Twenty-four hours later (32 days of protocol), the arterial catheter was connected to a strain gauge transducer (Blood Pressure XDCR; Kent Scientific, Torrington, CT, USA), and BP signals were recorded over a 30 minutes period in conscious animals using a microcomputer equipped with an analog-to-digital converter board (WinDaq, 2 kHz, DATAQ, Springfield, OH, USA).
The equations derived are numerically tractable and are easily solved using a microcomputer.
Digitization and registration of corresponding images from the autoradiogram and IHC were performed using a microcomputer system and ImageQuant TL Analysis Toolbox software (GE Healthcare).
Quantification of ACE binding density in two LV sections from each animal was performed using a microcomputer imaging device (Imaging Research), which measures the relative absorbance of the radioactive labelling.
An Arduino Leonardo board (Arduino Srl, Italy) was used as a microcomputer to handle the A/D conversion of the force signal.
The time-dependent local activity has been resolved using a microcomputer-controlled set of micro-reference electrodes situated close to an anodized nickel wire.
Tensile, compression, and shearing tests of Cu/Ti3SiC2/C nanocomposites were performed using a microcomputer-controlled electronic universal testing machine WDW-31000) at a loading speed of 0.5 mm/min.
Quantification of two sections from each rat was performed using a microcomputer-imaging device (Imaging Research), and results are expressed as a percentage of the binding in control rats.
A three-point bending test of the femur was performed using a microcomputer-controlled electrical universal testing machine (HY-1080; Hengyi Instrument, Shanghai, China) at a crosshead speed of 1 mm·min−1.
Static stress-strain measurements of the corneas were performed using a microcomputer-controlled biomaterial tester (Minimat, Rheometric Scientific GmbH) with a prestress of 5 × 10 Pa in the human corneas and 10 × 10 Pa in the rabbit corneas (1 Pa = 1 N/m).
