What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

How to accurately determine the total content of carbon in ammonia-ammonium carbonate mixed solution?

How to accurately determine the total content of carbon in ammonia-ammonium carbonate mixed solution? When I am doing the experiment, I find it is difficult to accurately determine the total...

04 January 2021 2,694 1 View

Which is better in determining the effectiveness of artificial licks for wildlife detection in forested areas?

Hello, I'm planning for my future research study on artificial salt lick. The study site that I've selected for this study has been confirmed with no presence of natural salt lick, thus I plan to...

02 August 2020 5,609 1 View

A question regarding Response factor in GC. what does area count mean?

i was reading about response factors in GC and i encountered the term area count, I was wondering if anyone can explain it to me, i have a general idea about the meaning but i'm not sure. does...

30 March 2020 7,854 1 View

Should I use the Nafion 211 as proton exchange membrance in microbial fuel cell?

I'm currently using Nafion 211 for the proton exchange membrane in my microbial fuel cell experiment. I found lots of articles recommended to use Nafion 117 instead. My experiment was failed,...

11 November 2019 9,326 3 View

How to calculate effect size in R with Metafor package?

07 October 2019 8,027 3 View

What kind of cells are suitable for cytotoxicity test of nanoparticles?

Hi everyone, I'm currently working on bone-targeting polymeric nanoparticles for treatment of osteoporosis. Just wondering what kind of human osteoblast (or other bone cells) are best suitable for...

03 October 2019 9,077 2 View

Where i can download data of protein/gene interaction networks, preferably in matlab format?

Dear friends, i am a researcher on numerical computation, especially interested on PageRank computation. Now, I am teaching in a agriculture university, thus i want to do some applications to...

27 August 2019 7,598 4 View

How to stain T cells for Ki67/Granzyme B and other surface activation markers together?

Could anyone help me with staining T cells for surface activation markers (CD69) and Ki67/Granzyme B at the same time? The Ki67 staining protocol requires 70% ethanol treatment which might be too...

13 August 2019 7,513 4 View

What is the optimal diameter of the beads for extracting fungal DNA?

I want to extract fungi and bacteria DNA from skin swab. Some articles used two 5mm steel beads per sample, some used 0.4-0.6mm ceramic beads per 0.5g sample. And other diameter for beads were...

05 August 2019 6,471 1 View

Is there any test to determine the cardiovascular risk of patients with obesity? from the perspective of obesity?

We found tests to determine cardiovascular risk taking into account lipid profile, blood pressure, age, history of diabetes, other laboratories. But when weight is involved, there is a paradox. I...

02 March 2021 6,036 1 View

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

Do I need to introduce HFD to ob/ob mice to obtain a T2DM model?

I am planning to work on T2 diabetic animals and check the efficacy of probiotics. My initial plan is to fed B6 animals with HFD for a while. But now, I have the chance to work on ob/ob mice. My...

18 February 2021 6,896 3 View

Any specific reason, how sclerotium rolfsii can grow out of Petridish?

Is it related to nutrition or any other reason? Any other fungus have similar kind of growth pattern?

09 February 2021 4,357 4 View

How seniors face covid 19 without fear?

Seniors in the world with diabetics and hypertension and heart diseases are millions ,and they are facing covid.therefore we should give them advices and precausions to face covid 19,this...

26 January 2021 8,349 4 View

What is role of chronopharmacology or circadian rhythms in metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases?

Chronopharmacology is branch of biological science which deals with daily life, sleep and wake, day and night, feeding and fasting and other effects. we can manage many diseases including...

18 January 2021 9,045 3 View

Spread cheese micrograph SEM Analysis. What is this white dot marked with an red arrow?

In this micrograph you can see processed cheese spread with buttermilk powder taken by SEM. I suppose it can be the result of interactions between proteins and the buttermilk powder used as...

13 January 2021 7,429 7 View

Compare to prevalence before and after covid in population studies?

Dear researchers, I have a prevalence of some diet habit in relatively large narrow population of children 13 years old in 2019 and 2020. Logically they are different population. However, since...

10 January 2021 3,170 9 View

What types of tubes should I use for allantoin assay?

Hi everyone, I am doing an allantoin assay in urine and all the protocols seem pretty vague. I am currently using this website which seems to be the most helpful:...

07 January 2021 8,023 3 View

Pros and cons of keto diet?

health professionals have different opinions on keto diet. Some highly encourage it others suggest to avoid. Please provide your opinion or research with reference thank you

04 January 2021 8,056 10 View