gerhard Winter, Florian Grün, Martin Kober

“…The influence of the stress distribution was considered by the stress gradient approach which is implemented in the lifetime tool FEMFAT. Specimens with diameters of D4mm and D7.5mm were used to examine the effect of the calculation modified by the stress gradient. …”
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Influence of the stress gradient on the fatigue life calculation of a martensitic high strength steel by I. Milo�evic, G. Winter, F. Grn, M. Kober

“…The influence of the stress distribution was considered by the stress gradient approach which is implemented in the lifetime tool FEMFAT. Specimens with diameters of D4mm and D7.5mm were used to examine the effect of the calculation modified by the stress gradient. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND SIMULATION ON AXIAL COMPRESSION OF LAMINATED CELLULAR CYLINDRICAL SHELL (MT) by HE Pu, DENG QingTian, LI XinBo, SONG XueLi

“…The influence of different heights, diameters and thicknesses on the axial bearing loads were discussed with laminated cellular cylindrical shell. …”
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Plasmonically-enhanced reconfigurable photodetector based on graphene/Sb2S3 heterojunction by Xiaojuan Lian, Shiyu Li, Jiyuan Jiang, Wen Huang, Nan He, Xiaoyan Liu, Jie Wu, Zhou Wang, Gangyi Zhu, Lei Wang

“…Simulations show that optimizing Au and Sb _2 S _3 nanoantenna thicknesses and diameters can achieve an absorption efficiency of 0.9 for both amorphous and crystalline states, with an adjustable wavelength range of 200 nm. …”
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Tumors Sharply Increased after Ceasing Pazopanib Therapy for a Patient with Advanced Uterine Leiomyosarcoma: Experience of Tumor Flare by Terumi Tanigawa, Shintaro Morisaki, Hisanobu Fukuda, Shuichiro Yoshimura, Hisayoshi Nakajima, Kohei Kotera

“…In subsequent treatment with pazopanib for 3 months, the sum of her tumor diameters after cessation sharply increased for two weeks. …”
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Using Gaussian Processes for Metamodeling in Robust Optimization Problems by Claudemir Mota da Cruz, Fran Sérgio Lobato, Gustavo Barbosa Libotte

“…The approach is applied to two cases: a low-dimensional benchmark problem and a high-dimensional structural design, which consists of minimizing the mass of a structure formed by bars of different materials and diameters, subjected to point loads in different locations. …”
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Plant balls from a Pomeranian lake, their invertebrate and microplastic components by Witalis Bartosz, Kornijów Ryszard

“…Two balls with similar diameters (approximately 11–12cm) were found on the bottom of Lake Białe (Kashubian Lake District) at depths of 4m and 7m. …”
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Guidewire Ablation within the Coronary Venous System for Epicardial or Intramural Ventricular Arrhythmia: A Preclinical Study of Biophysical Characterization by Fengqi Xuan, Zhongyin Zuo, Jie Zhang, Shibei Zhang, Zichen Liu, Yunfan Meng, Kuo Sun, Yaling Han, Ming Liang, Zulu Wang

“…In the in vivo phase, effective ablation lesions with maximum and minimum diameters of 3.2 ± 0.3 and 2.8 ± 0.5 mm, respectively, were created by the guidewires during the 10-day observation period after ablation. …”
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Stereolojical investigation of soybean (glicine max l.) extract effect to kidney tissue in female rats by Esma Gülcan Karaca, Vural Özdemir

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> Morphometric features and diameters of glomerulus in medulla and cortex were failing a change in rats of experiment groups.…”
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Gold nanoparticle production by continuous-wave laser ablation in liquid media by Laura Carmona-Saldarriaga, Alex Ossa

“…Using low-cost, continuous-wave lasers is suggested to create gold nanoparticles with diameters of approximately 100 nm. Two different gold target thicknesses were used to observe particle production at different irradiation times and pulse durations. …”
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The dangers of recreational lasers: A case series of retinal injuries by Gaurav Patil, Surendra Wadgaonkar, Ketaki Bhat, Suhas J. Sonawane

“…Two patients had preretinal hemorrhage, and four exhibited macular-involving subhyaloid hemorrhage, with a median size of two-disc diameters or larger. One patient developed a full-thickness macular hole, requiring surgical intervention. …”
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Core-shell nanofibers as drug delivery systems by Zupančič Špela

“…Several of the electrospinning parameters allow great versatility for the compositions and diameters of core-shell nanofibers to be produced. …”
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A Novel Method to Prepare PolyGMA and its Application to Immobilization of β-Galactosidase by Sun Sufang, Dong Lingyun

“…After the polymer was smashed, particles with diameters in the range of 0.30 to 0.45 mm were taken as the carrier and the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs were done to characterize its surface structure. …”
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Hole Defects Affect the Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Nearby Running Cracks by R. S. Yang, C. X. Ding, L. Y. Yang, P. Xu, C. Chen

“…When running cracks propagate near to defects, the crack path deflects toward the defect; the degree of deflection is greater for larger defect diameters. When the running crack propagates away from the defect, the degree of deflection gradually reduces and the original crack path is restored. …”
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Phase Transition and Optical Properties for Ultrathin KNbO3 Nanowires by Shulin Yang, Yongming Hu, Shengfu Wang, Haoshuang Gu, Yu Wang

“…Fascicular KNbO3 nanowires with tetragonal perovskite structures and ultrasmall diameters are synthesized by hydrothermal route at about 150°C for 24 hours. …”
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Physical Properties of Macroporous Tungsten Oxide Thin Films and Their Impact on the Photocurrent Density by I. Riech, M. Acosta, M. A. Zambrano-Arjona, F. Peñuñuri, M. Rosado-Mendoza, E. Marín, P. Rodríguez-Fragoso, J. G. Mendoza-Álvarez

“…Tungsten trioxide (WO3) films were prepared using polystyrene spheres of two different diameters as a template in order to create porous layers. …”
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