How to evaluate motivation in scholars, teachers and students who work from home during pandemic?

Dear all, What tool can be used to measure motivation in scholars, teachers and students who are in home isolation or work remotely? Any specific tool suitable for all people involved in Academia...

08 December 2020 7,968 10 View

How to replace the liquid blocker?

Dear colleagues, In my immunofluorescence stainigs I use liquid blocker pen, before solution with 0.3% Triton X-100. This helps to avoid dripping of solutions with primary antibodies and Triton...

30 September 2020 9,134 4 View

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06 July 2020 4,133 2 View

How long can one store primers?

Dear colleagues, one year ago we put our liquid primers in a high concentration into a -80 fridge. Can we still use them for the qPCR?

11 May 2020 4,521 16 View

What is an acceptable small sample size to carry out principal component analysis for a rating scale with 16 items???

Hi Can someone tell me what would be an acceptable sample size for principal component analysis for a rating scale with 16 items. Thanks!

30 March 2020 9,756 3 View

How to insert image in introductory text of survey in Opinio?

Hi I need some technical help. I am trying to insert an image in the introduction of a survey in Opinio. I click on 'insert image' button, then I am prompted to paste the url of the desired image,...

28 March 2020 1,543 3 View

How does the Excel work with GRG algorithm?

I'm struggling with my qualification work. Excel methods solve the math problem easy, but I don't catch the idea how he does it. I need to understand it to create the code or just to describe the...

12 March 2020 6,567 6 View

What to do if Fatal error: Atomtype LC3 not found and force field is fine?

When I was simulating my protein, "Fatal error: Atomtype LC3 not found" had occured. I checked my force field atom type and it contains LC3 with correct parameters. Before this error I used...

10 March 2020 2,189 2 View

Has anyone optimized ViromerRED in THP-1, H9, and MCF7 cell lines?

I am currently attempting to optimize ViromerRED transfection in THP-1, H9, and MCF7 cells. Our initial transfections with the first batch was promising, but the new viromer we received doesn't...

15 October 2019 5,053 4 View

Can anybody explain why does the line on gel disappear after 15 cycles of PCR?

We make test PCR to choose optimal quantity of cycles and amount of cDNA for amplification, and there are lines on 9 cycles and 12 cycles (same sample), but the line on 15 cycles disappear (also...

02 April 2019 3,158 7 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

Irradiation data for JAPAN?

Hi, Could you help me to get the latest (2019, 2020) solar resource data for a particular site in JAPAN? PV GIS and NSRDB data are not in reach to JAPAN, I'm looking for some other database for...

03 March 2021 961 3 View

How to calculate Ligand-active site distance in a ligand-protein complex from MD simulation?

I have run a MD simulation of a ligand-protein complex in GROMACS using CHARMM forcefield. Reviewer has asked me to calculate Ligand-activesite distance and binding free energy of ligand with...

27 February 2021 4,703 1 View

Why do the air flow results vary totally when adding scalar in CFD ?

Dear All, We are using Autodesk cfd to calculate the air flow in a single sided naturally ventilated room, where air flow depends only on buoyancy due to temperature difference between inside and...

25 February 2021 9,602 4 View

How to model Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) process in Homer software?

Hi everyone How to model Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) process in Homer software?

25 February 2021 4,075 1 View

Steps to calculate activation energy by coats & redfern method?

I'm a chemistry student and I'm researching the kinetic degradation of mixed plastic waste. I'm having trouble calculating the activation energy by the coats & Redfern method. The data that...

24 February 2021 974 1 View

Is it possible to define biogas as a fuel in the reformer process(scwg) in Homer software?

Hi every one Is it possible to define biogas as a fuel in the reformer process(scwg) in Homer software? Biogas fuel is not available in the options thanks

23 February 2021 6,518 3 View

Are there any candidates for an Einstein's bare cosmological constant?

It is commonly accepted that General Relativity has its own 'bare' cosmological constant that contributes together with the cosmological constant resulting from vacuum energy density for an...

23 February 2021 5,448 8 View

Could the "incoming radiation (net radiation)" values be negative?

Could the "incoming solar radiation" values be negative? What is the difference between "global solar radiation" and "incoming solar radiation"? Which one might be measured negative values?

21 February 2021 7,726 9 View

How to Measure Consumer Willingness To Change from petroleum-fueled vehicle to electric vehicle?

I wanted to calculate the probability of one consumer shifting from using a petroleum-fueled vehicle to an electric vehicle. Since my background is in engineering I do not know much about how to...

15 February 2021 9,190 5 View