Effect of Soil Amendments to Survival Rate of Bidara Laut (Strychnos lucida R.Br.) in the Mount Tunak Natural Tourism Park, West Nusa Tenggara by Ali Setyayudi, Ryke Nandini, Krisnawati Krisnawati

“…There were improvements in survival rate, height growth, and diameter growth by 25%, 85%, and 25%, respectively.…”
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Preparation of High-Temperature-Resistant Polybenzoxazole Paper by a Two-Step Method by Wanli Zhou, Xinye He, Kuan Yang, Heng Wang, Yizi Chen, Song Wang, Qinglan Xue

“…The results show that the PHA fibrids have a high length–diameter ratio, film shape, and abundant hair structure, and the tensile index of the PHA base paper is as high as 123.3 N·m/g. …”
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Wear resistance analysis of the aluminum 7075 alloy and the nanostructured aluminum 7075 - silver nanoparticles composites by Estrada-Ruiz R.H., Flores-Campos R., Treviño-Rodríguez G.A., Herrera-Ramírez J.M., Martínez-Sánchez R.

“…Nanostructured composites of the aluminum 7075 alloy and carbon-coated silver nanoparticles were synthetized by the mechanical milling technique using a high-energy mill SPEX 8000M; the powders generated were compacted, sintered and hot-extruded to produce 1 cm-diameter bars. The composites were then subjected to a wear test using a pin-on-disc device to validate the hypothesis that second phase-ductile nanometric particles homogenously distributed throughout the metalmatrix improve the wear resistance of the material. …”
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Study on Direct Writing of Gallium Metal for the Flexible Sensor by Junfeng Liu, Haopeng Ma, Yong Yang, Weimin Yang, Zhiwei Jiao, Yuan Yu

“…The advantages of piston mode are studied, and the direct writing parameters of the liquid Ga metal, including extrusion speed, nozzle height, printing speed, and nozzle inner diameter, are systematically optimized. The flexible sensor based on the sealed liquid Ga metal has good resilience under the external load. …”
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Carbon Nanofoam by Pulsed Electric Arc Discharges by David Saucedo-Jimenez, Isaac Medina-Sanchez, Carlos Couder Castañeda

“…The pulsed electric arc discharge was established between two graphite electrodes with 22.8 kVA of power and 150 A DC current; the cathode was relatively motionless and was made of a pure carbon rod of 6 mm diameter, and the spinner anode was a pure carbon disc spinning at 600 rpm; over the disc was an annular cavity where the new catalytic mixture of 93.84/2.56/1.43/0.69/1.48 of C/Ni/Fe/Co/S molar fraction was deposited in a geometrically fixed way by 8 catalytic mixture blocks and 8 empty spaces, and the discharge frequency was 80 Hz. …”
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Isolation and Screening of Highly Cellulolytic Filamentous Fungi by Ibatsam Khokhar, Muhammad Saleem Haider, Sobia Mushtaq, Irum Mukhtar

“…Cellulolytic fungi were evaluated after 7 days for the production of cellulolytic enzymes by staining with 1% Congo red. The diameter of clear zone on fungal plates, gave an approximate indication of cellulase activities. …”
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Antibiogram profile of escherichia coli isolated from migratory birds by Ferdaus Mohd. AltafHossain, Md. Mukter Hossain, Md. Taslim Hossain

“…The antibiogram status of each antibiotic was determined by measuring the diameter of the zone of inhibition due to the diffusion of the agent into the medium surrounding the disc.…”
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Geohazard features of the western Sardinia by G. De Falco, A. Conforti, G. Di Martino, S. Innangi, S. Simeone, R. Tonielli, F. Budillon

“…The main potential geo-hazards on the western Sardinian margin are related with the presence of three pockmark fields which include hundreds of elements from few meters to several hundred meters in diameter. The pockmark fields are located ∼25–35 km off the coastline and at more than 400 m depth.…”
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Fruit Damage Patterns Caused by Ovipositing Females of Conotrachelus dimidiatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Guava Trees by Felipe Tafoya, Catarino Perales-Segovia, Ernesto Gonzalez-Gaona, Humberta Gloria Calyecac-Cortero

“…The most susceptible fruits were in the size range of 2.1–4.0 cm (polar diameter). The information from this study will be used to design and establish effective control strategies for the guava weevil, taking into account location of the most susceptible fruits, seasonality of the pest, and the abiotic factors.…”
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Retrofitting of box section concrete beams to resist shear and torsion using Near-Surface-Mount (NSM) GFRP Stirrups by Moaz A. Nasser, Ahmed A. Mahmoud, Tarek S. Mustafa, Ahmed N. M. Khater

“…Three variables are adopted, (1) GFRP stirrups diameter, (2) GFRP stirrups inclination, and (3) GFRP stirrups spacing. …”
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A Foreign Body Granuloma of the Buccal Mucosa Induced by Honeybee Sting by Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Yohei Nakayama, Yumiko Matsusue, Miyako Kurihara, Takahiro Yagyuu, Tadaaki Kirita

“…The mass was 20 mm in diameter, elastically firm, partly mobile without pain or tenderness, and covered with almost normal mucosa. …”
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Micromechanism Underlying Nonlinear Stress-Dependent K0 of Clays at a Wide Range of Pressures by Xiang-yu Shang, Chen Yang, Guo-qing Zhou, Xiu-zhong Zheng

“…Finally, the link between interparticle force, microstructure, and macroscopic K0 is analyzed and it can be used to interpret well the nonlinear changes in K0 with both vertical consolidation stress and height-diameter ratio.…”
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Numerical Study of the Effect of Magnetic Field on Nanofluid Heat Transfer in Metal Foam Environment by Hamid Shafiee, Elaheh NikzadehAbbasi, Majid Soltani

“…This research is a computational simulation of the impacts of a magnetic field induced into a cylinder in a porous medium for a volume fraction of 0.2 water/Al2O3 nanofluid with a diameter of 10 μm inside the cylinder. For a wide variety of controlling parameters, simulations have been made. …”
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Failure probability calculation model applied to gas pipelines by Frederico Carlos Maciel Thom, Geraldo Rossoni Sisquini, Matheus Jordão de Jesus, Oldrich Joel Romero

“…The 56 km long and 18 in diameter pipeline is partly onshore and partly offshore. …”
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Measuring Hydrometeors with a Precipitation Microphysical Characteristics Sensor: Calibration and Field Measurements by Yuntao Hu, Xichuan Liu, Taichang Gao, Xiaojian Shu

“…The PMCS is calibrated by a series of glass balls with certain diameters under varying light conditions, and a self-adaptive threshold method is proposed. …”
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RESEARCH ON COMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE OF 304 STAINLESS STEEL MULTI-LAYER GRADIENT LATTICE AND GRADIENT RATE INFLUENCE by XU XiangCong, GAO JiaLi, HAO YunBo2

“…Firstly, two kinds of gradient lattice structures of variable diameter BCC (DBCC) and variable angle BCC ( ABCC) were designed based on the body-centered cubic ( BCC ) structure, and the multi-layer gradient structures of 304 stainless steel were prepared by selective laser melting process. …”
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RESEARCH ON SAFETY PROTECTION DESIGN AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF ROLLING LOBE AIR SPRING UNDER EXTREME CONDITION (MT) by CHEN JunJie, ZHANG ShengPeng, ZHANG Lei, WANG QiLiang, CHEN Ke

“…Considering the influence of outer diameter of rubber bellows along with the height of air spring, taking the radius of arc segment and inner cone angle of linear segment as the key design parameters, a novel mechanical model of rolling lobe air spring with safety protection design is established. …”
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Exploring Water-Induced Helical Deformation Mechanism of 4D Printed Biomimetic Actuator for Narrow Lumen by Che Zhao, Lei Duan, Hongliang Hua, Jifeng Zhang

“…The experiment shows that the biomimetic actuator can act as a gripper to capture a small target in a lumen less than 5 mm in diameter. This research provides a theoretical and technical foundation for the development of specialized actuators aimed at narrow spaces.…”
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Critical crack path assessments in failure investigations by Robert D. Caligiuri

“…Unfortunately, portions of the segment only received a single submerged arc weld on the outside, leaving unwelded areas on the inside diameter. Post-failure examination of the segment revealed that the rupture originated at one of these unwelded areas. …”
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How Precise Is Dental Volumetric Tomography in the Prediction of Bone Density? by Hakan Bilhan, Selda Arat, Onur Geckili

“…Bone cylinders of 3.5 mm diameter and 5 mm length, were excised from the mandible using the surgical stent with a slow speed trephine drill. …”
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