Four regimes were evident in the stress strain curves and deformation maps: the linear elastic regime, the plastic regime with no significant crack initiation and propagation, the regime of formation of a fracture process zone and, finally, the regime of fracture, where a main crack propagates through the specimen and leads to failure.
Though we need further investigate the relationship between those gene expressions and 5-FU sensitivity in clinical setting, we believe that with this technique it may be possible to predict the sensitivity of the agents before treatment using a small amount of a biopsy specimen and it leads to establish a tailor-made treatment for cancer patients.
Children's prenatal blood Pb levels were determined from cord blood specimens, and postnatal lead levels were abstracted from pediatrician and state records.
It is anticipated that multiparametric analyses can be performed on limited tumor specimens and will lead to improved clinical investigation and better validation of mechanistic concepts.
However in case of discrepancy in score between the two examiners, this was dissolved by a combined viewing of the specific specimen and subsequent discussion always led to an agreement on the score to be used for the specimen.
For low permeable geomaterials such as clay shales, core extraction, handling, storage, and specimen preparation can lead to a reduction in the degree of saturation and the effective stress state in the specimen prior to testing remains uncertain.
Ultrathin sections were stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate, and the specimens were observed in a Phillips CM 10 transmisson electron microscope.
Inaccuracies in the estimated specimen thickness lead to a systematic error which is independent from the microscope and from the phase retrieval algorithm.
In this work, other materials different than membranes have been tested through electroremediation of a kaolinite specimen contaminated with lead and zinc.
Usually microarray techniques provide a valuable way of characterizing the molecular nature of disease but the expense and limited specimen availability often lead to studies with small sample sizes.
