CeF3 NCs were synthesized using a modified method reported previously [21].
Silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles, Fe3O4@SiO2, were prepared according to the modified method reported by Stober [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19].
The bulk h-BN was prepared from boric acid and urea by the modified method reported by Nag et al. [33].
Nitrate concentration was determined according to the modified method reported in our previous study [ 20].
Using a modified method reported previously (5, 17), BMD was measured in the thoracic vertebral bones (T4, T7, T10) derived from the CT scan density.
The viability of EGAS cores was assessed according to the modified method reported by Diallo et al., 2010 [ 28], using the PrestoBlue Cell Viability Reagent (Invitrogen, USA).
To investigate the effect of THR0921 on osteoclast formation, osteoclast differentiation induced by macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF, Pepro Tech EC, London, UK) and soluble RANKL (sRANKL, Pepro Tech EC) was monitored using a modified method reported previously [ 26].
Highly luminescent CdSe/ZnS QDs were initially prepared to fabricate QBs based on a modified method reported by Xie et al. The as-prepared QDs were monodispersed with an average size of 8.5 ± 1 nm.
The activity of trypsin (EC 3.4.21.1) and chymotrypsin (EC 3.4.21.2) were measured using the modified method reported by Lainé et al [ 16] and the activity of α-amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) was assayed according to Bernfeld [ 17].
The abdominal aorta was isolated underneath the left renal artery and occluded using a nontraumatic aneurysm clip to conduct transient spinal cord ischemia according to a modified method reported by Kiyoshima et al. [ 14].
