Is multivariate regression analysis appropriate in analysing ordinal, observational data within a non-inferiority study?

Good evening, In reply to the peer review of a paper up for publication, I've been asked to consider multivariate regression analysis. In analysing patient data we looked to show the safety of...

20 December 2020 8,426 5 View

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Engineering geologists may know that the originators of the empirical (a posteriori) Q-system method of rock mass classification for single-shell tunnel and cavern support estimation, were Barton...

13 December 2020 5,103 3 View

Does anyone have good examples of how aesthetic standards have influenced creative design in building structures?

My research is looking at the influence of creative design and technical standards on the development of architecture during a period of history. This has relevance to the modern day in terms of a...

05 November 2020 5,214 6 View

Using both dichotomous and polytomous indicators for a latent variable in a path model?

Hi all! I'm conducting a study where I have a designed a path model wherein most latent variables have polytomous indicators (ordinal data). However, one instrument I intend on using measures a...

26 March 2020 5,967 3 View

Effect of excess RBC in PRP injections?

Ive been using sodium citrate and acd-a collection tubes to spin blood and extract platelets for PRP. The collection tubes I use do not have the separating gel. Ive noticed that in order to get...

04 February 2020 3,177 3 View

Is the calculation of AVE and composite reliability after EFA recommended?

Greetings! The link to the Todd Grande tutorial below demonstrating the calculation of AVE and composite reliability to factor loadings appears to be popular viewing. My question is would you...

08 December 2019 711 4 View

Can you offer arguments for and against using exploratory factor analysis deductively?

Greetings! Please offer your thoughts on my general question regarding factor analysis. If one is purely concerned with demonstrating convergent and discriminant construct validity is the use of...

29 August 2019 4,589 3 View

Beginners advice please - testing relationships between latent constructs for the first time?

Greetings. Following a qualitative exploration of my research topic, I am embarking on the quantitative follow-up phase of my research. I want to test the relationships between 10 predictor...

04 March 2019 4,279 3 View

Does anyone know how to delete erroneously-linked-to-we, not the author or co-author Google Scholar citations, without trying to reach publishers etc?

Very frustrating to not know how to do this!

13 September 2018 6,339 2 View

RE electricity target for 2020 for Germany and the UK?

Is there any data/source on the EU's 20-20-20 targets or Directive 2009/28/EC in which the national targets for each energy sector can be found? I am interested to know how high the share of...

23 July 2018 1,066 3 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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MGL tools

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i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

Arena simulation - how do i model the following model in ARENA (see description) (new to ARENA)?

Hello, I'm fairly new to ARENA and I have the following problem: I have two queues in which, in each queue, a different order type arrives (both having an arrival rate of exponential 10). Order...

02 March 2021 2,431 3 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

Can water be extracted from Olivine?

I have always been interested in geology and wondered about how unique structures of materials behave in different circumstances. I stumbled upon Olivine, the magnesium iron silicate, and heard...

28 February 2021 7,330 4 View

What is the difference between genotype and haplotype data in the ped format?

Hi everybody In the ped format for genotype, alleles of any SNP are represented by two columns (one for each allele, separated by a space). Is a column sufficient for the haplotype to...

27 February 2021 1,965 1 View

Is there an open source free software for text mining and sentiment analysis?

I am looking for a free software for text mining and sentiment analysis for my research on customer review mining (it involves calculating polarity of attributes,opinion oriented information...

25 February 2021 1,920 6 View