Share a copy of RaFD Dataset?

I tried to get this dataset from the original link but no one approved my requests for weeks. Can someone share with me a private link to use? You can send it to my institutional email:...

14 February 2021 1,908 1 View

Help with Amyloid beta detection protocol (western-blotting)?

Hi everyone, I am a first year PhD student working on amyloidosis. I would like some tips and tricks to crack efficiently my current nightmare, i.e. the western blotting of the Amyloid beta and...

11 February 2021 2,513 3 View

Does viral RNA extraction from nasopharyngeal swabs require pre-centrifugation with supernatant collection?

06 February 2021 323 3 View

Aspen plus (hydrometallurgy set-up) & reactions solid-liquid ?

I have to simulate a hydrometallurgical process where there are the following phases: - leaching (solid-liquid reactions) - cementation (solid-liquid reactions) - electrowinning (energy ) -...

30 January 2021 9,225 3 View

How to prediction non-visible parts of microscopic pictures?

Dear all, I like to ask if someone has experience with evaluating pictures towards the prediction of non-visible parts. I have confocal-laser-scanning microscopic pictures of yeast cells and want...

28 December 2020 4,309 11 View

Coronal or Sagittal mouse brain sections to visualise vessels?

Hello, I am a first year PhD student and I am working on Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). I would like to investigate the presence of my proteins of interest in a CAA/Alzheimer's disease mouse...

05 December 2020 907 3 View

What is the cleanest / best way to handle different software dependencies / configurations?

Dear RG users, I noticed that several toolboxes developed for python are compatible with some specific releases and not with others and in general there is a precise set of tools defining the...

30 November 2020 4,545 5 View

Why maximum allowable limits for toxic metals or heavy metals in agricultural soils vary among countries and institutions?

For example, the maximum allowable limit for USEPA in agricultural soils are very low when compared to Tanzania's maximum allowable limits see figure below. Does this can affect the management...

23 November 2020 5,052 10 View

What is the best way to get organoids of the same size?

I would like to get organoids of the same size. We filter organoids using a 100 um filter and then pass that filtrate through a 40 um filter followed by flipping the 40 um filter. Then we wash the...

22 November 2020 9,391 3 View

How to match Matplotlib color mapping in a R ggscatter plot (or ggplot)?

I created this shinyapp and am having a hard time seeing the image I thought I was...

13 October 2020 223 2 View

What is the status of bread making and more bakery foods with the use of insect flour/powder?

Insects have been consumed by human diet since prehistoric times. At present, the idea of looking at insects as food has been getting traction worldwide, also in response to increasing food...

03 March 2021 6,223 5 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 3 View

Why Austenite grains in steel show much more twinning than ferrite grains?

It is oftentimes said to be a distinctive metallographic trait that differentiates a fully austenitic and a fully felly ferritic steel without etching that might distinguish between two. Why...

02 March 2021 728 2 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

How Can I bring as much common elements in steel as possible to calculate stable phase(s) in OpenCalphad?

As I was tweaking step-by-step OpenCalphad6 Macros step1.ocm involving phase and thermal property calculation of a High-speed steel, I could not incorporate more than 6 elements in the steel...

01 March 2021 8,840 1 View

I need to accelerate corrosion in steel parts that are used in a salt-water environment. Is there a technique for doing so?

I have a structure that employs d-ring swiveling tie-downs that corrode during use and become "frozen". I have sample swivel assemblies that I wish to corrode to see if I can free them using one...

01 March 2021 3,739 3 View

How to find the right number of integration points in second order 3d finite elements?

I am familiar with finite element simulations and numerical schemes like the Gauss Legendre quadrature. I also know that the Gauss integration yields exact values for polynomials up to degree 2n-1...

27 February 2021 6,818 3 View

Why is my platinum counter electrode getting dirty during electrodeposition?

I am conducting anodic electrodeposition of MnO2 onto a stainless steel substrate, using a platinum strip as a counter electrode. This is done galvanostatically, with the current held between 5...

27 February 2021 1,829 3 View

Have anyone checked before Cyclic voltammograms of intial ITO substrate and E-teck?

As a beginner in electrochemistry, I tried to obtain cyclic voltamograms of commercial anatase powder deposited on an ITO substrate or on Eteck. After several attempts, I noticed that my cyclic...

23 February 2021 3,175 3 View