Which peak should I consider when calculating ZIF-8's crystalline size from XRD?

Hello, Using the Scherrer's equation, one could calculate, roughly, the crystalline size of ZIF-8. However, I am confused as to which peak in the XRD pattern should be taken for the calculation?...

10 January 2021 8,633 3 View

Amorphous XRD Data?

Dear colleagues, I analyzed my material using XRD analysis and the material has shown amorphous behavior , how can I specify the composition of the material is there any extra analysis I can...

24 December 2020 1,280 10 View

Why does a Nested PCR protocol amplify samples and not amplify positive control?

I have this problem. Today I used a new positive control of an isolated NC-1 strain in cell culture and the problem persists. I performed a serial dilution test to test the sensitivity of the...

08 December 2020 6,252 2 View

How to avoid the formation of traces and dimers in DNA gel electrophoresis?

07 December 2020 3,052 3 View

Is the pipetting order of the positive and negative controls in the PCR important to avoid in a possible contamination?

I have been watching bands form on my negative controls. I have already changed all reagents, optimized the hygiene of materials and the environment and increased care in pipetting.

07 December 2020 9,090 3 View

How to standardize and obtain a good PCR reaction with samples with a low and variable amount of DNA?

I work with the detection of N. caninum DNA in milk samples in milk samples. The DNA concentrations in my samples range between 2-90 ng / ul. I would like to establish and standardize a final...

01 December 2020 8,792 3 View

Can anyone help me regarding the doubling time of JAWS II cells?

Anyone with experience in growing JAWS II cells could give me an idea of its doubling time? I intend to use these cells for transfection protocols. Any tips to help with growing and transfecting...

01 December 2020 855 3 View

How to know if 87Sr/86Sr is reliable for Sr isotope chemostratigraphy in marbles?

I am currently looking for parameters to know if 87Sr/86Sr data is reliable for chemostratigrahy in marbles, and/or parameters to know if those marbles have had some post-depositional...

30 November 2020 9,032 8 View

What are the scaling parameters in the field of gas turbine combustors?

We have an optically accessible atmospheric combustor. We want to perform the instability analysis of the combustor like flashback, blowout and instabilities occurring near lean blowout. We are...

25 October 2020 2,235 1 View

Genome sequenced twice in the same technology are very different. How to explain?

Hi dear all, We are studying a fungal disease and we sequenced the same fungi twice, but with different extraction times. One 11 years ago and the another one this year. The strain was extracted...

04 October 2020 271 8 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

What is the most Operating System (OS) which can be INSTALL on Tiny hard devices like Raspberry Pi (RPi) hardware ?

I'm targeting to deploy a mesh network and manually configure MANET routing protocols. I'm preparing scenarios, architectures, and hard devices needed to do that. Are there some step-by-step...

03 March 2021 1,931 5 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

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

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View