Are there any candidates for an Einstein's bare cosmological constant?

It is commonly accepted that General Relativity has its own 'bare' cosmological constant that contributes together with the cosmological constant resulting from vacuum energy density for an...

23 February 2021 5,448 8 View

What is the best method (software) to count pixels in a digital image?

I'd like to carry on an accurate count of pixels in several images in order to compare them. There is a way by using Photoshop, but... does anyone know any other better method or software for...

05 November 2020 3,536 3 View

Combining multiple spring constant in umbrella sampling?

I have experienced insufficient sampling for high energy states in particular windows. The spring constant is not enough stiff to keep the value of the reaction coordinate. I know that you combine...

23 September 2020 7,800 2 View

What do you include in writing an abstract of a social science article?

Some have 3 elements- rationale/background, methodology, and results; while others have four or five that include objectives/questions, conclusion with implications.

19 August 2020 8,203 25 View

What is the simplest method of developing a theory? The GT approach allows theorists to develop a theory in an uncertain time?

It seems that the authors of some books present grounded theory (GT) as the only approach or method of developing a theory. By the name of the approach, it may confuse beginner researchers.

12 August 2020 5,734 12 View

What are the benefits of writing a systematic literature review?

SLR- Systematic Literature Review. In this, you don't need to go to the field to collect the data. You just need a desk. When is SLR necessary and is not necessary?

12 August 2020 6,009 18 View

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05 August 2020 9,805 2 View

COVID-19 contamination through the airborne transmission mode?

Does anybody know about reported evidences of COVID-19 contamination through the airborne transmission mode, besides the two papers about the Guangzhou restaurant? It is important that the...

31 May 2020 4,881 4 View

What is the path loss formula for a drone-to-ground communication?

How can I estimate the propagation loss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone, and user equipment (UE) on the ground? is it safe to assume a line-of-sight scenario? how about the...

24 May 2020 3,517 5 View

How to start a bioinformatic analysis of bisulfite sequencing data?

I'm just learning how to perform an analysis of methylation patterns using bisulfite sequencing data, but I have some questions: 1. What database I can use for obtain bisulfite sequencing...

10 May 2020 1,116 1 View

What does Servant Leadership mean today and in the future? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

In current time of many changes in business and world of work, a lot is said and reported about the importance, skills and benefits of leadership. Are soft skills becoming more and more important?...

02 March 2021 8,149 3 View

Is there any research regarding how training and development is going to change in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution?

As the organizations getting prepared for the fourth industrial revolution, to enhance the skills of their workforce what type of changes are necessary and going to occur in the training and...

01 March 2021 3,199 3 View

Joint behaviour in Abaqus is not captured well?

I am working on roof joint and trying to simulate the behaviour in Abaqus. I am successful in running the model but the final graph does not follow the experimental curve in the negative direction...

01 March 2021 6,661 3 View

What are possible instrumental variables for business dynamics (firm entry/exit)?

Dear All, For my paper, I use business dynamics (firm entry/exit rates) as an independent variable in the econometric part. Due to endogeneity I follow a 2SLS approach, for which I need a...

28 February 2021 5,322 3 View

What role should journals play in leading academic fields?

A recent paper by Yeung and Thomas (2021) on journals in event management opens up an interesting debate on the role of journals as academic fora. They demonstrate that event management publishing...

28 February 2021 3,494 6 View

How to modify Johnson cook equation in ABAQUS?

I wanted to add an extra parameter to the existing Johnson cook equation in the ABAQUS simulation. How to add those extra parameters. Ref: A modified Johnson-Cook material model with strain...

28 February 2021 4,841 3 View

Why am I not able to use all VEP programs for the in silico analysis of avpr1b SNP's?

Good day researchers I am busy analysing the predicted effects of certain SNP's in AVPR1b. When using the VEP prediction programs (SIFT, Polyphen, FATHMM, LRT, Provean, Mutation Assessor, and...

28 February 2021 5,197 1 View

How to find the right number of integration points in second order 3d finite elements?

I am familiar with finite element simulations and numerical schemes like the Gauss Legendre quadrature. I also know that the Gauss integration yields exact values for polynomials up to degree 2n-1...

27 February 2021 6,818 3 View

What are the important topics in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Business world?

Dear All, I am doing my MS in Electronic Businesses. And I am interested in the AI field and its applications for businesses, its benefits, impacts, etc. What kind of scientific research dominate...

26 February 2021 8,816 6 View

What could be the reason for not having further low chi square value (better agreement) in my refinement result?

I have tried every combination of parameter changes and after that i have a poor chi square value. I can't get it lower any further. I know there have been a lot of discussion about Rietveld...

26 February 2021 8,480 3 View