Can I do meta-analysis of some of the included studies and systematically review the rest?

Hi, For example: If I have 20 eligible studies (Both case-control studies and cross-sectional studies without any control group ) coming out of a systematic search. Can I do meta-analysis with 10...

02 March 2019 4,372 7 View

Software for meta-analysis?

I have been using RevMan for conducting meta-analysis. Recently I came to know about another software called "Comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA)". Anyone has experience of using both? Is there...

09 October 2016 5,779 13 View

What are the reasons of retracting a published article? Can it be cited even after retraction?

Recently I came across a published (2006) article (Attached) which has been retracted in 2011. What might be the reasons of this retraction? Can the article be cited even after being retracted?

02 March 2016 6,650 1 View

Anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) titre in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)?

According to the last diagnostic criteria of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) (Miyakis 2006), anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) has to be > 40 GPL (IgG) or > 40 MPL (IgM). However, most of the...

02 March 2016 4,722 5 View

What is the cut-point of high impact factor? Is it really possible to conclude what is considered as 'high' and 'low' impact factor?

01 February 2016 202 1 View

Journal name change: Impact factor?

When a journal's title changes, in ISI web of knowledge, I can see both impact factor against the previous journal title as well as the new title. For example BioMed Research International. The...

10 November 2015 1,789 3 View

Ranking of non-ISI journal "indexing"?

06 July 2015 2,016 2 View

Ranking of non-ISI journal "indexing"?

06 July 2015 8,461 2 View

As multiple submissions are prohibited, is there any alternative way/technique/tactics for fast publication?

Sometimes it takes too long time for the journals to come up with a rejection (I have highest experience of 8 months). On the other hand, we are not encouraged or (it's possibly prohibited) to...

04 May 2015 2,724 18 View

What can a junior scientist do when a senior scientist excludes his name from a published article even after confirmed authorship?

Even after junior scientist's contribution in preparing a manuscript (requested by the senior scientist), if the senior scientist (corresponding author) excludes his name intentionally from a...

04 May 2015 6,288 1 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

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

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

Is there any test to determine the cardiovascular risk of patients with obesity? from the perspective of obesity?

We found tests to determine cardiovascular risk taking into account lipid profile, blood pressure, age, history of diabetes, other laboratories. But when weight is involved, there is a paradox. I...

02 March 2021 6,036 1 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

What SPSS analysis should I run with one IV (with two levels) and two DVs?

Hi, I am trying to figure out which test would be most appropriate to run for the following question: Is there a difference in task blood pressure between smokers and non-smokers? There are two...

01 March 2021 8,235 2 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 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