Angiojet System Used in the Treatment of Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report of Two Patients by Jinbo Liu, Tianrun Li, Wei Huang, Na Zhao, Hongwei Zhao, Hongyu Wang

“…One patient was accompanied by lower blood pressure (20% lower than basal blood pressure) and higher pulmonary artery pressure (89 mmHg); the other patient had larger right ventricular transverse diameter (46 mm), decreased left ventricular end diastolic anteroposterior diameter (34 mm), and higher heartbeats (107 heartbeats per minute). …”
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Construction of safety evaluation index system for high-grade steel pipeline by Liuyi TANG, Ranran WEI, Feng WANG, Wenyan ZHANG, Qin BIE, Zhijin TIAN, Yuan MEI

“…The occurrence of accidents to large-diameter high-grade steel pipelines, if any, will cause heavy casualties and property losses. …”
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Study on the Nomogram Model Based on Dual-energy Computed Tomography for Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Bo GAO, Jingbin ZHANG, Huizhi MI, Haiqiao SUN, Xiaohui LI, Jiaxing WU, Kexin ZHANG, Shaotong WANG, Xuan SU, Xinyue CUI

“…Parameters, such as iodine concentration (IC), in the arterial phase, lymph node shape, short diameter, margin, degree of enhancement, cystic changes, calcification, arterial phase enhancement pattern, and thyroid nodule capsule integrity were analyzed. …”
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Drug-Coated Balloon-Only Strategy for De Novo Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials by Wenyi Zhang, Mingduo Zhang, Jinfan Tian, Min Zhang, Yuan Zhou, Xiantao Song

“…However, DCBs were inferior to DESs for minimum lumen diameter and percentage diameter stenosis. The DCB-only strategy showed significantly better outcomes for most endpoints compared to plain-old balloon angioplasty or bare metal stents. …”
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Predicting macular hole surgery outcomes: Integrating preoperative OCT features with supervised machine learning statistical models by Ramesh Venkatesh, Priyanka Gandhi, Ayushi Choudhary, Gaurang Sehgal, Kanika Godani, Shubham Darade, Rupal Kathare, Prathiba Hande, Vishma Prabhu, Jay Chhablani

“…XLSTAT® statistical software (Lumivero, USA) was used to train different ML models on 10°CT parameters: prefoveal posterior cortical vitreous status, epiretinal membrane, intraretinal cysts, foveal retinal pigment epithelium hyperreflectivity, MH basal diameter, MH area (MHA), hole-forming factor, MH index, tractional hole index, and diameter hole index. …”
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Biosolid and sugarcane filter cake in the composition of organomineral fertilizer on soybean responses by Raquel Pinheiro da Mota, Reginaldo de Camargo, Ernane Miranda Lemes, Regina Maria Quintão Lana, Risely Ferraz de Almeida, Emmerson Rodrigues de Moraes

“…The plant development was evaluated (stem diameter, plant height and chlorophylls a and b) at 30, 60 and 90 days after sowing. …”
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Fine-root and leaf acquisitive traits decoupled from chloride accumulation in reflecting the differential salinity tolerance among Prunus hybrids by Shuangxi Zhou, Rob R. Walker, Everard J. Edwards

“…The a priori known salinity-sensitive hybrid ‘Nemaguard’ not only showed decreased RTD and a negative relationship between root biomass and salt treatment duration, but also showed increased SRA without notable change of average root diameter. Lamina chloride accumulation and leaf gas exchange response were closely correlated along a gradient towards resource conservation from control to salt-treated plants in all hybrids, which was orthogonal to another gradient characterized by a hybrid-dependent modification of SLA, SRA, RTD and percentage of root length within the finest diameter class. …”
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Effective and safe surgery for keratinocyte skin cancer in the elderly over 80 years of age: a single-institution retrospective study of 345 patients over one year by Luca D. Fontana, Clara Richter, Ramon Lang, Christian Greis, Jürg Hafner

“…Data were collected from operative and postoperative notes within six months after surgery.Results A total of 565 tumors were removed from 345 patients, consisting mainly of basal cell carcinoma (46.5%) and squamous cell carcinoma (45.8%), including 24.2% clinically large tumors (>2 cm in diameter). A total of 26 complications were recorded, resulting in an overall complication rate of4.6%. …”
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Thermal Behavior of Carboxymethyl Cellulose Containing Alumina Nanoparticles at the Entrance Region of an Annulus by F. Marzban, M. Marzban, K. Mohammadzadeh, A. Abadeh

“…Additionally, for the same conditions, Nu is about 0.78% higher for Al₂O₃ nanoparticles with a diameter of 25 nm than the ones with a diameter of 50 nm. …”
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Contribution to the assessment of the genetic potential of wild pear mother trees from the landscape of outstanding features ”Kosmaj” by Nonić Marina, Inđić Anđela, Kerkez-Janković Ivona, Maksimović Filip, Devetaković Jovana, Šijačić-Nikolić Mirjana

“…The variability of morphological characteristics of one-year-old seedlings from 14 half-sib lines was analyzed, the survival of seedlings was recorded, and their height and root collar diameter were measured. The mother trees DK4, DK22 and DK23 stood out as potentially superior due to the percentage of survival and the high values for height and root collar diameter of the seedlings of the half-sib lines. …”
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Occult metastases and survival of lung cancer by clinical diagnosis and CT screening: A simulation study. by Xing Chen, Ghulam Muhammad Kanhar, Songli Hu, Chaomin Wu, Guanqun Chao, Mengqi Jing, Fengjiang Zhang, Millennia Young, Marek Kimmel, Liying Chen, Olga Y Gorlova

“…Among clinically detected Stage I lung cancers with tumor diameter 1-2 cm, 78% were true stage N0M0 (no occult metastases) while it was only 37% for patients with tumor diameters of 2-3 cm. …”
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Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether-mediated nanostructured lipid carriers enhance trans-ferulic acid delivery by Caco-2 cells superior to solid lipid nanoparticles by Zhang Hongyu, Guo Jingwen, Wang Zhi, Wang Na, Feng Nianping, Zhang Yongtai

“…This work aimed to compare the performance of trans-ferulic acid-encapsulated nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) and solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) for transport by Caco-2 cells. The NLC particles (diameter: 102.6 nm) composed of Compritol® 888 ATO, ethyl oleate, Cremophor® EL, and Transcutol® P were larger than the SLNs (diameter: 86.0 nm) formed without liquid lipid (ethyl oleate), and the former had a higher encapsulation efficiency for trans-ferulic acid (p < 0.05). …”
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Influence of Underpinning Pile Drilling Construction on the Bearing Behavior of Existing Loaded Foundation Piles: Case Study by Hua-feng Shan, Tang-dai Xia, Feng Yu, Hai-bing Tao, Shao-heng He

“…The depth of drilling borehole and the number of boreholes have significant influence and thus should be considered in real engineering design while the borehole diameter and the pile-pile distance have a negligible effect. …”
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Three-Dimensional Finite Difference Analysis on the Ground-Sequential Tunneling-Superstructure Interaction by Ali Lakirouhani, Reyhaneh Jafari, Hadi Hasanzadehshooiili

“…The well-validated modeling procedure is adopted to investigate effects of tunnel diameter, depth of tunneling, and number of superstructure stories on the profile of occurring settlements. …”
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Research on surface charge accumulation characteristics of post-composite insulators in polluted environments by Ping Huang, Guoting Yang, Kequan Wei, Junlin Huang, Biao Zhang

“…Analysis is carried out on how wind speed, the diameter of contaminating particles, and the inclination of wind direction impact the distribution of surface charge density on post-composite insulators. …”
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Ultrasonographic Assessment of Fetal Viability in Pregnant Women with First-Trimester Bleeding at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria by Chisolum O. Okafor, Odira C. Anajuba, Chinekwu S. Nwosu, Charles I. Okafor, Munachi O. Nwabunike, Ifeanyi O. Uzukwu, Ugochukwu A. Aguwamba, Kelechi U. Okoye, Adaobi C. Emegoakor

“…Predictors of viability following multiple logistic regression were round/oval GS (OR = 2.062, P < 0.001), presence of an embryo (OR = 1.153, P = 0.032), and yolk sac diameter (OR = 2.302, P = 0.013). Conclusion: Shape of GS, presence of an embryo, and yolk sac diameter are the predictors of fetal viability following first-trimester bleeding.…”
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Effect of geometric characteristics of helical piles on the lateral displacement in sandy slopes by loading surcharge by Mir abas Bahri, Mahyar Arabani

“…According to the laboratory results, the vertical load on sandy slopes was up to 44 % higher than that of cylindrical piles with the same shaft diameter. Laboratory results also reveal that the vertical load increases by 34, 20, and 12 %, respectively by increasing the helix depth, decreasing the helix pitch, and installing the piles in a slanted manner. …”
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Design of Coil Patterns for an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With PCB Stator by Dong-Woo Nam, Min-Ki Hong, Na-Rim Jo, Dong-Hoon Jung, Won-Ho Kim

“…However, in conventional AFPMSMs, the variation in tooth thickness from the inner diameter to the outer diameter of the stator poses significant manufacturing challenges. …”
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Prediction of microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma using a preoperative serum C-reactive protein-based nomogram by Chaohao Yang, Zhiwei Liang, Longshuan Zhao, Renfeng Li, Pengfei Ma

“…The clinical prediction nomogram model, which includes serum CRP levels, WBC count, tumor diameter, and serum AFP levels, showed good performance in predicting MVI in both the training and validation cohorts.…”
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Observed Performance and FEM-Based Parametric Analysis of a Top-Down Deep Excavation in Soil-Rock Composite Stratum by Gang Lei, Panpan Guo, Fucai Hua, Xiaonan Gong, Lina Luo

“…Among the investigated parameters, pile diameter is dominant in affecting the horizontal pile displacement. …”
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