Any suggestion of free of charge questionnaires that measure mood states?

I need a free of charge and short questionnaire that measures mood states. The questionnaire will be used as in a neuropsychological evaluation study. It is well known that mood states can...

16 January 2021 8,284 4 View

Which peak should I consider when calculating ZIF-8's crystalline size from XRD?

Hello, Using the Scherrer's equation, one could calculate, roughly, the crystalline size of ZIF-8. However, I am confused as to which peak in the XRD pattern should be taken for the calculation?...

10 January 2021 8,633 3 View

Why IPNI voluntarily abbreviates some people's surnames in their standard forms?

The International Plant Name Index is known for standardising plant scientific names, including the standard forms of authors' names. I heard that one person's standard form may be chosen when...

01 January 2021 1,928 5 View

Why does a Nested PCR protocol amplify samples and not amplify positive control?

I have this problem. Today I used a new positive control of an isolated NC-1 strain in cell culture and the problem persists. I performed a serial dilution test to test the sensitivity of the...

08 December 2020 6,252 2 View

How to avoid the formation of traces and dimers in DNA gel electrophoresis?

07 December 2020 3,052 3 View

Is the pipetting order of the positive and negative controls in the PCR important to avoid in a possible contamination?

I have been watching bands form on my negative controls. I have already changed all reagents, optimized the hygiene of materials and the environment and increased care in pipetting.

07 December 2020 9,090 3 View

How to standardize and obtain a good PCR reaction with samples with a low and variable amount of DNA?

I work with the detection of N. caninum DNA in milk samples in milk samples. The DNA concentrations in my samples range between 2-90 ng / ul. I would like to establish and standardize a final...

01 December 2020 8,792 3 View

Can anyone help me regarding the doubling time of JAWS II cells?

Anyone with experience in growing JAWS II cells could give me an idea of its doubling time? I intend to use these cells for transfection protocols. Any tips to help with growing and transfecting...

01 December 2020 855 3 View

How to know if 87Sr/86Sr is reliable for Sr isotope chemostratigraphy in marbles?

I am currently looking for parameters to know if 87Sr/86Sr data is reliable for chemostratigrahy in marbles, and/or parameters to know if those marbles have had some post-depositional...

30 November 2020 9,032 8 View

How to break TPP-chitosan NPs? How to avoid aggreation?

Hey, hi, I am preparing Chitosan-TPP NPs in the ratio 1 (TPP) : 5 (CHI), I am encapsulating DNA inside the NPs and to measure the E.E. I am spinning down the particles and measuring the...

26 October 2020 9,898 3 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 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

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 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

What is the characteristic length to determine the Reynolds number for the scattered turbulent fluid flow?

Dear all, I just saw this example in FB on the difference between laminar flow and turbulent flow. The flow from a pipe hits the sink and scattered. The flow from the pipe is characterized as...

02 March 2021 1,999 5 View