[Best practice] How to process 900 articles for literature review?

I am happy to do research. I like to dive in to the research papers and read them all. However, it is not possible to do so in reasonable time. I use MaxQDA to autocode the papers but most of the...

05 January 2020 7,036 11 View

Can the control group be considerably larger than the patients group?

We investigate the prevalence of DM2 in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis and compare with the prevalence of DM2 in common population. The group consisted of 100 patients with AIT without until...

30 May 2018 1,798 11 View

How to fix B0 fieldmaps obtained from EPI sequences processed with FSL topup?

Hi there, wonder if someone could help me out We obtained EPI images in a GE MR scanner with opposite phase encoding direction in order to construct a B0 inhomogeneity fieldmap using the topup...

07 March 2018 6,698 7 View

Coleoptera: What does this behaviour mean?

This specimen of Carabus intricatus (Linnaeus, 1761) raised and lowered the abdomen alternating and spread the cerci (?). There was no other specimen present. It was in the natural environment, in...

27 November 2016 8,790 17 View

What are typical ratios of monomer/cross-linker/template solution in molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs)?

I am trying to figure out what typical ratios are for monomer/cross-linker/template solution in MIPs to have a starting point for my experiments. Also, if it appears there needs to be some...

05 August 2016 263 5 View

How can I distinguish between Cicadella viridis and Cicadella lasiocarpae?

08 July 2016 8,267 4 View

Can anyone help me with some statistical data on the oil and gas extraction levels in Russia in the last 10-15 years?

Can anyone help with data regardin Russian hydrocarbon extraction/production industry for the last 10-20 years? I can work with data in Russian language, should the links be provided in...

01 September 2015 7,549 5 View

Is there exists a composition of maps between Riemann manifolds which specializes to the Cauchy polar decomposition in Euclidian spaces?

It is possible to formulate elasticity on Riemann manifolds. However, the Cauchy decomposition theorem is preferably used in rheology in conjuction with irreversible thermodynamics. Therefore, it...

25 June 2015 2,960 2 View

What is a "working fluid inventory?"

How can it be measured? What is its equation?

15 December 2013 4,679 1 View

Having trouble with fluent material separation?

I have a tube containing water on the bottom. I have to apply heat on its wall so the water boils and vapor travels through the rest of the tube. After drawing it on gambit and assigning its...

14 December 2013 9,592 2 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Is this moth a Diatraea saccharalis?

The caterpillars of this moth were found in stems of Echinochloa polystachia grass as stem borers. The length of the caterpillars are something about 1.7 cm. I have compared images from the...

24 February 2021 309 3 View

Are these moths Spodoptera frugiperda?

The caterpillars of the moths were collected as fruitborers in pepper at a farmer. I reared them till the adults hatched and compared them with pictures and descriptions on the internet. Are these...

24 February 2021 7,785 5 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

Purification of proteins from baculovirus-infected insect cells?

18 February 2021 6,665 6 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

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View