Can you share me how teacher education is managed in your respective national educational system?

I feel that the practice in teacher education in my country is below the expected performance level due to very poor management system. Hope I will learn something from your experiences.

02 March 2021 1,516 4 View

Could you please share your experience with me on the type of 96 wells plate for MIC determination: Treated Vs Untreated and Round-Vs Flat-bottomed?

I am working on the MIC determination of various antibacterial agents (both water-soluble and- insoluble) against S. aureus, MRSA, and S. pyogenes. Some guidelines recommend using round-bottomed...

17 February 2021 7,029 3 View

How to measure the concentration of a labeled protein with no tryptophan or tyrosines?

Hey I'm trying to measure the concentration of a protein I've purified and then labeled with Atto 647 flourescent dye. The protein has no tryptophans or tyrosines (although does have...

04 February 2021 4,482 4 View

Do you recommend competency based education as an approach to inculcate the 21st century skills?

As you all know, the 21st century skills require higher order thinking. So, do you recommend CBE as a means to realize such kinds of skills?

05 October 2020 7,684 12 View

How to implement lower partial moment of order 1 for given stocks in excel sheet?

I am working on portfolio optimization using lower partial moment of order 1, can someone help me how to implement LPM-1 in excel sheet using "tau" as my threshold value as 0.00% and order (n) as...

05 July 2020 2,510 1 View

Hi Guys, I am doing a meta-analysis of fertilizer response studies (eg. Effect of different nitrogen rates on yield). How to enter data in RevMan?

How to enter the different fertilizer rates (including a control) in RevMan?

02 March 2020 5,309 2 View

Does homogeneity test prove missing data replacement was good enough?

I have carried out linear interpolation to fill missing monthly rain fall data, and carried out homogeneity test using standard homogeneity test for the annual and seasonal time series from the...

28 December 2019 758 3 View

Why do i need to combine materials characterization technique when investigating the Microstructural morphology of metals?

That is why do i need to do SEM after i have done TEM?

16 June 2019 8,733 4 View

What is the source of positive current in the cathodic potential region?

I am working on hydrogen evolution. In some of my samples grown/sputtered on nickel foam and carbon cloth substrate, I found a very high positive current in negative potential as shown in the...

07 June 2019 5,940 3 View

Why Aminosiloxane turns colorless from yellow on storage?

Usually amino compounds become yellow from colorless on storage due to air oxidation and some other reasons. I have a oppposite experience for a silicone -propyl amine polymer which was yellow...

12 May 2019 5,053 1 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

No title

01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View

How do historians determine the credibility sources in modern history?

For a source to be considered reliable it must contain accurate historical information. But how does one determine the accuracy and reliability of sources in modern and recent history since not...

23 February 2021 1,346 13 View

Can two EC50 values with different hill slopes be compared?

Hello, I fit a classical dose response curve Y=Bottom + (Top-Bottom)/(1+10^((LogEC-X)*HillSlope)) to my data (not related to inhibitors etc). The model I use is purely qualitative but it fits...

23 February 2021 8,155 5 View

Physical-chemical formation of stalactites/stalagmites. what promotes the formation/growth of these structures?

I know, or think I do, the basic idea behind these natural structures, as from what I know they form due to water dripping from the top leaving a salt deposit behind. But started to wonder about...

22 February 2021 1,400 4 View

Is there an ideal incubation time of RGO-modified SPCE before subsequent use, i.e., electrochemical characterization or further modification?

I notice that upon washing and air-drying of my RGO/SPCE surface and characterizing again via DPV, the current response towards ferricyanide probe significantly decreases. My worry is that the...

22 February 2021 5,324 3 View

How to do a surface treatment of uncoated TiO2 with polymer?

Basically, I would like to know how to treat or coat on the uncoated bare TiO2 (Ti-OH rich) surface with polymer which has anchoring groups in the polymer structure like trimethoxygroups. What is...

21 February 2021 4,657 6 View

Methodological confusions regarding deductive and inductive reasoning, hypothesis and theory test?

Hi Colleagues- What do you think about the following methodological issues: 1. Is it methodologically wrong to formulate quantitative research questionnaire based on inductive reasoning? 2. Is it...

21 February 2021 4,634 6 View

Where I can find materials to learn Fuzzy VIKOR methodology?

Please suggest ways to learn Fuzzy VIKOR methodology in a best possible way. And is there any toolkit available for the same? Thank you in advance.

20 February 2021 8,271 3 View