What is the relationship between water activity of the solution and the osmotic pressure ?

It is known that low/high osmotic pressure can kill bacterial cells. I can easily measure water activity using equipment in my lab. Can this value be related to osmotic pressure using some...

06 July 2018 9,304 2 View

What does it mean when the MIC results are inconsistent amongst the replicates?

I am testing a particular antimicrobial to get its MIC using the microplate assay and the results I get are puzzling. In this specific case I have 8 replicates for each concentration but the MIC...

03 April 2018 255 10 View

How to assess a synergy between water insoluble antimicrobial and solvent?

09 October 2017 9,606 4 View

A test for a fungicidal/sporocidal activity (mold spores)

I need to screen substances that would kill mold spores. Can someone recommend a test for a sporocidal activity? At the moment, I am challenging the spores with the tested substances and then...

07 August 2017 1,324 25 View

A question on buffer preparation technique

Recently I was preparing a citric acid buffer. Most literature describes the process of mixing citric acid and sodium citrate in a specific proportion. Is there a reason why I cannot just use...

06 July 2017 7,305 5 View

Buffer for microbial growth medium at pH 5.0-5.5

I need to run MIC experiments at pH 5.0 and 5.5. Can someone please suggest a buffering system that will work at these pH values, but won't kill the cells ? I want to add this buffer to acidified...

06 July 2017 6,326 5 View

Recommendations for sample size in visual qualitative research (using children's drawings)?

Hi everyone! Asking for a little help, if I may. I am working on a research project, where I aim to analyse children's drawings about Covid-19. I am fairly new to using visual data in qualitative...

07 February 2021 9,530 3 View

ECG and children with autism ?

Does anyone have experience with collecting ECG data on children with autism? How was your experience? I'm interested in the tolerance levels for kids to have wires attached to their chests. What...

02 February 2021 5,850 3 View

List any intelligent frequently ask questions among poeple regarding special need education and people with special need?

i need any question that is related to the special need education or the people special need (exceptional children)

25 January 2021 7,851 6 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

Which neuropsychological tests assess immediate and delay(24-48hrs) declarative memory/learning (verbal and visual) and procedural memory in children?

it can be either a neuropsychological assessmentfrom age 8 years old or a wel research paradigm

13 January 2021 2,308 2 View

Does a parents education level have an impact on their child's education?

Do children follow in the same footsteps as their parents in terms of their education?

12 January 2021 1,375 7 View

Any suggestion on literature in Cyber Crime against children?

dear all I am looking for on literature in Cyber Crime against children.

11 January 2021 5,099 5 View

As a good father, how is the best way to educate your children when most of them are female with various characters ?

Imagine that you are a father that only has one wife, but you have so many females children. Eight girls and only one boy in the middle of his sisters. As a good father, how would you educate them...

30 December 2020 9,827 3 View

What is the risk to the children by COVID 19?

Newborn babies and infants do not appear to be at increased risk of complications from the infection. Most children and adolescents with COVID-19 have mild or no symptoms and recover within one to...

28 December 2020 9,369 4 View

What is the recommended age limit for primary posterior capsulotomy in pediatric cataract surgery?

In our centre, we are doing PPC even for older children upto 10-12 years of age and there seem to be no harm, rather beneficial and good outcomes. Please share your experiences.

27 December 2020 4,268 6 View