Why are we measuring gel content of NBR latex? Does gel content related to the amount of cross-linked in a polymer?

Hi good day to everyone! I am actually studying the gel content of synthetic latex. Refer to ASTM 3616, gel content is measure of insoluble rubbers in the chosen solvent. So, I just would like to...

07 February 2021 605 4 View

How to determine the number of cells before suspending them in 1x binding buffer in Annexin V FITC assay?

I am performing Annexin V FITC assay for adherent cells. According to the protocol described, the treated cells were trypsinised and collected, followed by washing them twice with cold PBS. The...

18 July 2020 8,695 5 View

Appearance of crossing point signal even in water during qPCR. Help?

We have been running qPCR to detect Fusarium in wheat grains. Suddenly out of nowhere, we kept getting crossing point signal in the blank (PCR water). We have done the following: ran with only...

01 March 2020 1,408 3 View

What are the factors that affect the compatibility between filler and solvent in fabrication of mixed matrix/composite membrane?

I've heard of compatibility between polymer and solvent used to dissolve it based on the solubility parameter. However, little have I found upon solvent and filler interaction and compatibility....

18 August 2019 5,376 1 View

How to perform data analysis for ranking of familiarity of foods?

the most familiar food was assigned to 1 and continue rank among the list of the foods until the least familiar food. How to perform weighted ranking or any suitable method can be suggested for...

21 September 2018 6,557 3 View

Why do my western blots look so odd?

The three images attached here are for 3 different proteins probed at the same time. The first one is GAPDH. Does anyone have any idea why (1) Despite reasonable Bradford assay results, GAPDH...

14 January 2018 5,544 3 View

Choice of electrolyte for characterizing Cu2O/CuO coated on Cu mesh?

I have Cu2O/CuO coated on Cu mesh and would like to characterize its electrochemical properties using CV and Impedance analysis. I have tried using 0.5M and 1M of Na2SO4 (scan rate 10mV and 20mV),...

03 September 2017 4,244 4 View

Peak height in qPCR melt curve analysis?

31 October 2016 1,428 5 View

Why my cells (Flp-in CV-1) precipitate after adding in the antibiotics?

The culture looks fine during maintenance but after transfection, precipitation forms immediately after I adding the antibiotics (hygromycin b) for positive cells selection. So I tested the fresh...

18 August 2016 2,955 3 View

Where do i buy Sybr green dye?

27 June 2016 6,138 3 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

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

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

How to choose ANN number of hidden layers and nodes?

Hello, Could you please share any interesting research explaining how to choose the number of hidden layers and nodes per layer in case of regression problems using ANN? Thank you, any help would...

01 March 2021 6,200 3 View

PUC19 as a transfer plasmid for lentiviral delivery?

Hello, Is it possible to use pUC19 as a transfer vector to be packed in using the second generation viral particles packaging system( pMD2.G; psPAX2 plasmids)? As far as I understand it there is...

28 February 2021 4,868 2 View

Genome-wide gene identification protocol ?

Is there any book chapter/book, webpage or research article available to understand genome-wide gene identification?

28 February 2021 8,095 1 View

How to improve and implement WBAN MAC and Radio modules under Castalia 3.2 ?

Hello researchers, Hello Castalia3.2 researchers I am a beginner with Castalia, I work on optimization of RFID systems used in wireless body networks. I simulated a WBAN with 10 nodes and one...

28 February 2021 400 1 View

How could I take into consideration the weights of observation in a system of seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) in rstudio?

I build a model of 4 regression equations (probit and OLS) in R studio. I need to take the weights of observations into consideration. While it is simple to do so for every regression equation,...

27 February 2021 1,233 1 View

I want to performe MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial identification, I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me the matrix solution preparation protocol ?

based on what I've studied on multiple papers, for peptide and protein identification Alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) is an appropriate matrix to use, I also know that the CHCA powder...

26 February 2021 6,799 3 View