Nanopatterned Silicon Substrate Use in Heterojunction Thin Film Solar Cells Made by Magnetron Sputtering by Shao-Ze Tseng, Chang-Rong Lin, Hung-Sen Wei, Chia-Hua Chan, Sheng-Hui Chen

“…Improved heterojunction cells are formed on a nanopatterned silicon substrate that is prepared with a self-assembled monolayer of SiO2 nanospheres with a diameter of 550 nm used as an etching mask. The efficiency of the nanopattern silicon substrate heterojunction cells was 31.49% greater than that of heterojunction cells on a flat silicon wafer.…”
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Review on the Durability of Polypropylene Fibre-Reinforced Concrete by Yanzhu Liu, Liang Wang, Ke Cao, Lei Sun

“…The authors analysed the effects of fibre content, fibre diameter, and fibre hybrid ratio on these durability indexes. …”
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Study on Downhole Throttling Characteristics of High Water Content Gas by Jie Zheng, Zhenzhen Li, Yihua Dou, Yarong Zhang, Cheng Bi, Xu Yang, Jiahui Li

“…Based on this, the effects of different working conditions and choke diameter on downhole throttling characteristics of high water-bearing gas wells are analyzed. …”
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Properties and Biodegradability of Thermoplastic Starch Obtained from Granular Starches Grafted with Polycaprolactone by Z. B. Cuevas-Carballo, S. Duarte-Aranda, G. Canché-Escamilla

“…The grafting of PCL on the starch granule was verified by the emergence of the carbonyl group in the FTIR spectra and the increased diameter of the grafted starch granule. Thermoplastic starch from ungrafted starch (TPS) and grafted starch (TPGS) was obtained by mixing ungrafted or grafted starch granules with water, glycerol, or sorbitol in a mixer. …”
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CHF Phenomena by Photographic Study of Boiling Behavior due to Transient Heat Inputs by Jongdoc Park, Katsuya Fukuda, Qiusheng Liu

“…The transient boiling heat transfer characteristics in a pool of water and highly wetting liquids such as ethanol and FC-72 due to an exponentially increasing heat input of various rates were investigated using the 1.0 mm diameter experimental heater shaped in a horizontal cylinder for wide ranges of pressure and subcooling. …”
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Stress intensity factors analyses for external semi-elliptical crack for repaired gas-pipeline by composite overwrap under pressure by D. E. Belhadri, M. Belhamiani, W. N. Bouzitouna, W. Oudad

“…It can also be noted that the composite repair reduces the SIF KI by 46% and the KII by 55% and the KIII by 72% near the outside diameter of the pipe in each zone. However, the reduction of the SIF KI is more significant for the rectangular crack than for the semi-elliptic crack, from which it is concluded that the composite repair is very effective for a rectangular crack with respect to the semi-elliptic crack. …”
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Characterization of eDNA from the Clinical Strain Acinetobacter baumannii AIIMS 7 and Its Role in Biofilm Formation by Praveen K. Sahu, Pavithra S. Iyer, Amrita M. Oak, Karishma R. Pardesi, Balu A. Chopade

“…Membrane vesicles (MV) of varying diameter (20–200 nm) containing DNA were found to be released by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). …”
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Troubling Toys: Rare-Earth Magnet Ingestion in Children Causing Bowel Perforations by Parkash Mandhan, Muthana Alsalihi, Saleem Mammoo, Mansour J. Ali

“…Rare-earth magnets are small 3–6 mm diameter spherical powerful magnets that are sold as popular desk toys for adults and were previously found in construction toys in attractive colors for children to play with. …”
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Compositional Variation of PCBs, PAHs, and OCPs at Gas Phase and Size Segregated Particle Phase during Dust Incursion from the Saharan Desert in the Northwestern Anatolian Peninsul... by S. Levent Kuzu

“…PAHs exhibited either monomodal or bimodal size distribution on different days. The mass median diameter of PAHs did not change significantly during different atmospheric conditions due to their local sources. …”
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Clinical and histological investigation ot' large hernial defects repaired with skin autograft in sheep: an experimental study by Fahrettin Alkan, Nuri Yavru, Cengiz Ceylan, İlhami Çelik, Murat Boydak, Yasemin Özkan

“…Skin flaps, approximately 11 cm in diameter and 15 cm in length were removed over the umbilical area Consequently, hernial defect corresponding to the removed skin flap size, were created through the removal of abdominal musculuture and periton. …”
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Picea orientalis (L.) Peterm. at Peter the Great Botanic Garden by Firsov Gennadiy, Volchanskaya Alexandra, Orlova Larisa, Tkachenko Kirill

“…The best specimen reaches 7.65 m in height, with a trunk diameter of 14 cm, with a crown of 3.4 x 3.1 m at the age of about 47 years. …”
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Enteric Duplication Cyst Located at the Posterior Tongue: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature by Bircan Savran, Cuneyt Kucur, Cengiz Kocak, Isa Ozbay, Mehmet Huseyin Metineren, Yasin Tugrul Karakus

“…During surgery, a 3-cm diameter opaque thick-walled cyst was found to be very closely adherent to the base of tongue, which was excised in its entirety. …”
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Thermohydraulic Performance Improvement in Heat Exchanger Square Duct Inserted with 45° Inclined Square Ring by Amnart Boonloi, Withada Jedsadaratanachai

“…The Reynolds number (Re = 100–2000, laminar regime) based on the hydraulic diameter of the square duct is selected for the present work. …”
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A Case of Brucellosis Presenting with Multiple Hypodense Splenic Lesions and Bilateral Pleural Effusions by Emine Dilek Eruz, Serhat Birengel, Alpay Azap, Gulden Yilmaz Bozkurt

“…Abdominal ultrasound revealed sludge in the gallbladder and multiple hypodense splenic lesions (the largest was 1 cm in diameter). Brucella melitensis was isolated from the blood culture of the patient. …”
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Bubble Flow Analysis of High Speed Cylindrical Roller Bearing under Fluid-Solid Thermal Coupling by Li Cui, Wenxia Wang, Zhang Yanlei

“…Bubble flow calculation model of roller bearing considering fluid-solid thermal coupling is constructed based on two-body fluid model and k-ε turbulent model, in which diameter and size of bubbles, breakup, and coalescence model of bubbles are considered. …”
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Ovarian Follicular Dynamics during the Estrous Cycle in Jennies in Upper Egypt by R. I. Derar, H. A. Hussein

“…The CL was firstly detected at D 2.58±1.2, developed in a rate of 1.19±0.07 mm/day, reached a maximum diameter of 30.77±1.28 mm at D 13.0±0.70, and started to regress on D 17.05±0.64 with a mean regression rate of 1.75±0.17 mm d-1. …”
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Behaviour of Human Erythrocyte Aggregation in Presence of Autologous Lipoproteins by C. Saldanha, J. Loureiro, C. Moreira, J. Martins e Silva

“…Particle size, up to LDL diameter values, seems to reinforce erythrocyte tendency to aggregate at the same plasma osmolality (particle number) range of values.…”
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Unexpected Exacerbation of Tracheal Stenosis in a Patient with Hunter Syndrome Undergoing Cardiac Surgery by Nobue Terabe, Soichiro Yamashita, Makoto Tanaka

“…The narrowest part above the tracheal bifurcation was 2 cm long and the anteroposterior diameter was ≤6 mm. Cardiac surgery was uneventfully performed. …”
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Ligament and Droplet Generation by Oil Film on a Rotating Disk by Hengchao Sun, Guoding Chen, Li’na Wang, Fei Wang

“…An integrated model to predict the oil film flow, ligament number, and droplet Sauter mean diameter (SMD) of a rotating disk, which is an abstraction of the droplet generation sources in a bearing chamber, is developed based on the oil film force balance analysis and wave theory. …”
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Screening of Fungi from Oil Palm Rhizosphere in Peat Soils and the Potential as Biological Agents against Ganoderma boninense by Fifi Puspita, Isna Rahma Dini, Dermala Sari

“…The parameters observed were macroscopic characteristics of fungi from oil palm rhizosphere, disease severity index, fungus inhibition power from oil palm rhizosphere to G. boninense, colony diameter and growth rate of high antagonist rhizosphere fungus, hyperparasitic type of fungus from rhizosphere of oil palm plant with G. boninense and the morphological characteristics of fungi from high antagonist rhizosphere in macroscopic and microscopic. …”
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