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14 January 2021 8,086 37 View

What are the most important values we should teach to our students?

In one of my articles "The need for a values-based university curriculum" https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2019092415204357 I propose that higher education should adopt a...

14 January 2021 2,304 95 View

How teachers-students relationship will change post covid-19 crisis?

With colleagues we are drafting a research project on teacher-student relationship (during) but particularly post covid-19 crisis. We believe that a teacher-student relationship is important for...

04 January 2021 855 22 View

How will COVID-19 change higher education in the short/long run?

31 December 2020 5,414 68 View

Do you hold (or have recently held) an academic position in a university located in the Global South (e.g., South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, India)?

I am working with colleagues on expanding a project focused on global citizenship education in the Global South. Question is: how educators at universities in the Global South prepare their...

27 December 2020 5,712 3 View

What are the values of global citizenship education (GCE) from a point of view of an educator located in the Global South?

This question relates to what educators believe are today the values of global citizenship education (GCE) in the Global South. Some examples: integrity, equity, respect, fairness, empathy,...

27 December 2020 6,643 3 View

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27 December 2020 2,051 18 View

What are the basic/key characteristics of a global citizenship education from a Global South perspective?

Global citizenship education is certainly a debated notion yet increasingly popular among educational institutions in the Global South. If you are an educator located in the Global South (e.g.,...

27 December 2020 6,746 1 View

Can you recommend works in Spanish or English on botanical gardens as educational and learning contexts?

Can you recommend works in Spanish or English on botanical gardens as educational and learning contexts? Thanks very much!!

20 December 2020 5,943 7 View

Does anybody know of any work on decision trees with multivariate response?

Basically, I am looking for help on how to perform classification and regression trees when you response variable is more than one dimension. Any help on R implementation or any comments on how to...

01 May 2017 1,018 2 View

How to quantitative analize the data of TNBS assay for gelatin?

Estemeed colleagues, I found some issues regarding the quantification of the data for TNBS assay. There are different protocols on how to perform that but it is clear to me the "fil rouge" that...

02 March 2021 2,616 1 View

How to simultaneously perform multiple biochemical assays?

I am a research scholar working on heavy metal stress on plants. I will be doing biochemical characterisation( protein, carbohydrate, proline, antioxidant enzymes and many more assays) at interval...

01 March 2021 6,999 3 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 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

RIA. How to measure?

When you use RIA, with a control the unknown sample with antibodies, you bare in mind the binding sites of the antibodies. However you still need to measure labelled antigen (radioactive) and not...

28 February 2021 2,133 3 View

Best plasmid could be used as a standard curve for AAV titration?

I have been trying to have a good AAV titration for my production and I have tried different plasmids to set up as a standard curve but each one behaves differently. i am trying to use ITR for...

23 February 2021 5,167 3 View

I have a time series data of some biochemical studies ( DNA and Chromosomal damage) which I intend to use to further predict into future ?

I have a time series data of some biochemical studies ( DNA and Chromosomal damage) which I intend to use to further predict into future without necessarily conducting the assay for an extended...

23 February 2021 7,842 1 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

Why anti-CD20 or other antibodies are not used to label target cells in flow cytometry t-cell cytotoxicity assay?

New to the field of cell therapy. Why fluorescent-labeled antibodies to target cell antigens are not used for determining target cell count by flow cytometry in cytotoxicity assay (eg car-t)? Cell...

21 February 2021 3,278 3 View

Can anyone help or comment on solubilising chlorobutanol in aqueous injections in minimum time possible?

Please suggest solubilisation of chlorobutanol in injections. Tried pH and high temperature. But the issue is of assay drop. If anyone can suggest any solution. Its a commonly used excipient for...

21 February 2021 7,397 1 View