What are the conditions on projection operators in order to have optimal L^2 numerical estimates?

Mixed finite element methods employ numerical spaces that are, most of the time, something different than the full P^k spaces (polynomials with order up to k). For example, the BDM_k spaces for...

04 January 2021 2,009 2 View

What are the best references for an approach to teaching Differential Equations?

Differential equations are known to be potential tools for modeling and predicting recurrent phenomena in time and space, whether simple or more elaborate models. In this sense, how to approach...

18 December 2020 1,750 3 View

Best purification method for recombinant protein in BL21?

Hi I need to purify a recombinant protein (IL6 21kDa). It's been produced in E.coli BL21 with a T7 expression vector, but it does not have a tag as yet. I was thinking of adding a his-tag and...

09 December 2020 2,200 8 View

Recombinant Interleukin 6 western blot, non specific bands?

Hi I've been trying to produce some recombinant human Interleukin 6. I sub-cloned the gene for human IL6 into a Promega T7 Flexi vector (native gene no tag yet) and confirmed sequencing and...

09 December 2020 2,340 4 View

How many journal articles should come out of a doctoral thesis?

Is it normal if I publish my doctoral thesis into only one journal article (since my doctoral thesis will be data-heavy and theory-light)? Or are doctoral theses expected to be equivalent to 3-4...

01 December 2020 3,803 14 View

Can the potential of LIPIDMICS improve the diagnosis and understanding of metabolic changes in various neurodegenerative disease (PD, HD, AD, MS, etc?

08 November 2020 7,209 1 View

What is the best way to use R to analyze keywords in articles ?

I would like to analyze the presence of certain keywords in several publications in order to appreciate how certain articles contribute to the achievement of the SDGs (The Sustainable Development...

16 October 2020 7,390 3 View

Can I compare data from ion exchange membranes with data from ion exchange resin when determining nutrient supply rates in soils?

Hi everyone, I am trying to decide if I can compare nutrient supply rates between two different methods of collection. Method A uses ion exchange membranes and method B uses ion exchange resin in...

23 September 2020 4,535 1 View

Why would a validation error (confusion) matrix return null in Google Earth Engine?

I am working on validating a collection of images from a time series in Google Earth Engine and the confusion matrix that results from validation of the trained image v.s. the landcover classes...

09 September 2020 7,246 3 View

How can I increase the length of DNA fragments recovered from QIAamp DNA Micro Kit?

Hi everyone. I'm performing DNA extractions for pools of ~10 individual Daphnia magna (water fleas) using the Qiagen QIAamp DNA Micro Kit. I use a pestle to homogenise the Daphnia before entering...

07 September 2020 9,956 1 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

What is your perception on using visual analysis or quantitative approaches to evaluate data from single-case research designs (n of 1 trials)?

Results of single-case research designs (i.e., n-of-1 trials) are often evaluated by visually inspecting the time-series graph and computing quantitative indices. A question our research team is...

03 March 2021 687 1 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

What test should i use in comparing the correlation between categorical and continuous variables?

Dear all, I have the variable (Surgery duration) represented by values in minutes and the variable (preoperative neuropraxia cases) represented as (Yes/No) values. I want to compare these two...

03 March 2021 5,427 5 View

Logistical regression using SPSS for a dichotomous dependent variable, with an independent variable of 1, 2, 5 and 10 seconds?

I have an experiment with 28 participants The independent variable is the times 1, 2, 5, and 10 used as the cross hairs during a task These 4 times were tested using 4 different blocks, each...

03 March 2021 9,692 2 View

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View