What is the general cyclic energy degradation factor for plain concrete at material level in stress strain curve?

Plain Concrete subjected to cyclic loading get reduction in its stiffness and strength with the every cycle of loading. What is ratio of energy enclosed in one hysteresis loop to adjacent...

10 February 2021 1,051 1 View

The Akaike information criterion of the random forest model ?

Please, how to calculate the number of model parameters of the random forest model to determine the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) using this following expression: AIC = n * log(MSE) + 2 *...

27 January 2021 816 6 View

Suggest me some satellite image datasets used for crop yield estimation?

I have my synopsis presentation and i have to provide details about 2-3 datasets that I can use in my research. Topic is crops Yield estimation using satellite images. suggest me what I can write?...

13 January 2021 1,675 3 View

What is the reason of suddenly increasing the concentration while evaluating the photocatalytic performance by RhB dye degradation?

I am doing a photocatalytic performance evaluation by RhB dye degradation. I am facing a problem which is: After achieving the absorption -desorption equilibrium, I checked the concentration and...

04 December 2020 3,922 20 View

Edu assay by spectrophotometry means?

Dear all, Have any one performed edu assay by spectrophotometric means ? I'm looking for a kit for that purpose. I have Chinese kit for this purpose, I followed their protocol but the result is...

24 November 2020 1,766 3 View

Either SEM analysis are enough to justify the morphology and micro structure of activated carbons? or I should go for TEM analysis as well?

While I was discussing my nitrogen adsorption isotherms in the context of micropore, mesopores, total pore volume for activated carbon samples prepared from waste materials, I received a review...

13 November 2020 1,971 3 View

How can we measure dissimilarities between two images layout? Like alignment of button, text box, text overlapping?

I want to extract dissimilarity information of two images layout. Wanna check text, button, and text box alignment, text overlapping, and more other layouts difference. how we do that? any tool,...

25 October 2020 7,190 7 View

Any suggestions of bioinformatic tools to identify/predict the effect of mutations observed on the function of proteins?

04 October 2020 1,552 4 View

Is there a website specialized in online speech data collection?

Collecting acoustic data during the pandemic faced me with a challenge that I need to overcome. I have to upload some audio files and scripts, and the subjects are required to answer the questions...

22 September 2020 4,168 6 View

How to Determine LD50 of a test compound by Lorke's Method if your mice (mus musculus) dies at the lowest concetration i.e. 10mg/kg?

I have used Lorke's method of determining LD50 of my test drug. The lowest dose according to this method is 10mg/kg and my mice died at this dose within the 30 minutes of IP injection. Does that...

22 September 2020 9,959 3 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

How can I edit suggested publications?

Hi there! I regularly receive suggestion about papers and authors that are totally out of my area. Does anybody know how I can fix this? Thank you!

01 March 2021 9,574 4 View

How to include original NMR data in a manuscript?

hello. i am junior researcher. I received a comment from a reviewer that he could not find NMR data in my submitted paper. I had included the NMR graph with explanation and formula to calculate...

27 February 2021 734 4 View

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

Uncertianiny in using dry or wet basis in mixing a sediment with fuel oil?

Hello I'm currently working on a topic related to studying the anaerobic biodegradation of TPH in marine sediments. In this work, sediment should be mixed with fuel oil to a concentration of 20 g...

24 February 2021 9,839 3 View

Can anyone help or comment on solubilising chlorobutanol in aqueous injections in minimum time possible?

Please suggest solubilisation of chlorobutanol in injections. Tried pH and high temperature. But the issue is of assay drop. If anyone can suggest any solution. Its a commonly used excipient for...

21 February 2021 7,397 1 View

How can I separate Gertrud Pfister's profile and the profile of Gerald Gems?

we are co-authors of several publications. But I am the only and single author of most of my publications which are based on my own research. How can I separate the profiles?

21 February 2021 4,582 3 View

Why use both bead beating and enzymes (lysostaphin and lysozyme) for DNA extraction from sputum samples?

Hello, I have read in a few publications that to extract total DNA from sputum samples, both bead beating and enzymes are used to disrupt the cells. Bead beating is supposed to be efficient in...

18 February 2021 3,360 2 View

Change of First name?

In some publications you refer Deivid Chica (with Barranco) but the true first name is Maria Dolores Chica , in spanish Ma. Dolores Chica. Before I answer yes is an author Deivid Chica, but...

18 February 2021 5,004 3 View