Which alginate is best for making gel for wound dressing application?

We are looking into utilizing alginate as a gel coating on an HDPE substrate for drug delivery. I would like to ask the community about their experience with alginate and which commercial sources...

15 February 2021 4,319 4 View

Is there a typical range in the power spectrum that each person has during a rest measurement? Moreover, are there differences between men and women?

Is there a typical range in the power spectrum that each person has in the individual brain areas (19 electrodes, 10-20 system) and frequency bands (theta, alpha, beta gamma) during a rest...

13 January 2021 5,660 3 View

How can I find electricity generation data of small to medium scale PV panels and Wind turbines?

I am using model predictive control to simulate market market participation of a Virtual Power Plant in the north of the Netherlands. The power plant portfolio consists of local (geographical...

21 September 2020 4,409 11 View

Does anyone have experience with nattokinase, or another way to dissolve fibrogen?

We want to extract RNA from a 3D TC and nattokinase was suggested, but i am not sure whats the best supplier - dissolving technique, and amount and incubation time to add to the 3D TC ?

01 September 2020 7,424 3 View

How to separate monocytes by plastic adhesion?

07 July 2020 5,883 10 View

Has anyone tried performing a transient transfection on a cell line that has been stably infected with a lentivirus?

Hello, I was having difficulty in infecting a cell with a gene of interest. Say, for instance, I was able to introduce a CMV on the cell, but I was not successful in introducing my target gene. I...

25 September 2019 2,412 3 View

Does anyone know what kind of insect this is?

The flower was found from a Hydrangea species in my garden. These little bugs were found hiding within the flower. Do you know what they are?

11 August 2019 3,037 8 View

Does anyone have a precise protocol for NK cytotoxiciy assay based on calcein release?

I'm currently searching for natural killer cell cytotoxicity tests that are not based on flow cytometry but on calcein release measured in the supernatant. Can anyone help with protocols?

19 May 2019 2,514 1 View

Can I calculate the coherence of two EEG signals on a given frequency band or do I have to calculate them over the entire frequency range?

I would like to know whether I first have to calculate the coherence between two signals over the entire frequency spectrum in matlab and summarize the specific frequency bands from these values...

09 May 2019 9,695 2 View

Mouse Cell Line STR Profiles?

Does anyone have STR profiles of mouse cell lines from the following strains: C57BL/6 129 FVBN BALB/c Swiss black Which company did you use to authenticate the cells?

07 April 2019 4,519 2 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

Shall I skip the measurement model in SmartPLS?

Hello everyone, I had run a mediation model in SmartPLS using questionnaires that were already validated among my statistical population. A professor who edited my paper -though she is not...

01 March 2021 3,052 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

What is involved in morphological changes of SEM images of a substance?

In the sem analysis of CaCO3 nanaoparticles, the morphology images showed spherical shaped particles but the proposed morphology for these type of nanoparticles is trigonal. I prepared the...

01 March 2021 1,960 4 View

Joint behaviour in Abaqus is not captured well?

I am working on roof joint and trying to simulate the behaviour in Abaqus. I am successful in running the model but the final graph does not follow the experimental curve in the negative direction...

01 March 2021 6,661 3 View