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To obtain oral specimens, each subject swished 15 mL of normal saline around their oral cavity, gargled with their head tilted back for 10 – 20 s, and then expectorated into a specimen cup.
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Mucosal specimens of each subject were collected from every region of the large intestine (ascending colon, descending colon, and rectum) with biopsy forceps (the same type was used for all sample collection); specimens were preserved in liquid nitrogen immediately for subsequent RNA extraction and protein assay.
Specimens from each subject were immunostained using antibodies against phosphorylated microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) (AT8, mouse monoclonal, 1 500; Innogenetics, Belgium) and the assessment of AD pathology was conducted according to the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease CERADD) guidelines (Mirra et al. 1991) and the Braak stage (Braak and Braak 1991).
A biopsy specimen from each subject was formalin fixed and paraffin embedded for immunohistochemistry assays.
The carriage rates for the patients receiving both surveys were similar by batch survey but the rate of MSSA and MRSA carriage was up to 15.9% and 6.9%, respectively, if either specimen from each subject was positive (Table 1).
The remaining 12 specimens were equally divided into two groups (CH2 and CH3), six specimens each, and subjected to elevated temperatures of 500 °C for 2 (CH2 specimens) and 3 h (CH3 specimens).
Non-sterile and sterilized specimens were each subjected to a range of true strain over a number of loading cycles.
Blood lead was measured in participants' blood specimens obtained during each subject's visit.
For each of two hypoglycemic periods (capillary blood specimens ≤60 mg/dL), each subject collected two sterile cotton swab samples by rubbing them on the skin of both arms.
A total of 4 secretion specimens were collected from each subject at 4 different times per treatment condition: at baseline, immediately after vocal loading, following the 4-hr treatment and 24 hours post-baseline.
Sputum specimens were collected from each subject at enrolment.
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