Level 1 pre-post multilevel regression: Panel data or ANOVA approach?

Dear colleagues, I am currently teaching myself in multilevel analysis using educational data. I found few to zero literature on basic analysis methods. In my context we frequently use level-1...

17 February 2021 9,378 5 View

Reliable and Valid Instrument for Causes of Medical Errors?

Is there any questionnaire/survey that measures the causes of medical errors? Example: physician negligence vs. systemic issues. Looking for a reliable and validated instrument. Thank you!

15 February 2021 2,874 4 View

Should the AUC in a concentration-time graph of a subcutaneous implant be roughly the same for poeple?

I have 2 concentration time curves of a subcut drug implant. the first group has a peak around the 50 day mark where as the second group does not. Both groups received the same implant by the same...

10 February 2021 2,305 3 View

Software for flow cytometry-like gating of data sets?

I am currently trying to do image based cytometry from fluorescence microscopy images. From the images I extract data such as cell size and a number of fluorescence intensities. Is there any...

09 February 2021 6,278 1 View

Can A. thaliana splice algae genes?

24 January 2021 329 2 View

Does long term preservation (10years) of Collembola in 99% Ethanol affect recovery rate of extraction by flotation?

Hello! I am currently developing an automated counting approach using Fiji to count Collembola from pitfall trapped samples that have been stored in Ethanol (99%) since 2010. I use flotation (tap...

13 January 2021 659 2 View

Co-stain Lectin PNA FITC conjugate with an uncojugated primary antibody?

Hello, I am planning to stain retinal tissue sections for IHC and want to co-stain cones and rods. For this we plan on using a Lectin PNA From Arachis hypogaea (peanut), FITC Conjugate for cones...

12 January 2021 583 1 View

How to use Abaqus USDFLD subroutine to vary stiffness?

Hi I have a problem where I am trying to vary the stiffness spatially across a structured interface. The whole idea is to vary the stiffness vertically, with a bulk stiffness of 8GPa decreasing...

06 January 2021 262 3 View

I really need help with cov-2 pseudotyped lentivirus production. Support?

Hi, i'm desesperate. i'm trying to produce lentivirus usinf BEI resources kit NR-52948. 24 hours after transfection i detect a massive GFP expression in my 293T cells. After 72 hours i filtered...

30 December 2020 9,889 6 View

How can i estimate the total phenolic content from a plant extract?

Suggestions and recommendations are welcome. A protocol used and experience would also be helpful.

25 December 2020 9,807 4 View

How the plato's curriculum theory satisfy the modern education pedagogy????

If yes or no justify

02 October 2020 3,395 3 View

Isn't it time to reduce the working week? Working all, less and better. I can't find recent and relevant research on the topic. Can you help?

Dear Colleagues, many challenges ahead of us. The pandemic crisis and its repercussions on employment, the coming climate and ecological apocalypse, the aging population (especially in some...

14 July 2020 9,573 2 View

How is the a priori knowledge of identity (of indiscernibles i.e. a=b) and self-identity (a=a) possible?

We, humans, couldn't have abstracted the identity of indiscernibles and self-identity from our sense perception; the existence of space precludes the possibility of two objects (a,b) being...

06 July 2019 884 13 View

What is courage?

Plato does not conclude in the Treatise on Courage (laches) and does not express the final concept of courage. Do you have the conclusion of the concept of courage in this book?

11 December 2018 9,335 1 View

Plato's "Constitutie Politeia" : what to do if your country's banks and media are taken over by wicked looters?

In "Constitutie Politeia", Plato explains -through Socrates- how a state should take form, by the respect of every citizen's rights and duties. Thrasymachus on his side declares that the best is...

10 November 2018 418 15 View

We see only what we know--What is your opinion about it?

Our perception of an object (or a situation) depends upon our knowledge of that object (or that situation) and how it relates to our experiences. There were two schools of thought regarding the...

07 August 2018 9,034 16 View

How can I use Programs in 'Programming Finite element method 3rd edition book of Smith and Griffiths'?

I want to use Progam P6.0 (in Fortran langage) in the book mentioned above but when I have write in Plato It can't be compiled. Thank you for heping me.

04 May 2018 7,718 0 View

What is worth reading or writing nowadays?

(1) Public (media) discourse is mostly an industry of manipulation, in which facts and valid arguments are ignored. (2) Academic philosophy is a scholastic play with concepts, which is mostly not...

04 May 2018 5,672 66 View

What do human beings want/desire ultimately? What is the "ultimate Good"?

Is there any particular object of desire that can subsume all the other human desires? How can one philosophically argue for such an "intrinsically" valued object of desire/ "the absolute...

03 April 2018 7,099 2 View

How important is the concept of Selbst/self in the different interpretation traditions of Nietzsche's works today?

It seems to be little important in the Brazilian tradition, but more important for the English speakers. How do you see this in the different traditions in Germany, France, etc?

08 September 2017 8,376 1 View