Autoclaving Powder Skimmed Milk?

Hello! Does anyone has a effective way to autoclave 10% skimmed milk without caramelization? I tried 121C for 15min (in the powder form) but I am struggling with the color which is undesirable....

30 June 2020 4,601 3 View

Does anyone have recommendations to increase the adhesion of thermally evaporated Al deposited onto PMMA?

I am depositing Al onto PMMA via thermal evaporation. Currently I have already tried to improve the adhesion of the films by two different strategies: 1. Evaporating SiO prior to the Al...

27 May 2020 5,380 6 View

Can I use magnets to press a dielectric substrate againts its holder in a sputtering machine?

I have to coat a plastic substrate. I usually hold my substrates using little metallic clamps, but this one would need to be coated in the outer area of the whole substrate (can only hold it from...

23 April 2020 2,930 3 View

Necesito articulos sobre Innovacion educativa en educacion superior?

Saludos Contactos, articulos y escritos de acutalidad sobre Innovacion Eucativa en Educacion Superior

30 June 2019 5,264 4 View

Do Mobile Technologies disturb normal class development? Should teachers permit the use of them in class time?

Today's class development is being disrupted by the discussion of using or not Mobile Technology into the classroom, because students spend hours using the social network, even in class hours.

15 January 2019 2,873 7 View

Can someone please help me to understand how to correct a feature in Kiessig fringes fitting of XRR data simulation of a bilayered thin film?

I am simulating XRR data of sputtered Cr thin films deposited on glass substrates. I have failed simulating the XRR data of one sample; the film is Cr 20 nm thick and in the simulation model I am...

01 December 2016 9,065 4 View

Are PCR components and DNA isolation Products from kits stored in -80 C for a long time still viable?

I've been trying to amplify the products for quite a while now and I have difficulty in getting good bands or any bands at all, I'm wondering if it's the storage condition of the components or...

30 August 2016 1,052 7 View

For mixture of experts, what should I do if my data of experts are continuous and not linear?

I've read mixture of experts using linear experts but I can't find an example or a paper related to the use of continuous experts

19 June 2016 2,212 1 View

Can anyone suggest a recent survey discussing oil spill modellation?

I'm currently doing some research about oil spill models, focusing on particle tracking and random walk diffusion, but can't find a recent survey discussing the topic. Can anyone suggest one?...

16 February 2016 8,405 3 View

What would the best visualization for beta diversity matrix be?

NMDS or PCA are usually employed for visualization of a (complex) beta diversity matrix. However, PCA try to maximize variation in several "ORTHOGONAL" axes (they should be independent between...

03 November 2015 1,482 3 View

Can Reinforcement Learning solve problems where next state is not predictable?

23 February 2021 6,870 3 View

Which drug is better to modify blood pressure in awake monkey, if I provide it in the food or drink reward?

I need to modify the blood pressure in a monkey while is awake in the recording chamber, and I am planing on provide a drug for that in the food or water used for reward... any advise? Thank you

08 February 2021 9,900 1 View

Should you turn on a cycle and then using of the Renewal reward theorem in maintenance optimization problems?

In the maintenance optimization context, researchers use a structure such that it results in the Renewal reward theorem and they use this theorem to minimize the long-run cost rate criteria and...

10 November 2020 3,417 2 View

How to implement monte carlo method to compute state value in matlab ?

assume there are 80 states each with a possibility of 2 actions. we have a predefined reward function. The problem is about research allocation.

30 October 2020 9,930 3 View

How can I improve Reinforcement Learning Agent training?

Hello everyone, I am trying to develop an RL agent for a simple double integrator system. Unfortunately, my agent couldn't find the maximum reward. The attached figure is the average episode...

20 July 2020 6,159 4 View

Can RL agent's decision be explained after inference?

I would like to know if there is a method, or sets of method that can explain why a RL agent has chosen certain decision, after the agent has been trained. I'm not looking for different RL...

23 April 2020 151 3 View

Performance of Reward functions?

I want to know, how we can estimate about best reward function (RF) from the list of RFs? let suppose, I have two reward functions, which one can give the best performance. 1st RF Loss = sum i=0...

25 March 2020 6,047 2 View

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Dear experts, What is the impact of reviewing for predatory journals? I just came to know that many experts are adding their review or editorial record to Publons. Is it just to increase the...

01 February 2020 9,739 34 View

Anybody expert in Q-learning, please explain how the immediate reward is computed in Q-learning ?

Anybody expert in Q-learning, please explain how the immediate reward is computed in Q-learning ?

13 January 2020 1,163 1 View

Can you please introduce me some questionnaires for evaluation of Reward pathway in brain?

I search for some questionnaires that evaluate and check reward pathway in individuals. Till now I found Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and Behavioral Action System (BAS) questionnaires, can...

09 January 2020 7,418 6 View