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

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View

Onset of Photo Oxidation in Polymers?

Hi! I am looking for some specific information in regards to the minimum amount of UV intensity required to begin the photo degradation process in polymers. I understand each polymer is...

15 February 2021 7,703 4 View

How to calculate ultraviolet dose in Gy or J/kg?

Currently I'm doing a literature review regarding the comparisons of different types of radiation such as uv, electron beam and gamma radiation. But I'm having a difficult time converting uv unit...

11 February 2021 7,642 3 View

Could we interpret the intensity of the peaks of the FTIR spectrum correlating to the concentration of some compound?

If we analyze the extract of two plants from the same species (for example) and there are very similarities between the two IR spectra except for the intensity of one peak at the same wavenumber....

05 February 2021 2,630 5 View

Does anyone know how to remove a hardened agarose gel from an imager?

Our lab discovered a gel that was left overnight on our alphaimager with the UV light left on. It is now rock solid and very thin, fused to the surface of the imager.

01 February 2021 6,774 2 View

How can I set up UV irradiation for crosslinking lab?

Hi, I am using a mix of 2 polymers and want to try and crosslink them. I have a UVA lamp of 365nm and have tried the lab previously at 30cm above. How would you recommend I approach the lab and...

31 January 2021 8,711 3 View

Does the UV radiation affect on fruits ?

I want to examine a kind of fruit's extract's antimicrobial effects. At first I want to put it under the UV radiation to prevent the mold or any kind of fungi's and bacteria's growth. The...

24 January 2021 8,350 20 View

Why and how to avoid negative values in optical density by spectrophotometry when measurements corrected by blank solvent?

I am trying to assess chlorophyll-a content from coral tissue using spectrophotometry (with SPECTROstar Nano, BMG). However, I always seem to obtain some negative values in my optical density raw...

20 January 2021 1,542 4 View

What does the intensity of peaks in FTIR spectrum indicates?

Is it possible to conclude that increasing the intensity of FT-IR peaks represents an increment of functional groups or interaction between functional groups? Any suggestion would be highly...

20 January 2021 7,683 3 View

How to calculate IR and RAMAN spectra form Born charge ?

I am using crystal 17 for my solid state ab initio calculations. For some reason the program is not able to produce the Raman spectra but have generated born charges. Is there any way to produce...

11 January 2021 2,317 2 View