Is there any software/code for studying the effects of wind on vegetation?

I'm searching a (free) software that simulates the effect of strong wind on the vulnerability a tree.

15 December 2020 8,119 3 View

Should I share my Doctoral dissertation with a Creative Common License?

Disseminating your PhD dissertation. I am working on publishing activity from my PhD thesis, for which I have carried out three different qualitative investigations. I am extrapolating case...

30 September 2020 7,119 4 View

Does anyone use/have/try any antibody anti OVGP1 in oviduct cells/tissue?

I am looking for an antibody to show the expression of OVGP1 in porcine oviduct cells in culture. Is there one from Sigma and others form ABCAM. But an antibody is too expensive (at least for us,...

31 March 2020 7,273 2 View

Will e-beam deposited cobalt etch in HCl?

Hi, I have a sample of e-beam deposited cobalt that I dipped in 1:1 HCl:H2O at room temperature. The cobalt did not etch. Cobalt is supposedly easily etched with most acids, so I am confused why...

12 March 2020 6,301 3 View

How do I make a rarefaction curve for multiple sample simultaneously in R?

I just tried out the rarecurve function in R for one of my samples, and it worked perfectly- however, I have 72 samples to include in the curve, but I can't find a way to run them all in the code...

17 August 2019 7,938 1 View

Does the SUMO protease need to inactive after de digestion?

Hi everyone, I have to use the SUMO protease to cleave the SUMO protein from my recombinant protein. After that I will put in contact (ice, one hour) the product of the digestion with the resin...

11 June 2019 6,599 1 View

Contact mechanics of UHMWPE, better approach ?

I would like know some differences between the contact mechanics of the thin films vs bulk materials. What is the better contact mechanics to evaluate UHMWPE with a thickness of 1 mm in a...

14 January 2019 8,001 2 View

Blunt cloning using Klenow fragment, what is going wrong?

Hi everyone, I am currently trying to clone a fragment (~1700bp) cut with ECORI into a vector (~5300 bp) linearized by ECORV. Since ECORI leaves cohesive ends I am using Klenow Fragment...

07 December 2018 9,865 5 View

How would you study trust in the blockchain context?

I am particularly interested in how blockchain might allow for new forms of trust in the digital environment and beyond. One way of doing this, I reckon, is to find accessible use cases and study...

27 March 2018 1,033 4 View

Can sodium azide be autoclaved?

27 October 2017 2,811 3 View

How to classify strictly upper triangular matrices by similarity?

Let F be a field. Consider U, the set of n times n strictly upper triangular matrices in F. For X, Y in U, we call them similar if there exists some S, which is non-degenerate and upper...

01 March 2021 2,957 8 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Why is the sum of the elements in a row in a Q matrix equal to zero?

When explaining substitution models, the substitutions are expressed as Q matrix. Why is the sum of the elements in a row zero?

28 February 2021 3,864 3 View

Distribution of particles in metal matrix?

How would define the "good" and "poor" distribution of particles within the matrix. Is there a quantitative solution to assess the distribution of the particles, which then having denotation of...

28 February 2021 7,397 8 View

How to find a correlation between coordinates in a curvilinear coordinate system?

Hello. I have a skewed elliptical coordinate system (I use alternative elliptical coordinates). And I need to determine connections between coordinates in order to fetch a covariance matrix of...

28 February 2021 364 3 View

For modelling epoxy-based matrices (in composites), which model in ABAQUS is the most suitable, Concrete damaged plasticity or Drucker-Prager model?

I am working on developing a micromechanical FE model for predicting kink-band formation in UD composites. To model matrix plasticity, which model, out of Concrete Damaged Plasticity and...

28 February 2021 5,415 1 View

What are the methods used for CNT..?

Respected Professor's i hope you are doing well and happy. i need some information about carbon Nanotubes. before blending the CNT with the matrix the CNT has been introducing in some treatments....

24 February 2021 5,383 5 View

How can I generate random samples from Bingham distribution in R? How can I construct those symmetric matrices?

in the function rbingham(n,A) in R software how can I construct that A (symmetric) matrix?

24 February 2021 3,528 3 View

How does the injection volume impact LLOQ and ULOQ in regression analysis (LC-MSMS)?

Hello, I have run into an issue that has sparkled a debate at work: is the LLOQ/ULOQ impacted by injection volume under the following circumstances: 1) Same dilution factor of all samples 2)...

23 February 2021 9,159 3 View

Multinomial probabilities and confidence intervals - obtaining the CI of the reference category?

Hi, Some background to my question: I have fitted 1st order multinomial Markov models with covariates. Since all probabiilties (for each row of the transition matrix) sum to 1, I estimate only...

22 February 2021 2,541 4 View