Does anyone have a recommendation for yeast reporter gene plasmid/protocol?

Hi, could anyone recommend a plasmid and/or protocol for reporter gene assay in S. cerevisiae? I want to assess the effect of growth conditions on a transcription factor, so I want to clone it`s...

01 March 2021 210 1 View

Plant research: Watering uniformity/consistency. How important is it?

Trying to gather insight from an unresolved discussion with a colleague here, and either the available literature surrounding this topic and/or my keywords in search of are lacking. Context:...

21 February 2021 6,389 3 View

How to get rough estimation of the concentrations of Oxygen and moisture inside the glove box?

Dear colleagues, I was just wondering if you can suggest a good method to get a rough estimation to the concentration of O2 and H2O inside the glove box as unfortunately, our glove box doesn't...

17 February 2021 1,012 3 View

Onset of Photo Oxidation in Polymers?

Hi! I am looking for some specific information in regards to the minimum amount of UV intensity required to begin the photo degradation process in polymers. I understand each polymer is...

15 February 2021 7,703 4 View

Are you looking for a quality online conference on teaching and learning technology?

This large international conference will be held online this year due to COVID. I am submitting a paper to the Technology Enhanced Language Learning track (8). It is about a topic I have never...

15 February 2021 1,975 15 View

How do you calculate a discrimination index for polytomous data?

Hello, I'm currently running a PCA on a polytomous data set (5 point Likert). I want to create a discrimination index to narrow down my items before running the PCA. After looking around, I'm...

13 February 2021 3,517 2 View

Regarding immunology, transmissivity, herd immunity and vaccines in Sars CoV-2?

This is a follow-up on an earlier question regarding mechanistics of vaccines: why current vaccines don't block transmission. In summary, they don't engage mucosal immune cells to produce IgA....

08 February 2021 8,321 3 View

Which tropical country is the most easy for obtaining research permit (for biological research)?

Dear all, High beurocracy hihly complicate field ecolocial and evolutionary research nowadays. Nearly all tropical countries (maybe all?) requires research permit for performitng research and in...

04 February 2021 3,672 6 View

Can I polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

I want to perform the synthesis of a hydrogel and I want to know if I can polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

02 February 2021 2,106 6 View

What is the maximum storage time for samples used in soil enzyme assays?

01 February 2021 4,616 3 View

How do historians determine the credibility sources in modern history?

For a source to be considered reliable it must contain accurate historical information. But how does one determine the accuracy and reliability of sources in modern and recent history since not...

23 February 2021 1,346 13 View

When is the right time to stop training a classification algorithm?

In this example giving 400 samples looks like there is an accuracy of 91.5% while training beyond that point, accuracy is getting decreased. Are 400 samples enough to keep for this example? If...

27 January 2021 5,657 3 View

What new can be added in the field of historical studies to implement more realistic programs?

What new can be added in the field of historical studies to implement more realistic programs in dealing with the events of history and interpreting them with scientific sincerity and competence?

26 January 2021 559 1 View

Compare to prevalence before and after covid in population studies?

Dear researchers, I have a prevalence of some diet habit in relatively large narrow population of children 13 years old in 2019 and 2020. Logically they are different population. However, since...

10 January 2021 3,170 9 View

If The Star Sirius Was Described As Red In Historical Times, Why Is It White Now?

Several classical age writers described Sirius as red or reddish or more red than Mars, along with other red and orange stars that are still the same colors described in the past. Sirius has...

05 January 2021 1,080 2 View

How to calculate age-standardized prevalence ratio with 95%CI?

I need to calculate the prevalence ratios to show the trend of prevalence of a drug group used by pregnant women over the years (2001-2018). I would like to use the year 2001 with age distribution...

05 January 2021 7,986 5 View

Are there mathematical or statistical processing of satellite imagery or digital elevation data in the detection of historical buried rivers?

In the lands with ancient plain sediments, the courses of rivers change dramatically over time for easy movement and the arrival of rivers to an advanced geomorphic stage. Are there mathematical...

02 January 2021 3,098 3 View

Prevalence of MSDs in India?

What is the range (%) of MSDs prevalence in the Indian population?

13 December 2020 5,758 3 View

What is the significance of Per-Patient and Per-Tooth analysis in epidemiology?

Research in prevalence usually provide results in per-tooth/object level and per-patient level. What is the significance of these two values and which is actually more important/accurate? What are...

10 December 2020 4,248 4 View

Where can we find historical hourly temperature data for a complete year?

Hello everyone, for our project we need a source for temperature data fulfilling following criteria: 1. we need historical hourly temperature data 2. a whole year has to be covered (ideally a...

08 December 2020 1,724 9 View