Does calculating the interaction index between a drug and a food matrix make sense?

Dear all, I'm conducting the revisions of some of my manuscript, with is the impact of the combination of Aspirin and a fruit juice in colorectal cancer cells. Two of the reviewers have asked to...

16 February 2021 3,141 3 View

Is it possible to full-couple the interFoam solver with the chtMultiRegionFoam solver?

We need to calculate multiphase stream of the one substance in the air atmosphere (this is why we using interFoam), but also we need to get heat transfer data between the substance, solid obstacle...

11 January 2021 872 2 View

Does anyone have experience with Land use/land cover data extraction from Second military survey maps?

I am trying to create polygon shapefile with land use from Second military survey using Arcmap. However, I really have hard time with reading the map, more correctly with boundaries between...

07 November 2020 6,018 3 View

How do I remove Bacillus sp. spores from Kraft Paper machine?

In the pulp and paper company that I work in, samples from paper, water and pulp from the paper machine gave information about existing spores of Presumptive Bacillus cereus. Our paper is used...

03 November 2020 1,726 10 View

What volume of a cell lysis buffer does one use for cells?

I have certain cells that are contaminant cells in a suspension of cells. I found a buffer that selectively removes them, but a lot of protocols don't specify what volume one should use for that...

03 November 2020 6,330 3 View

Best protocol to perform Western Blot from mice brain?

I am trying to look at the expression of c-fos nuclear protein in mice brain using WB technique. Can anyone suggest a protocol to extract the proteins? Better harsh homogenate before sonication?...

27 October 2020 5,272 2 View

Checking purity of sperm suspension?

I have sperm cells extracted from epididymis of a mouse. I would like to check and quantify their purity. My first idea is to use an intercalating dye like Hoechst and then see what fraction of...

25 October 2020 8,600 1 View

What do you think now of virtual teaching compared to face-to-face teaching of finished transmission of knowledge?

21 September 2020 4,178 10 View

How to store W/O droplets for over 10 days using paraffin oil with Span 80?

I am currently using a PDMS chip to produce water droplets with a diameter of 200 um in paraffin oil with 3wt%. After a couple of hours, the stationary droplets stored in the chip starts to form...

18 August 2020 2,459 3 View

How do you use factor analysis on categorical variables?

Hi, I'm trying to identify how similar different individuals are in their body traits. Normally, I would use a PCA or DFA, depending on my question. However, I have only categorical variables...

20 July 2020 4,171 1 View

What are some of the research gaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence in africa?

i would to know some of the research gaps in the artificial intelligence field in most african countries.

03 March 2021 6,145 3 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

Are there methods for automatically mapping floodplains, fans and terraces?

I want to map these river geoforms with as little subjectivity as possible. I have a high resolution DEM generated by drone data.

22 February 2021 7,800 3 View

Where can I find raw quantitative datasets on ecosystem services?

I'm an Undergraduate student on the search for a research topic which has to involve any ecosystem service(s) and a response to environmental change. I'm looking for raw quantitative data sets (I...

19 February 2021 5,911 2 View

Any recommendations for methods to analyze elephant space-use (using GPS) and correlating this with changes in NDVI?

For my Masters I am looking into elephant space-use and its effect on vegetation change. I have elephant GPS collar data and was going to use Google Earth Engine to obtain NDVI values. I would...

16 February 2021 7,097 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

What are the recently methods to estimate low-flow and high-flow time series in ungauged basins?

Hi Is there any new method to estimate ( predict ) low-flow and high-flow regimes in daily scales for ungauged hydrometric stations? Thanks

15 February 2021 3,493 3 View

Resume Book UEP2013 Asian Edition, dis somebodey has it?

I am looking for a copy of the resume book of UEP2013 Asian Edition (Urban Environmental Pollution 2013 Asian Edition) held in Beijing. If somebody has it, please I would like to obtain an...

11 February 2021 2,247 2 View

How to compare different models with different inputs and data length?

I want to run 5 different models to estimate stream flow. In order to optimize the characteristics of these models I use Taguchi method. So I have to run different models according to the Taguchi...

11 February 2021 7,986 6 View