Any recommended literature regarding 'observer effect' in the context of social sciences?

I have been reading about the observer effect as conceptualised in Physics. However, I would like to know how this concept has been applied in the social sciences.

04 June 2019 2,118 4 View

Is there an advantage in using an RDE over an RRDE electrode?

Some articles have both RDE and RRDE results for their voltammetric studies. Why can't they just use RRDE results for all tests?

12 June 2018 3,875 4 View

Why my frequency calculation aborted?

Hello, I am trying to running a frequency calculation with gaussian for a dimer that is made by benzene and bromine fluoride at T-shape. After finding a stationary point in the optimization, the...

06 March 2017 6,071 2 View

How is the best way to disperse diamond nanopowder (<10 nm) in water?

Hi everyone! I would like to disperse 10 nm diamond powder (Sigma-Aldrich) in deionized water without any dispersant. Is that possible? If not, I could allow for some dispersant, but which...

30 May 2016 4,116 5 View

Could anyone help me to know if there are some contribution on spatio-temporal relation between precipitation and potenciometric level (groundwater)?

I am doing my PhD on this topic and I need this information to complete the "state of art", but my access to information is limited, so if some one could help on that I will really appreciate...

09 February 2015 2,803 5 View

Why am I getting increased active carbon concentrations when I reduce the amount of soil from 5g to 2.5g instead of decreased concentrations?

I am running Active Carbon using 0.2M KMnO4 solution with 2.5g of soil, shaking by hand for 2 mins and letting stand for 10 mins. I am using a Cary 60 spec. When I use the formula by Weil et al....

14 January 2014 8,987 3 View

During therapy, linezolid seems to induce resistance by means of mutation related to ribosomal domain V region and L3, L4 proteins. Does anyone have any experience in this area?

I would like to compare my experience with the isolation of coagulase-negative staphylococci after linezolid therapy, and consequent linezolid-resistance based on several mutations occurring in...

15 July 2013 1,514 3 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 View

Can anyone identify this fungus/mushroom from China?

The pictures were taken in Guishan Mts in Yunnan. The fungus is ca. 10-12 cm high.

07 January 2021 6,639 10 View

Can forward and reverse sequences of PCR products be entirely different from each other?

Dear All, The forward and reverse sequences obtained from the PCR products are not identical at all. Can I still make the contigs for doing BLASTn? Individually both sequences are showing the...

22 December 2020 5,280 5 View

In this sterile needle biopsy wet-mount, does the motility pattern fit with Oomycete zoospores?

We are examining tissue from a cluster of human and canine patients with a similar pattern of systemic illness of unknown cause. All members of the cluster have evidence of motile zoospore-like...

23 October 2020 4,480 3 View

Complete protocol for Fungal Genomic DNA isolation?

Dear all, I am looking for recommendations for an efficient protocol for the extraction of Genomic DNA from several fungal cultures. I have most of the chemicals and equipment used in the process,...

20 September 2020 7,906 7 View

Is there a valid alternative way to replace the use of camera lucida (or drawing tube) for scientific and taxonomic drawings?

So far I have not been able to find a camera lucida that fits a low range microscope.

05 September 2020 3,342 4 View

Where can I download the software Quant for leaf disease assesments?

10 June 2020 7,067 3 View

These images may show a novel/emerging human pathogen- Do you think it is consistent w/ oomycetes/myxomycetes/fungus? Anyone pursuing this already?

I am a member of a group of veterinarians who all became ill within about a years time of each other, and who all were employed in the same physical location. Some of the affected veterinarians...

02 June 2020 2,248 19 View

How to isolate/quantify a fungal enzyme for comparison of control vs. treatment?

I want to compare the amount of an enzyme's expression (laccase for example) or presence in the tissue as a result of the experimental treatment. Is there a protein similar to an antibody that...

31 December 2019 1,359 2 View

What are the benefits of depositing a fungal culture in noted fungal culture collections?

During my service as Mycologist in Department of Medical Mycology, in Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, we isolated many interesting fungi. But only a few of them are deposited in CMI, ATCC...

31 December 2019 8,522 4 View