Sports potential modeling of young basketball players: a preliminary analysis by Dilson Borges Ribeiro Junior, Jeferson Macedo Vianna, André de Assis Lauria, Emerson Filipino Coelho, Francisco Zacaron Werneck

“…In comparison with other athletes, high-potential basketball players presented higher stature, wider wingspan, longer limb length, greater predicted adult stature and higher Z score of the % PMS. …”
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Aircraft Charging and its Influence on Triggered Lightning by Pavan, C, Fontanes, P, Urbani, M, Nguyen, NC, Martinez-Sanchez, M, Peraire, J, Montanya, J, Guerra-Garcia, C

“…Experiments were performed on a model aircraft with a 1m wingspan, which was suspended between two parallel electrodes in a 1.45m gap with voltage difference of a few hundred kilovolts applied across it. …”
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Methods of Aircraft Charge Control During Flight by Martell, Benjamin C.

“…A corona discharge wire is used for remote charging of a 1.9 m wingspan plane to both positive and negative polarities. …”
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Design and development of a high-altitude, in-flight-deployable micro-UAV by Tao, Tony S. (Tony Shuo)

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Redesign, analysis, fabrication and testing of light weight wing for solar UAV : part 2 by Oh, Ying Qun

“…The high altitude, long endurance (HALE) UAV will have an 18m wingspan, with solar panels acting as the upper wing skin. …”
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Design and development of joined-wing aircraft by Teo, Te Wei

“…The commercial aviation industry can be said to have reached its peak with the design of A380 by airbus, with its wingspan reaching the maximum allowable limit for airports. …”
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Design of power device sizing and integration for solar-powered aircraft application by Danjuma, Safyanu Bashir, Omar, Zamri, Abdullah, Mohd Noor

“…The input variables were aircraft mass 3 kg, wingspan 3.2 m, chord 0.3 m, aspect ratio 11.25, solar radiation 825 W/m2 , lift coefficient 0.913, total drag coefficient 0.047, day time 12 hour, night time 12 hours, respectively. …”
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Development of a Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Disaster Area Monitoring and Mapping by Gesang, Nugroho, Zahari, Taha, Tedy, Setya Nugraha, Hatyo, Hadsanggeni

“…This UAV used a flying wing that has 3 kg empty weight, 2.2 m wingspan, and can fly for 12-15 minutes. This UAV was also used for a mission at Parangtritis coast in the southern part of Yogyakarta with flight altitude of 150 m, average speed of 15 m/s, and length of way point of around 5 km in around 6 minutes. …”
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Effect of sex and age on some Morphometric, Hematological and Biochemical Parameters in Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) by Ayaat Eldeify, Alsagher O. Ali, Marwa M. Fawaz, Adel Elsayed Ahmed Mohamed

“…Present study on Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) conduct on 60 apparently healthy bats (19 young, 36 adults and 5 neonate) and designed to investigate data base in this species, bat’s morphometric measurements needed to determine all bat’s external characters which help in identification of different species and different age or sex. morphometric parameters measured by ruler, show significant difference between different age and no effect of sex, overall mean of body weight 111.1±34.29 g, Forearm 8.74±0.85 cm, body length 14.26±1.58 cm and Wingspan 61.18±6.41 cm. Evaluation of hematological and biochemical parameters of animals are very important to diagnosis diseases and to determine a requirements of nutrition to them. hematological parameters measured by Hemocytometer show significant difference between different age in RBC, MCV, Eosinophil and no effect of sex, overall mean of RBC 7.19±2.56 1012/l, WBC 6.87±3.96 109 /l, HB 13.99±1.96 g/dl and Platelets 199.3±118.9 109 /l. biochemical parameters measured by Spectrophotometer show significant difference between different age in triglyceride and between different sex in total calcium and cholesterol, overall mean of AST 219.5±191.2 IU/l, ALT 115.6±77.68 IU/l, Total calcium 1.85±0.40 mmol/l, Urea 3.98±3.48 mmol/l, Cholesterol 0.26±0.15 mmol/l, Glucose 5.37±1.70 mmol/l.…”
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Production of probiotic-fortified composite poultry feed from food and agricultural waste material by Ihuoma Queen Onu-Okpara, Solomon Oranusi, Hilary Okagbue

“…Results: Chicks fed G1 and G3 diets performed similarly (p < 0.05) in terms of measured param¬eters (weight, height, and wingspan) and had better performance compared to chicks on G2. …”
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Design and Flight Test of a Tube-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by Michael Finigian, Peter Apostolos Kavounas, Ian Ho, Conor Cian Smith, Adam Witusik, Andrew Hopwood, Camron Avent, Brandon Ragasa, Brian Roth

“…The folding mechanisms used in this UAV allow it to achieve the benefits of a longer wingspan while remaining compact and easy to deploy.…”
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Design and Flight Performance of a Bio-Inspired Hover-Capable Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle with Tail Wing by Shengjie Xiao, Yuhong Sun, Dapeng Ren, Kai Hu, Huichao Deng, Yun Wang, Xilun Ding

“…Combined with the experimentally optimized wings, this flapping mechanism can generate more than 34 g of lift with a total wingspan of 16.5 cm, which is obviously superior to other FWMAVs of the same size. …”
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Biometric Trait Characterization and Multivariate Discriminant Analysis of Traditionally Bred Autochthonous Chickens in Ethiopia by Kefala Taye Mekonnen, Dong-Hui Lee, Young-Gyu Cho, Ah-Yeong Son, Kang-Seok Seo

“…All autochthonous chickens showed a strong correlation between wingspan and back length (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.001). Roosters and hens also showed a strong correlation between the keel and neck length (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.001). …”
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Improvement of Take-Off Performance for an Electric Commuter Aircraft Due to Distributed Electric Propulsion by Vincenzo Cusati, Salvatore Corcione, Fabrizio Nicolosi, Qinyin Zhang

“…This paper deals with the detailed aerodynamic analyses of a full-electric commuter aircraft with fuel cells, which expects two primary electric motors at the wing tip and eight other electric motors distributed along the wingspan as secondary power sources. The main objective was the numerical estimation of propulsive effects in terms of lift capabilities at take-off conditions to quantify the possible reduction of take-off field length. …”
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Check-Valve Design in Enhancing Aerodynamic Performance of Flapping Wings by Lung-Jieh Yang, Reshmi Waikhom, Wei-Chen Wang, Vivek Jabaraj Joseph, Balasubramanian Esakki, Neethish Kumar Unnam, Xiu-Han Li, Chi-Yuan Lee

“…Wind tunnel experiments were conducted by considering the two cases of wing design, i.e., with and without a check-valve for various driving voltages, wind speeds and different inclined angles. A 20 cm-wingspan polyethylene terephthalate (PET) membrane wing with two check-valves, composed of central disc-cap with radius of 7.43 mm, supported by three S-beams, actuated by Evans mechanism to have 90° stroke angle, is considered for the 10 gf (gram force) FWMAV study. …”
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Untethered Flight of a 270 mg Microrobot Powered by Onboard Energy by RuiDe Yun, LingYue Zhang, YangSheng Zhu, HengYu Zhang, WenCheng Zhan, ZhiWei Liu, XiaoJun Yan, MingJing Qi

“…It is challenging for microrobots to fly using onboard energy due to the relatively heavy power supplies and inefficient actuators that are limited to a small size (mass less than 1000 mg and wingspan less than 100 mm). Inspired by the movement of jellyfish in nature (Physophora hydrostatica), herein, a microscale aerial vehicle FlyJelly is introduced, powered by onboard energy to achieve untethered flight. …”
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Experiments of Lift-Bending Response on a Slender UAV Wing Structure with Control Surface under Extreme Flow Turbulence by Wolduamlak Ayele, Victor Maldonado, Siva Parameswaran

“…Experiments on a commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a 3 m wingspan and aspect ratio of 13.6 were performed in a large open-return wind tunnel with extreme flow turbulence intensity of ≈10%. …”
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A new small-bodied azhdarchoid pterosaur from the lower cretaceous of England and its implications for pterosaur anatomy, diversity and phylogeny. by Darren Naish, Martin Simpson, Gareth Dyke

“…With a pelvis length of 40 mm, the new animal would have had a total length of c. 350 mm, and a wingspan of c. 750 mm. Barremian and Aptian pterodactyloids from western Europe show that small-bodied azhdarchoids lived alongside ornithocheirids and istiodactylids. …”
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Reversed sexual size dimorphism: body size patterns in sexes of lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni) in the Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, Mongolia by Onolragchaa Ganbold, Richard P. Reading, Ganchimeg J. Wingard, Woon Kee Paek, Purevsuren Tsolmonjav, Ariunbold Jargalsaikhan, Otgontsetseg Khuderchuluun, John Azua

“…For males, we found significant relationships between body weight and both tail length and wingspan, but no significant relationships for females. …”
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Comparison of linear discriminant analysis, support vector machine and artificial neural network in classifying Nigerian local turkeys based on plumage colours using biometric trai... by Olanrewaju Similoluwa Oloye, Olanrewaju Similoluwa Oloye, Happiness Oshioghieme Emmanuel, Kazeem Olajide Bello, Christian Ndubuisi Obiora Ikeobi

“…The biometric traits (bodyweight, body length, breast girth, thigh length, shank length, keel length, wing length, and wingspan) in 200 (20-week-old) turkeys were measured. …”
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