What degree of missing data in a particular case/participant results in Expectation-Maximisation no longer working?

I'm dealing with a mediation model and am using the PROCESS module in SPSS. Due to SPSS and PROCESS being limited in the imputation methods - being unable to handle multiple imputation - the other...

02 March 2021 4,362 1 View

Has anyone succeeded in capturing uranium atoms in a fullerene structure?

Additional questions are: What are the encapsulating atoms? How difficult was the process and what rates were achieved? What factors most seriously affect the economics?

20 February 2021 3,134 5 View

How to phrase semi-structured interview questions using IPA without biasing superordinate themes?

Hello, I am preparing a semi-structured interview schedule for an interpretative phenomenological analysis study on marginalized individuals' career experiences as impacted by COVID-19. The aim...

19 February 2021 9,099 2 View

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19 January 2021 6,848 4 View

Why do my fibroblasts under hypoxia conditions proliferate slower than the same fibroblasts under normoxic conditions?

I am using healthy control lung fibroblasts in a 96 hour experiment with two drugs (nintedanib and Pirfenidone) and vehicle controls for both. I have both hypoxia (approx 1% O2) and normoxia...

12 January 2021 6,260 1 View

Why is Statement of Problem one of the most challenging part of academic research? Why do supervisors pay more attention to it instead of methodology?

Some MSc and Ph.D. supervisors are having a lot of issues with understanding the Problem Statement of their students' research works. Sometimes, it leads to complete rejection of the whole...

04 January 2021 3,574 6 View

How much does radiative heat transfer effect thermal conductivity of materials and how to compare calculations to experirment?

I am calculating the phonon contribution to thermal conductivity for 4 perovskites (BaZrO3, BaSnO3, BaHfO3, and KTaO3) with relatively wide bandgap. When I compare my results for BaZrO3 to the...

27 December 2020 3,232 3 View

Proper method for assessing model invariance following Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and preceding 2x2 between-subject analysis?

I have produced a good-fitting, reliable baseline model according to CFA. The model contains several factors each loaded by several categorical (ordinal) items. I ultimately intend to analyze the...

15 December 2020 1,668 4 View

How to Reinstall Operating System for a TA Instruments 2910 DSC?

Hard drive crashed on an old windows 2000 that was used to control a TA Instruments 2910 DSC. Installed new hard drive and I am trying to figure out where I can find the software/operating system...

17 November 2020 2,467 3 View

Communities based websites do they serve a purpose?

I'm asking and posing this question as it forms a part of my final project year. I building an ASP.net community-based website coupled with an Oracle database and I'm looking for feedback,...

17 November 2020 7,852 1 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

Are protein samples in SDS compatible with ELISA?

I have used an AllPrep DNA/RNA/Protein Mini Kit QIAGEN kit to extract RNA and protein from my samples. At the end of the protein purification, I resuspend my protein in 5% SDS. Will these samples...

28 February 2021 7,370 3 View

How can I represent SDS-PAGE results for machine learning analysis?

I am trying to classify and analyze the results of an SDS-PAGE based array for bacterial detection using machine learning, but I have trouble finding the best way to represent the results with...

27 February 2021 9,176 3 View

Why my agarose gel staining sometimes looks not homogenic but like gradient (see the figure)?

I am worried about this overexposure of the upper part of the gel in the picture. Is it possible that this is the result of too much concentration of ethidium bromide? Why is there such a big...

25 February 2021 8,140 3 View

How to replicate the well conditions of a crystal hit with 20%(w/v) isopropanol?

I had a crystal hit in a well with 0.1M HEPEs pH 7.5, 10%(w/v) PEG 4000, and 20%(w/v) isopropanol. Why is isopropanol in w/v here if it's just solvent? How do I recreate this well condition?

25 February 2021 9,761 1 View

EMSA troubleshooting. Protein-DNA complex not migrating, cold probe lane with multiple bands. Can anyone help?

I'm running an EMSA to show the DNA binding activity of recombinant proteins versus the Wild type. Previous assays run by my research group using a different test system show the protein-DNA...

24 February 2021 8,325 1 View

Problem with ligating 2.8 kb insert into 8.5 kb plasmid?

I am trying to clone 2 copies of the same mammalian gene into the pSF-CMV-Ub-Puro Ascl (contains HindIII, KpnI and NheI cut sites) plasmid. This is what the final product is supposed to look like...

24 February 2021 6,310 3 View

How to manage western blot for proteomics data validation?

Hi Everyone, I am a bigginer in western blotting and I am trying to use it for validation of my proteomics data. I have: two regulated proteins with molecular mass of 40 and 73 kDa one control...

23 February 2021 6,671 4 View

Alginate and silk fibroin hydrogels toxic to cells?

Hello, I asm currently working with alginate and silk fibroin hydrogels. I prepared a blend of alginate and aqueous silk fibroin (straight from dialysis) and resorted to ionic crosslinking to...

23 February 2021 8,249 2 View

How to reduce static electricity of powder after lyophilization?

I am working on synthesizing and then purifying peptides using the SPPS system. After purification of the peptide, the peptide powder is obtained using a freeze dryer. When measuring the powder,...

22 February 2021 10,099 5 View