How is the width and depth of a neural network in machine learning selected for optimal processing?

How is the depth and width of a neural network in machine learning chosen for optimal processing? Given that neural networks are tending to be deeper now (thanks to more efficient coding and...

25 January 2021 9,904 3 View

Italicization in molecule name: N-acetyl-p-benzoquinoneimine (NAPQI)?

Is there a convention for correct italicization of abbreviated parts of chemical molecule names? For...

13 January 2021 7,396 3 View

Are there definitive rules or conditions for the creation of a quantum mechanically entangled state?

Are there some (simple) rules or conditions which dictate whether a physical process will lead to a state of quantum entanglement of two or more particles or systems? Given the relevance of the...

13 December 2020 7,590 3 View

What is the importance of Orthoganlity in the Big 5?

I'm an undergrad psychology student writing a paper on personality and I have come across the concept of orthogonality numerous times. I understand that it refers to the statistical independence...

01 August 2020 1,519 3 View

Recommendation for Finding (Ocean Warming) Datasets?

Hello! I'm having trouble finding a suitable dataset that I'm pretty sure must exist. I've spent a couple days on Google without luck. If anyone has any dataset search websites to recommend please...

24 June 2020 2,008 7 View

Why do US National Burn Repository cases with valid hospital charges data have longer mean hospital days per %TBSA compared with survivors overall?

Successive National Burn Repository (NBR) Annual Reports consistently show a mean of approximately 1 hospital day per %TBSA burn across all patient records. For example, analyzing data from Table...

24 February 2020 489 2 View

What is the difference between Cyclic Voltammetry(CV) and Galvanostatic Charge-Discharge (GCD)??

What is the difference between Cyclic Voltammetry(CV) and Galvanostatic Charge-Discharge (GCD) especially when the samples to be run are supercapacitor or electrode material?? What is their...

11 March 2019 990 8 View

How big of an fold change value is possible to measure with qRT-PCR?

How big of a relative fold change in RNA expression can I reasonably expect to be able to quantitate using qRT-PCR? I have a highly expressed gene that I'm knocking down, and I know (via a...

19 November 2018 6,875 2 View

Might Bose-Einstein condensates be a means to create black holes?

If its possible to create a Bose-Einstein condensate for which no possible Fermi interactions can prevent further collapse and the mass was large enough, could the system collapse into a black...

02 December 2017 2,664 12 View

Why do i have late amplification of my gene in qPCR even if i add more cDNA

25 July 2017 887 6 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 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

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

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

1. What is the impact of having different scales in a survey? and how can we solve this problem before and after data collection (Literature)?

1. What is the impact of having different scales in a survey? and how can we solve this problem before and after data collection (Literature-based reflection)? Thank you for your time and for...

03 March 2021 2,870 3 View

What degree of missing data in a particular case/participant results in Expectation-Maximisation no longer working?

I'm dealing with a mediation model and am using the PROCESS module in SPSS. Due to SPSS and PROCESS being limited in the imputation methods - being unable to handle multiple imputation - the other...

02 March 2021 4,362 1 View

Do I need to do linear regression before running mediation analysis using PROCESS MACRO by Hayes ?

I just wanted to check if I need to run a linear regression separately if I am using PROCESS MACRO to run mediation analysis. Thank you.

02 March 2021 4,359 3 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