What is the characteristic length to determine the Reynolds number for the scattered turbulent fluid flow?

Dear all, I just saw this example in FB on the difference between laminar flow and turbulent flow. The flow from a pipe hits the sink and scattered. The flow from the pipe is characterized as...

02 March 2021 1,999 5 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

How to simulate 5G Quality of Service characteristics?

For my research, I would like to simulate an end to end 5G network. My goal is to observe the behaviour of SDAP protocol, dynamic configuration of 5QI values etc. To summarize I would like to...

21 February 2021 7,624 3 View

SSR primers are species specific or we can use it for any plant species ?

Hi, any one please guide me; SSR primers are species specific or trait specific. i have few primer which was reported in articles for wheat yield can i use these similar primer for lentil yield...

20 February 2021 315 4 View

How is Initial GDP measured ?

Dear All, I am working on estimating Debt-Growth Threshold but confused about some points. My questions are; - How do we calculate initial GDP Per Capita? Shall we do it in STATA or excel file?...

15 February 2021 2,677 2 View

How to get actual or true SoC while predicting SoC for Batteries using Data Driven Approaches?

I have seen it in multiple research articles that authors use certain approaches to predict electric vehicle battery's state of charge(SoC) and then they compare it with battery's true SoC. So I...

11 February 2021 9,070 3 View

How fishery by-products/fish waste can be utilised as efficiently, cost-effectively and eco-friendly?

Fishery by-products utilisation in the industry with minimum cost and low carbon emissions.

29 December 2020 1,752 11 View

Techniques of Machine/Deep Learning for Battery's SoC Estimation?

Hi everyone I want to know which techniques of Machine Learning/Deep Learning I can use for more accurate SOC estimation of Lithium Ion batteries. Thanks and Regards

24 December 2020 2,096 1 View

How can I know which sequence is the correct one if there are lot of predicted sequence in database for my target gene?

Right now, I want to design qPCR primer for my target gene. But that gene has 21 predicted mRNA sequence in the NCBI database. Most of the sequence names are same but only different location...

23 December 2020 5,531 12 View

How to rectify the miscomputation of Pressure and Continuity in HVAC CFD Simulation Using OpenFOAM?

I'm using OpenFOAM to run a CFD study of thermal comfort within a hall. I'm using OpenFOAM v1912 and BouyantBoussinesq(Simple&Pimple)Foam solver. eI have 6 inlets and outlets each with specific...

21 December 2020 1,303 3 View

How the microplastics levels in freshwater and marine water ecosystem be controlled?

Microplastics have been found in land, air, freshwater, effluent from a wastewater treatment plant and even in tap water and bottled water. The small plastic particles (less than 5 mm) pose a...

19 January 2021 8,637 3 View

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31 December 2020 9,207 4 View

Robot that helps clean our seas of microplastics?

My team and I are curently working on a project is focused on preventing microplastics and collecting plastic particles up to 2 * 2mm. Our biggest concern is harming sea life and destroying...

29 November 2020 9,240 5 View

Why only less than .3 mm sieved samples are considered in microplastics observation???

Basically, I was looking for the laboratory method for microplastics observation from a seawater sample and beach sample. Most of the cases, they followed some criteria to get a precise amount of...

09 November 2020 8,485 6 View

How to avoid particle aggregation when using Laser Direct Infrared (LDIR) to analyze microplastics?

I am trying to use LDIR system to identify microplastics of different types. However, significant aggregation of microplastics was observed during analysis. Especially for particles with a...

17 September 2020 1,532 1 View

Sampling considerations for microplastics in soil?

Dear peers, It would be much appreciated if you could suggest papers or reports that emphasize the sampling considerations for microplastics in soil/terrestrial/agricultural environments. Thanks!

27 August 2020 8,710 5 View

How to extract microplastics from clay rich sediment?

I am looking for an efficient, low cost, and environmentally friendly method to extract microplastics from clay rich sediment, e.g. mud flats, mangrove forest ... .

23 July 2020 1,000 3 View

Can you suggest the simplest protocol for microplastics determination in soil and air samples?

Dear Fellow and peers, I am looking for any established protocol for extraction and determination (quantitative and qualitative) of microplastics in soil and air dust samples. If you have any...

18 July 2020 4,751 1 View

What would be the fate of ecotoxicology in the South American studies?

I'm currently working on ecotoxicology and I'd like to know what my colleagues from the same area think, especially in South America. Too much of microplastics in my opinion, but few studies...

18 May 2020 1,064 2 View

What sample bag should be use for soil sampling?

The samples will be analyze for microplastics. I have found research articles that used plastic bags or aluminum bags.

30 April 2020 9,435 13 View