What role should journals play in leading academic fields?

A recent paper by Yeung and Thomas (2021) on journals in event management opens up an interesting debate on the role of journals as academic fora. They demonstrate that event management publishing...

28 February 2021 3,494 6 View

Mixed ANOVA - help?

I'm currently working on a piece which asks to conduct an ANOVA - looking at the effect of sporting group (2 levels), and exercise trials (two trials with six levels). I've computed this all...

27 February 2021 9,626 4 View

What is the best journal for gynecology?

Some of us my be biased because of the journals we have around us, but by any scale other than impact factor, what is the best journal?

31 May 2020 4,089 3 View

Does anyone know of any implicit measures of anger?

I'm looking to study people who have anger (exhibit it in their behaviors or compensate--being extra friendly and nice) but are either unaware or deny it because of beliefs that anger is something...

18 June 2019 9,325 1 View

Any tips on Cryosectioning Zebrafish heads?

So I am new to cryosection and have been following a published paper's method where heads are fixed OV in 4% pfa in PBS 7.4 pH at 4C, then transferred to 20% EDTA and 10% sucrose OV at 4C and then...

30 May 2018 1,814 10 View

How to set up mixed analysis of computational model?

Computer Model & Past data humans solve syllogisms. Condition IV (Lesion location: control, parietal, temporal), Conclusion Congruency IV (belief-congruent, belief-incongruent) & these 2...

11 October 2016 3,477 2 View

Is there anything different about the nutrients from milk after they reach the bloodstream of the consumer from the nutrients from solid food?

26 August 2016 9,935 6 View

Can anyone recommend a molecular dynamics software package for modeling a supercritical fluid going through a rapid volumetric expansion?

07 May 2016 8,595 3 View

What reasons might there be for contamination in a negative control template in a gel electrophoresis?

I saw three bands around base pairs of 1500, 1200, and 700 in the G-NTC for a column with DNA extracted from a human. Any ideas for the reasons of said contamination would really help.

17 March 2015 1,277 3 View

What Primer should be use on gastrointestinal bacteria of catfish to identify the microbes for DNA analysis?

Hello, I need to run PCR on the DNA I found on several unknown microbes I collected from catfish. Which Primer should I use and where can I fin it? As well as what is the best method to do...

01 January 1970 1,252 1 View

Can you share me how teacher education is managed in your respective national educational system?

I feel that the practice in teacher education in my country is below the expected performance level due to very poor management system. Hope I will learn something from your experiences.

02 March 2021 1,516 4 View

Is there any published or unpublished statistics on dropout rate (Dose1 to Dose-2) for Covid-19 vaccination in India, US, UK or any other country?

Are there any published or unpublished statistics or papers on the dropout rate (Dose1 to Dose-2) for Covid-19 vaccination in India, USA, UK, or any other country where vaccination has started at...

28 February 2021 4,237 1 View

Is it Ok to decline to write a chapter for a IntechOpen to the lack of experience?

I have been asked by IntechOpen to write the chapter for a book they are going to publish, but as I don't have enough experience in the area they proposed me to write I declined their offer. Now...

24 February 2021 2,802 4 View

Any Homemade Organic Synthesis Practices?

Hi everyone, I am a teacher of Heterocycles Synthesis, Is there a home practice that you recommend for undergraduate students? A simulator would also be useful Due to the pandemic, students...

18 February 2021 2,769 4 View

Are ZnS nanoparticles moisture sensitive?

Hello Everyone, I tried to form ZnS nanoparticles using the hot injection method and was able to form the same (confirmed by XRD). When I centrifuged, after the reaction I got a kind of white...

17 February 2021 1,709 3 View

What is the minimum number of studies in each category required for a multiple subgroup analysis to be viable in a meta-analysis?

Cochrane Handbook mentions subgroup analyses are only warranted if there are more than 10 studies (I have 28), and if they are distributed evenly among categories of subgroup. I am wondering if...

17 February 2021 3,467 4 View

Is it appropriate to use AIDA model (Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence) on a non-clinical sample?

I am researching emotion regulation and identity development in adolescence. I've come across several inventories for assessing identity development and it seems like the AIDA scale is the most...

16 February 2021 1,261 1 View

Defining mixed model with repeated measures data?

HI all, I have been working with daily diaries data ( 6 emotions of which 3 positive and 3 negative) were assessed for 30 days. These observations (1level data) are then nested within subjects...

13 February 2021 1,810 3 View

Do you know of an informal caregiver of a person who has recently received a bone marrow transplant?

We are conducting a pilot study of an intervention for informal caregivers of persons who have recently received a bone marrow transplant in the US. If you know of anyone who might be interested,...

13 February 2021 9,174 1 View

Is this grounds for theophylline toxicity even though her plasma is within the therapeutic range? if it is, how is that possible?

A patient was given 300 mg Theophylline taken twice a day for the treatment of her bronchial asthma and has a positive clinical response. She has been compliant in taking her medication however,...

09 February 2021 3,489 3 View