In a separate series of experiments duodenal specimens of full wall thickness were collected, immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -70°C.
The experimental campaign consisted of quasi-static monotonic and cyclic pullout tests performed on real scale specimens, representative of wall-to-timber framed wall connections found in late 19th century buildings of downtown Lisbon, Portugal.
In addition to monitoring the strains across the gage length, the DIC method provided a full-field quantitative strain map of the test specimens to wall capacity and revealed strain hot-spots associated with the maximum strain at crack locations.
A specimen of gastric wall from each animal was homogenized (10%) in ice cold 0.1 mol/l phosphate buffered saline (PBS).
Specimens of the sac wall and thrombus were negative following histopathological and microbiological examination.
The highest counts of bacteria were found in specimens of the intestinal wall around the ileocecal valve, regardless of the treatment group.
Specimens of the intestinal wall of the colonic mucosa were prepared for histological examination by fixing in 4% formaldehyde-buffered solution, embedding in paraffin, and sectioning.
In the study by Khanakah et al., it was demonstrated that Borrelia strains were more frequently cultured from specimens of the bladder wall than from heart muscle.
Two aspect ratios, 1.0 and 2.0 were utilized in the design of wall specimens.
It is noted that the failure mostly occurred at the bottom track of wall specimens due to the large deformation or tearing failure of track.
