What decides whether an ulcer/chancre is painful or painless?

In sexually transmitted infections, it is important to differentiate a painful ulcer from a painless one. This is because painless ulcers are seen in the chancre of primary syphilis while painful...

09 October 2016 7,123 9 View

Can non-neutralising antibodies reduce the viral load in-vivo?

A neutralising antibody is one, which in an in-vitro neutralisation assay reduces the viral infection in its presence. This is because it hinders in the infection process. (correct me if wrong) On...

07 August 2016 4,931 9 View

What makes fertilized eggs of Ascaris float while unfertilized ones sink?

06 July 2016 7,934 5 View

Does class switching occur both in B cells and Plasma cells?

I understand that the cell class switches to change the type of immunoglobulin it is producing. The B-cell produces the membrane bound B-cell receptor (BCR) while the plasma cell produces the the...

06 July 2016 3,985 3 View

How valid is PPNC (percentage predicted neck circumference) in different populations?

We are doing a prevalence study on Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There is an established association with neck circumference. Neck circumference increases with height and there is a variable...

06 July 2016 3,105 3 View

Is diarrhoea advantageous to the causative microbe?

Is diarrhoea just collateral damage to the host or has it got an evolutionary advantage to it? I'm not asking w.r.t a specific species because many microbes share a similar structure of the HLT of...

06 July 2016 8,350 4 View

Is there a substitute for DTT in plant protein extraction?

Most protocols suggest the use of DTT (Dithiothreitol), a reducing agent in the isolation QB buffer for extraction of protein from plant tissue. I plan to run an SDS-PAGE gel. Is there an...

05 June 2016 8,525 5 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

Which is better medicine or food in obesity?

Preference in terms of the scientific aspect

28 February 2021 796 2 View

Are there any open-source datasets containing physiological information about exercises to be used for an OR-model?

I have just recently started a new "weekend project" in addition to my master's studies and I am looking for a data-set. I would like to use some Operations Research to design an optimal gym...

22 February 2021 8,023 1 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

Looking for advices and tips to improve the staining and the gating strategy in human blood?

Hi, I am staining a human blood with CD19, CD3,CD14 and CD16. My gating strategy in FlowJo goes like this: - First, I gate a general population SSC-A VS FSC-A => Then gate for single cells, =>...

21 February 2021 5,724 4 View

Is there a way to grow biofilm in lab to mimic biofilms in showers and baths? Also, how can I measure it?

Hello, I am new to biofilm research and have a question about growing and measuring biofilms. We want to research the effect of a type of enzymes in breaking down biofilms in showers, baths, hot...

14 February 2021 3,522 3 View

What can I do to keep magnetic beads suspended in solution within a syringe?

I'm looking for ways to prevent the settling of magnetic beads in solution. I have been using a syringe pump to inject a suspension of magnetic beads in PBS into a microfluidic device, and so far...

09 February 2021 6,206 2 View

How do I prepare and store insect samples for JH measurements?

I need to preserve termite samples for future quantification of juvenile hormone in their bodies. Or extract the Juvenile Hormone and keep that samples stored for future quantification. I may need...

09 February 2021 1,995 1 View

Is there any publication about the effect of basketball and volleyball on body height?

Many people believe that some stretching sports with vertical jump such as basketball and volleyball can increase the body height. On the other hand, others do not agree with this argument. The...

02 February 2021 281 6 View

Can someone suggest me some research papers on Blockchain-as-a-Service(BaaS)?

Blockchain-as-a-Service(BaaS) in the fields of medicine, economics or other fields?

02 February 2021 3,616 1 View