Is it a wrong way of thinking?

Recently someone observed that by adding a research paper his ResearchGate (RG) score increases only 0.03, while by adding a comment like "thank you", his RG increase 0.3, and he concluded based...

06 July 2018 4,556 5 View

Is the goodness of an environment a matter of fact, or of opinion?

The above question can be equally rephrased as follows: Is the goodness of architecture a matter of fact, or of opinion? Is the goodness of an artifact a matter of fact, or of opinion? Give me of...

06 July 2018 8,588 4 View

What is space?

What is space? Is it what is conceived by Newton or by Leibniz? Both Newtonian and Leibnizian views of space are framed under the mechanistic thinking of Descartes back to the 17th century....

05 June 2018 1,994 4 View

Where are the pattern language's co-authors?

"A Pattern Language: Towns, buildings, and construction" written by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, and Shlomo Angel, and published in...

04 May 2018 8,649 3 View

Is geography a science?

03 April 2018 9,740 8 View

If people suddenly disappeared, would the buildings we now consider Beautiful, still be Beautiful?

Someone posted this question in traditional architecture emailing list, and I found it of interest, so I re-post it here: If people suddenly disappeared, would the buildings we now consider...

02 March 2018 1,806 2 View

Which pattern is more beautiful?

Given the two following patterns: the left or the right, which one is more beautiful than another?

07 August 2017 6,372 32 View

Which induces a greater harmony in you?

Which of the carpets (the left or the right) induces a greater harmony in you, in your body and in your mind?

07 August 2017 9,822 4 View

DEM rendering - what do you prefer for different classifications?

For a same digital elevation model (DEM), I applied different classifications. In the following figure, to the left is the outcome of natural breaks (Jenks 1967), while to the right is that of...

03 April 2015 1,880 14 View

Are maps subjective?

Maps refer to either those produced by human cartographers or those created by computer tools such as geographic information systems (GIS). In other words, the maps we refer to are those produced...

02 March 2015 441 10 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

What is your perception on using visual analysis or quantitative approaches to evaluate data from single-case research designs (n of 1 trials)?

Results of single-case research designs (i.e., n-of-1 trials) are often evaluated by visually inspecting the time-series graph and computing quantitative indices. A question our research team is...

03 March 2021 687 1 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

What do you know about biotechnology art?

What do you know about biotechnology art?

02 March 2021 1,653 3 View

Research on Supply Chain Management in Indian context?

Hi, I am planning to apply for the PhD degree in the Supply Chain Mgt. with specific area of "Cold Storage warehouses" during Pandemics and wars. Where lock downs and shut downs are frequent....

02 March 2021 285 2 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

Does any one can help me choose a reasonable basis set for intermediate metal ions interactions with guanine (i.e Fe2+, Mn2+, Cu2+ and exc.)?

Hello every body Does any one has any idea to help me choose a reasonable basis set for intermediate metal ions (i.e Fe2+, Mn2+, Cu2+ and exc.) interactions with guanine or other DNA organic...

01 March 2021 6,187 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

Why does intensity drops as concentration increases?

Is there any reason for decrease in fluorescence emission intensity of HSA,BSA when increase the concentration ?

28 February 2021 3,653 4 View