I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

Is there research limitation on the relationships between digital capabilities, market orientation, brand perception and business performance?

I am looking for supporting studies discussing literature limitations on the relationships between digital capabilities, market orientation, brand perception and business performance. Also, a...

14 February 2021 7,457 5 View

What is the difference between master and doctoral degree?

Hello there.. I've recently submitted my master thesis in marketing. As a reseacher, I now know that the purpose of a master degree is to know academic research tools and how to do and write an...

09 February 2021 6,692 9 View

Safety of the SARS-Cov-2 mRNA vaccine?

Dear colleagues I have the following questions concerning the safety of mRNA vaccines targeting the spike protein of SARS-Cov2: 1) The vaccine elicits antibodies which block the peptide domain...

04 February 2021 721 6 View

For a new biofertilizer what efficient methods should I follow to test it's quality(non-presence of pathogens, types &number of symbiotic microbes)?

Also it's effects on plants.

22 December 2020 2,318 3 View

How is the right method to measure the charge mobility of a thin polymer layer?

Dear all, I have right now a problem with measuring the charge mobility of different polymers. I have built different types of thin layers OLEDs using different thickness types of polymers. In...

01 December 2020 5,673 4 View

Calculating BAL cell numbers for flow cytometry??

Hello I am trying to do flowcytometry for BAL fluid so i inject1ml of PBS into the trachrea and aspirate back(this done three times) . to calculate the cell count in bal i use a cell counter...

16 November 2020 2,367 2 View

How to make a solution of resazurin powder ???

I want to test chitosan nanoparticles as antimicrobial against pseudomonas How to use resazurin microtitre assay????

08 November 2020 9,533 2 View

What could I expect to happen if I dilute a solution of PMMA in chlorobenzene with acetone?

I received a bottle of PMMA in solution with no information about which solvent was used, so I started using acetone to dilute the original solution. I had not experienced any consequences or...

03 November 2020 4,065 4 View

Why does the value of displacement applied results in different Load-deflection curve behavior?

Hello, I am trying to model a four point bending for RCC beam using abaqus CDP model. I used displacement control type. The issue is whenever I change the value of the applied displacement, it...

25 September 2020 4,395 2 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

Is it necessary to report effect size (ES) in statistics of biomedical research given that we already report p values routinely?

Pls share your thoughts

01 March 2021 7,330 4 View

Why there are two peaks while using the mie plot of Silver nanoparticle?

Hi, I am trying to learn the theoretical modelling of silver nanoparticle using the Mie scattering theory. After that, I discovered a software named Mieplot developed by Philip Laven, where it...

25 February 2021 7,493 6 View

How to calculate Z (the number of molecules in a unit cell) for calculating theoretical density?

I am trying to calculate the theoretical density of my ceramics materials. I use the formula below to calculate the theoretical density: Theoretical density = (Molecular weight x No. of molecules...

24 February 2021 3,823 2 View

How to handle studies which report perfect effect sizes in a meta-analysis using Pearson's r?

I'm in the process of updating a meta-analysis and in one of the new studies, effect sizes are reported as Tau-U. Two of the effect sizes are reported as Tau-U = 1.00. I am using Andy Field's...

24 February 2021 2,265 3 View

Sample size determination for non-parametric tests?

How do I run a a priori sample size determination for non-parametric tests, like the Mann-Whitney U-test and the Kruskall-Wallis or other non-parametric tests that accord with the unpaired t-test...

24 February 2021 166 6 View

How to determine a priori sample size for t-test with unequal means?

I need to conduct a a priori sample size determinations for t-test with unequal means, but I don't know the sizes of the groups nor the ratio of both groups... Can I do a sample size determination...

24 February 2021 8,289 3 View

Can I use a protein-devoid condition as my negative control in ELISA?

Hello, I am running a sandwich-type ELISA where I am trying to inhibit a protein-protein interaction using small molecules. For each experiment, I determine my Z' (Z-prime) to determine the...

23 February 2021 7,429 1 View