Sentence examples for modification of the specimen from inspiring English sources
This modification of the specimen ensured that reduction and alignment was maintained solely by the implant in the absence of a medial cortical support.
The procedure is based on previous ideas regarding the use of compact tension specimens for studying the fracture behavior of concrete but implies significant modifications of the specimen morphology in order to avoid premature failures (such as the breakage of concrete around the pulling load holes).
Measurements of the corpus callosum were considered to be unreliable due to modifications of the specimen's shape in transportation.
For this purpose, modification of the ECT specimen was used as proposed by Li [24] and 6PBP specimen [25] was employed to evaluate mode III and mixed-mode III/II in order.
A comprehensive numerical and experimental investigation is conducted to identify the main causes of this behaviour and a modification of the geometry of the specimen is proposed.
Total DNA was isolated from adult specimens using a modification of the CTAB protocol published by Palumbi [48] and Bossier et al. [49] with Proteinase K pre-treatment as well as RNAse post-treatment to remove the high amount of RNA observed in all samples.
DNA was isolated from blood specimens, using a modification of the Qiagen QIAmp 96 DNA Blood Kit (Qiagen GmbH, Hilden, Germany, http://www.qiagen.com).
The fabrication of needles from this sample requires some modifications in the preparation method in order to optimize the structural characteristics of the specimen, which are explained below.
In addition, amino acid variations that were detected in 7 clinical specimens led to antigenic modification of the surface-exposed portion of MSP.
Operative findings and pathological examination of the surgical specimen(s) result in a modification of the initially assigned stage.
The modification is thought to be due to diffusion of polyiodide ions through the film surfaces of the specimen.
