Sentence examples for specimens to elucidate from inspiring English sources

In this study, 430 and 409L stainless steels having columnar and equiaxed structures were chosen as initial specimens to elucidate the role of microstructure and composition on ridging.

In this study, we examined gonads of A. crepitans from museum specimens to elucidate relationships between the decline of this species and the temporal and spatial occurrence of intersexuality.

We examined the steady-state levels of mRNA for gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (gamma-GCS), multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) and human canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter (cMOAT) in human lung cancer specimens to elucidate their roles in relation to platinum drug resistance in vivo.

An X-ray diffraction study of powder and fibre specimens permitted to elucidate the structure of the mesophases, which in any case resulted in tilted, monolayer types.

We thus sought to assess the species distribution of NTM isolates from various clinical specimens and to elucidate the epidemiologic trends of NTM isolates and diseases over a 9-year period in Taiwan.

The chemical composition, surface morphology, anodic behavior, and the corrosion resistance of these specimens were investigated to elucidate the performance of the nickel anode in NH4F · 2HF for electrochemical production of NF3.

Future studies using a larger cohort of gastric cancer specimens are needed to elucidate the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic significance of KRAS amplification and overexpression.

The range of specimen volumes was selected to elucidate any specimen size effect, but smaller volume specimen tests were largely unsuccessful, shear failure did not occur between the notches as expected.

Thus, when such a fortuitous discovery occurs, the decision to cut the specimen into sections to elucidate its internal construction is not an easy one to make, for traditional methods in paleobotany such as thin-sectioning or making polished longitudinal sections will cut into the rare reproductive organ.

Electron microscopic evaluation was performed on the excised specimens in an attempt to elucidate the pathogenesis of the condition and the possible mechanisms of treatment failure.

This technology has been applied to DNA extracted from archived FFPE clinical specimens in several tumor types to elucidate key genes involved in disease development and progression (20, 21).