VIF very high, but correlation is low and coefficient is significant. Which one whould I choose?

Hello. I have a question whether if my coefficients (statistically significant) would be valid when VIFs are really high. In my model, there are independent variables(IV), moderating variables...

26 February 2021 956 13 View

How to clean up TEM grid with plasma cleaner?

I need to clean the hydrocarbon contamination on the carbon substrate of TEM grid. However, I heard that substrate could be broken by the powerful plasma. My substrate is pure carbon, with ~3nm,...

23 February 2021 3,262 5 View

Any Homemade Organic Synthesis Practices?

Hi everyone, I am a teacher of Heterocycles Synthesis, Is there a home practice that you recommend for undergraduate students? A simulator would also be useful Due to the pandemic, students...

18 February 2021 2,769 4 View

Sb2Te3 thin film annealing and damage(break)?

21 January 2021 9,642 2 View

When comparing two very similar surveys taken over time, but with different sample size, what would be the best way to approach this problem?

Hi, I'm currently analysing a survey for a university course design, and some guidance would be very much appreciated. The students who are enrolled in a (year-long) course were given a link to...

08 December 2020 6,624 9 View

When analysing survey using Likert scale, is it okay to use Friedman's test?

Hi, I'm currently analysing a survey for a university course design, and some guidance would be very much appreciated. The students who are enrolled in a course were given a link to participate...

06 December 2020 6,060 2 View

Which time-serie model is good when using concatenate data?

I would like to make a model using sequence datasets. As I've searched that , many LSTM, RNN tutorials use long-sequential data such as weather in 1950-2020. However, my datasets are short...

24 November 2020 808 3 View

Could you answer some basic questions on CRISPR-cas9?

Hi, I would like to ask simple some questions related to CRISPR-Cas9 that I could not understand by reading some basic articles on it. I am not in that scientific field so my questions might be...

21 October 2020 2,439 2 View

How can I design resin column for test?

I'm interested in the research field of ion exchange resin. I want design about resin column with acryl for test. How do you usually design the diameter and length of small columns for test? I...

13 October 2020 3,443 2 View

How do you check the locations of brain-implanted cannulas?

Hello. I implanted single cannulas bilaterally into the brains of mice to infuse drugs. After behavior tests, what would be the simplese way to validate if the cannulas are in the target areas?...

18 September 2020 8,457 3 View

What is the significance of (isolated) high titers of IgG anti GD1a antibodies in an older patient with polyneuropathy?

Remote history of Campylobacter infection with reactive arthritis, and Spitz nevus (UMP). Arthropod exposure in Zika/ChikV endemic area prior to emergence of length dependent, sensory PN with...

18 February 2021 8,719 1 View

Why the storage moduli E' decrease with highr fiber volume?

Hi guys, I am facing problems to interpret a DMA results. Material: Composite Bisphenol A + curaua fiber What is being tested: the influence of fiber volume on the composites properties...

12 February 2021 174 7 View

What can I do to keep magnetic beads suspended in solution within a syringe?

I'm looking for ways to prevent the settling of magnetic beads in solution. I have been using a syringe pump to inject a suspension of magnetic beads in PBS into a microfluidic device, and so far...

09 February 2021 6,206 2 View

Regarding immunology, transmissivity, herd immunity and vaccines in Sars CoV-2?

This is a follow-up on an earlier question regarding mechanistics of vaccines: why current vaccines don't block transmission. In summary, they don't engage mucosal immune cells to produce IgA....

08 February 2021 8,321 3 View

Flexibility of RNAseq?

When you use RNAseq I understand that it must follow certain conditions when you use it. One of them is the insertion of a polyA tail. The insertion of the polyA must include then...

05 February 2021 3,770 4 View

Is it better to push or pull liquid through microfluidics with a syringe pump?

I have a PDMS microfluidic device that I want to perfuse cells through (there are also adherent cells in the channels). Is there any difference if I use a syringe pump to push the cells through...

30 January 2021 4,092 3 View

Is there any software to generate pdb of G quadruplex?

I have a DNA sequence which has predictability to form G quadruplex . I need a software to generate a pdb of it which will form G quadruplex. I am using open Babel but I am not able to set the...

29 January 2021 6,190 4 View

How can you attach polyurethane devices on glass slides?

I am making microfluidic devices made of polyurethane. The problem I am facing is that I am unable to attach these devices to glass slide even after plasma treatment (air plasma). Some of the...

28 January 2021 5,194 2 View

How can I measure speed of integration of an acquisition with secondary data?

I am currently faced with the challenge to measure integration speed of an acquisition or a merger with secondary data. Usually companies do not communicate once a target has been integrated...

27 January 2021 9,741 11 View

For DNA purification, what is the difference between purifying magnetic beads and column?

Hi! I noticed that mostly the single cell assay use AMPure beads (magnetic) instead of purifying column. But both function through a DNA affinity coating, just on surface in beads and on membrane...

27 January 2021 9,043 5 View