Most previous studies that determined organochlorine concentrations in human specimens focused on one compound, for instance PCBs, without considering other correlated toxicants, such as DDE, which might have a confounding effect.
As an alternative, Katerina Douka of Oxford, a member of the team examining the Italian specimen, focused on the dating of marine shell beads found in the same archaeological levels as the teeth, a technique that has proven successful at other sites in Europe.
Then, experimental studies on renovated pipe specimens are discussed, focusing on the renovation effect and the bond strength of mortar and concrete.
In the future we hope to develop additional university-level labs on other key invertebrate fossil taxa such as brachiopods, mollusks, echinoderms, etc., using the same specimen-based approach focusing on ecology and evolutionary trends rather than memorization.
One of the many projects included the collection of dinosaur specimens to test hypotheses focusing on the relative abundances and the presence or absence of various dinosaurian ontogenetic stages.
As described above, if the sentinel lymph nodes can be used to predict axillary lymph node status, the quantity of cancer cells in axillary lymph node specimens can be replaced by focusing on the quantification in the sentinel lymph node specimens.
We examined the ALL microarray data set published by Ross et al [ 14], focusing on 104 specimens from ALL patients that represent six different subgroups defined by cytogenetic features and immunophenotypes.
Fractured specimen surfaces are analyzed macroscopically focusing on their relations with the maximum shear stress.
The fact that a third of pre-service teachers did not accept evolution after they were exposed to evolutionary concepts through lectures, laboratory exercises, videos, discussions, visits to a natural history museum, and assignments focusing on various fossil specimens suggests that simply teaching more about evolution does not change students' views of evolution.
Since a sufficient quantity of good-quality DNA can be obtained from each nephrectomy specimen, polymerase chain reaction-based analyses focusing on individual CpG sites are not always required.
