Teach Aquaculture Curriculum: Spawning and Rearing Bivalve Molluscs—Spawning by R. Leroy Creswell, Cortney L. Ohs, Elisa J. Livengood, Amber L. Garr, Bryan Myers, Carlos V. Martinez, Frank A. Chapman

“…Students will use an ocular micrometer to measure the diameter of bivalve eggs and the length of bivalve larvae. …”
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The agronomic mechanism of root lodging resistance and yield stability for sweet corn in response to planting density and nitrogen rates at different planting dates by Qinggan Liang, Qinggan Liang, Qinggan Liang, Qinggan Liang, Hailong Chang, Hailong Chang, Hongrong Chen, Hongrong Chen, Qingdan Wu, Qingdan Wu, Yuanxia Qin, Zhuqing Wang, Gang Wang, Xuhui Li, Weiwei Chen, Jiantao Wu, Jiantao Wu, Qinnan Wang, Jianqiang Wang, Jianqiang Wang

“…Notably, the yield stability was achieved by significantly reducing the coefficient of variation (CV) of cob length and diameter, ear diameter, kernel row number per plant and grain number per plant. …”
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Factors determining primary or delayed surgery for unilateral, non-metastatic Wilms tumor: a multicentric Egyptian study by Ahmed Elgendy, Amr Abdelhamid AbouZeid, Mohamed El-Debeiky, Shaimaa Abdelsattar Mohammad, Marwa Romeih, Ahmed Ebeed, Mohamed Abouheba, Mohammed Hamada Takrouney, Mahmoud Mostafa, Ahmed Khairi, Osama El-Naggar, Sameh Shehata

“…The median largest tumor diameter was 12 cm (range, 7–16 cm). Primary nephrectomy was performed in 62 patients (55.4%), while 50 (44.6%) underwent delayed resection after biopsy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy. …”
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Design of Round-Nozzle Inertial Impactors Review with Updated Design Parameters by Francisco J. Romay, Estíbaliz García-Ruiz

“…Abstract Round-nozzle inertial impactors are widely used aerosol measuring instruments to characterize the mass and chemical composition of airborne aerosol particles as a function particle aerodynamic diameter. This article summarizes the most important design considerations with updated recommended design parameters taken from our review of published research articles and discusses some of the more common non-idealities seen in the operation and performance of inertial impactors. …”
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Florida Foliage House Plant Care: Adenium obesum by Richard J. Henny, Jianjun Chen

“…Flowers average 2–3 inches in diameter and may be single, double, or even triple. …”
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The Preliminary Design and Fabrication of a Manually Operated Briquetting Machine by JO Osarenmwinda, OI Ihenyen

“…The machine can produce twenty (20) briquettes at a time of about 50mm length and 28mm diameter. The compaction pressure and force was determined to be 17.5 KN/m2 and 215.3N respectively. …”
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QUADRIFILAR HELIX ANTENNA FOR WEATHER SATELLITE RECEPTION by ENOCH ADEAGBO, WALIU APENA, KAYODE AKINGBADE

“…The antenna design and optimization were done by varying the element diameter, the radial lengths, the axial lengths, and element materials on adopted model. …”
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Provocative tests of anal sphincter function correlate with symptoms and subtypes of faecal incontinence by John McLaughlin, Dipesh H Vasant, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Abhiram Sharma, Matthew Davenport, Edward Kiff, Karen Telford, Alexander O'Connor, Donghua Liao, Niels Klarskov

“…With FLIP, there was a trend towards reduced squeeze function in the urge group (pressure-diameter volume loop at 50 mL; p=0.295).Conclusions FLIP and AAR correlate better with FI symptoms compared with HRAM. …”
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Effect of Reforestation Tree Species on the Distribution and Stability of Purple Soil Aggregates by ZHONG Yujian, HE Feng, HAN Guangzhong, ZHAO Xia, YANG Fan

“…The dominant soil aggregates shifted from 0.5~1 mm to >5 mm. (2) The soil aggregate parameters, including the geometric mean diameter (GMD), mean weight diameter (MWD), and the content of aggregates of >0.25 mm (R0.25), increased by 46.93%~330.30%, 47.01%~191.03% and 5.02%~19.66%, respectively, in the artificial forests. …”
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Propagation phenological phase and fruiting habits of the Nitraria tangutorum in the lower reaches of Shiyang River by LIU Hujun, LIU Yun, LIU Shujuan, ZHAO Peng, QI Fujun, LIU Kailin

“…The fruit shape of N . tangutorum was oblong, and the relationship between the transverse diameter and its traits was greater than the longitudinal diameter, and it significantly affected the weight of the fresh fruit. …”
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Designing of a Drainage System on a Section of Katuna - Rubaya - Muko Road in Kabale District. by Amanya, Rabbi

“…The hydraulic culvert, using the obtained discharge from the catchment through the channel, the diameter of the culvert pipe is obtained and controlling headwater section is also obtained. …”
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Predictive value of enhanced CT and pathological indicators in lymph node metastasis in patients with gastric cancer based on GEE model by Ling Yang, Yingying Ding, Dafu Zhang, Guangjun Yang, Xingxiang Dong, Zhiping Zhang, Caixia Zhang, Wenjie Zhang, Youguo Dai, Zhenhui Li

“…Results Lymph node enhancement pattern, Ki67 level, and lymph node long-axis diameter were independent predictors of LNM in gastric cancer (p < 0.01). …”
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Association between Air Pollution and Risk of Hospital Admission for Pediatric Pneumonia in a Tropical City, Kaohsiung, Taiwan by Peng-Huei Liu, Kuo-Chen Huang, Yu-Lun Tseng, I-Min Chiu, Hsiu-Yung Pan, Fu-Jen Cheng

“…Data on PM2.5 (PM with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 2.5 µm), PM10 (PM with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 10 µm), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) in each of the 11 air monitoring stations in Kaohsiung city were collected. …”
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Evaluate the Depth of Scouring of the Bridge Base Using Soft Calculation Techniques by Zhangabay Nurlan

“…In this study, sensitivity analysis has shown that the SOM program will be more sensitive to the average particle diameter when executed with subsequent data.…”
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Incidentally detected asymptomatic splenic artery aneurysm by Ihsan Alur, Gokhan Yigit Tanrisever, Bilgin Emrecan

“…Medical follow-up can be performed in true splenic artery aneurysms less than 2 cm in diameter. In this article, we wanted to present a fifty-two-year-old female patient with an asymptomatic splenic artery aneurysm that was detected incidentally. …”
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Propagation and Production of Atlantic St. Johnswort by Mack Thetford, Debbie Miller

“…Each flower is 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) in diameter with 5 clear yellow petals (Radford et al. 1983). …”
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Ground Pearls, Earth Pearls, Pearl Scale, Margarodes spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Margarodidae) by Anthony Camerino

“…The sphere is pink to yellowish-brown in color and measures from 1/6 of an inch in diameter to as small as a grain of sand (Short). The exposed mouthparts are used to feed and attach to the roots of plants. …”
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The first experience of laser scalpel «LS-0,97» application at endoscopic ablation of rectal polyps by V. S. Rubtsov, Yu. V. Chalyk

“…The contact laser photocoagulation was applied in continuous mode using quartz monothread 600 microns in diameter. Totally 16 polyps of the rectum at 11 patients over 45 years old were removed by laser ablation.Results. …”
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Thinning Southern Pines - A Key to Greater Returns by Chris Demers, Michael Andreu, Babe McGowan, Alan Long, Jarek Nowak

“…Thinning is an important silvicultural practice that redistributes the growth potential of the site to the best trees. Diameter growth rates are maintained or increased on residual trees after thinning, which increases the return on investment from higher-value trees. …”
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EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS ON ENTROPY GENERATION IN FIRE-TUBE STEAM BOILER’S HEAT EXCHANGER by OLUMUYIWA LASODE, JOSEPH OYEKALE, IDEHAI OHIJEAGBON, JOHN OLADEJI

“…Correlation equation relating dimensionless fire-tube length to dimensionless tube diameter was also obtained. The obtained correlation equation is a tool to be incorporated into fire-tube steam boiler design, so as to account for entropy generation during design. …”
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