I get tumor tissue from the patients after the surgery. How to isolate the top layer of cells from a tumor?

I work on gastric cancer. I want to separate the top layer of tumor cells from the lower layers.

25 January 2021 6,663 1 View

How to measure porosity/diameter of electrospun nanofibers using imagej?

Hi all, I have SEM images of electrospun nanofibers and I'd like to measure its porosity/diameter. However I'm not sure how to do it with ImageJ or any other software. Can anybody help me please?...

27 July 2020 5,925 7 View

How important is it to check the psychometric properties of translated version of a gold standard scale?

There is a scale in English that has well established psychometric properties. I want to use the translated version of the scale in my study. Do I have to test all the psychometric properties of...

11 June 2020 3,951 14 View

Should solar irradiance be considered in Wh or kWh when designing a PV system in kW?

Hi, I am designing a PV system in kW and having a small confusion that should I be considering the solar irradiance in Wh or kWh in the PV calculations? Thank you.

02 July 2019 4,127 3 View

Can anyone provide a reliable protocol with tips and tricks for miRNA isolation from human plasma using Trizol?

Trizol protocol I am using, provides good total RNA concentration and quality but the miRNA spike (Cel-miR39) is not being amplified in qPCR. Starting volume: 600microlitre Plasma Elution:...

13 June 2019 2,228 9 View

Can anyone help me understanding why am I getting jagged amplification curve for my miRNAs in plasma sample?

I have used mircury exosome serum/plasma kit along with trizol for extraction of my miRNAs from human plasma. RNA concentration was 623.8ng on nanodrop with 260/280 ratio of 2.12. For RT-PCR and...

11 June 2019 3,679 4 View

What is the best way to purify the ear clip genomic DNA from TaqMan DNA extraction reagent?

13 October 2018 3,427 3 View

Significance of pAkt/Akt and pErk/Erk ratio?

Hi, I'm testing the effect of a drug on cardiomyocytes. The treated cells are then used for Akt and Erk ELISA. Can anyone tell me how do I interpret the pAkt/Akt or pErk/Erk ratio? For...

10 September 2018 3,959 3 View

Insulin concentration in culture medium?

Hi all, to mimic the hyperinsulinemia, what concentration of insulin should be used in the culture medium of growing cell lines (for example L6/MIN6) ? Also what should be the normal concentration...

21 March 2018 2,255 2 View

How to find quantitative determination of fe2+,fe3+ ratio from xps?

In my sample fe deped BaTiO3, both Fe2+ ferrous and fe3+ Ferric ion i.e.,multi valence states present which identified from XPS. How to find fe2+:Fe3+ ration present in my sample? which method I...

20 May 2017 8,210 4 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

How to access MSCI KLD Stats and Sustainalytics?

Hello all, I'm currently working on my undergraduate thesis and I'm having difficulties trying to access KLD Stats and Sustainalytics because my campus Airlangga University and apparently other...

02 March 2021 8,525 1 View

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

02 March 2021 9,706 5 View

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How to calculate BREQ 3 questionnaire?

how to calculate BEHAVIOURAL REGULATION IN EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE BREQ 3 ,which contain 24 questions and each question has 5 answers (0- Strongly disagree , 1-disagree, 2- Neither agree nor...

02 March 2021 811 3 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

How does Scientist/RG community evaluates a case study article and the impact of it on a researcher career?

An article that is published as a case study in the SJR listed journal. How much value is added to a researcher career? How it is evaluated by a scientific researcher/University admission...

02 March 2021 9,661 3 View