Since a fast degradation in shear strength was generally observed for all the tested specimens, a low-cycle fatigue was identified: it resulted that the same curve can be employed describing the number of cycles leading to low-fatigue failure for a given amplitude of the imposed cyclic displacement history.
Specimens with a low plastic fines content of 0%, 15 %, 30 %, 40 %, 50 % and 60 weight were tested in drained and undrained triaxial compression tests.
Flexible wall permeameter tests, drained and undrained triaxial compression tests, one-dimensional consolidation tests, and undrained cyclic triaxial tests were performed on specimens with a low plastic silt content of 0%, 15 %, 30 %, 40 %, 50 % and 60 weight.
The experimental results for GFRP specimens indicate a low influence of ply number on FRP mechanical properties, and a minor reduction of axial tensile strength and strain with increasing the temperature.
The differences in grain size and, hence, the density of grain boundaries was reflected in variations in electrical conductivity, with hyperstoichiometric specimens with a low number of boundaries, yielding an increase in conductivity with increasing Gd content.
All of these studies demonstrated a preponderance of males and mature animals with fewer sub-mature and immature specimens and a low percentage of juveniles.
We had chosen to screen the serum specimens at a low dilution to increase their sensitivity, which would then be confirmed by the serum neutralization test.
A total of 59% of the tumour specimens had a low proliferation rate, with a Ki67 score of <5, 32% had a medium proliferation rate of 5 20 and only 9% of the tumours had a high proliferation rate of >20.
The reason for the higher detection rate by the mPCR assay could be ascribed to specimens containing a low concentration of bacteria that were not detected after 48 h with the Mycofast Revolution assay.
Expression of MVD-CD105 and VEGF was lower in the Cx43+ group than in the Cx43– group in HCC specimens with a low AFP level (both P < 0.05) (Table 6).
Here, we found that the majority of human pancreatic cancer specimens have a low expression of ASS, and reduced ASS expression was associated with unfavorable histopathological characteristics of pancreatic cancer.
