Theoretical computer virology ? is still alive ?

HI Everyone! I am asking to know by you, expert in cybersecurity and mathematics, if Computer virology (the one of Cohen and Andler) is still an active field of research. That research made in...

08 February 2021 7,613 6 View

In opensees is the ReinforcingSteel material sensitive to units of measure?

20 January 2021 7,043 2 View

How do I organize items to repeated surveys for quantitative and qualitative analysis?

Hello fellow researchers! Newbie here :) I created a survey with open-ended and Likert-type questions. The survey was administered nine times to the same people using google forms. I plan to...

01 January 2021 3,921 3 View

Is there a better library or function for plotting CFA with many observed variables in R?

Hello! I'm kind of new in using R for doing EFA, CFA, and SEM. I just followed a guide to perform CFA on my data to see how my context fits the ITC-SOPI model in a VR photo-based tour. I used...

23 December 2020 1,679 2 View

Best way to validate CRISPR-Cas9 editing efficiency?

I'm trying to obtain genetic KO in my cell line of interest using Lentiviral-mediated CRISPR-Cas9 delivery system. I would like to test more than one unpubblished sgRNA targetting a couple of...

10 August 2020 1,324 4 View

How to convert .txt into plink files (ped/map or bed/bim/fam)?

I have a huge oncoarray_genotype_XXXX.txt file with 11.7 GB size. I would like to convert this file into adequate files for analyzing in plink software. However, I could not find how to conduct...

08 July 2020 9,302 2 View

Fluorescence labeled antibody?

Hi all, I have a small question for you. Is there any fluorescent labeled antibody available which emits the fluorescence only if bound to substrate? So the unlabeled version does not emit any...

19 March 2020 5,715 2 View

How to evaporate Methyl Acetate, and purge added Ethanol?

To use an inhibitor, prepared and sold in a methyl acetate solution, I need to evaporate the aforementioned solvent and exchanging to ethanol or DMSO. I will do that with a gentle nitrogen stream....

01 March 2020 6,947 3 View

Axial and instantaneous tangential curvature map in Corneal Topography. How to convert axial map to tangential map?

I'm going to process Placido disk raw images from a costum corneal topography. I have processed the images and calculated the axial map. Can you give me some suggestions, or better a matlab code,...

14 January 2020 2,666 9 View

SPSS, data with 5 replicates. How to generate the variables-data sheet?

I am trying to analyze some results obtained from lipidomics. The experimental setup was as follows: 5 replicates, 3 conditions (1 control, 2 treatments). I have thus 5 numerical values per each...

08 January 2020 3,526 3 View

What is the correct common name for Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?

There are two extant species of Hydrochoerus: Hydrochoerus isthmius, the lesser or Panamanian capybara, and the genotype species H. hydrochaeris. The latter is the more common species of capybara,...

11 February 2021 3,494 14 View

Is there a way in which microglia can be extracted from mice without killing them ?

I'm aiming to use an adoptive cell transfer approach, with microglia in mice with ALS. So far all the protocols I have seen, require sacrificing the mouse. I'd like to re-infuse the microglia back...

11 February 2021 9,509 1 View

Will the new vaccines be effective against the new SARS-Cov2 strain from the UK?

Two new variants of the coronavirus were detected in the U.K. and have now been followed to other parts of the world including South Africa and North America. The South African variant could be...

05 January 2021 499 4 View

IHC marker for cytoplasmic staining of oligodendrocytes?

Hi, I'm planning on doing oligodendrocyte staining on frozen and paraffin brain sections of postnatal (up to 2 weeks old) and adult mice. I was wondering which antibody would you recommend...

18 November 2020 8,871 2 View

Hi, I Am Currently Researching On Wind Energy In Nigeria. Pls, Which Software Can Plot This For Me Or How Can I Get The Same Plot For Nigeria?

This is a plot of wind speed in America at 100m and 80m. what software can i use to plot this

17 November 2020 914 8 View

Is there a plausible explanation for the increased frequency of severe hurricanes in the southwest Atlantic Ocean other than climate change?

The Southeastern region of the United States of America, including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and the Caribbean archipelagos are being devastated by a higher number of...

16 November 2020 9,463 20 View

How to increase presynaptic neurotransmitter release artificially?

I would like to pharmacologically increase presynaptic neurotransmitter release in mice CNS in vivo (through the extracellular micro-infusion of a compound). Which strategy would you recommand?...

02 November 2020 5,645 3 View

What are the main taxa of above ground arthropods in a silvopasture system in the tropics of Latin America?

Beside dung beetles, I would like to learn more about the diversity of arthropods in silvopasture systems where livestock are kept on rotation. Also what about arthropods diversity in similar...

31 October 2020 6,632 1 View

How to distinguish CA1 pyramidal cell vs. interneuron using voltage-clamp?

I am doing voltage-clamp experiments in CA1 pyramidal cells (mEPSCs; AMPA-NMDA ratio; LTP; etc) from acute hippocampal slices in mice. I want to make sure I am only recording from excitatory...

29 October 2020 1,098 2 View

Methods for bird trend analysis?

What would be the best method for analysing trends in species abundance in a single area in Latin America over a 15 year period? Could TRIM be used for this purpose? I don't have data about...

27 October 2020 7,532 5 View