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Each cage was made of polypropylene 33 15 13 cm and had a stainless steel wire lid on top which held a water bottle and commercial rodent chow.
For drought, plants were covered with polypropylene until harvest, while irrigated plants were watered when the soil moisture reached a level of 60% of field capacity.
Funnel mouths were covered with polypropylene mesh (0.2 cm mesh size) to exclude litter and insects.
The dilated aneurysmal portion of the atrium was resected and the remainder of the atrial wall was closed with a continuous suture of 5-0 polypropylene.
They were housed in polypropylene cages in a temperaturecontrolled room.
Aliquots of plasma were immediately pipetted into 1.5 ml conical polypropylene tubes, capped and frozen until hormone analysis.
The coronary artery was then closed longitudinally with 4-0 polypropylene running suture.
Longitudinal arteriotomy was carried out, and 4 interrupted mattress sutures of 4-0 polypropylene were used to close the fistula.