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

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

How can I solve Error: "The coupling service failed to start" during simulation ANSYS 2Way FSI?

Hello, I am dealing with error during lounching 2 Way FSI in ANSYS Workbench. Setup of the Fluent is ok (stand alone I am receiving expected results) and FEM uses Transient Structural. Once I run...

11 November 2020 3,816 4 View

How to use Remote sensing and GIS applications for mapping the available medicinal plants within the locality/municipality?

Hello, I'm very interested in mapping and managing the conservation of the Philippine traditional medicinal plants, in which I think is very helpful in the field of medicine for further analysis...

21 February 2021 374 5 View

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View

MAD or boxplot to detect outliers in non normally distributed data for latency and distance in animal cognition?

I am studying animal cognition and I have data about animals' latency to approach a cue and animals' distance from the cue in a test. Data are not normally distributed and when I do scatterplots...

04 February 2021 503 3 View

I have generated a figure "Gene distribution by conservation" from 20 genomes of bacteria. Can someone explain how to interpret correctly?

I have generated a figure "Gene distribution by conservation" from 20 genomes of bacteria. Can anybody explain how to interpret it correctly? Thank you in advance

11 January 2021 3,346 2 View

How does one combine the basis of Quantum Physics that the information cannot be destroyed with the GR statement that black holes destroy the info?

How does one combine the basis of Quantum Physics that the information cannot be destroyed with the GR statement that black holes destroy the info?

14 December 2020 7,845 19 View

Is it possible to extract DNA or RNA from paraffinized biopsies ?

My lab have some skin biopsies that were previously conserved in paraffine , and i wanted to know if it is possible to extract DNA or RNA from them.

06 December 2020 7,964 6 View

Which mulching will be more beneficial either plastic mulching or organic mulching?

Both have their own benefits and constraints too but in overall aspects which will be recommendable to farmer for sustainable agriculture.

23 November 2020 6,313 42 View

Which connectivity metric is best to compare changes in habitat over time (PC, PCnum or EC(PC)? Which is best for prioritization of restoration?

I am currently researching a network of species movement between temporary ponds using Least Cost Paths. With Conefor I have calculated the PCnum, EC(PC), and PC (probability of Connectivity, as...

23 November 2020 6,298 3 View

Mulching is easy in horticultural crops but how it can be done in agronomic crops what is its process?

Mulching in agronomic crops is also mentioned in many literature

22 November 2020 631 48 View

What is the Timestep definition in the Conservation Element / Solution Element in 3D ?

15 November 2020 1,214 3 View