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

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

Does anyone have experience using High Molecular Weight DNA Extraction Kits for extracting DNA from plant leaves?

Hi there, I'm looking for a High Molecular Plant DNA Extraction Kit for subsequent Nanopore sequencing. Does anyone have experience using commercially available kits? Any...

03 January 2021 9,487 4 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

Any known "open" tools for organizing information for research?

I am doing a bit of research on different areas (AI, cognition, music psychology, aging...) and have gathered so far a huge amount of information in the form of web links, pdfs, printed books and...

15 December 2020 8,004 5 View

Calculation the Pump power needed in a pressurized flow system?

Hi all, I am design now a liquid high pressure flow system to be used up to 50 bar, and I am having some doubts concerning how I can estimate the pump power. Besides the pressure drop in the...

15 December 2020 8,411 1 View

Design of a membrane system to remove CO2 from a flue gas current?

Hi all, I am trying to design a membrane system to remove the CO2 from a flue gas current, and I am having difficulties in finding information. Does anyone have any technical information,...

15 December 2020 3,655 2 View

Will teleworking in the future be done from home or from shared spaces in a creative and dynamic environment, but not more than 15 minutes from home?

Teleworking works best in terms of productivity and innovation if carried out in co-working, as the critical peer review allows to continuously improve the "deliverables"

03 December 2020 7,376 5 View

What are the best sources for education in the field of Kinesiology?

As a student, I can't find good but reliable sources for expanding knowledge on the internet, so I'm looking for something easy to understand and read, not scientific journals and papers.

26 November 2020 8,560 3 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 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

What is the most suitable server for predicting protein structures in bacteria?

I have used the i-Tasser several times, however it has been unavailable for several days. I tried the swiss-model, but the output was not very pleasant due to the model used. Is there any other...

28 February 2021 4,521 3 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View