Seed size traits, including seed length (SL), seed width (SW), and seed thickness (ST), are crucial appearance parameters that determine soybean seed weight, yield, and ultimate utilization. However, there is still a large gap in the understanding of...
Background: Thyroid nodules are common, yet only a small proportion are malignant. The independent role of nodule size in malignancy risk remains debated, particularly after adjustment for clinical, biochemical, and sonographic features. Methods: A r...
Yaks have evolved several breeds or genetic resources owing to their geographical and ecological environment, and investigating the genetic construction of body size among breeds is key for breeding. Here, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was p...
Widely consumed daal (lentils) in Bangladesh are an ideal vehicle for iron (Fe) fortification; however, an acceptable portion size in meals needs to be determined to carry out a community feeding study in at-risk adolescent girls. A non-randomized cr...
This study aimed to elucidate the genetic basis of body-size-related traits in Wanyue Black pigs, including body length, chest circumference, forearm circumference, and hip circumference. Phenotypic data were collected from 139 four-month-old female...
30 September 2022
It remains unknown which size fractions dominate the adverse cardiopulmonary effects of particulate matter (PM). Therefore, this study aimed to explore the differential associations between size-fractioned particle number concentrations (PNCs) and ca...
We investigated if thyroid nodule size has a predictive value of malignancy on a par with composition, echogenicity, shape, margin, and echogenic foci, and what would be the consequence of observing the rule of the American College of Radiology (ACR)...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of local administration of melatonin (MLT) on molecular biomarkers and calvaria bone critical defects in female rats with or without osteoporosis, associated or not with a xenogeneic biomaterial. Forty...
To explore the basic mechanical properties and size effects of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) with different substitution ratios of coarse recycled concrete aggregates (CRCAs) to replace natural coarse aggregates (NCA), the failure modes and mecha...
Genetic association studies, testing the relationship between genetic variants and disease status, are useful tools for identifying genes that grant susceptibility to complex disorders. In such studies, an inadequate sample size may provide unreliabl...
Sample size is a key factor in bioequivalence and clinical trials. An appropriately large sample is necessary to gain valuable insights into a designated population. However, large sample sizes lead to increased human exposure, costs, and a longer ti...
Sheep litter size is of major economic importance, yet its polygenic nature and low heritability limit the effectiveness of traditional selection methods. Following PRISMA guidelines, this systematic review integrated genome-wide association study (G...
Small- and medium-sized rivers in the southeastern coastal region of China serve as critical sediment transport pathways connecting continents to marginal seas, and studies of their provenance are important for understanding regional source-to-sink p...
Soil enzymes are linked to the plant–soil–enzyme–soil nutrients of the soil system, which play an important role in carbon cycling and phosphorus mineralization in soil. Monitoring soil biological quality, particularly enzyme activi...
The gas desorption behavior of coal is a key basis for guiding gas parameter determination, optimizing gas extraction, and preventing gas-related disasters. Coal in mine working faces typically exhibits a mixed particle size distribution. However, re...
Rock-filled concrete (RFC) technology is a new type of mass concrete construction technology, which consists of two basic components: the force transfer frame formed by large-size rock accumulation and the matrix formed by self-compacting concrete (S...
This study describes a comparative in vitro study of the toxicity behavior of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles and micro-sized particles. The study aimed to understand the impact of particle size on ZnO toxicity by characterizing the particles in diffe...
25 March 2022
The workplace is an ideal environment for promoting workers’ health. Nevertheless, preventive health measures are insufficiently implemented, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with up to 250 employees. The aim of this stud...
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...
The depth dependence of the indentation hardness, i.e., the indentation size effect (ISE), was manifested as an increase or decrease in hardness when penetration depth decreases, which was observed by previous experiments. Most scholars believe it is...
There exists a negative allometry between vertebrate brain size and body size. It has been well studied among placental mammals but less is known regarding marsupials. Consequently, this study explores brain/body ontogenetic growth in marsupials and...
The performance of Acoustic Emission technique is governed by the measuring efficiency of the piezoelectric sensors usually mounted on the structure surface. In the case of damage of bulk materials or plates, the sensors receive the acoustic waveform...
Over the past few decades, computer-controlled optical surfacing (CCOS) systems have become more deterministic. A target surface profile can be predictably achieved with a combination of tools of different sizes. However, deciding the optimal set of...
To study the effect of particle size on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) pore characterization of sandstone, core samples were gradually crushed into five particle sizes and the transverse relaxation time (T2) spectrum and NMR response characteristic...
United States recovery plans contain biological information for a species listed under the Endangered Species Act and specify recovery criteria to provide basis for species recovery. The objective of our study was to evaluate whether recovery plans p...
This study aims to investigate the influence of fishnet mesh size on a floating platform. A self-developed, time-domain numerical model was used for the evaluation. This model is based on potential flow theory, uses the boundary element method (BEM)...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an increasingly important role in global economic development, and they have encountered many unique problems (such as resources and strategic choice). Strategic management accounting (SMA) techniques ca...
The Gulf of Riga stock of Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras L.) has been maintained through several management tools. One such tool is the restriction of vessels’ main engine power (<221 kW). This restriction was implemented in the ear...
This paper used a combination of numerical simulations and experiments to study the hydraulic performance and the wear law of a centrifugal pump when conveying mixed particle sizes. The numerical simulation was based on the Discrete Phase Model (DPM)...
In this paper, we compare four different methods to estimate nanoparticle diameters from optical absorption measurements, using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images as a reference for the nanoparticle size. Three solutions of colloidal nanop...
This paper introduces an enhanced class of ratio estimators, which employ the transformation technique on an auxiliary variable under simple random sampling to estimate the population median. The transformation strategy can reduce both the bias and m...
This study presents a reproducible and scalable method for synthesizing silica nanoparticles (SNPs) with controlled sizes below 200 nm, achieved by systematically varying three key reaction parameters: ammonium hydroxide concentration, water concentr...
This study, which involved 868 patients, focused on size-dependent features (body size, pinna formation, brachycephaly, overweight) and their associations with the occurrence of canine Otitis externa. Breed, sex, and neuter status were also included....
Current optical fire smoke detectors use scattering light intensity as an indicator of smoke concentration and trigger fire alarms when the intensity exceeds a threshold value. However, such detectors are prone to false alarms caused by non-fire aero...
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...
The findings of an extensive experimental research study on the usage of nano-sized cement powder and other additives combined to form cement–fine-aggregate matrices are discussed in this work. In the laboratory, dry and wet methods were used t...
This study performed an experimental exploration to analyze the influence of different grain sizes of coal on the nanostructure and morphological parameters of soot generated during combustion. Initially, primary and mature soot samples were gained f...
Few studies in China use age as a criterion for garment size analysis in female body shape research. This project addresses the challenge of designing clothing that fits young women aged 18-25 by examining their upper body shapes. Combining Martin me...
Issues: The clinical and paraclinical characteristics of prolactinomas differ mainly according to sex and tumor size. Drug treatment with dopamine agonists (ADs) has a crucial role in the management of prolactinomas. The use of surgery also has its i...
In recent times, 3D eye tracking methods have been actively studied to utilize gaze information in various applications. As a result, there is growing interest in gaze depth estimation techniques. This study introduces a monocular method for estimati...
The size effect has a significant effect on the mechanical behavior of rock, thereby fundamentally influencing the stability of rock excavations. The main challenge associated with the experimental research on the size effect of fractured rock mass l...
In order to solve the ecological environment pollution caused by a large amount of coal gangue accumulation and the problems of poor conveying performance and low support strength of paste filling materials. Based on the standard slump test and uniax...
Background: The increase in serving sizes of energy-dense nutrient-poor discretionary foods over time, with attractively presented large servings and package sizes, has led to portion distortion and a new ‘normal’ for serving sizes. Littl...
Beeswax and beeswax hydrocarbon-based oleogels were studied to evaluate the quantitative relationship between their yield strength and crystal size distribution. With this aim, oleogels were prepared using four different cooling regimes to obtain dif...
The issue of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) variation is relevant due to the identification of mechanisms by which animals adapt to changing environmental conditions. Using the database of the ground beetle Carabus granulatus, compiled from measurement...
In order to study the law of influence of rubber particle size on concrete frost resistance characteristics, this paper systematically evaluates the freeze–thaw characteristics of rubber concrete containing different particle sizes. Rubber conc...
Permeability is usually considered to be related to porosity. However, rocks with the same porosity may have different permeabilities in some cases, because of the variations in pore and throat size and pore space connectivity. It is vitally importan...
Karyomorphology and genome size of 15 St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) populations are reported for the first time. Root tips and fresh young leaves were used for karyological studies and flow cytometric (FCM) measurements, respectively...
This study examines the influence of particle size on the flotation kinetics parameters of both raw and waste fine coal originating from the anthracite mine “Vrška Čuka”, Serbia. Flotation kinetics modeling was performed using...
As the most commonly used exterior-protecting components for buildings, window glass, due to its typical brittle characteristics, is more prone to break under the action of blast loads and produce high-speed flying fragments, which can pose a great t...
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