Is Medical Academic corruption real?

https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2010/05/ex-editor-nejm-tells-how-big-pharma-has-corrupted-academic-institutions/ I am not sure if Angell's views are correct Are Medical academics slaves...

09 October 2018 1,406 2 View

Why do so many studies show no benefit for SMBG ? eg: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2630691

Self monitoring of blood glucose is so useful in the clinical context. This persistent negative result of studies is counter intuitive. How do people explain this disparity?

05 June 2017 1,136 1 View

Ethics Boards: A Help or a Hindrance?

Does mind-numbing bureaucracy hinder the free flow of creative thought? The necessity for ethical and procedural control is clear. But have we outlived this method of control? Does our IT and...

01 January 1970 935 12 View

COP24: Another example of Political failure?

Why do our politicians keep on failing us like this? Should politicians be subjected to a mandatory psychometric test , an IQ test and an enforced retirement age of 65 years?

01 January 1970 6,768 3 View

Cars for the environment

Full electric versus Hybrid: which is better on all round assessment? Hybrid cars combine a petrol engine with an electric driven component. Eg:...

01 January 1970 2,501 20 View

Climate Change: Time to change strategy?

Should we be spending more time analyzing and securing water sources and reviewing farming types and practices? Should we be considering changing crop types and farm locations? Should we be...

01 January 1970 1,129 40 View

Toxic work environments: What would you do?

-Choices: -Suck it up and wait for colleagues to suffer? -Talk out and risk your livelihood? -Walk away and retain your sanity?

01 January 1970 6,963 16 View

Has modern Journalism deteriorated in quality?

Our capacity for quick access to news events has improved dramatically, due to the ubiquitous Smartphone camera. But have other elements of reporting declined in quality? - Delayed stats, even...

01 January 1970 677 3 View

Should Growth Hormone be used to increase height in healthy children?

Height has social value. Many studies show that taller people earn more and are more successful. Some societies value height as a beneficial social characteristic So, should we be giving growth...

01 January 1970 2,139 1 View

Why are people drawn to 'Game of Thrones'?

Game of Thrones is a popular movie series It contains elements of violence, war, social and personal warfare and human intrigue Why are we drawn to this mixture of elements? What does it say...

01 January 1970 8,694 3 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

20 June 2021 0 0 View

i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 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

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 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

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 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

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 View