Does re-stimulation of T cells with PMA and Ionomycine before staining for intracellular cytokines for flow cytometry affect reliability of the assay?

I understand that to be able to measure intracellular cytokines there is a need to restimulate with PMA and Ionomycin but I don't understand how the results will be reliable after that. PMA and...

18 January 2021 7,240 7 View

In meta-analysis of binary outcomes, what should we do when the occurrence of outcome is zero in both groups?

In conducting meta-analysis of binary outcomes (in RCTs), in case the risk ratio has not been reported, what should we do with the studies that the number of outcomes occurrence is zero in both...

09 January 2021 2,802 5 View

How to calculate ratio of means and ratio of geometric means?

In conducting a meta-analysis, sometimes, some studies have reported geometric mean, while others have reported arithmetic mean. One solution for pooling these studies is calculating the ratio of...

11 December 2020 4,663 3 View

How To Find Electrical Nanodipole and Magnetic Loop Dimensions At Optical Wavelength?

I would be grateful if you could suggest a paper or book which provides an equation to determine the dimensions (length) of an electrical nanodipole and magnetic loop antenna at desired optical...

17 October 2020 2,421 4 View

What effect do epidemics have on cerebral physiology?

How trauma and fear of infection can affect brain functions and structures?

10 October 2020 6,642 1 View

Can anyone advise me in selecting a good pair of universal primer/primers for identification of lactic acid bacteria (probiotics)?

when I blast the existed primers specially 16s rDNAs , I cant get good results.

21 September 2020 1,584 4 View

Could anyone help me searching for protocols in fiber analyses ?

Hello, I am looking for protcoles to evaluate the following components: TDF : total dietary fiber, SDF : soluble dietary fiber, IDF : insoluble dietary fiber et TDN : total digestive nutrients.

06 September 2020 371 2 View

Any journal which has no publication fess for pops removal or water treatment through adsorption?

I am looking for a reputable journal for publication of research article of MS thesis. Kindly suggest me some journals related to water treatment through adsorption which is free of cost.

13 July 2020 8,259 6 View

How much water we should add to paint if we use a based water binder (resin) or there is no need for adding water with such binder?

I want to know if the water included in resin is enough as a solvent or that water is not counted and I should add water as solvent to paint?

21 June 2020 322 6 View

In your opinion, do I choose a certain disorder to study its relationship with culture, or better not to define the disorder?

Dear colleagues Who can help me find studies or references that study the relationship of culture to mental disorders. I would be very grateful for your help. :)

26 April 2020 3,003 36 View

How to measure beam radius over some distance in Lumerical fdtd (Collimation evaluation)?

31 January 2021 6,354 2 View

How can Plasmonic nanoparticles with different shapes be simulated using FDTD if they are imbedded in Organic solar cells ?

I need help on how can i simulate Organic solar cells with Plasmonic nanoparticles of different shapes using Lumerical FDTD . Is there any body familiar with such simulation and can share...

26 January 2021 4,188 3 View

Why transmission power drops with Lumerical FDTD simulation time?

Hello everyone, I am trying to design a ring resonator in FDTD. I simulated the design and found transmission power dropped by increasing simulation time. Once I increased the simulation time the...

21 January 2021 4,872 4 View

Is it possible to generate interference pattern ( interference fringes) using simulation program? what is the name of this program ?

I want to do an experiment using two optical fibers then flowed by (Y) coupler, at the single end of the coupler there is a CCD camera to see the fringes ... what is the program that will give...

23 December 2020 6,963 2 View

How can I fix the `engine error` with no error message in Lumerical DEVICE software when it only shows directories instead of error message?

When I run my simulation in Lumerical DEVICE, it shows an error entitled `engine error` after reaching the simulation to 100 percent. When I right-click and chose 'job details`, it only shows the...

22 October 2020 4,973 1 View

How to perform Multipolar Analysis in a resonant metamaterial structure?

As multipolar analysis is a key to find out contribution of different dipole moments, quadrupole moments causing the resonance in a metamaterial. I want to know the method, software and...

12 October 2020 7,012 6 View

How to transform this implicit FDTD iteration equation into the matrix equation?

11 October 2020 9,042 1 View

Coupled partial differential equation using crank Nicholson implicit method ?

The problem is let's say if I finite-difference one out of the many equations then through clank Nicholson, we separate the (t+1) time step left-hand side and (t) right side, then there are some...

02 August 2020 9,837 5 View

What is the problem of zero output in the FOR loop in MATLAB?

Hello Dears This problem is related to the MATLAB link with LUMERICAL. I have used the MATLAB link feature with Lumerical software, Also in MATLAB, I have written a script for sweep Jsc according...

16 July 2020 6,500 3 View

How can absorption be obtained for arbitrary divisions of wavelength in the Lumerical(FDTD)?

Hi dears I want to do the absorption of a structure for the wavelength range of 280 to 900 with the desired divisions. For example, I want the wavelength distance in this case to be 0.5 nano, in...

03 May 2020 4,817 3 View