In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

OpenBCI eeg--has anyone used them?

I'm looking to try out an off-the-shelf EEG set for some exploratory work. Curious if anyone has used the OpenBCI, and how much set-up work is required. I've heard they are more difficult to get...

01 March 2021 4,128 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

How to address mutual causality using Propensity Match Scoring using a panel dataset?

Hello dear researchers. I have a panel data set where I regressed innovation on director tenure. Though, I employed GMM and lag of the director tenure to address the endogeneity and reverse...

08 February 2021 5,809 1 View

How to create the context-mechanism-outcome configuration (CMOc) in the realist methodology?

In the realist methodology (especially by Raymond Pawson et al), the CMOc is a common structure to explain what works, for whom, in what circumstances, and why? I'm always asked about the...

08 February 2021 2,792 1 View

Hello, can you recommend a method to remove serial correlation from path coefficients (standardized regression coefficients)?

I would like to measure the causal effects among variables in a path model, but the variables (time series) may be serially correlated. I'm looking for a method to remove or otherwise manage the...

02 February 2021 210 3 View

Cross-lagged panel analysis and sample size?

I want to estimate the causal relationship between two latent variables over time using structural equation modelling. both latent variables are measured according to different indicators...

31 January 2021 3,777 5 View

Can I use a causal model for representing subjective qualitative findings?

I have conducted grounded theory research via mixed methods approach. The study was conducted in two phases. First phase was purely grounded and so ended up while developing core categories and...

05 January 2021 505 6 View

How to model the causal effect of working part-time compared to full-time on health?

Hi there, I have to estimate the causal effect of part-time work compared to full-time work on health. I have an unbalanced panel data set with t=2008-2017, except for year 2009. The main issue...

11 December 2020 3,170 3 View

Granger causality lags for comparing multiple simulations?

Hi all, I'm running neural network simulations and using granger causality to compare the Granger drive from one population to another. Generally speaking I'm using a code to find the Akaike...

16 November 2020 925 3 View

Whats the statistical relationship between opposing instrumental variables?

For the numerous use of IV regression in economics, Ii come across this question? for example, if we take Y=bX+u(1), a possible causal relationship with possible endogeneity problem, and also an...

12 September 2020 1,652 3 View

How can one determine the cause-effect relationship between two variables using linear/logistic regression analysis?

Isn't bi-directional effect/causality difficult to demonstrate? Could it be simply demonstrated by examining correlation, regression or any other metric to measure the goodness of fit? How can one...

17 August 2020 6,717 5 View

How to infer Causality in a observational data?

My Machine Learning model show in different ways, high correlation between parents' education and student's outcomes. I 'm trying to identify a causal relationship in a separate model since the...

11 June 2020 4,186 7 View