Is it the right method to transform path coefficients into correlations before meta-analysis?

We all know it is possible to get path coefficients from correlation matrix (e.g., PATH ANALYSIS I: INTRODUCTION (ecu.edu) ). Using a simple solver on a spreadsheet, it is therefore possible to...

23 February 2021 8,366 3 View

How can one use PSO to find finite non continous parameters (e.g. enums) ?

Hi, I am making an implementation of PSO for deep neural networks training. For that, I would like the PSO to find the best activation functions as well. However, unlike weights, I use a set of...

12 November 2020 1,506 3 View

Interactions in non-experimental data (agriculture) ?

24 September 2020 2,954 5 View

How to identify trees that have not recovered but are not yet dead after transplanting in urban environnement ?

Are there reliable and easy-to-measure criteria to identify trees that have not recovered after transplanting, but are not yet dead? In particular, I seek to know the reliability of criteria such...

31 August 2020 728 2 View

Any advice for an econometric model with panel data and a lagged variable ?

Hello, I am studying the nutrition status of households using a panel data survey of South-African Households. I would like to study the changes in the nutritional status of households between...

23 April 2020 5,017 6 View

Who knows a botanist in Mexico who could help me by collecting Mexican species of Gentiana?

Because of time limitation, I will not be able to visit Mexico in summer 2019. Yet, I would need a few species from there for some phylogenetic work by autumn 2019. These species are: G....

02 March 2019 9,199 2 View

Rate of oxidation of various materials?

Dear colleagues, Would any of you guide me to literature papers or websites which compiled the temperature dependent (T>1000K) oxidation rates of various materials (metals, ceramiques,...

23 January 2019 1,746 9 View

Does anybody have experience in the in vitro generation of IFNy-secreting NK-cells from murine progenitors (LSK) ?

28 May 2018 7,911 3 View

What is the simplest and cheapest method for coating glass with a thin 100 micron uniform layer of epoxy or silicone resin?

I want to make a uniform thin coat of resin /pigment on 5*100 cm glass sheets. The glass could be cut before or after the coating is applied. The coating should be very even in thickness. Any...

10 February 2018 2,569 5 View

Can poor public service provision lead to a crisis of legitimacy and subsequent social turmoil?

As far as I know, there is a growing literature, which discusses the potential of public service delivery to contribute to peace-building via increasing the legitimacy of service providers (often...

04 August 2017 8,178 6 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

Irradiation data for JAPAN?

Hi, Could you help me to get the latest (2019, 2020) solar resource data for a particular site in JAPAN? PV GIS and NSRDB data are not in reach to JAPAN, I'm looking for some other database for...

03 March 2021 961 3 View

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

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

PACYC PCR not working after several attempts. Would anyone have any suggestions?

So, I have been trying to run a pACYC PCR which will be used later on for a Gibson Assembly. However the PCR is not working. I have already tried gradient PCR and changing extension time; however...

02 March 2021 1,146 2 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

Is stone a sustainable material? Is it a sustainable approach to use natural stone waste in architecture?

I'm designing a zero-waste restaurant and considering using marble waste to make some tables and a bar countertop. My clients think it's not "sustainable enough" and I would like to have more...

01 March 2021 4,326 7 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

How to calculate the annealing temperature of a primer pair?

I have to amplify a gene and my primers just reached. The Tm for Forward primer is 64.2, and that of reverse primer is 65.5. Can some one suggest how to get the best annealing temperature? Thanks...

01 March 2021 360 7 View