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Can anyone suggest me the best way for Regression analysis of Accidents?

Dear Altruist, I want to make a regression analysis based on accident data. But I am not finding the necessary information about what type of regression is more applicable for analysis accident...

23 February 2021 9,956 3 View

How can I improve the concentration of banana fruits extracted RNA?

Currently, I'm working with banana fruits. I've tried to do RNA extractions with different methods, and I've gotten total RNA without contamination, but I couldn't get a high concentration of...

22 February 2021 6,126 2 View

Where can I find a reliable and updated methodology related with the design of spiral heat exchangers?

I need to design an spiral heat exchanger, buy I don't know what reference or bibliography (preferably a book) should I consult in order to get an updated and reliable methodology related with...

14 February 2021 7,910 3 View

Can a mRNA be degraded but still observe a protein over-expression?

Hello there, I'm currently trying to over-express a gene by transfecting the cells with a pcDNA6 plasmid containing my target gene. When I measure the mRNA for my gene of interest, the levels are...

03 February 2021 4,112 4 View

Is there any specific software available for graphical presentation of signaling pathways/cycle in cells?

I'm planning to write a Review article, to make it more worthy and easy to understand for the targeted audience, I'm thinking to add some signalling pathways, and unfortunately, I have no idea how...

30 December 2020 6,395 2 View

Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science. Is a real magazine?

Dear colleagues: I have received many emails from a magazine called ournal of Research in Humanities and Social Science. I have gone to the website of this journal, and I read "some" indexes but,...

13 December 2020 6,208 6 View

How can I do the bang's blinding index and james blinding index?

Hi! I would like to know with which statistical software the bang blinding index and the James blinding index and how to do it. Thanks

09 December 2020 1,363 2 View

Can anyone help me to find research paper of "Banks, W. H. H"?

Dear researchers, I need this research paper "Similarity solutions of the boundary-layer equations for a stretching wall by Banks, W. H. H (Bristol, University, Bristol, England)." If anyone...

07 December 2020 2,157 1 View

What is the main difference of diluting HCL in methanol as opposed to water?

I am hoping to determine the mass per unit area (as per DIN 50938) of a black oxide coating. I use water to achieve the required 1mol/l hydrochloric acidic solution, but a fellow lab had used...

06 December 2020 4,806 1 View

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Greetings to all. I have some questions about setting up DFT calculations in Gaussian software (I am a beginner in these matters), and trying to calculate the energy of the first excited triplet...

06 December 2020 3,504 4 View

What could be the reason for XRD pattern starting from very high counts/intensity at 3 degree 2 theta?

I am working on XRD analysis of the clay minerals from the sea sediments. My XRD pattern shows very high counts at the start of the XRD pattern (3 degree 2 theta) which is very unusual. The counts...

31 January 2021 4,493 9 View

Is it possible to prepare clay minerals by mixing pure oxides of required elements? What would be theoretical difficulties with it?

Practically this is not at all necessary. But theoretically, would hydrous/hydrothermal synthesis be enough (like mix 1 mole alumina gel and 4 mole silica gel and gently heat) or would it require...

26 January 2021 6,403 3 View

How can I realise the separation of clay mineral part from soil ? and what is this process called ?

Hey; I am looking to work on clays in my soil samples, So I need to extract them first. I know that I should first remove all the bending agents that make the clay sheets stay connected like (...

24 December 2020 7,082 2 View

Which software should be used for XRD analysis in case of soils?

I am using XRD test for indentification of minerals and amount of it.

10 December 2020 8,173 4 View

How to identify and quantify glauconite and illite/other mica present in same sample from XRD analysis?

In glauconite bearing sand stone sample other mica group minerals(illite, muscovite etc.) are also present. I want to quantify the amount of glauconite and othermica group minerals. How, I can...

10 December 2020 5,793 19 View

How to obtain a mineral map using Hyperion image in ENVI or in Erdas Imagine?

Input is a Hyperion hyperspectral image. I followed steps Preprocessing, MNF, ppi, nD visualizer and SAM. Also spectral anayst used. I found minerals by spectral resampling of imagery spectral...

23 November 2020 8,915 4 View

Can SEM-EDS give a chemical formula?

I have attached an excel file with the quantification of a mineral I conducted EDS on. I have more excel files of minerals too as I know EDS spectra for only 1 sample will certainly not be...

03 November 2020 6,899 9 View

How can I obtain the cohesive energy density and solubility parameter for a crystal using the Materials Studio software?

Hello, I am currently analyzing properties of some minerals such as Bi2O3 by MD using Materials Studio, I need to obtain the cohesive energy density (CED) to obtain the solubility parameter,...

02 November 2020 4,356 1 View

What are the steps involved in executing a search and match within highscore Plus for XRD patterns?

This is my first time using XRD and the highscore plus software, so any help would be appreciated. I want to execute a search and match to determine which minerals are present within my samples....

15 October 2020 2,086 7 View

How to calculate element percentage from XRD analysis for mineral identification?

I have carried out a XRD analysis to determine mineral identification. I used Origin 8 program in phase identification. I couldn't carry out XRF. Is it possible and reliable to obtain different...

13 October 2020 9,228 8 View

Heitor Flávio Grazziotin

It depends on the size (scale) of mineralized structure, we have sophisticated GPS technics nowadays, but compass and tape measure is very efficient.

Andrey V. Zhuravlev

GPS navigation combined with surface photogrammetry/LiDAR scanning can be useful as a supplement to traditional compass-tape measurements.