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It can be used when referring to a measurement or quantity that is half of a standard volume, often in contexts like cooking, science, or literature. Example: "To prepare the recipe, you will need a half volume of water, which is equivalent to one cup."
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Each enzyme sample (3 μL/12 μL) was adjusted to desired pH by adding a half volume of buffer with different pHs: 0.2 M citrate buffer (pH 4.0), 0.2 M phosphate buffer (pH 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0) or 0.2 M CAPS buffer (pH 10.0).
Each enzyme sample (1.0 μg) was adjusted to desired pH by adding a half volume of buffer with different pHs: 0.2 M citrate buffer (pH 4.0), 0.2 M phosphate buffer (pH 6.0, 7.0 or 8.0) or 0.2 M CAPS buffer (pH 10.0).
PCR was performed in a 10 15 μl mixture containing 1 μM of each primer, a half volume of 2× Ampdirect plus buffer (Shimadzu, Japan), 1 μl of template DNA (or a small disc punched out from the FTA card), and 0.5 U of NovaTaq (Shimadzu, Japan).
Each enzyme sample (1.0 μg) was adjusted to desired pH by adding a half volume of buffer with different pHs: 0.2 M citrate buffer (pH 2.5, or 4.0), 0.2 M phosphate buffer (pH 6.0, 7.0 or 8.0) or 0.2 M CAPS buffer (pH 10.0, or 11.0).
A half volume of the aqueous layer concentrated to 50 mL (over 25 g) was subjected to gel filtration using a 1.5 L Sephadex G-25 (200 g, GE Healthcare Little Chalfont, UK) column (400 mL per fraction, more than 8 fractions).
A half volume of the cellulose cartridge eluent was dried and dissolved in 50 µL of 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0).
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DNA was precipitated from the aqueous phase in the presence of 0.3 M NaOAc pH 7.0 and two and a half volumes of ethanol.
DNA was precipitated from the aqueous phase in the presence of 0.3 M NaOAc pH 7.0 and two and a half volumes of ethanol and followed by one 70% ethanol-washing and dissolved at 65°C for 30 minutes with 0.2 – 0.4 ml TE (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4 and 1 mM EDTA and stored at 4°C till use.
Supernatants were transferred to centrifuge tubes (50 ml) containing a half-volume of polyethylene glycol (30%)/sodium chloride (1.6 M), and incubated at room temperature for 2 hr.
A half-volume of the PRP obtained was frozen at −30°C for 2 h and then thawed in a dry thermostat at 37°C for 30 min just before activation (frozen PRP).
To avoid conflating endogenous vaginal bacteria with the cultured L. crispatus, G. vaginalis, and P. bivia used in these experiments, bacteria-depleted supernatants of CVF were prepared: each collected sample was diluted with a half-volume of 0.9% saline, mixed thoroughly, centrifuged at 1000 g for three minutes, and the supernatant drawn off for immediate use in an experiment [ 36].
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