Concerning the specimen-contact interface, the interfacial resistivity and specific interfacial capacitance are decreased.
For further details concerning the specimens (including the morphometrical data), see [ 16, 17].
With the agreement of the families concerned, these specimens had been donated to the Department of Anatomy, Chonbuk National University in Korea, and their use for research was approved by the university ethics committee.
The two-page questionnaire included questions regarding menopausal status, smoking, weight, height, use of HRT, oral contraceptives or other medication, omega-3 intake, intake of soy or other dietary supplements, and details concerning blood specimen collection (date, hour, posture).
Automated plating instrument systems have been designed to increase the speed, reproducibility and safety of this inoculating step; nevertheless, data concerning respiratory specimens are lacking.
Although it was not statistically significant, we also found similar finding concerning specimen storage practice (p = 0.070) after VBC.
First, we did not collect data concerning specimen size or the number of viable cells obtained by CNBs.
For further details concerning specimen and assay issues, in accordance with the criteria developed by the US National Cancer Institute [ 7], we refer to the original paper [ 13].
There are no consistent standards in IRB review concerning new technology, specimen storage, disclosure of individual research results, and ethical problems [ 16].
Since these three TMAs were derived from three different prostate cancer centers, we were to exclude any bias concerning patient selection, specimen fixation, and paraffin embedding.
Concerning histology, specimens were classified using the WHO classifications.
