A Letter to Reconsider the Conditions for Testing Decontaminated N95 Respirators for Emergency Reuse to Address Shortage by Eric P. Vejerano, Jeonghyeon Ahn

“…A recently issued guideline will test decontaminated N95 respirators against particles with a median diameter of 0.075 ± 0.020 µm at a flow rate of 85 L min–1. …”
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A biomechanical study of the role of sitagliptin on the bone characteristics of diabetic rats by Stavros K Kourkoulis, Ermioni Pasiou, Arezoo Abdi, Despoina Perrea, John Vlamis

“…It was concluded that diabetic bones undertake larger forces despite the fact that the “diameter” of their cross-section was some­­how smaller. …”
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Bending performance and design of reinforced concrete ribbed bridge deck slabs retrofitted with steel-plate reinforcement by Jianshuai Liu, Shuai Tian, Tao Li

“…Bolt shear arrangement based on the slip effect and a sufficient increase in the diameter of the bolts at both ends of the steel plate are more appropriate for the bending effect of the bridge deck structure. …”
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Geometric Evolvement, Simulation, and Test of a Bionic Lateral PDC Reamer Bit Inspired by Capra sibirica Horn by Chaoyu Chen, Jialin Yan, Yuntian Zou, Haifeng Luo

“…Concrete sample was reamed indoors from 240 mm to 407 mm in diameter, and the bionic lateral PDC reamer bit was approved by the test result.…”
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Small-Animal X-ray Dose from Micro-CT by John M. Boone, Orlando Velazquez, Simon R. Cherry

“…Monte Carlo simulation was used to evaluate the radiation dose to small animals (5–40 mm in diameter) as a result of X-ray exposure. Both monoenergetic (6–100 keV) and polyenergetic (15–100 kVp) X-ray sources were simulated under typical mouse imaging geometries. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Cellulose Nanofibril Films from Wood Fibre and Their Thermoplastic Polycarbonate Composites by S. Panthapulakkal, M. Sain

“…Nano fibres were prepared from wood pulp fibres by mechanical defibrillation, and diameter distribution of the fibres produced was in the range of 1–100 nm. …”
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Activity-Dependent Plasticity of Spinal Circuits in the Developing and Mature Spinal Cord by Behdad Tahayori, David M. Koceja

“…Ample evidence exists to demonstrate that the sensory information originating from large diameter afferents (Ia fibers) have an important role in inducing essential functional and morphological changes for the maturation of both the brain and the spinal cord. …”
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Description and Preferences of Tarsier (Tarsius supriatnai) Nest Trees in Nantu Wildlife Reserve, Gorontalo by Terri Repi

“…This research used a direct observation method to collect data for three months, from September to November 2013, focusing on temperature, humidity, light intensity, tree height, tree diameter, nest height from the ground, and frequency of nest use. …”
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Effects of Chamber Width on H2/Air Rotating Detonations by Hailong Zhang, Weidong Liu, Lin Zhang, Shijie Liu, Luxin Jiang

“…The normal velocities on the outer wall and average diameter are almost the same. The former one is approximately the CJ value.…”
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The Vibration Characteristics of Ground of Rock Blasting in Silt-Rock Strata by Tao Yin, Chuanbo Zhou, Changqing Zheng, Jugen Fu, Ziru Guo

“…As the shield section passes through the silt-rock strata, the rock stratum of the tunnel section has to be blasted into blocks in advance, and the diameter of the blocks should be less than 30 cm after breaking, and then, the blocks could smoothly enter the soil cabin through the opening of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) cutter head and finally be discharged through the screw machine. …”
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Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Tropical Freshwater and Marine Microalgae by Thanh-Luu Pham

“…AgNPs at a certain concentration have resulted in change in cell diameter, reduction in chlorophyll-a content, and enhancement of the total lipid production in the tested microalgae. …”
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Perancangan Cetakan Injection Molding Hand Press Untuk Produk Slide Piece CVT Menggunakan FEM by Alfan Ekajati Latief, Lutfi Darusman, Wibowo Pria Fahla, Ahmad Dzilfairuz Zaidan, Nuha Desi Anggraeni

“…The tool used to support the design of the mold is a low-pressure injection molding hand press with a barrel temperature specification of 200 C - 250 C, barrel volume of 270 cm3, and an out-of-nozzle diameter of 8 mm. The most efficient design is determined from three multi-cavity models with different shapes. …”
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Phosphate, Calcification in Blood, and Mineral Stress: The Physiologic Blood Mineral Buffering System and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk by Andreas Pasch, Willi Jahnen-Dechent, Edward R. Smith

“…CPP1 are spherical, 50-100 nm in diameter, and contain amorphous mineral. CPP2 are oblongated, 100-200nm in the long axis, and they contain a crystalline mineral core. …”
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Behavior and Splice Length of Deformed Bars Lapping in Spirally Confined Grout-Filled Corrugated Duct by Yongfeng Zheng, Zhangfeng Zhu, Zhengxing Guo, Peng Liu

“…Compared with the spiral bar diameter, the spiral pitch distance provides more dominant effect on the tensile strength of the connection. …”
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An Ultrasound Study of Cerebral Venous Drainage after Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization by Davide Vailati, Massimo Lamperti, Matteo Subert, Alberto Sommariva

“…IJV cross-sectional diameter and flow were measured using two-dimensional ultrasound and Doppler function bilaterally before and after IJV cannulation with the head supine and elevated at 30°. …”
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Analysis of Above-Ground Steel Storage Tanks Resting Over Piles or Stone Columns by Tarek Salem, Hassan Maaly, Ahmed Abdelbaset

“…On other hand, one model studied the behavior of steel tank resting on large diameter concrete piles. Results indicate that stone columns can be used instead of end bearing piles as long as the computed settlements are safe. …”
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Coalescence of carbon nanotubes while preserving the chiral angles by Akira Takakura, Taishi Nishihara, Koji Harano, Ovidiu Cretu, Takeshi Tanaka, Hiromichi Kataura, Yuhei Miyauchi

“…These findings offer routes for the structure-selective synthesis of large-diameter nanotubes and modification of the properties of nanotube assemblies via postprocessing.…”
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Survival rate and growth performance of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) exposed in polyvinyl chloride microplastics by Bagus Dwi Hari Setyono, Wiwin Iky Soenarky, Zaenal Abidin, Rangga Idris Affandi

“…Microplastic are classified as plastic particles whose diameter is less than 5 millimeters. One type of microplastic that has an adverse impact on the life of aquatic organisms is polyvinyl chloride (PVC). …”
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Pressure Drop Distribution in Smooth and Rib Roughened Square Channel with Sharp 180° Bend in the Presence of Guide Vanes by Venkata Ratna Rao.D, S. V. Prabhu

“…Rib height-to-hydraulic diameter ratio (e/D) is maintained constant at 0.14 with a constant pitch-to-rib height ratio (P/e) of 10. …”
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Association of ambient air pollutants with blood physiological and biochemical indicators and systemic immune inflammation index in people living around Beijing: an analysis of air... by Bingqian DU, Zhiqiang REN, Peian CHEN, Zhenjun LI

“…Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm (PM10) concentration was positively correlated with MO# and SIRI, and negatively correlated with mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and MCHC (all P < 0.01). …”
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