Drainage of Complex Walled-Off Pancreatic Fluid Collections in LAMS Era: A Multicenter Study by Thanawat Luangsukrerk, Kamin Harinwan, Stanley Khoo, Pradermchai Kongkam

“…Multivariate analysis showed that the maximal diameter of WOPFCs in group A was significantly larger than that of group B (18 ± 6 versus 13 ± 3 cm in diameter, respectively, p = 0.021). …”
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A standardised comparison of chest and percutaneous drainage catheters to evaluate the applicability of the ‘French’ sizing units by Karan Daga, Graham D. Milward, Daniel Pintos dos Santos, Derek W. Edwards, Hans-Ulrich Laasch

“…Furthermore, the current catheter sizing using the “French” measurement of outer diameter is unhelpful; it does not reflect the internal diameter and gives no information on flow rate. …”
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Phenotypic Variation in Fruit Morphology among Provenances of Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst. by Idah Mkwezalamba, Chimuleke R. Y. Munthali, Edward Missanjo

“…There were significant (P<0.001) variations among the provenances in number of fruits, fruit weight, pulp weight, seed weight, fruit length, and diameter. Magunde provenance from Mozambique had the highest mean number of fruits, 2196 ± 200. …”
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Evolution of Micron-Scale Pore Structure and Connectivity of Lignite during Pyrolysis by Qiaorong Meng, Yangsheng Zhao, Zhiqin Kang, Yong Wang, Li Gao, Yongfeng Zhang

“…During the whole pyrolysis process from room temperature to 600°C, the pore quantity of lignite is mainly from the pores of a diameter of 0.65–3 μm. At 200°C and above, the pore volume of lignite is mainly from the pores with a diameter larger than 100 μm, but they are few. …”
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Microsphere-Augmented PDMS integration in tapered FBG small-scale sensors for enhanced temperature sensitivity by Bryan Sanipatin, Luis A. Sánchez, Lucía Arques, Salvador Sales

“…The sensor’s response was analyzed over a temperature range of 20 °C to 90 °C for taper waist diameters ranging from 60 μm to 20 μm. Experimental results demonstrate a wavelength temperature sensitivity of 47.19 pm °C⁻1 for a 60 μm waist diameter and 221.2 pm °C⁻1 for a 20 μm waist diameter, achieving up to 22 times the sensitivity of a bare FBG. …”
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Performance enhancement of gas cyclone with streamlined ports using CFD simulations by Moustafa M. Soliman, Yasser El-shaer, Khairy Elsayed, Mohamed A. Ibrahim

“…The results demonstrate that decreasing the diameter of the VF by 33% elevates the ultimate tangential velocity by 66%. …”
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Study on Crack Resistance Mechanism of Helical Carbon Nanotubes in Nanocomposites by Zhiwu Bie, Xuefeng Liu, Yajie Deng, Xian Shi, Xiaoqiao He

“…However, HCNTs with a small helix angle and large diameter can carry out more polymer chains, while snake-like HCNTs and HCNTs with a small diameter and helix angle can hardly carry out any polymer chain during the pullout process and show similar interfacial properties to the straight CNTs.…”
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Experimental Study on Influence of Microexpansive Concrete Self-Stress on Performance of Steel Pipe Concrete by Xin Liu, Yu-Zhou Zheng, Qin Fang, Heng-Bo Xiang, Hai-Chun Yan

“…It should be noted that the self-stress of microexpansive concrete will be decreased with the increase in the length-to-diameter ratio, when the length-to-diameter ratio is less than four. …”
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Risk factors for photic phenomena in two different multifocal diffractive intraocular lenses by Yuki Ukai, Tsuyoshi Mito, Yui Nakatsugawa, Yusuke Seki, Norihiro Mita, Eri Shibuya, Mai Yamazaki, Eri Kubo, Hiroshi Sasaki

“…The relationships between age, sex, pupil diameter, and higher-order corneal aberrations were examined and mean values for PPT measurements were compared between the groups. …”
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Research on Optimal Design of Pressure Relief Blasting Parameters of Middle Rock Pillar in Near Vertical Coal Seam by Yadi Wang, Shiqi Yu, Hai Rong, Liting Pan

“…The experimental results show that under the condition of determining the physical and mechanical parameters of coal and rock, the blast hole diameter has become the main control factor affecting the blasting pressure relief effect, followed by the charge amount. …”
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Anthropometric characteristics of Indian volleyball players in relation to their performance level by Amandeep Sıngh, Vishaw Gaurav

“…The inter-university volleyball players had significantly wider elbow diameter (p lt;0.05), shoulder diameter (p lt;0.05) and lesser hip diameter (p lt;0.05) than inter-college volleyball players. …”
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Chemotaxonomic studies on <i>Schwenckia americana</i> LINN by C Wahua, SM Sam

“…The berry fruit is greenish when unripe and  pale yellowish when ripe up to 0.3±0.1cm in diameter. The seeds are blackish and spherical or  triangular shaped with rough edges measuring up to 0.1cm in diameter. …”
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Finite Element Method-Based Spherical Indentation Analysis of Jute/Sisal/Banana-Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Composites by Nitish Kaushik, Ch. Sandeep, P. Jayaraman, J. Justin Maria Hillary, V. P. Srinivasan, M. Abisha Meji

“…The analysis is attempted by varying the properties of Young’s modulus of fiber and matrix, diameter of fiber, and horizontal and vertical center distance between the fibers. …”
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IMPACT OF DIFFERENT DOSES OF GAMMA IRRADIATION AND ETHYL METHANE SULPHONATE (EMS) ON PLANT GROWTH AND BULB YIELD OF ONION (Allium cepa L.) by Ghosh Shompa Rani, Hossain Md. Mokter, Islam Md. Rofiqul, Md. Nazmul Hasan Mehedi

“…The highest germination 90.16%, survivability 94.33%, SCMR value 63.56μmol/ms, Total Soluble Solids (TSS) 15.10 %Brix were recorded in T1(GD50) treatment and the maximum mortality 67% in T7(ED0.5%), shoot length 17.18 cm in T5(ED0.1%), root length (3.35 cm) in T5(0.1%), neck diameter 1.06cm in T8 (ED0.7%), bulb diameter 5.36 in T4(GD200), plant height 70 cm in T4(GD200), single bulb weight 75g in T4(GD200) and fresh yield 24t/ha in T5(ED0.1%,). …”
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EFFECT OF SPRAYING WITH BENZYLADENINE AND PHOSPHORUS ON THE GROWTH, FLOWERING AND CONTENT OF ACTIVE COMPOUNDS OF CALENDULA OFFICINALIS by Nawal M. Alwan, Sundus A. AL-Rahman, Sadiq M. Sadiq

“…Additionally, these treatments improved floral characteristics such as flowering duration, number of flowers, flower diameter, peduncle length, peduncle diameter, fresh and dry flower weights, and flower longevity on the plant. …”
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RESEARCH ON RADIAL ACCURACY IN METAL SHEET SINGLE POINT INCREMENTAL FORMING PROCESS by FAN Yuan, LI Yan, YANG MingShun, YAO ZiMeng, BAI Lang

“…The results showed that the radial deviation increases with the increase of tool diameter,step size,forming angle and sheet thickness,the feeding speed had no significant effect on the radial deviation.…”
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Young's Modulus of Single-Crystal Fullerene C𝟕𝟎 Nanotubes by Tokushi Kizuka, Kun'ichi Miyazawa, Takayuki Tokumine

“…Young's modulus of the nanotubes increased from 61 GPa to 110 GPa as the outer diameter decreased from 470 nm to 270 nm. Young's modulus was estimated to be 66% of that of single-crystal C60 nanotubes of the same outer diameter.…”
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The influence of mechanochemical activation on the Zn–Ce–O composition properties by O Sachuk, V Zazhigalov, L Kuznetsova, S Shcherbakov

“…The optimal treatment conditions (diameter of the balls 5–10 mm, ball-to-powder ratio = 15, time treatment 2–4 hours) were established. …”
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The Optimization of Multimode Fiber Speckle Sensor for Microvibration by Haoyang Song, Feiyu Sun, Yunxu Sun, Wei Liu

“…A vibration sensing system with optical fiber speckles is demonstrated and optimized with different optical fiber diameters and speckle statistical algorithms. The types of fiber diameter and material lead to a different performance of fiber specklegram sensor (FSS), which has been experimentally explored. …”
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Bismarckia nobilis: Bismarck Palm by Timothy K. Broschat

“…The persistent leaf bases are split, creating an attractive pattern on the 15–18-inch-diameter trunks. The dark brown male and female inflorescences are produced on separate trees, with females developing olive-brown fruit about 1.5 inches in diameter. …”
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