Effective density (ρe) is universally used in atmospheric science as an alternative measure of the density (ρ) of aerosol particles, and its definitions can be expressed in terms of the particle mass (mp), ρ, mobility diameter (Dm), vacuu...
The objective was to investigate the pattern of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in three local beef breeds, namely, Calvana (n = 174), Mucca Pisana (n = 270), and Pontremolese (n = 44). As a control group, samples of the Italian Limousin breed (n = 100)...
All-electric buildings are playing an important role in the electrification plan towards energy-neutral smart cities. Batteries are key components in all-electric buildings that can help the demand-side energy management as a flexibility asset and im...
Dabieshan cattle (DBSC) are a valuable genetic resource for indigenous cattle breeds in China. It is a small to medium-sized breed with slower growth, but with good meat quality and fat deposition. Genetic markers could be used for the estimation of...
Bayesian modeling using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) estimation requires researchers to decide not only whether estimation has converged but also whether the Bayesian estimates are well-approximated by summary statistics from the chain. On the con...
Understanding the linkage disequilibrium (LD) across the genome, haplotype structure, and persistence of phase between breeds can enable us to appropriately design and implement the genome-wide association (GWAS) and genomic selection (GS) in beef ca...
Effective population size (Ne) is a crucial metric for evaluating the current status of genetic diversity and conservation management. Population of Kandelia obovata, a mangrove species that is patchily distributed along the estuaries off Southeaster...
Small-sized animal populations can undergo significant loss of genetic variability that can lead to their extinction. Therefore, studies on animal breeding have focused on mating systems for minimizing the disappearance of genetic variability. The ma...
The Istrian (IS) and the Pag sheep (PS) are local Croatian breeds which provide significant income for the regional economy and have a cultural and traditional importance for the inhabitants. The aim of this study was to estimate some important popul...
Ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris) is a critically endangered fish that is listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. Sixteen individuals from the Chinese section of the Ili River were geno...
Understanding the genetic status of aquaculture strains is essential for developing management guidelines aimed at sustaining the rates of genetic gain for economically important traits, as well as securing populations that will be robust to climate...
The prehistory of the Lithuanian population and genetic relationship to other populations are poorly studied. Thus, the Lithuanian population, as an object of study, is interesting due to its partial isolation with genetic distinctiveness within the...
The determination of the ductile failure behavior in engineering components weakened by cracks and notches is greatly dependent on the estimation of the plastic zone size (PZS) and, particularly, the effective plastic zone size (EPZS). Usually, time-...
Background: Chinese Red Steppe cattle (CRS) combine indigenous environmental resilience with moderate dairy performance, whereas Holstein cattle (HOL), despite their high milk yield, suffer reduced genetic diversity and compromised adaptation. A comp...
The friction size effect in thin-sheet microforming constrains the attainable forming quality of microscale sheet components. In this study, T2 copper foils with thicknesses of 0.04, 0.08, 0.16, and 0.32 mm were investigated by comparative tensile te...
Developing a size effect model that can encompass the surface effect and the fracture process zone (FPZ) is still challenging. Here, a combined size effect model (CSE model) is formulated by integrating the surface effect size model and the size effe...
The Nguni cattle of South Africa are a Sanga breed, characterized by many eco-types and research populations that have been established in an effort to conserve the diversity within the breed. The aim of this study was to investigate the overall gene...
The fracture behaviors of quasi-brittle materials are commonly specimen size (size effect) and crack size (boundary effect) dependent. In this study, a new failure model is developed for characterizing the size and boundary effects. The derivative of...
The aim of this study was to identify future research trends in fascia-related investigations, as well as to develop new effect size thresholds for between-group differences, along with sample size calculations and statistical power estimations speci...
Indentation size effect at shallow indentation depths still remains a challenge as it cannot be correctly described by the Nix–Gao model based on the concept of strain gradient plasticity and geometrically necessary dislocations. The reasons fo...
Asphalt concrete is widely used in hydraulic structure facilities as an impermeable structure in alpine cold regions, and its dynamic mechanical properties are influenced by the strain rate and specimen size. However, the specimen size has an importa...
The literature regarding the Reverse Indentation Size Effect (RISE) is scarce, the occurrence of which is assumed for plastic materials, including metals. The content of this article is to study the relationship between applied load and measured valu...
Handling and properties of nanoparticles strongly depend on processes that take place on their surface. Specific surface area and adsorption capacity strongly increase as the nanoparticle size decreases. A crucial factor is adsorption of water from a...
Background/Objectives: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is the term used to describe a pathology (dysfunction and pain) in the masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joint (TMJ). There is an apparent upward trend in the publication of dental resea...
Tensile strength and fracture toughness are two essential material parameters for the study of concrete fracture. The experimental procedures to measure these two fracture parameters might be complicated due to their dependence on the specimen size o...
Recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) is a kind of five-phase composite material at the meso-level. It has a more complex interfacial transition zone (ITZ) than ordinary aggregate concrete (NAC), which is an important factor affecting the meso-failure of...
When measuring the compressive strength of rock, size and strain rate are the two main influencing factors. To study the rock strength size effect, rock specimens with length-to-diameter ratios of 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 and 1 were subjected to stati...
Percolation experiments were conducted on coal samples with various fracture lengths and inclination angles under different stress conditions using a gravity-loaded rock percolation test device. The goals of these experiments are (1) to improve the t...
Nanoindentation is a well-stablished experiment to study the mechanical properties of materials at the small length scales of micro and nano. Unlike the conventional indentation experiments, the nanoindentation response of the material depends on the...
Notion of Effective size of support (Ess) of a random variable is introduced. A smallset of natural requirements that a measure of Ess should satisfy is presented. The measure withprescribed properties is in a direct (exp-) relationship to the family...
The size effect is a phenomenon where the strength and the ductility of a material depend on the size of the structure. Investigating size effects and related crack formation in brittle materials requires advanced monitoring methods. The aim of this...
The study verifies the sensitivity of selected construction materials (S235JR structural steel and 1.4301 stainless steel) to the statistical size effect. The P–S–N curves were determined experimentally under high-cycle fatigue conditions...
The body size of aquatic invertebrates is, to a great extent, dependent on ambient temperature, but size distributions are also determined by other factors like food supply and predation. The effect of temperature on organisms is formulated in the te...
Artificial neural networks have been widely used in many studies, such as the prediction of the piezoelectric effect of the plate of engineering structures in vibration and noise reduction. In this paper, an artificial neural network (ANN) model was...
Small additive molecules often enhance structural relaxation in polymers. We explore this effect in a thermoplastic shape memory polymer via molecular dynamics simulations. The additive-to-monomer size ratio is shown to play a key role here. While th...
The excessive use of chemical fertilizers (OCF) is one of China’s main sources of agricultural nonpoint source pollution. It is debatable whether outsourcing service adoption (FOS) reduces OCF. This article argues that farm size and plot size c...
Effect-size estimation for Mood’s median test has received relatively little methodological attention despite the test’s widespread use in robust and nonparametric analysis. This study evaluates four candidate effect-size estimators: the...
We experimentally and theoretically investigate the size effect of gelation using Resorcinol-Formaldehyde aerogels. We find a clear dependence of gelation time on the sample size under mild shear conditions. We developed a theoretical model based on...
The localization of deformation in shear bands is a fundamental phenomenon in granular materials like soil. In this study, we focus on the characteristics of shear bands, particularly the size effect, by implementing biaxial discrete element method (...
Differential item functioning (DIF) is a critical step in providing evidence to support a scoring inference in building a validity argument for a psychological or educational assessment. Effect sizes can assist in understanding the accumulation of DI...
Most of the experiments on additively manufactured polymers are on a small scale, and it remains uncertain whether findings at a small scale can be extrapolated to their larger-scale counterparts. This uncertainty mainly arises due to the limited stu...
Concrete properties and damage conditions are widely evaluated by ultrasonics. When access is limited, the evaluation takes place from a single surface. In this case, the sensor size plays a crucial role due to the “aperture effect”. While this effec...
The feeding habits of organisms are important elements in their ecological role and are affected by several factors. The present study provides for the first time information on the diet and feeding strategy of Dentex maroccanus (Valenciennes, 1830)...
In this meta-study, we analyzed 2442 effect sizes from 131 meta-analyses in intelligence research, published from 1984 to 2014, to estimate the average effect size, median power, and evidence for bias. We found that the average effect size in intelli...
Imperfections due to the manufacturing process can significantly affect the local fatigue strength of the bulk material in cast aluminium alloys. Most components possess several sections of varying microstructure, whereat each of them may inherit a d...
An experimental study of molecular hydrogen adsorption on single gold nanoparticles of various sizes deposited on the surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) was carried out by means of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The...
(1) Background: Effect size interpretation in physiotherapy research varies across statistical models, hindering comparability between studies using linear, logistic, and variance-based analyses. Unified, discipline-specific thresholds are needed to...
In the design of cellular structures using unit cell-based modeling, idealized structures with infinite dimensions and negligible boundary conditions are often assumed in order to simplify the analysis. However, such treatments also result in signifi...
This paper advocates the systematic use of effect size measures—such as Cohen’s d and Cliff’s
In the process of micro-milling, the appearance of the edge-size-effect of micro-milling tools cannot be ignored when the cutting parameters are smaller than the cutting edge arc radius (r0) of the micro-milling tool or close to it, and it could easi...
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