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In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

Good sites to recruit survey participants on a grad school student budget?

Any good recommendations for participant recruitment for online surveys on a grad school student budget?

02 March 2021 4,293 4 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

OpenBCI eeg--has anyone used them?

I'm looking to try out an off-the-shelf EEG set for some exploratory work. Curious if anyone has used the OpenBCI, and how much set-up work is required. I've heard they are more difficult to get...

01 March 2021 4,128 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

Why cannot world and community leaders be gentle? Where did ethics of care go?

The whole world is in a mess and paused. We all are tired of seeing hypermasculinized and destructive leaderships all around us. This world has seen enough of the aggressive patriarchal social...

23 February 2021 292 7 View

Why is ethics significant in business and how should one control unethical behavior ?

1. The significance of ethics to business and how to control bad behavior.

21 February 2021 882 14 View

Describe a serious ethical dilemma you have experienced. Use the 12 questions developed by Laura Nash to offer a solution to the problem?

Describe a serious ethical dilemma you have experienced. Use the 12 questions developed by Laura Nash to offer a solution to the problem.

21 February 2021 9,133 2 View

Discuss the extent to which morality in African traditional societies can be classified under the Natural Law theory of morality?

How can one classified African traditional societies under natural law

18 February 2021 7,334 8 View

How to derive equations for a resonant buck converter with ZVS?

I am not understanding how each author is deriving the equations and the working principle. Individual authors are giving their own working principle explanation for different circuit topology....

12 February 2021 496 1 View

Which ethical metrics is expected from an academic who is the owner or the creator of the measuring instrument?

Which ethical metrics is expected from an academic who is the owner or the creator of the instrument? The measurement tool will be applied to adults as an online form and a snowball sample will...

01 February 2021 9,188 3 View

Genus name priority from the same publication (Zoology)?

I came across a recent taxonomic work, where two genera were synonymized. Both genera were published in a paper in 1922 by the original author who revised the family at that time. The original...

19 January 2021 1,920 4 View

Will it be ethically appropriate to demand increased patient responsibility for own health?

The health care system is facing challenges when more individuals are not taking responsibility over their own health care decisions and actions. This is evident in narratives where patient...

16 January 2021 7,760 13 View

Environmental ethics, environmental values are their foundations. What is the core of environmental ethics?

the basis of environmental ethics is a value orientation on the influence of human actions

05 January 2021 7,984 6 View

What are the ethics of the teaching profession?

What are the ethics of the teaching profession? There are a lot of ethics that must be provided by the teacher mention it?

05 January 2021 9,535 54 View