If you're feeling really keen, make Christingles, for which you will need: an orange with a red ribbon tied around it, a small candle inserted in the top, and some dried fruit or sweets (usually dolly mixtures), which are secured to the Christingle orange using four cocktail sticks.
The system is based on a force multiplier mechanism composed by two connecting rods which are secured to a post-stressing tendon.
Its graduated outline corresponds to level indicators, which are secured to the inner surface of the watch.
The abdominal cavity was decompressed by putting the small intestine into a transparent plastic intestinal isolation bag, which was secured to the laparotomy wound.
The Tygon tubing was attached to a short length of stainless-steel tubing, which was secured to the skull as described in a previous report [100].
Data were stored in a data logger (MSR 145 W, MSR Electronics), which was secured to the side of the halter in a leather pouch.
The gold contacts from each electrode were inserted into a six-channel electrode pedestal (MS363, Plastics One), which was secured to the skull with dental cement.
The electrodes were secured with dental cement ('Simplex Rapid', Associated Dental Products, Swindon, UK), and the gold contacts from each electrode were inserted into a six-channel electrode pedestal (MS363, Plastics One), which was secured to the skull with dental cement.
The mouse was implanted with intracranial electrodes E363/8 platinum/iridium Teflon insulated (PlasticsOne, Roanoke, VA, USA), 0.005mm in diameter and 2mm in length, mounted in a plastic pedestal, which was secured to the skull with dental cement.
On days 1 and 4, ovalbumin or saline was placed on a patch of sterile gauze (1 × 1 cm), which was secured to the skin of the mouse back with tape.
