Colchicine Does Not Reduce Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth in a Mouse Model by James Phie, Shivshankar Thanigaimani, Pacific Huynh, Raghuveeran Anbalagan, Corey S. Moran, Robert Kinobe, Joseph V. Moxon, Matt A. Field, Smriti M. Krishna, Jonathan Golledge

“…The primary outcome was the rate of maximum aortic diameter increase measured by ultrasound over 13 weeks. …”
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Evaluation of the structures of the optic nerve and chiasm in patients with skull base tumors using high-resolution MRI by Ekaterina S. Egorova, Valeriia V. Musulevska, Mykola O. Guk, Oksana Y. Skobska

“…Results: The morphometric parameters of the ON diameter in the intraorbital part and the height of the chiasm did not significantly differ between the studied groups (p>0.05). …”
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Measurements of Basic Performances for Waterjet Propulsion Systems in Water Tunnel by Nobuyuki Fujisawa

“…The optimization study of the water jet systems is conducted by simulating the change of the nozzle outlet diameter with the variable nozzle arrangement. It is suggested that the nozzle outlet diameter should be decreased as the craft velocity increases to obtain an optimum propulsive efficiency in a wide range of craft velocity.…”
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PENENTUAN NILAI MOMEN MAGNET NEODYMIUM YANG BERGERAK DI DALAM PIPA ALUMINIUM DAN KUNINGAN DENGAN METODE ANALISIS VIDEO by Albertus Hariwangsa Panuluh, Yohanes Jeverson Bulu

“…Telah dilakukan penelitian untuk menentukan nilai momen magnet dan mengetahui hubungan diameter dalam pipa terhadap nilai momen magnet neodymium yang bergerak di dalam pipa aluminium dan kuningan dengan metode analisis video. …”
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Optimization and experimental validation of a high-efficiency oil–water cyclone separator for well testing conditions by Zhimin Li

“…The optimal parameter combination was determined: oil outlet diameter of 4.241 mm and cyclone chamber cone angle of 9.622°. …”
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Investigation of Factors Influencing Solenoid Valve Speed Response Characteristics of the Common Rail Injector by Yun Bai, Chengda Du, Qiang Sun, Shi Bu, Ao Wang

“…The speed response characteristics of the solenoid valve, including the average opening speed, the average closing speed, the maximum opening speed, and the maximum closing speed, caused by the changes of characteristic parameters such as pre-tightening force of the solenoid valve spring, mass of the solenoid valve moving parts, diameter of the outflow orifice, diameter of the inflow orifice, diameter of the control piston, and pressure in the common rail, have been studied. …”
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Research on Nonlinear Bearing Characteristics of Conical Deformation Friction Pairs in the Hydro-viscous Cluth Considering the Influence of Structural Parameters by Sun Hao, Cui Hongwei, Mei Bizhou, Li Donghui, Suo Yiran, Zhang Lingqing

“…At the same time, it leads to non-uniform contact and non-uniform distribution of contact pressure, and different ratios of inner diameter to outer diameter can only affect the distribution location of the maximum total contact pressure of the friction pair, without having any great influence on its variation law and value. …”
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A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization-Tuning Algorithm for the Prediction of Nanoparticle Morphology from Microscopic Images by Abhishek Singh, Thaseem Thajudeen

“…Various 3-dimensional properties including hydrodynamic diameter and mobility diameter of the retrieved structures are then compared with the properties of the aggregate used to form the candidate projection image, to test the suitability of the algorithm. …”
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Evaluation of the Lower Punctum Parameters and Morphology Using Spectral Domain Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography by Riham S. H. M. Allam, Rania A. Ahmed

“…Lower punctum was perceived by OCT to be an area with an outer diameter (mean 412.16±163 μm), inner diameter (mean 233.67±138.73 μm), and depth (mean 251.7±126.58 μm). …”
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PRELIMINARY TEST TO PLANTING STERCULIA FOETIDA AT ARID BORDER AREAS OF DAKLAK PROVINCE by Phạm Trọng Nhân, Lê Hồng Én, Huỳnh Thị Kiều Trinh, Lưu Thế Trung

“…However, the mean analysis results for the height and the stump diameter were significantly different: The height was 0.40m and the diameter was 1.30cm. …”
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New Method of Tooth Pitch Deviation Measurement based on Laser Tracker for Mega Spur Gear by Zhang Bai, Lin Jiachun

“…The experimental results show that the method for measuring the pitch of mega spur gears based on laser tracker meets the single pitch deviation measurement requirements of 8-grade mega spur gears with diameter of more than 6 meters, and meets the total cumulative pitch deviation measurement requirements of 10-grade mega gears with diameter of more than 6 meters.…”
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Examining Dent Formation Caused by Hailstone Impact by Mehmet E. Uz

“…It was found that the dent depth was inversely proportional with thickness and yield stress, while the dent diameter was found to be proportional to yield stress. …”
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Improving Sensitivity in Ultrasound Molecular Imaging by Tailoring Contrast Agent Size Distribution: In Vivo Studies by Jason E. Streeter, Ryan Gessner, Iman Miles, Paul A. Dayton

“…In perfusion imaging studies, video intensity and contrast persistence was ≈8 times and ≈3 times greater respectively, for “sorted 3-micron” MCAs (diameter, 3.3 ± 1.95 μm) when compared to “unsorted” MCAs (diameter, 0.9 ± 0.45 μm) at low concentrations. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Screws Used for Rigid Internal Fixation of Mandibular Fractures by Naresh Chaudhary, Scott T. Lovald, Jon Wagner, Tariq Khraishi, Bret Baack

“…Results of the screw FE analysis (FEA) submodel show that a unicortical screw of 2.6 mm major diameter and 1.0 mm pitch will cause less bone damage than a bicortical screw of 2.3 mm major diameter and 1.0 mm pitch. …”
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The FEA and experimental stress analysis in circular perforated plates loaded with concentrated force by Mateusz Konieczny, Grzegorz Gasiak, Henryk Achtelik

“…The test plate with diameter D = 300 mm has holes in ten circles. The plate has holes with diameter d1 = 3.5 mm on the first inner circle, and holes on the tenth outside circle have a diameter d10 = 20.5 mm. …”
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Qingxuan Jiangya Decoction Reverses Vascular Remodeling by Inducing Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats by Jianfeng CHU, Fei XIAO, Meiling YANG, Yang FU, Feng ZHENG, Jun PENG

“…The media thickness (MT) and lumen diameter (LD) were measured, ratio of lumen diameter/media thickness (LD/MT) in the carotid arteries were calculated, the gene and protein expression levels of Bax and Bcl-2 were detected.Results:SBP in SHR+QXJYD group was obviously lower than that in SHR group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Cardiac Tamponade Following Port-a-Cath Insertion: A Case Report by Ranjitha Viswanathan, Venkatesh Selvaraj, Madhuri Galidevara Phani, Priadharsan Pavazhakannan, Sai Sanjana Manohar

“…The 5 French port-a-cath is the smallest size available commercially, which we have used in this patient. The outer diameter of the 5 French port-a-cath is around 2.5 mm, which is equal to the average diameter of the internal jugular vein in infants, resulting in a catheter-to-vein diameter ratio of almost 1. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Pore Size on Spontaneous Imbibition Recovery in Oil-Wet Reservoirs by Ming Yue, Bingbing Li, Qiang Chen, Jidong Gao, Weiyao Zhu, Zhiyong Song

“…The imbibition recovery in the capillary with a diameter of 10 μm was the highest (27.81%), which was more than three times that of the capillary with a diameter of 60 μm (8.3%). …”
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THE LIFE OPTIMIZATION OF THE SEALING SURFACE OF THE ROTATING CONTROL HEAD RUBBER CORE BASED ON THE EXPERIMENT by HE YuHang, HOU ZuoFu, ZHAO JingYing, XIA ChengYu, WU JiWei, HUANG Jian, FANG Yong

“…Then ABAQUS software was used to establish the finite element model of the dynamic sealing of the rubber core,and the simulation of the sealing process of the rubber core during the drilling and the optimization analysis of the factors affecting the fatigue life of the sealing surface of the rubber core were carried out.In this paper,the inner diameter of rubber core is optimized,and the inner diameter size of rubber core should be matched with different outer diameter drill pipes is optimized.The paper also optimizes the lowering and lifting speed of drill pipe under different wellhead pressures.The higher the well pressure,the more likely the rubber core fatigue failure will be. …”
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Mutual associations among responsiveness to differential diagnostic tests for Cushing’s disease, tumor size, and somatostatin receptor 5 expression in corticotroph tumors by Karolina Budzen, Kosuke Mukai, Yuto Mitsui, Michio Otsuki, Atsunori Fukuhara, Satoru Oshino, Youichi Saitoh, Masaharu Kohara, Eiichi Morii, Iichiro Shimomura

“…The response to differential diagnostic tests, ACTH/cortisol index, tumor diameter, and SSTR5 expression were significantly related (vs. tumor diameter [CRH: r = –0.54; DDAVP: r = –0.54; HDDST r = –0.67; ACTH/cortisol index: r = 0.76; SSTR5: r = –0.61], vs. …”
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