In an eye with Tyndall, does each dot correspond to an individual cell?

When you observe the presence of Tyndall in an inflamed eye: Does each of the small floating dots correspond to an individual cell or to an aggregate of cells? Does a conventional slit lamp have...

27 February 2021 6,326 2 View

Theoretical computer virology ? is still alive ?

HI Everyone! I am asking to know by you, expert in cybersecurity and mathematics, if Computer virology (the one of Cohen and Andler) is still an active field of research. That research made in...

08 February 2021 7,613 6 View

In opensees is the ReinforcingSteel material sensitive to units of measure?

20 January 2021 7,043 2 View

How do I organize items to repeated surveys for quantitative and qualitative analysis?

Hello fellow researchers! Newbie here :) I created a survey with open-ended and Likert-type questions. The survey was administered nine times to the same people using google forms. I plan to...

01 January 2021 3,921 3 View

Is there a better library or function for plotting CFA with many observed variables in R?

Hello! I'm kind of new in using R for doing EFA, CFA, and SEM. I just followed a guide to perform CFA on my data to see how my context fits the ITC-SOPI model in a VR photo-based tour. I used...

23 December 2020 1,679 2 View

How to make a meta-analysis to compare optimization algorithms? Is it possible to apply this statistical method?

I need to compare the behavior of evolutionary optimization algorithms on well-established benchmarks such as CEC-2013 or psplib, based on the existing literature. One difficulty is that there is...

18 September 2020 6,812 3 View

How to learn and simulate a mixed probabilistic model with discrete and continuous variables in small datasets?

I have a small dataset and need to learn a mixed probabilistic model (discrete + continuous) and simulate new values taking into account the learned structure.

18 September 2020 8,709 4 View

Which is the meaning of daylight locus? How daylight locus influences #thedress perception?

I am writing an article on #thedress. I have read that this illusion is partially explained by daylight locus, and I do not fully understand this idea. I know that it represents the distribution...

11 September 2020 8,645 1 View

Best way to validate CRISPR-Cas9 editing efficiency?

I'm trying to obtain genetic KO in my cell line of interest using Lentiviral-mediated CRISPR-Cas9 delivery system. I would like to test more than one unpubblished sgRNA targetting a couple of...

10 August 2020 1,324 4 View

How to convert .txt into plink files (ped/map or bed/bim/fam)?

I have a huge oncoarray_genotype_XXXX.txt file with 11.7 GB size. I would like to convert this file into adequate files for analyzing in plink software. However, I could not find how to conduct...

08 July 2020 9,302 2 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

Why am i not getting solid after reacting APTES with salicylaldehyde?

The reaction of APTES with salicylaldehyde in ethanol leads to the formation of imine compound yellow solid which is mention in literature, but I am not getting yellow solid I don't know why? when...

28 February 2021 2,955 2 View

Do you kow of any database containing data on retention time, log P and polarizability for a large number of molecules?

Hi, I am a chemistry undergraduate doing my dissertation project on HPLC. In my project, I need to predict the HPLC retention time of 20 aromatic molecules, the calibration set. To do this I will...

24 February 2021 2,602 1 View

How to best wash a 96-well plate containing microplastic?

I am planning my protocol for my dissertation for an experiment quantifying bacterial (E. coli) biofilm formation on micro-plastic (5mm discs of polyethylene bags) by conducting a crystal violet...

23 February 2021 7,868 2 View

Are there any known solvothermal methods to synthesize MoS2 nanosheets using solvents other than water (like ethanol/ethanol-water mixture) ?

I need to synthesize MoS2 nanosheets by alternate methods without pure water as a solvent.

22 February 2021 9,246 1 View

How to seperate PEG-4000 from aqueuse phase ?

Hello everyone , Please tell me if It possible to seperat POlyethelyn glycol -4000 from an aqueuse media by other ways rather heating . I have tried salting out by electrolyte solution to...

22 February 2021 7,285 5 View

What is the best etching method for Mg-Ca alloy?

I have used Picral etchant (4.2 g Picric acid, 10 mL Acetic acid, 70 mL Ethanol, 10 mL distilled water) but it didn't work. Is there any alternative?

21 February 2021 2,558 5 View

Can ethanol be used as an analgesic?

If ethanol has analgesic properties, why isn't it used for clinical purposes?

18 February 2021 8,227 4 View