Specimens for the tests were cut from the steel plates using a water jet cutting machine.
Biopsy specimens for the test set cases were identified and obtained from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) registries in Vermont and New Hampshire [ 9- 11].
THFV device would facilitate easily reproducible sampling with the added benefit of onsite cytologic evaluation to confirm the adequacy of specimen for the test to be performed.
The soil sample was then divided into smaller samples to prepare the soil specimens for the oedometer tests.
Extruded samples were also injection moulded using a Haake Minijet II injection-moulding machine as to obtain the dumbbell shape specimens for the tensile test (at 400 MPa).
SK provided the liquid cytology specimens for the HPV test and access to referral smear and history.
Standard 15 cm × 15 cm × 15 cm cube C30/37 strength class concrete specimens were prepared for the testing program.
The same curing process as that of the pull-out tests was applied to the specimens for the transfer length tests.
To separate the specimens for mechanical testing from those for histomorphometry, the bone-implant specimens were cut transversely with a water-cooled diamond band saw.
DNA will be extracted from the specimens for HPV testing by real-time PCR.
