The strain hardening behavior was determined using tensile testing at room temperature.
The through-thickness shear behavior was determined using a short beam with V-notches under shear.
The isothermal crystallization process was performed at various temperatures and investigated by DSC, FT-IR and WAXS, while the mechanical behavior was determined using a compression test.
The proportion of those willing to participate was determined based on a Yes or No response, and the association with demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions concerning HIV vaccine studies, social support, and sexual behavior was determined using binary logistic regression models as described above (yielding odds ratios (OR), p-values and 95% confidence intervals).
Suicidal behavior was determined using four questions from the screening-section of the K-SADS-PL diagnostic interview: item-1 suicidal thoughts ("1" = none, "2" = occasional, "3" = frequent), item-2 suicide attempts and their seriousness ("1" = none, "2" = ambivalent, "3" = serious) and item-3 suicide attempts and their lethality ("1" = none, "2" = not life-threatening, "3" = life-threatening).
Spatial learning and memory and anxiety-like behaviors were determined using Morris water maze (MWM) and plus maze tests, respectively.
Characteristics of the as-implanted specimens under investigation included elemental depth profile, hardness depth profile, crystallographic structure, and corrosion behavior and were determined using glow discharge spectrometry (GDS), the Vickers hardness tester, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and the potentiodynamic polarization test, respectively.
Disease location and behavior, in CD, were determined using the Vienna classification [ 14] whereas for disease extent, in UC, the Montreal classification [ 15] was used.
