What software programs can directly simulate Additive Manufacturing Directed Energy Deposition (DED)?

I understand there are a lot of software programs that can simulate DED by going through specific modeling, simulation, and commands. For me, that was time consuming and results were not accurate....

24 February 2021 4,428 3 View

What is the minimum number of studies in each category required for a multiple subgroup analysis to be viable in a meta-analysis?

Cochrane Handbook mentions subgroup analyses are only warranted if there are more than 10 studies (I have 28), and if they are distributed evenly among categories of subgroup. I am wondering if...

17 February 2021 3,467 4 View

How do you interpret multiple meta-regression in STATA?

Please could someone recommend a resource that explains performing meta-regression with multiple moderators. I have read the STATA META ANALYSIS REFERENCE MANUAL, but this only gives examples of...

17 February 2021 7,376 1 View

How many indicators do I need to represent a latent construct?

Hi folks! We did a large survey and planned to use 3 indicators to represent a latent construct (Sense of Place/SoP) in a latent regression model (structural equation modeling). However, one of...

15 February 2021 7,705 3 View

What is the structure of a photon that can describe the interference experiments that reject the wave nature of light?

De Broglie's double-solution postulated a causal model of Quantum Mechanics. Knowledge of the photon structure was needed to model the particle part of the cause of the Double Slit interference...

11 February 2021 6,869 5 View

How do you incorporate a study that used non-parametric analysis into a meta-analysis where majority of studies used parametric?

I am calculating Hedge's g for effect sizes, so I am pulling means, SDs, and Ns, from each study. However, one study did a Mann-Whitney U test, and so reports Mean Rank, Sum of Ranks, U, Z, and r...

31 January 2021 1,182 5 View

How to share a struct between client.c and server.c in Contiki RPL UDP ?

I'm trying to include udp-client.c in udp-server.c to share a struct between them But I keep getting this error udp-server.c:67:1: error: redefinition of autostart_processes In file included...

16 January 2021 5,013 4 View

Do you know any CEFR-annotated learner corpora for writing tasks?

Dear researchers, I have been working on a machine learning algorithm to classify language learners' writing tasks automatically according to the CEFR levels. The aim is to use...

03 January 2021 7,041 2 View

Who are the leading Indigenous academics who have researched and published on STEM teaching and learning?

I'm interested to read what leading Indigenous academics have to say about the intersection between traditional or Indigenous knowledges/epistemologies, values/axiologies and ways of...

14 December 2020 10,026 10 View

How to performe a non-inferiority test in an adjusted linear regression?

I am looking for the relation between weight evolution (continuous) and a binary factor adjusted for confounders. The regression gives an (adjusted) difference and its CI less than the planned a...

13 December 2020 8,061 3 View

Can Reinforcement Learning solve problems where next state is not predictable?

23 February 2021 6,870 3 View

Which test should I use in SPSS if I have two independent variables and one dependent variable that is measured using two tests?

I am researching the effect of gender and video game use on reaction times. To do this, I will have participants complete two reaction time tests (a simple test and a four choice test). I am a...

17 February 2021 9,343 4 View

Which drug is better to modify blood pressure in awake monkey, if I provide it in the food or drink reward?

I need to modify the blood pressure in a monkey while is awake in the recording chamber, and I am planing on provide a drug for that in the food or water used for reward... any advise? Thank you

08 February 2021 9,900 1 View

Does anyone know a downloadable dataset for people sitting in front a webcam?

I am working on a ML project that recognize the posture using the webcam. So, i need a dataset of people sitting in front the webcam (studying, gaming, video calling...etc)

26 January 2021 5,652 3 View

How to use PVQ Psychometric Tool?

Hello, I'm doing a research about if psychometric tools can be translated into video games. My main major is video games. So I'm an absolute newbie with psychometric tools. I have chosen PVQ tool...

22 January 2021 5,992 2 View

Is it allowed to use game in research without publisher/developer permission?

Is it necessary to have the game publisher/developer consent to use its product as a research tool/method? Or is it enough to just purchase license as it is any other software?

30 December 2020 4,040 2 View

Which ancient town was the birthplace of Homer?

From the time I went to Greek school, this was a hot topic with no real answers. Suddenly, this investigator, Asterios Tsintsifos who is not an academic, but simply writes on Facebook, presents a...

17 December 2020 7,282 7 View

Human-Machine co-operations or competition? Where are we today?

At the cross-roads of Technology for Advanced Manufacturing, involving robots and humans, and Digitised Economic Sectors, is a governance matter for Cognitive Manufacturing [1] and rules of the...

21 November 2020 7,145 20 View

Should you turn on a cycle and then using of the Renewal reward theorem in maintenance optimization problems?

In the maintenance optimization context, researchers use a structure such that it results in the Renewal reward theorem and they use this theorem to minimize the long-run cost rate criteria and...

10 November 2020 3,417 2 View

How to implement monte carlo method to compute state value in matlab ?

assume there are 80 states each with a possibility of 2 actions. we have a predefined reward function. The problem is about research allocation.

30 October 2020 9,930 3 View