Is it easy to handle discontinuities in objective function with mathematical optimization?

Mathematical programming is the best optimization tool with many years of strong theoretical background. Also, it is demonstrated that it can solve complex optimization problems on the scale of...

07 January 2021 8,757 22 View

Hi, Does anyone have a questionnaire about swarm intelligence?

Swarm intelligence (SI) is the collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems, natural or artificial. The concept is employed in work on artificial intelligence. The expression was...

03 January 2021 9,050 5 View

What do you think about improving metaheuristics using mathematical programming?

In recent years, many new heuristic algorithms are proposed in the community. However, it seems that they are already following a similar concept and they have similar benefits and drawbacks....

30 December 2020 5,017 34 View

How to calculate forces acting on Large industrial centrifugal fan blade to be considered in the Finite Element modelling?

hi friends. i m working on large industrial centrifugal fan to investigate causes of failure. How to calculate forces acting on Large industrial centrifugal fan blade to be considered in the...

12 August 2020 2,769 9 View

Why dose force become constant in two way FSI?

Dear friends I'm working on the validation of an FIV case, which for making phase difference between force and displacement, I used an initial velocity in the structural, but after several...

10 August 2020 9,057 4 View

What does it mean when a paper review status changed from "Under Review" to "Awaiting Recommendation" in Manuscript central?

What does it mean?

03 August 2020 734 2 View

Inverse analyse for concrete beam?

Hello everyone I want to model a concrete beam containing steel fibers and rebars, since I do not have stress-strain diagram in tensile of the concrete sample. I want to validate from the...

01 August 2020 6,935 1 View

How to calculated thermal resistance on induction motor?

Hi, I want to calculate the circuit of thermal resistance of an induction electrical motor. In some reference they draw circuit that shown resistance. like attached picture. Now i have a question...

19 July 2020 1,682 1 View

How can I decrease particle size of crystalline Boron powder?

I have some Boron powder in the lab with a 4-micron median particle size. I want to reduce the particle size to below 2-micron. I tried a planetary mill with an Ar atmosphere and WC balls. I could...

10 May 2020 3,358 7 View

Where do you find solubility data of inorganic salts?

I have been looking for solubility of halide salts on alcohols, but I couldn't find what I want. There is some limited information in Wikipedia, for example, it says "slightly soluble in alcohols"...

09 April 2020 1,984 5 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

How does an antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody?

Hello, I was just wondering how does a antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody? Is it because of the drug conjugation?

28 February 2021 1,577 1 View

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View

How do I choose contrasts in SPM8?

I am learning how to use SPM for PET and PET-MR analysis, but I haven't found any great resources that explain how contrasts work. I have a series of PET images where our hypothesis argues that...

24 February 2021 1,534 2 View

Cloudy/high background western blot - can anyone help me?

Hi everyone! I try to detect VDR protein (~48 kDa) using Western Blot. After SDS-PAGE using 10% MP TGX Stain-Free Gel from BioRad I transferred the protein onto an metOH activated PVDF membrane...

23 February 2021 6,266 3 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

What is the most prevalent drug related problem in the developed countries?

Detecting the drug related problems is an important step in the pharmaceutical care plan

21 February 2021 5,421 3 View

Protocol for membrane extraction E. coli?

Hello! I am interested in determining whether a poly-unsaturated fatty acid I have engineered E. coli to produce is being incorporated into the membrane of the cells or if it is simply a free...

21 February 2021 7,447 2 View