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

What is the best method (software) to count pixels in a digital image?

I'd like to carry on an accurate count of pixels in several images in order to compare them. There is a way by using Photoshop, but... does anyone know any other better method or software for...

05 November 2020 3,536 3 View

Combining multiple spring constant in umbrella sampling?

I have experienced insufficient sampling for high energy states in particular windows. The spring constant is not enough stiff to keep the value of the reaction coordinate. I know that you combine...

23 September 2020 7,800 2 View

What do you include in writing an abstract of a social science article?

Some have 3 elements- rationale/background, methodology, and results; while others have four or five that include objectives/questions, conclusion with implications.

19 August 2020 8,203 25 View

What is the simplest method of developing a theory? The GT approach allows theorists to develop a theory in an uncertain time?

It seems that the authors of some books present grounded theory (GT) as the only approach or method of developing a theory. By the name of the approach, it may confuse beginner researchers.

12 August 2020 5,734 12 View

What are the benefits of writing a systematic literature review?

SLR- Systematic Literature Review. In this, you don't need to go to the field to collect the data. You just need a desk. When is SLR necessary and is not necessary?

12 August 2020 6,009 18 View

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05 August 2020 9,805 2 View

COVID-19 contamination through the airborne transmission mode?

Does anybody know about reported evidences of COVID-19 contamination through the airborne transmission mode, besides the two papers about the Guangzhou restaurant? It is important that the...

31 May 2020 4,881 4 View

What is the path loss formula for a drone-to-ground communication?

How can I estimate the propagation loss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone, and user equipment (UE) on the ground? is it safe to assume a line-of-sight scenario? how about the...

24 May 2020 3,517 5 View

How to start a bioinformatic analysis of bisulfite sequencing data?

I'm just learning how to perform an analysis of methylation patterns using bisulfite sequencing data, but I have some questions: 1. What database I can use for obtain bisulfite sequencing...

10 May 2020 1,116 1 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

How can I convert .vesta file to a .cif file?

I've used the "export data" option in Vesta software to convert my unit cell into a cif file however when I use that cif in atomsk it shows error such as "can't read the position of atom 0". If I...

28 February 2021 4,966 3 View

Your thoughts on the spherical densiometer to estimate relative species canopy cover?

Hi biologists and biogeomorphologists, I want to characterize vegetation plots on a transect that follows a successionnal gradient from a river bed to a mature forest. Ecologically, I am...

26 February 2021 5,720 2 View

No amplification data for qPCR on MxPro?

I have set up a qPCR run on MxPro with SYBR green and ROX as a reference, however, when I go to the analysis section the program seems to only collect data for the dissociation curves and not the...

25 February 2021 8,039 1 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

Bayesian decision trees and bayesian regression trees in Python and/or R?

I am looking for implementation of bayesian decision trees and bayesian regression trees in Python and/or R.. Do you know if the existing libraries support this

23 February 2021 6,689 3 View

How to assure whether a regression tree overfit or not by seeing bias-variance value of the model?

Lets consider a regression tree in which variance is 1.1065*e-10 and bias is 2.962e-13. Also the model RMSE on training set is 1.5e-5 and on training set is 1.2950e-5. Is the model is overfit or...

22 February 2021 7,755 2 View

Are cloud points able to identify tree species?

Hello Dears My goal is to classify dense forest tree species using drone images. Is it possible to classify dense cloud points? If yes, in what way and in what software? Thankful

15 February 2021 3,475 3 View

Does the phylogenetic tree making tool IQTREE use evolutionary placement algorithm?

For my master thesis I am conducting a phylogenetic research and for this I'm using tools like MEGA, IQTREE, FigTree, etc to make a phylogenetic tree. I wanted to know if IQTREE integrates the...

14 February 2021 1,541 2 View

How reliable are degrees of freedom for lme mixed models in nmle package?

I am running mixed models analyses because I have participants nested in groups. Across the different analyses, I have very different degrees of freedom in the lme output with nlme package (and...

09 February 2021 6,767 3 View