How can we calculate the sample size for rodents for a particular period of time?

How can we calculate the sample size for rodents for a study for one year? Are there any specific protocols to be followed for designing rodent sampling? How long should be the sampling interval...

01 March 2021 1,056 3 View

Can someone help me with tissue histology of mice?

I've been trying to assess the efficacy of a drug that I've purified in mouse model. I've induced mammary tumors in balb/c mice and treated them with my drug. I've harvested the tumors, and other...

16 December 2020 3,515 3 View

Can anyone help to get this research paper on OCB?

Turnipseed, D & Murkison, G (2000). Good Soldiers and Their Syndrome: Organizational Citizenship Behavior and the Work Environment, North American Journal of Psychology 2(2)

11 November 2020 7,488 3 View

What are some landmark texts and papers on agroecology we need to follow for a clear understanding?

We often read a lot about sustainable agriculture or conservation agriculture (or recently, climate-smart agriculture) but it is often difficult (especially for early-stage researchers) to fathom...

08 April 2020 9,212 10 View

Can anyone share me a better image of the attached map? In which book the map was originally published?

The map is reproduced in Eaton, Richard M. The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760. Berkeley: University of California Press 1993; reference given are: Barrie M. Morrison,...

13 August 2019 1,485 2 View

Does 4T-1 cells induce ascites in mice?

I am new to in vivo research. I have tried to induce solid tumors in mice by injecting 4T-1 cells in the mammary fat pad, which is an established procedure. While i mostly ot solid tumors, 2 or 3...

18 June 2019 973 3 View

How to solve problems arising from choosebank() command in R?

I am using seqinr package in R. But when I am giving the command choosebank() to find out the existing databases or commands like choosebank('swissport") to open any specific database, R is...

15 April 2019 1,541 3 View

What is the scope of Fortran in machine learning?

I intend to use ML for molecular dynamics simulations and want to know of packages available in Fortran. Would it be more efficient to use some other language instead for the long run?

09 January 2019 8,295 2 View

Which regression/multivariate technique to apply if dependent var is continuous scale, cant be categorised, non-normal, Indep Variables dichotomous?

02 September 2018 1,981 2 View

For droplet-based sc-RNA sequecing data, library size varies across cells. How does one tackle this when calculating statistical variance for genes ?

To calculate the statistical quantities like variance or mean expression of a gene across cells, it is unfair to compare expression counts of a say gene A, if we know different cells has not be...

14 July 2018 10,016 2 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

The Role of Town Planners in CAV Use?

Colleagues and I are about to begin a project investigating the role of town planners and local authorities in establishing the introduction of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). What...

21 February 2021 2,247 3 View

Is it appropriate to use AIDA model (Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence) on a non-clinical sample?

I am researching emotion regulation and identity development in adolescence. I've come across several inventories for assessing identity development and it seems like the AIDA scale is the most...

16 February 2021 1,261 1 View

(Scale request) Anyone has the Malay version of Eating Attitude Test-26/40 (EAT-26/40)?

Dear Researchers, My research team is conducting a eating disorder related research in Malaysia and we would like to use the Malay translated version of EAT26/40. I have tried to email the...

24 January 2021 8,925 2 View

What aspects of communication skill improves significantly regarding to the Autism Spectrum Disorder using PECS?

Children with ASD need a clear and effective way to communicate to reduce frustration and replace challenging or unacceptable behaviours (Beukelman and Mirenda, 1998; Webb, 2000). Augmentative and...

19 January 2021 1,160 3 View

Is it possible to combine two continuous variables into one categorical variable in order to create a dummy in SPSS ?

As background, in my model, my independent variable is visual clutter which has two conditions (higher visual clutter/ low visual clutter) and the conditions measure the amount of visual clutter...

13 January 2021 4,760 4 View

What are the mental health insurance policies in different countries?

Post Covid 19 the scenario in India has changed and some of the private insurance companies are providing coverages for mental disorders. So My question is what mental disorders are covered in...

04 January 2021 6,474 10 View

How Healthcare Personnel help frontline workers cope with stress and mental burden during COVID-19?

Which methods does they suggest to ease the burden and stress as a teamwork?

09 December 2020 9,605 7 View

Why would looking at the expression of mecp2 in the prefrontal cortex in rett syndrome be useful?

I don't believe there's much research in this area in humans. There are mice and primate studies

05 December 2020 4,556 2 View

Is there any tool to extract phenotypes from facial photos?

The facial photos corresponds to various rare genetic disorders.

22 November 2020 738 1 View