All the archaeological artefacts studied are dated about 5000 BP according to the not calibrated 14C investigation.
One of the artefacts studied is the Mediacup itself, an ordinary coffee cup invisibly augmented with computing and context-awareness.
"How these people were living, what were their habits, how did they die?" The CT (computed tomography) scanner has proven invaluable to researchers as it allows them an increasingly high-resolution peek inside the objects and artefacts they study, without having to cut them open or destroy them.
Indeed, a thorough scientific investigation is usually necessary in order to support and complete the work of historians and restorers [7, 8] as, once the type of marble used to make the artistic artefacts under study has been identified, an attempt can be made to solve the problems related to restoration and conservation.
However, given that preferential amplification of the smaller product may produce data artefacts, the study was repeated using real-time PCR (with Sybr green as the reporter dye) on the MX3005P thermal cycler (Stratagene, UK).
The experimental configuration was adapted to suit the artefact under study.
We hypothesised that if the protective effect of moderate drinking was more than an artefact of study design and operated through a cardiovascular pathway, any risk reduction in mortality would be greatest among those aged 65 years or more.
We felt it was important to examine possible explanations for the excess of male symptomatic knee ROA in the CAS K) cohort in order to determine if an artefact of study design was responsible, in which case important lessons for future study design could be learned and misinterpretation avoided.
The difference in acquisition approach, especially the chosen imaging plane and resulting differences in partial volume artefacts, between our study and the MESA study is one of the likely explanations for the discordant results.
Designed to provide an early warning signal, they are often composed of materials similar to those of the artefact being studied, but which are more sensitive and will react faster [24].
