What are state-of-the-art methods/techniques/algorithms for the root-cause analysis of the anomalies?

I have been looking for research articles that target the question "why did an anomaly occur?", however, most of the papers that I found are related to "if an anomaly occurred?". I searched Google...

12 January 2021 7,951 3 View

How to amplify lignin degrading gene?

Hello colleagues, I would like to amply the lignin-degrading gene (i.e., LigX, LigY, LigZ, and LigW) from different types of soil. I have tried to find literature, but unfortunately, there are...

20 October 2020 9,654 3 View

How to remove abnormal behavior at support of FE model of RCC Beam?

Hi, I am modelling a half model of RCC beam in ANSYS Mechanical APDL. The model I have created is exhibiting abnormal behavior at the support with abnormal cracks. I would be grateful if you...

12 October 2020 8,596 3 View

How to calibrate the parameters of coupled damage-plasticity microplane model of concrete for FE modelling of RCC beam in ANSYS Mechanical APDL?

Hi, I am trying to model an RCC beam in ANSYS Mechanical APDL. I have the value of Compressive strength, and modulus of elasticity of the concrete of the experiment I am trying to validate ? Can...

28 August 2020 4,623 2 View

Values for Fouling rate in superheaters and economizers in biomass boilers?

I currently work on analyzing fouling rate in BFB biomass boiler, based on available measurements. Looking through literature, the only reported values I found were from certain TEMA Tables, from...

19 April 2020 1,973 5 View

What is the best methodology to use for development of Mobile Applications?

In Software Engineering the UML is considered a standard way in design of the system. What will be the best in designing the mobile applications?

24 January 2020 5,777 3 View

What are the effects of using powerful magnets around AC current?

I am trying to connect two sockets( sockets being flat surfaces on both sides) using powerful (small sized ~8mm diameter) neodymium magnets with 3 or 4 on each side of the socket so that the pull...

03 January 2020 8,835 3 View

How to determine molecular weight of disordered peptides from diffusion NMR data?

From diffusion NMR (DOSY) experiments, diffusion coefficients are available for ~40 AA disordered peptides. Is there a method to calculate the molecular weights using these data, that is suitable...

08 July 2019 703 3 View

Is there a way to blast a protein against all known proteins to find common epitopes? (Even if they are a couple of amino acids long)?

I read somewhere that some vaccinations result in the onset of a different disease that is due to the fact that the vaccine and another protein inside the body have a shared epitope and are both...

22 October 2018 7,832 3 View

What is the best way to differentiate between efferent and afferent sympathetic nerve fibres immunohistologically?

Efferent as afferent renal sympathetic nerve fibers have a important relevance in the development of cardiovascular disease. Thyrosine hydroxylase is a marker for sympathetic fibers. Is there a...

04 June 2018 4,657 2 View

Is it possible to do piezoelectric coupling in ANSYS-APDL or COMSOL between tapered substrate and rectangular piezoelectric patch?

How to do Piezoelectric coupling in ANSYS-APDL or COMSOL between tapered substrate and rectangular piezoelectric patch? Piezoelectric coupling between the rectangular substrate and rectangular...

02 March 2021 9,833 3 View

How to separate water from glycerol solvent in a solvent recovery vacuum distillation column?

I am currently doing my third year design project. I have been assigned to design a glycerol recovery column in vinyl acetate monomer production. The process unit before the recovery column is an...

01 March 2021 9,525 4 View

How to remove the residual PDMS on the silicon mold?

Incompletely cross-linked pdms are difficult to remove.

01 March 2021 798 3 View

Can't recognize exact phase and PDF card no of Silicon carbide in XRD?

We have deposited silicon carbide on carbon substrate using one PVD technique. Due to amorphous behavior of SiC at low deposition temperature, we performed heat treatment of those films at...

22 February 2021 2,072 3 View

Amorphous silica XRD peak at around 10 degree?

21 February 2021 3,417 5 View

What is the detection limit of ED-XRF technique for transition metals in silicon ?

Hi everybody, please, can someone tell us if the transition metals (W, Fe, Ni, etc ...) in silicon destined for solar cell manufacturing can be detected by ED-XRF technique. Note that the...

18 February 2021 6,231 4 View

Small displacement measurement in vacuum?

Hello, I have a question. there is a circular thin foil which vibrates in vacuum, the foil restricted and moves up and down. it is like a diaphragm between two pipes . both sides are in vacuum but...

18 February 2021 8,075 3 View

Droplet PCR in plastic chips always result an unexpected band, any suggestion of possible contaminations and how to improve?

I am doing droplet based digital PCR inside plastic chips. I can get the correct band, but I also consistently get an unexpected band, slightly shorter. I attached a typical gel image here....

18 February 2021 6,618 2 View

How can you tell if your organotypic slice culture is healthy ?

I'm working on organotypic cerebellar slice cultures from postnatal rats and I'm not sure how to tell if the slices are healthy at any given point. I know there should be a lot of microglial...

15 February 2021 2,830 2 View

Unusually Busy Raman Background?

Hello, I am observing a nearly periodic background spectrum for a wide variety of SERS substrates. I see this response (attached below) for bare Au films, Cu films, and Au nanoparticles on...

15 February 2021 9,922 5 View