Open Access Journal Research Center, a predatory publisher?

Dear Peers, I recently received an invitation as a guest editor from a journal under Open Access Journal Research Center (OAJRC). The OAJRC is not listed in the predatory publishers, but the...

09 November 2020 1,575 7 View

Signal phase shift after analytical calculation?

Suppose we have a signal as x(t) = exp(i(omega*t + phi)), after a simple calculation as y(t) = 1/x(t). We can clearly see that there is a phase shift of Pi=180deg. However, using directly...

20 October 2020 4,923 5 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

Is it necessary to use ethanol to drain off glutaraldehyde?

Hi everyone! I'm using glutaraldehyde as a spacer to cross-link a primary amino and an enzyme on plat glass. After the step of immerging the support in 2.5% glutaraldehyde solution, one protocol...

20 July 2020 3,702 2 View

Are there any platform to publish analysis protocol for human factors assessment?

I only find a BMC journal "Trials" to publish " randomized controlled trials in health ". https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/ Are there any platform to publish general protocol for...

02 July 2020 4,691 3 View

ORCA4.2.0 GTOInt error?

when I run ORCA, I got an error as follows: ORCA finished by error termination in GTOInt Calling Command: mpiexec -np 4 D:\ORCA421\orca_gtoint_mpi.exe na20.int.tmp na20 [file...

08 May 2020 5,444 3 View

DNA absorbance test on SpectraMax Microplate Reader, why A260/A280 false?

Hi guys. Here is the problem: Using an SpectraMax Microplate Reader for DNA absorbance test, there is one problem that the A260/A280 is always wrong, sometimes half plate wrong and sometime,...

29 March 2020 5,972 3 View

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As you can see in the picture, the salt is stuck to the crucible. Anyone has experience of melting salt at high temperature? Would stainless steel crucible be better?

04 March 2020 3,412 3 View

How can I observe my bacterial pellet after a centrifugation of a low concentration suspension ?

Hello, I'm currently working on DNA extraction from E. coli suspended in PBS. I'm working with concentrations ranging from 102 CFU/mL to 105 CFU/mL (and 108 CFU/mL as a positive control) and I...

02 March 2020 7,522 14 View

What progresses have been made in improving the assessment of motivation for a career with high income, high pressure, high risk and high expertise?

Hi all, For example (just an example), it will be a huge waste of time and money if a Ph.D candidate in physics at MIT becomes bored with academia or is scared away and withdraws. Then how can we...

07 November 2019 815 3 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

20 June 2021 0 0 View

i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

How to access MSCI KLD Stats and Sustainalytics?

Hello all, I'm currently working on my undergraduate thesis and I'm having difficulties trying to access KLD Stats and Sustainalytics because my campus Airlangga University and apparently other...

02 March 2021 8,525 1 View

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

02 March 2021 9,706 5 View