Investigation of the TIG Welding Process for Joining AA6082 Alloy Using Grey Relational Analysis by G. Sathish Kumar, M. Ramesh, S. Dinesh, Prabhu Paramasivam, N. Parthipan

“…Aluminum 6082 is used as the substrate, and AA5356 filler wire with a diameter of 2.4 mm is used as the filler wire. This research project employs argon as the shielding gas. …”
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Response of cold briquetted iron (CBI) to high temperatures treatment by Ibitoye S.A., Adeleke A.A., Tiamiyu A.O., Popoola A.P.I., Afonja A.A.

“…Ground as-received CBI briquette and those heated to temperatures ranging from 500°C to 1000°C were sieved to maximum of 30 microns diameter size and their room-temperature x-ray diffraction (XRD) measured. …”
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Biology, Control and Invasive Potential of Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.) in Florida by Patrick Minogue, Seth Wright

“….), also known as giant reed, is a tall, fast-growing, bamboo-like grass that under ideal conditions can reach a height of up to 30 feet and a stem diameter up to 1.5 inches. Giant reed is invasive and difficult to control and has caused economic losses in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. …”
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A Three-Dimensional Model of Turbulent Core Annular Flow Regime by Saliha Nouri, Zouhaier Hafsia, Salah Mahmoud Boulaaras, Ali Allahem, Salem Alkhalaf, Baowei Feng

“…These two configurations are simulated and compared for pipe diameter D=0.026  m and pipe length L=4  m. For these two inlet configurations, the computed mixture velocity profile and the water volume fraction at a test section z=100 D were compared to experimental measurements. …”
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Pore Changes in Purple Mudstone Based on the Analysis of Dry-Wet Cycles Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance by Chen Dang, Zhili Sui, Xiuyuan Yang, Zhenlong Ge

“…Originally, it consisted of a small pore structure with a single pore diameter of 0.01–0.1 µm and changed to a variety of pore structures with various pore diameters of 0.001–100 µm. …”
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Transient Horizontal Response of a Pipe Pile in Saturated Soil with a Flexible Support at the Pile Head by Ao Su, Min Zhang, Wei Shang, Qiqi Wang

“…Finally, a parametric study investigates the effects of factors such as impact load, permeability, pile diameter, and pile head constraints on pile displacement.…”
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Yield and Profitability of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) as a Function of Increasing Levels of Phosphorus and Varieties in Southern Ethiopia by Mesfin Dawit, Abera Habte

“…The vine length, internodes length, diameter, and the number of vines were significantly varied among varieties while P had a nonsignificant effect on these parameters. …”
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An All-Solid Dispersion-Compensating Photonic Crystal Fiber Based on Mode Coupling Mechanism in Dual-Concentric Core by Zhaolun Liu, Chunlan Zhang, Yuwei Qu

“…At 1550 nm, the confinement loss is less than 1 × 10−3 dB/km and the bending loss with 2 cm bending diameter is less than 1 × 10−2 dB/km.…”
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Prevention of unplanned extubation in neonatal patients: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Ludmylla Cristina de Faria Pontes, Isac Davidson Santiago Fernandes Pimenta, Gidyenne Christine Bandeira Silva de Medeiros, Daniel Guillén-Martínez, Paloma Echevarria-Pérez, Grasiela Piuvezam, Helaine Carneiro Capucho

“…Unplanned extubation (UPE), defined as accidental removal of the endotracheal tube during mechanical ventilation or its replacement due to suspected obstruction or inadequate diameter, is considered the fourth most common adverse event in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). …”
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Structural Integrity Assessment of Weld for Joining Waveguide to Annular Linear Induction Pump Subjected to Vibration by Ashish Kumar, Y.V. Nagaraja Bhat, B.K. Sreedhar, S.I. Sundar Raj, V. Prakash, P. Selvaraj

“…The waveguide is a SS rod of 300 mm length and 20 mm diameter which is provided with a threaded provision at one end for mounting the accelerometer.  …”
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Monitoring air quality in residential areas with low-cost sensors: Santa Cecilia case by Oscar Arnulfo Fajardo-Montaña, Yeimy Alejandra Salinas, Carlos Reyes, Daniel Santiago Becerra-Casas

“…This study evaluates the behaviour of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter below 2.5 micrometres (PM2.5) in indoor environments of the Santa Cecilia neighbourhood, relative to outdoor atmospheric concentrations, using custom-designed low-cost sensors. …”
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The High Input of Soil Organic Matter from Dead Tree Fine Roots into the Forest Soil by Hans Å. Persson

“…The live/dead ratios of fine roots (<1 mm in diameter) decreased with depth; very low ratios were observed in two wet forest sites. …”
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Analysis of Blood Flow Velocity and Pressure Signals using the Multipulse Method by Derek H. Justice, H. Joel Trussell, Mette S. Olufsen

“…For example, our dataindicate that the tube radii may be related to the diameter of theblood vessels.…”
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Manufacture of Composite Plastic Pellet Seed Machine Capacity 2.5 Kg/Hour by Alfan Ekajati Latief, Cahyadi Suheri

“…The screw rotation is constant at 15 rpm, using a screw diameter of 20 mm x 550 mm and a pitch distance of 1D with an inclination angle of 23º.…”
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Accuracy Verification of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology for Lower-Limb Prosthetic Research: Utilising Animal Soft Tissue Specimen and Common Socket Casting Materials by Mohammad Reza Safari, Philip Rowe, Arjan Buis

“…The MRI measurement results were strongly correlated with actual diameter, surface area, and volume measurements. The results show that the selected scanning parameters and the semiautomatic segmentation method are adequate enough, considering the limit of clinical meaningful shape and volume fluctuation, for residual limb volume and the cross-sectional surface area measurements.…”
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Simulating the Effects of Structural Parameters on the Hydraulic Performances of Venturi Tube by Yanqi Sun, Wenquan Niu

“…The effects of Venturi structural parameters on its hydraulic performance were studied, which provided theoretical basis for the design of Venturi injector. With an inlet diameter of 50 mm, based on the method of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the effects of the structural parameters (such as throat taper, throat contraction ratio, and throat length) on their hydraulic performance (such as outlet faceted average velocity, minimum pressure, and critical pressure) were studied under different inlet pressures and pressure differences between inlet and outlet. …”
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Growth and Production of Two Job’s Tears Cultivars (Coix Lacrima Jobi-L.) at Various Doses of NPK Compound Fertilizer (16:16:16) by Nugraha Ramadhan, Indra Dwipa

“…Pulut showed the highest mean values on growth variables (plant height, leaf length, and stem diameter), but Batu showed the highest mean values on yield variables (seed weight / plant). …”
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Sandwich technique for endovascular repair of type A aortic dissection following stent graft with an inner branch in the ascending aorta by Kosuke Ujihira, MD, Reiko Kemmochi, MD, Taiichiro Matsumoto, MD, Noriyuki Tokunaga, MD, PhD, Mitsuaki Matsumoto, MD, PhD

“…This technique minimized device diameter, preventing over-dilatation of the true lumen, with sufficient overlap of the stent grafts.…”
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Experimental evaluation of steel fiber effect on mechanical properties of steel fiber-reinforced cement matrix by Ali Jadidi, Milad Amiri, Ehsanollah Zeighami

“…These fibers have a length to diameter ratio of 30 mm and 50 mm (L/D=30 and L/D=50). …”
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Experimental Exploration of Bearing Capacity of Clay with Multiple Inflatable Anchors by Qiu-nan Chen, Meng Yang, Xiao-cheng Huang

“…In addition, the ultimate bearing capacity of multiple inflatable anchors is maximized if the ratio of the spacing of inflatable anchors to the equivalent expanding section diameter of an inflatable anchor is 6.84. It is recognized that the ECO of this new multiple inflatable anchor group is sometimes greater than 1, unlike that of conventional anchors, which have ECOs of less than 1. …”
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