Does anyone have experience with nGauge AFM from ICSPI?

AFM microscopes have high prices, but this device is very affordable. https://www.icspicorp.com/ I wonder if anyone has experience in surface investigations with this device? As I mostly deal...

01 August 2020 5,983 6 View

Anyone having experience with filming soil bugs?

If you ever tried to film soil organisms please let me know. I am perticularly interested in experiences with some taxa, ie. with tardigrades. Also interested in technical issues, which camera...

27 February 2016 7,010 3 View

Is anyone aware of any (unpublished) list of oribatid species on territory of France?

31 January 2016 2,520 5 View

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I look especially for localities in forests, presumably linked to past human activities (abandoned villages, ruined castles, traces of old crafts and workshops...). The purpose of my query is...

01 January 1970 6,580 4 View

Do I need to ask permission to use pictures for my questionnaire?

I would like to use some photo from a government website for my questionnaire. But, different photo is from the different owner. So, should I just get permission from that government body or still...

23 February 2021 1,631 3 View

Online surveys for social sciences researchs: what are your opinions about this tool and how can we improve the research design to incorporate online?

Good morning everyone, Due to the pandemic, I conducted several online surveys. It is quite agile, not at all expensive, but there are several problems: the sample's representativeness and its...

21 February 2021 7,457 3 View

Are ZnS nanoparticles moisture sensitive?

Hello Everyone, I tried to form ZnS nanoparticles using the hot injection method and was able to form the same (confirmed by XRD). When I centrifuged, after the reaction I got a kind of white...

17 February 2021 1,709 3 View

ZnS oxidizes to ZnO!!why??

when I put my ZnS solution in the chemical bath, the ZnS oxidizes so there are ZnO peaks appearing because of the reaction with the oxygen in the air, despite the fact that I close the beaker...

14 February 2021 5,778 9 View

Best protocol for immunogold using araldite resin ?

Hello, We perfom Tokuyasu method (ultrathin cryo sectionning) very often to make immunogold experiments. This time, we need to make a PLT technique with K4M or LR white resin. Our results were...

14 February 2021 4,959 1 View

Hi, can a variable in a questionnaire be measured with a series of questions or it has to one question for one variable?

I am doing research on the impact of competitive bidding on project success and would like to use SEM. Project success shall be: cost overage, completion time, quality of works and variation...

13 February 2021 4,413 6 View

Does anyone have a stack of images of action potentials or abnormal brain scans?

I need a stack of black and white .jpeg/.tiff/.jpg/.png images across time of either action potentials, neurons firing, or brain scans (comparing disease and normal brain, disease progression,...

09 February 2021 2,648 3 View

Why non-specific band appear on T-ARMS PCR?

Hi everyone. We want to know how can I remove the non-specific band amplification on this variant. Although the amplification of non-specific band is not as intense as the band that we want, but...

09 February 2021 588 2 View

What is your opinion regarding opening of school? Now students are supposed to join school. Do you think that decision is in the interest of society ?

From long Pendamic now government is opening school and colleges on for off line classes. What do you think that this decision is fruitful to the students and society too?

08 February 2021 3,068 6 View

Fractional derivative users, are you on the same page with me on the validity of the fractional order parameter, say alpha?

Taking a fractional ODE problem as an example. It has come to my attention that if the fractional order parameter is in the interval (0,1], many only presents results for alpha=0.9, 0.99. I saw...

08 February 2021 9,671 3 View