How to avoid ulcers in s.c. injected tumors ?

Recently, we have injected s.c. B16F10 tumor cells in BL/6 mice. At around 12-15th day some animals showed ulcerations in tumors , with a big hole in the middle (it looks like a volcano). We have...

01 March 2021 9,938 3 View

What is the standard protocol in doing replicates for C. elegans lifespan assay on solid media (thru worm picking)?

I would like to know what is the standard protocol in the number of worms per plate and number of plates per concentration of extract X in a lifespan assay done in solid media and not automated...

23 February 2021 9,933 1 View

How to best engender critical thinking in K-12 education?

From my observations, there appear to be three principal avenues to engender critical thinking in education K-12: debate; mathematics, and science. For some students, all three avenues are...

04 February 2021 9,605 7 View

Sample Size for Quasi-Experimental Quants using one-tailed t-test?

Hi, sorry I'm stumped. I'm going to do a study on the leadership styles (using the MLQ Form 5X) of minority women administrators in medical schools. How will I calculate the sample size? Thank...

30 January 2021 2,865 4 View

What is the best way of processing very large files in python?

I want to process a very large file, let's say 300 GB, with Python and I'm wondering what is the best way to do it. One limitation is that my algorithm needs the whole file in memory, so a...

15 January 2021 6,691 4 View

Why my ladder bands are not properly stained?

Hi. I am doing an agarose gel electrophoresis. After running PCR samples in a 2% agarose gel at 90V x 45' I obtained the results in the image. The ladder bands are not properly stained. For...

14 January 2021 2,316 4 View

SPSS AMOS: Running my structural model decreases the CFI significantly - trying to account for it results in an unidentified model. What can I do?

Hi, after a thorough EFA and CFA, I've created my structural model (with imputed factor scores) in AMOS and ran it. While it provided me with all path coefficients, I found that the CFI had...

06 January 2021 5,087 4 View

Does anyone know how to fix the "A sample of parameter values was inadmissible"-error in SPSS AMOS when imputing factors?

Hi all, I'm trying to impute factors after testing my model for CMV and therefore included a common latent factor. Unfortunately, I always get the same error: "A sample of parameter values was...

02 January 2021 6,647 5 View

Do chemical and physical properties influence on the size of a polymer particle?

I would like to know if the properties of a polymer impact on the size of the particle it forms. I'm working with different polyssacharides (alginic acid from different seaweed), which are...

29 December 2020 7,333 6 View

Mixed ANOVA independent variables understanding in SPSS?

I have an experiment where 10 groups of 3 judges are asked to evaluate a list of pictures in 2 evaluation conditions. The pictures were made in 2 between-subjects conditions (A,B) and each group...

20 December 2020 7,697 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

What analysis to choose with a large neste dataset and clearly skewed or kurtotic distributions?

Hello! I have a dataset of n=3000 nested within 8 countries with approximately 200 or 400 responses in each country. I originally planned to perform multilevel modelling with 4 dependent variables...

02 March 2021 6,865 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

Do you know any MR image dataset?

I would like to research on MR images (0.5T and 3T). Can you please suggest some websites that I can download dataset including both 0.5T and 3T MR images? Thank you.

02 March 2021 7,735 3 View

Can NFL theorem be valid in infinite search space in ML?

NFL theorem is valid for algorithms training in fixed training set. However, the general characteristic of algorithms in expanded or open dataset has not been proved yet. Could you show your...

01 March 2021 1,189 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

Does anyone have kinetic and kinematic dataset for gait classification?

I want to differentiate between normal and abnormal movement. For this reason, I am looking forward to this type of dataset.

01 March 2021 9,485 1 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