In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 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

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

OpenBCI eeg--has anyone used them?

I'm looking to try out an off-the-shelf EEG set for some exploratory work. Curious if anyone has used the OpenBCI, and how much set-up work is required. I've heard they are more difficult to get...

01 March 2021 4,128 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

What is the suitable range of Sulfur content and Viscosity of Heavy fluid Oil that used in Kiln?

What is the disadvantages of high sulfur content to the ceramic burning process? and what is the effect of outranged viscosity?

24 February 2021 8,219 2 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

How can you bring two structures together to create an adhesive bond in LAMMPS?

I have created an Ice 1h crystalline structure and an Aluminium substrate structure and equilibrated both at 250K. Now I need to bring them together in a way that an adhesive bond is created....

01 March 2021 3,325 2 View

I am looking for a simple software program to model 3D chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate high-quality graphical abstracts. Any suggestion?

Hello everyone: I am looking for a simple software program to model chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate a high-quality graphical abstract for a top leading journal in the field of...

23 February 2021 8,012 3 View

How to interpret this FTIR spectrum of pyrolyzed hydrochar?

20 February 2021 2,840 3 View

What is error #2070 in gaussian.how we do resolve it?

We want to ONIOM calculation in gaussian16. However, gaussian doesn't work. What should we do? Atom 15 layer R linked to atom 85 is also bonded to atom 161 in layer M bad...

15 February 2021 7,766 3 View

How can you attach polyurethane devices on glass slides?

I am making microfluidic devices made of polyurethane. The problem I am facing is that I am unable to attach these devices to glass slide even after plasma treatment (air plasma). Some of the...

28 January 2021 5,194 2 View

What is the mechanism or interaction between Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles and biochar?

Lately there are many studies on biochar incorporated/loaded/coated with Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles. But I havent found any paper that describes the interaction or bonding between the two. How...

20 January 2021 3,162 4 View

How do I dissolve a TPU (Texin RxT85A) in THF?

I want to make a 6% solution of Texin RxT85A in THF. I weighed the necessary amount of Texin resin and mixed at room temperature with THF with the help of a wooden stick, this did not work at all....

18 January 2021 9,080 3 View

Recognition of Molecules from a file containing molecular dynamics trajectory?

Can anyone recommend a good code/software/implementation to identify the change of molecules (bond creation/break, number of molecules at a given timestep, etc.)? I am currently working with XYZ...

12 January 2021 1,655 4 View

Polymer chain length? Coiled length and the extended length of an average molecule?

A sample of Polyethylene has an average degree of polymerisation of 1200. What is the coiled length and the extended length of an average molecule given the bond length is 0.154nm and the bond...

10 January 2021 6,942 3 View