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

Which kind of validity should e established in case we want to conduct a survey using newly developed survey questionnaire?

I am conducting a survey using self developed questionnaire. I have established its face validity and content validity. Some expert reviewer has suggested I must establish the validity by...

11 February 2021 2,077 3 View

How to calculate width and length of the tapered microstrip line feed of a SIW leaky wave antenna?

With reference to substrate integrated waveguide -leaky wave antenna

26 December 2020 3,982 2 View

Sample does no retain in the well while doing NATIVE Gel electrophoresis?

While doing NATIVE-Gel electrophoresis with electrophoresis buffer containing 25mM Tris, 192 mM glycine, and rest water if the sample being loaded is dissolved in methanol it won't remain in the...

15 December 2020 4,999 3 View

How to identify and quantify glauconite and illite/other mica present in same sample from XRD analysis?

In glauconite bearing sand stone sample other mica group minerals(illite, muscovite etc.) are also present. I want to quantify the amount of glauconite and othermica group minerals. How, I can...

10 December 2020 5,793 19 View

Collaborating VS contributing Authorship?

Can you help me to understand the significance of the difference between collaborating and contributing authorship (eg, GBD)? Do they put similar weightage to University applicant assessors?

29 October 2020 4,443 3 View

How to prevent leaks in Swagelok fittings?

I am carrying out a liquefaction reaction inside a 2.5mL volume reactor made of Swagelok fittings (one SS 3/4" STRAIGHT UNION with two SS 3/4" PLUGS FOR FITTING). After adding the substrate...

11 August 2020 4,211 2 View

How to prevent lignin condensation during biomass fractionation?

10 August 2020 4,936 1 View

How the Natural Language processing successful without knowledge of sense behind the letters and numbers ?

We don't know the source of letters and numbers on which these symbols are constructed . Although human used the guts feelings at the time of using because our ancestors developed these symbols...

01 August 2020 2,148 4 View

How to add attenuation model and spectral ordinate in R-CRISIS?

Hi Everyone I am using R-CRISIS for seismic hazard map creation. I know how to use the given attenuation model in R-CRISIS but I want to use an attenuation model from a published article. How to...

23 July 2020 5,265 1 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 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

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

Universal bacterial primers targeting a mRNA?

Hi, I'm looking for universal primers targeting a bacterial mRNA to quatify bacterial load by qPCR in a complexe mixture (eukaryote and prokaryote RNA). Ribosomal RNA being depleted, I absolutly...

22 February 2021 9,969 3 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

Could you please share your experience with me on the type of 96 wells plate for MIC determination: Treated Vs Untreated and Round-Vs Flat-bottomed?

I am working on the MIC determination of various antibacterial agents (both water-soluble and- insoluble) against S. aureus, MRSA, and S. pyogenes. Some guidelines recommend using round-bottomed...

17 February 2021 7,029 3 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

How much amount of DNA (ligation mix) should I use for transformation?

Hi Fellow Scientists! I am trying to clone my 300 bp insert into a 6 kb vector. I run a few different ligation reactions using (1:3 vector: insert molar ratios) 10, 20,30, and 40 ng/ul vector...

15 February 2021 9,563 6 View

Plasmid amplification in S2 cell?

When co-transfect S2 cell with selection vector (pCoHygro or pCoBlast ) to make a stable cell line, does the gene integrate into the genome or just like E.coli? How do the plasmids amplify within...

09 February 2021 5,423 1 View