Archival specimens offer opportunities to delve into the past and capture a glimpse of the history of an eradicated disease.
According to this study, the proposed test specimen offers exceptional flexibility, variety and stability.
The results further indicate that the beam-end test specimen offers a suitable setup to investigate the pull-out behavior of reinforcement under high temperatures accounting for different influencing factors.
Together, these specimens offer a clearer picture of the giant squid.
Furthermore, the results of quasi-static tests performed on specimens machined by cutting tools show that AWJ specimens offer a better resistance in compression but the ADS samples offer higher inter-laminar-shear strengths.
Several recent developments, including nano- and micro-indentation testing, microtensile and microcompressive testing, and bending tests on notched whole bone specimens, offer the possibility to mechanically probe small animal bone and investigate the effects of aging, therapeutic treatments, disease, and genetic variation.
As one might imagine, these ancient biological specimens offer all sorts of potential for research.
The above results, however limited in the numbers of the precious specimens, offer the first real insight into the condition of the wood used by the two greatest violinmakers, Stradivari and Guarneri.
Compared to virus isolation, viral nucleic acid detection techniques performed on acute-phase specimens offer better sensitivity with a much more rapid turnaround time.
These specimens offer an illuminating glimpse into the past, but their presence may also cause some concern for public safety in the event that any of these specimens contain viable variola virus.
