How much could knowing the maturity level of an organization contribute to a given process?

The doubt is raised because there are several methodologies to estimate the degree of maturity of certain processes, such as computerization, communication, human resources, among others, and...

03 February 2021 4,753 7 View

Is there an open source tool the measures the GRAVY index of a peptide incorporating the PTMs and unusual amino acids (e.g. hydroxyproline)?

Right now, I am using ProtParam to compute GRAVY index of peptides. However, some of my peptides are post-translationally modified, and contains unusual amino acids. I assume that ProtParam does...

29 January 2021 8,300 4 View

How long does the peptide cleavage cocktail last before it gets expired?

The cleavage cocktail is composed of Phenol/thioanisole/water/TFA/triisopropylsilane. I only prepare 10 mL cocktail per peptide but can the activity of the cocktail prepared at 100 mL last for a week?

10 January 2021 7,424 3 View

Are there any public datasets of consumer complaints about service industries at the European level?

06 January 2021 1,718 2 View

Could you recommend an inexpensive camera for a prototype DIC system?

I was thinking of choosing Raspberry pi HQ 12MP. and what software do you recommend. I am working on a measurement system for a plate with an area of approx. 500x500 mm2

30 December 2020 3,064 2 View

Is there an interpretation for Lineweaver-Burk plot which linear regression lines intersect themselves on quadrant I?

Lineweaver-Burk replots for enzyme inhibition prints regression lines intersecting themselves on quadrant I. The interpretations for competitive, noncompetitive, or uncompetitive inhibition does...

24 November 2020 7,753 3 View

PLS-SEM generalizability issue?

I'm developing a readiness assessment model regarding contractors' preparedness for a specific activity, in order to do so, a survey study was carried out and the data analyzed with PLS-SEM to...

24 November 2020 399 1 View

Protein long term storage can have an effect in pH changes?

I have a long term stability study with a protein that as an isoletric point lower than the buffer (Tris buffer), and I am seeing a sustantial drift from the initial pH to 12 month point....

10 November 2020 4,445 3 View

How to use a .pdb file as structure template to modeling on Chimera 1.14 ?

Hi, I need to use an own file as a template to modeling on Chimera (using Modeller). When I try to blast my sequence only find the option to query structures available on PDB Web Site. Does...

26 October 2020 2,436 3 View

When having a particular combination of two drugs in the same nanoparticle, how to discriminate between additive and synergistic anticancer activity?

Both additive and synergistic activities have been described for chemotherapy drug combinations co-loaded in the same nanoparticle. Such strategies have been aimed at cancer therapy via dual...

05 October 2020 5,027 5 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

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

Why do a weight decrease for thermal degradation in nitrogen gas condition?

Hi all The question is related to TGA(Thermogravimetric analysis). Thermal degradation easily understood but why do samples weight decrease? altough just binding is broked, the weight of...

26 February 2021 1,100 5 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

Steps to calculate activation energy by coats & redfern method?

I'm a chemistry student and I'm researching the kinetic degradation of mixed plastic waste. I'm having trouble calculating the activation energy by the coats & Redfern method. The data that...

24 February 2021 974 1 View

RNA degraded after good nanodrop readings?

23 February 2021 8,850 2 View

How to indicate the degree of litter decomposed by microbes?

Any technique could detect the degree of litter decomposed by microbes? Or any indexes could do this job? I want to split the contribution of microbes during decomposition, so any suggestions...

23 February 2021 1,362 5 View

In frequency domain alpha band(8-16hz), beta band(16-32hz), gamma band(32-64hz), sub-band(64-128hz) are same as LL,LH,HL,HH in wavelet decomposition?

I am working on single trial motor imagery data i.e. EEG data. I am following a paper which has a dataset from BCI challenge IV (dataset 2b). After removing noise and extracting all the data from...

23 February 2021 5,503 1 View

Mixture neutralization after Boc deprotection ?

I am performing a Boc-deprotection with HCl in organic solvent (dioxane or Ethylacetate) but would like to isolate the free amine. Several problems: - Neutralizing with inorganic base as NEt3...

18 February 2021 3,366 3 View

Can bio-decomposer be a successful alternative to reduce residue burning?

To maintain the proper crop plan most of the times there is not enough time to make the field ready for the next crop. In this particular context , can bio-decompser be a solution? What about...

16 February 2021 7,068 24 View