Please how can I justify my regression results?

I conducted a study to investigate stock market reaction to equity issues announcement and i ended up with 64 announcements and i then used the announcement day returns as my DV and investigated...

14 January 2021 1,127 3 View

How to correctly indicate a zinc finger in a protein for molecular dynamics?

I am preparing a protein that has a Zn finger for molecular dynamics. To indicate the finger of Zn a patch is placed in which the deprotonation of the cysteines is necessary so that the Zn ion can...

05 March 2020 1,425 3 View

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28 February 2020 1,633 2 View

How do I calculate solar absorbance and thermal emittance of absorber coating from reflectance spectrum using standard AM 1.5 and blackbody radiation?

I have a reflectance data of my solar absorber coating from UV-Vis, I want to calculate the solar absorbance of my coating using standard reference spectrum AM 1.5 and thermal emittance of thesame...

15 November 2019 225 3 View

How can Iimprove the resolution on a GC?

When I run a O2 and N2 standard in the gas chromatograph, the peaks are overlapped, How can I improve the resolution of the chromatogram. This situation is new, last monththe calibrationwent just...

22 August 2019 4,050 6 View

On a EVO LS10 SEM, I can see images on spot 0 of the aperture, however on spot 1 and 2, I cant see any images. what could be responsible for this?

I an using the EVO LS10 SEM from Zeiss, I can see images on spot 0 of the aperture, however when the aperture is switched to spot 1 or 2, I am unable to see any image. Please what could be...

05 February 2019 3,902 1 View

Where to get yeast W303-K6001 strain?

15 September 2018 3,735 2 View

My solvent-casted PVDF film was opaque and somehow shrunk during vacuum drying. What should I do?

I'm trying to make smooth PVDF film using solvent casting dried under vacuum from 20 mL of 15% PVDF in DMF solution. The vacuum dryer temperature was at 55 deg C. After some time, this is what I...

29 January 2018 803 4 View

How can I get rid of the polysaccharides on orchids tubers to isolate DNA?

I try to isolate DNA from orchids tubers, the problem is they become kind of gelatinous because the polysaccharides.... so I want to get rid of them. Thank you!

18 September 2017 9,815 3 View

Shuold the "Reads" be included or taken into consideration for calculating the researcher's score in RG?

Any RG's member

02 March 2017 6,338 8 View

How the microplastics levels in freshwater and marine water ecosystem be controlled?

Microplastics have been found in land, air, freshwater, effluent from a wastewater treatment plant and even in tap water and bottled water. The small plastic particles (less than 5 mm) pose a...

19 January 2021 8,637 3 View

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31 December 2020 9,207 4 View

Robot that helps clean our seas of microplastics?

My team and I are curently working on a project is focused on preventing microplastics and collecting plastic particles up to 2 * 2mm. Our biggest concern is harming sea life and destroying...

29 November 2020 9,240 5 View

Why only less than .3 mm sieved samples are considered in microplastics observation???

Basically, I was looking for the laboratory method for microplastics observation from a seawater sample and beach sample. Most of the cases, they followed some criteria to get a precise amount of...

09 November 2020 8,485 6 View

How to avoid particle aggregation when using Laser Direct Infrared (LDIR) to analyze microplastics?

I am trying to use LDIR system to identify microplastics of different types. However, significant aggregation of microplastics was observed during analysis. Especially for particles with a...

17 September 2020 1,532 1 View

Sampling considerations for microplastics in soil?

Dear peers, It would be much appreciated if you could suggest papers or reports that emphasize the sampling considerations for microplastics in soil/terrestrial/agricultural environments. Thanks!

27 August 2020 8,710 5 View

How to extract microplastics from clay rich sediment?

I am looking for an efficient, low cost, and environmentally friendly method to extract microplastics from clay rich sediment, e.g. mud flats, mangrove forest ... .

23 July 2020 1,000 3 View

Can you suggest the simplest protocol for microplastics determination in soil and air samples?

Dear Fellow and peers, I am looking for any established protocol for extraction and determination (quantitative and qualitative) of microplastics in soil and air dust samples. If you have any...

18 July 2020 4,751 1 View

What would be the fate of ecotoxicology in the South American studies?

I'm currently working on ecotoxicology and I'd like to know what my colleagues from the same area think, especially in South America. Too much of microplastics in my opinion, but few studies...

18 May 2020 1,064 2 View

What sample bag should be use for soil sampling?

The samples will be analyze for microplastics. I have found research articles that used plastic bags or aluminum bags.

30 April 2020 9,435 13 View