The main model dimensions were obtained by means of a stereo microscope, analyzing one Cordis BX-Velocity and one Carbostent Sirius coronary stent.
The description of the cutting samples by means of a stereo microscope, the interpretation of satellite images, and the construction of lithological and hydrogeological profiles and flow charts were carried out in the laboratory, and then integrated in a GIS.
Collagenase P (Roche) digested pancreatic islets were isolated as previously described (Delmeire et al, 2003) by handpicking under a stereo microscope.
Methodologically, our study was strengthened by the use of a stereo microscope, which ensured removal of all the cartilage without causing damage to the calcified layer and the tissue beneath in preparing the defects.
Numbers of larvae on the leaves of leafminer infested plants were recorded by carefully examining leaves under a stereo microscope (Wild, Heerbrugg, Switzerland).
Only colonies with >50 cells were counted by direct visual inspection with a stereo microscope at 20× magnification.
Oocytes were obtained by mincing the ovaries under a stereo microscope with a scalpel in a Petri dish filled with 0.5% bovine serum albumin (BSA) in Tyrode's albumin lactate pyruvate (TALP) solution for washing.
The number of sclerotia infected by C. rosea was counted under a stereo microscope (SMZ-10, Nikon, Tokyo, Japan) at 8, 16, and 20 h, respectively, sclerotia covered with C. rosea mycelia were considered parasitized.
The uterine horns were opened longitudinally by means of a microscissors under a stereo microscope (M651; Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany).
The presence of a tissue sample was quickly confirmed by opening the microbiopsy device and visualizing with a stereo microscope (Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Germany).
