First time secondary research, some points I should keep in mind?

I am conducting secondary research for my dissertation for undergraduation (Psychology) , what should I make sure my proposal consists of? Are there any tips I need to keep in mind?

22 February 2021 6,035 1 View

I have faced a problem to amplify VP2 gene of porcine parvovirus 1,2,3 and 5? Please suggest me how can i solve this problem?

Till now i haven't got any PCR amplified vp2 gene bands on specific annealing temperature and in step up PCR.

08 February 2021 819 4 View

Can anyone provide me with the scoring method and the questionnaire of Work life balance scale by Hayman (2005)?

Greeting! For my MA dissertation, I am thinking of taking Work life balance scale by Hayman. However, I can't find the scoring procedure; also confused about the actual rating taken. If anyone...

23 January 2021 4,074 7 View

Quantitative Research Involves 3 Different Likert Scales, how do I go about data analysis?

This is our first research paper and it is titled "Effect of Peer Connection on Attitude Towards School and Academic Motivation in Higher School Students During Pandemic". We aim to investigate...

30 December 2020 5,450 4 View

My research involves 3 diff scales about peer connect, attitude towards school and academic motivation, how should I go about finding the correlation?

This is the first time I'm conducting research and I'm unsure about the result and scoring process, kindly help

27 December 2020 1,260 3 View

What is the main difference of diluting HCL in methanol as opposed to water?

I am hoping to determine the mass per unit area (as per DIN 50938) of a black oxide coating. I use water to achieve the required 1mol/l hydrochloric acidic solution, but a fellow lab had used...

06 December 2020 4,806 1 View

Hi everyone, I am digesting my plasmid with SgrAI enzyme but it showed staractivity everytime?

My plasmid (pJET1.2) contains an insert of around 2969bp. The total size of plasmid 5942 bp. I am cutting it with AhdI, SgrAI and BssHII. Desired bands are of 2969, 1632 and 1432bp. I want to...

15 November 2020 4,761 4 View

Perceived Academic Stress?

Hello, Does anyone have any idea of how this is scored? What would be the average scores? Would would be seen as very low/high? BEDEWY D & GABRIEL A. Examining perceptions of academic...

09 November 2020 2,040 1 View

Does Shannon index represent largest diversity index when the individual belongs to different species and vice versa?

The shannon wiener index and Simpson indices include the measurement of community heterogeneity. Shannon wiener index bapplied information theory. The main measuring object of information theory...

22 October 2020 1,053 7 View

How to perform Cluster analysis for segmentation with two latent factors?

Hello, My name is Elena and working on cluster analysis for respondents segmentation based on two latent factors. I wonder whether I am doing the right way. I have 400 respondents answering on 2...

19 October 2020 1,697 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

Can bacterial suspension be pipetted directly onto petri dish and agar poured onto it?

Hi, recently I encountered a protocol for plating which was not the usual method I have been practicing (pour LB agar onto plate, allow it to solidify, pipette bacterial suspension onto plate,...

28 February 2021 7,292 3 View

Difficulty in cloning of 1kb gene into vector?

I am facing difficulties in cloning a 1kb gene into a vector (pJIT163). I have my gene on interest (GOI) in pUC57 and want to clone in pJIT163 using SalI and BamHI restriction sites. I am getting...

25 February 2021 3,221 7 View

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View

How do I change g/l into mM for bacto agar. I am trying to get the millimolar content of sodium and chloride percentage in bacto agar. How do I do it?

I am doing a salt tolerance-related experiment and for that I need to relate my salt levels to that in bacto agar. I don't want my salt concentrations to increase due to already salt content...

09 February 2021 4,158 1 View

Transformation into the Stbl3 chemo competent cells?

03 February 2021 1,111 5 View

How to Remove DNA From a Sample Without Rupturing Yeast?

I transformed a plasmid into yeast and selected for transformants by growing them in a selective media (liquid, not agar plate). My experiment requires that I continually grow/ split these...

01 February 2021 9,936 2 View

What is the composition of the solid and broth agar to grow Streptomyces from freezed sample? what are extraction steps of products from broth agar?

Please what are the composition of the solid agar could I use to grow the bacteria? what are the composition of the broth agar could I use to grow the bacteria and how to extract the natural...

26 January 2021 5,006 1 View

What is the best way and technique for serial dilution of bactria to get accurate number of colony ?

Hello I am infecting cells with bacteria in a well and then I am doing serial dilution of this well 1 in 10 and culture the two last dilution on MHA agar I have difficulty in getting accurate...

26 January 2021 9,256 5 View

How to reduce or increase CFU/ml value ?

I collected the water sample from pond and 1 ml of pond sample diluted with 9ml with water and 100 microliter was cultured into the MacConkey agar plates .Finally,80 colonies were formed in the...

24 January 2021 1,925 3 View