By which mechanism does potassium hyrdoxide works as an activator in the preparation of activated carbon?

Activated carbon is prepared from biomass using KOH as the activating agent. What is the possible reaction between KOH and the biomass?

14 February 2021 8,095 4 View

Should studies published in predatory journals be included in systematc reviews?

I am conducting a systematic review of intervention, and i observed that one included study could determine the statistical significance of the final meta-analysis. Problem is, that article has...

13 April 2020 922 9 View

OCR system for phonetic (IPA) symbols?

I need to convert manually annotated IPA transcriptions into digital format. Does anybody know of an OCR system able to recognise IPA symbols (even just for English phonemes)?

25 March 2020 5,982 0 View

Is it possible to read the deformation field file produced by SPM during normalization?

If (x,y,z) are the voxel coordinates of a point of the brain scan before normalization, what is its position after applying the deformation field generated during the normalization?

19 February 2020 10,004 3 View

Bibliography on the effect of soils on nectar and sap?

10 September 2019 8,922 4 View

What is the correct phenol red permeability through Caco2 monolayer?

Dear all, I am performing Caco2 permeability experiments using transwell inserts and I am using phenol red permeability assay to verify the monolayer integrity. What is the maximum phenol red...

06 March 2019 6,726 6 View

How much solvent (ethanol) would I need to extract capsaicin (and other capsaicinoids) from siling haba?

Siling haba is a variation of Capsicum annuum var longum. The capsaicin extracted will be tested against aphids to test its insecticidal properties. Someone suggested that I should use 5ml/g or 2g...

12 February 2019 1,373 3 View

How much ethanol do I need in extracting capsaicin from red bell peppers?

The capsaicin recovered will be tested against aphids.

04 February 2019 5,811 5 View

Is anyone aware of studies concerning geostatisics in the environmental field?

I'm looking for studies on environmental analysis carried out by geostatistics

16 January 2019 5,356 4 View

CVD adhesion on silicon substrates?

Dear all, I am currently trying to uniformly deposit organic semiconductor via thermal CVD at low pressure (around 10 Torr), but I sometimes get either no deposition or not homogeneous deposition...

21 October 2018 3,185 4 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

How does one access the Cranet survey data on HRM practices?

Hello, The Cranet website does not provide any lead to the data obtained from their multinational survey on HRM practices. Any help on accessing the data would be most appreciated. Thank...

01 March 2021 9,536 3 View

Is there any research regarding how training and development is going to change in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution?

As the organizations getting prepared for the fourth industrial revolution, to enhance the skills of their workforce what type of changes are necessary and going to occur in the training and...

01 March 2021 3,199 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View