In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

OpenBCI eeg--has anyone used them?

I'm looking to try out an off-the-shelf EEG set for some exploratory work. Curious if anyone has used the OpenBCI, and how much set-up work is required. I've heard they are more difficult to get...

01 March 2021 4,128 3 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

Purified protein requires Calcium for activation, but the elution buffer I used seems to interact with Calcium, help?

09 February 2021 6,946 4 View

Why am I getting such large heats of dilution in my Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Experiment?

I am trying to measure binding of calcium to an expressed protein we are studying and am getting very large heats of dilution for the calcium solution in my control tests. We prepared a 1 M CaCl2...

07 February 2021 7,532 1 View

How to calculate dilution factor based on the highest OD/concentration of sample in ELISA?

I am using Elabscience sandwich ELISA kit (detection range 0.31-20ng/ml), I am using supernatant saliva samples. I am using 4 plates and plotting the standard curve for every plate. In one of the...

27 January 2021 9,759 1 View

How can you accurately induce calcium overload and measure membrane potential in cultured Tg2576 neuronal cells using whole cell patch clamp method?

Hi there, I'm currently working on a project where i need to design an experiment but as i have little to no experience with this level of experimental design and no face to face help i am really...

22 January 2021 6,728 3 View

Which compounds might cross-react with cortisol in Elisa kit?

Hi, I'm analyzing cortisol in post smolt salmon with two elisa kits. The first is made for human saliva (Fairly cheap) and the second one for fish (three times the price). I was hoping to get...

21 January 2021 6,874 1 View

Why calcium oxide nanoparticles becomes black at 650 degree temp?

Please tell me, which temp can I select for neglect black color of the Calcium oxide nanoparticles ..

14 January 2021 5,341 5 View

What acid can be used to dissolve limestone to extract microfossils?

I am trying to extract possible Loriciferans from mudstone, attempts with acetic acid (15%) and chloridric acid (37%) have failed to dissolve the rock, would a higher concentration (50%) of HCl...

17 December 2020 5,897 7 View

How to quantify/detect change in fluorescence in calcium images from different sessions?

Hi, I have 2 3d tiff stacks collected by imaging along axial plane of mouse brain area in vivo from different days, before and after fluorescent viral injection. I want to detect changes in...

10 December 2020 5,046 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