How to Detect Water in THF (Tetrahydrofuran) ?

Hello, we have solvent purifier system in our lab. But There is some unwanted results for our experiment. We are suspecting purity of solvents. Are there any simple methods to detect water in THF?

19 November 2020 114 5 View

If an animal feeds mainly on algae but also eats cyanobacteria and insects, which group does this animal belong to; herbivore or omnivore?

I wonder if a fish (Random sp.) feeds mostly on plankton but also consumes cyanobacteria and some insects (Chironomidae, Simuliidae) at much lower rates, can we classify them as omnivore?

03 March 2020 8,177 4 View

Could water be heated from top of the tank?

I am concerned about heat transfer profile and mathematical expression of heating a water tank from above. When you heat water from the bottom, convection due to hot water rising and being...

06 November 2019 8,018 4 View

What would be the best choice of electrolytes and cathode for electropolishing of an Aluminum 6xxx series alloy?

I need to use electropolishing instead of grinding for layer removal with a rate of 40-60 um/h. Material is Aluminum alloy 6xxx series. What would be the best choice of electrolyte composition,...

24 September 2019 9,928 3 View

How does the amount of amino acid exceed the amount of crude protein in fish meal (Dry matter basis)?

I read a SCI article where the author analysed several fish meals' amino acid profiles and crude protein levels. I.E., The findings indicate that the crude protein level is 79.50g/100g for fish...

16 July 2019 2,039 6 View

Which one should I choose from the results of a sample with different amino acid analysis methods?

I have a protein source with varying results of amino acid profile. For instance; when the sample is hydrolysed with "6 M HCI" L-Valine level is 0.24g/100g whereas it is 3.08g/100g when...

23 February 2018 5,648 2 View

What is the difference between higher order (second order) confirmatory factor analysis and bifactor analysis?

24 July 2017 5,178 5 View

How to determine total RNA concentration when you have large amount of miRNA?

I am isolating total RNA with miRNeasy micro (PBMCs) miRNeasy serum plasma (serum) and exoRNeasy (serum/exosome) for Next Gen Sequencing for miRNA. I believe my final product should contain mostly...

30 March 2016 3,006 4 View

How can I do a reaction between polyamine and lipoic acid NHS ester in an organic solvent?

I want to do this reaction but as far as learned from literature, NHS ester-amine reaction is done in a phosphate buffer solution between pH 8 to 9. However, lipoic acid modified polymer...

27 June 2015 1,731 3 View

An economic method for the fluorescent labeling of PCR fragments?

I have a trouble with my pcr reactions and i want to ask you where is my fault.I designed six primer pairs according to Schuelke's M13 methods but I did not get any reaction.One of my primers...

23 December 2014 4,623 5 View

What is your perception on using visual analysis or quantitative approaches to evaluate data from single-case research designs (n of 1 trials)?

Results of single-case research designs (i.e., n-of-1 trials) are often evaluated by visually inspecting the time-series graph and computing quantitative indices. A question our research team is...

03 March 2021 687 1 View

How to approach CFD simulation results of a flow past a cylinder?

Hi all, I'm doing a transient simulation of flow past a rectangular cylinder close to the free surface. As far as I'm concerned, the common practice is to discard the initial stages of the...

25 February 2021 1,348 3 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

Droplet PCR in plastic chips always result an unexpected band, any suggestion of possible contaminations and how to improve?

I am doing droplet based digital PCR inside plastic chips. I can get the correct band, but I also consistently get an unexpected band, slightly shorter. I attached a typical gel image here....

18 February 2021 6,618 2 View

How to visualize stress in a coating defined by "Skin" in Abaqus?

Hello All! I'm trying to model a contact between a coated substrate and a tip in Abaqus. The coating is ultra-thin compared to the geometry of the substrate. So I defined the coating using the...

16 February 2021 1,594 3 View

How to perform Cox proportional hazard analysis or Kaplan-meier survival analysis in SPSS?

At first please see the attachment. This experiment was performed for a period of 7 days (n=100). After 7 days, we found different level of survival rate (%) for each treatment. Now, I want to...

15 February 2021 9,145 2 View

How to calculate visual angle of a visual stimulus?

I am currently trying to figure out how to calculate the visual angle of some visual stimuli I used in an experiment. I think I have all of the information I need to calculate this. One is a...

15 February 2021 3,189 2 View

What can I do to keep magnetic beads suspended in solution within a syringe?

I'm looking for ways to prevent the settling of magnetic beads in solution. I have been using a syringe pump to inject a suspension of magnetic beads in PBS into a microfluidic device, and so far...

09 February 2021 6,206 2 View

Hyperspectral Image : open, visualize, process in Python?

I am looking for a tutorial or course to learn how to open, visualize , process hyperspectral images in .hdr , .raw format using python. Any recommendation for a tutorial is appreciated ? Thank...

08 February 2021 7,896 3 View

Recommendations for sample size in visual qualitative research (using children's drawings)?

Hi everyone! Asking for a little help, if I may. I am working on a research project, where I aim to analyse children's drawings about Covid-19. I am fairly new to using visual data in qualitative...

07 February 2021 9,530 3 View