Can you suggest literature studying the conditions information and evidence can influence manager decisions in social impact sectors?

I am working on improving the use of digital innovations at scale globally. Most of the innovations I work with provide relevant knowledge on improving the performance of projects, programs, and...

16 January 2021 1,120 5 View

Can you advise reference publications/standards on characterizing plant genetics research and development activities, and the outputs it generates?

I am doing semantic analysis of science and grey literature publications in the field of plant genetics and breeding. I have a standard dictionary but I am not sure if it captures the state of art...

31 December 2020 5,871 4 View

Can you suggest Standard vocabulary for characterizing research and development initiatives (project,program,policy,networks) and their performance?

I am doing text mining on the performance on research for development interventions in low income countries. I need some standard dictionaries and typologies to map the content of the paper in a...

31 December 2020 5,329 4 View

Can you advise reference publications/standards on characterizing animal genetics research and development activities, and the outputs it generates?

I am doing semantic analysis of science and grey literature publications in the field of animal genetics and breeding. I have a standard dictionary but I am not sure if it captures the state of...

31 December 2020 4,924 3 View

How can I construct a matched dataset from CEM function in R?

I could not construct a matched dataset after coarsened exact matching by using CEM package in R. Is there any way to construct a matched dataset like "match.data function in MatchIt package"?

05 December 2020 6,886 3 View

What do you think of Buspiron's effect on OCD?

A study performed at the University of Michigan examined whether brain activity is associated with treatment response to exposure-based CBT. Eighty-seven patients with OCD were randomly assigned...

30 October 2020 1,428 3 View

Can you suggest topic of Mathematics for M.Sc. Thesis in Applied Mathematics ?

01 October 2020 5,677 12 View

Alternative data visitation softwares for Mac?

I am looking for free data insulation software for a Mac instead of Excel and Tableau. Any advice would be appreciated.

20 May 2020 7,317 4 View

Tips and tricks to improve PL signal of a low-yield sample in FTIR spectroscopy?

Hi, I am working on donor spectroscopy in Si. Due to low donor concentration around 10^16 cm-3, the PL signal I get by exciting 670 nm pump is very low, below noise floor. The system is locked-in...

25 March 2020 3,607 4 View

Can I continue ARIMA model despite my time series has heteroscedasticity ?

04 August 2019 3,314 6 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

How to remove fatty material from plant extract?

The resultant solid was partitioned three times with 250 ml of petroleum ether (40-60/c) to remove any fatty material and evaporated to dryness.

28 February 2021 9,464 2 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

Why am i not getting solid after reacting APTES with salicylaldehyde?

The reaction of APTES with salicylaldehyde in ethanol leads to the formation of imine compound yellow solid which is mention in literature, but I am not getting yellow solid I don't know why? when...

28 February 2021 2,955 2 View

How to best wash a 96-well plate containing microplastic?

I am planning my protocol for my dissertation for an experiment quantifying bacterial (E. coli) biofilm formation on micro-plastic (5mm discs of polyethylene bags) by conducting a crystal violet...

23 February 2021 7,868 2 View

Are there any known solvothermal methods to synthesize MoS2 nanosheets using solvents other than water (like ethanol/ethanol-water mixture) ?

I need to synthesize MoS2 nanosheets by alternate methods without pure water as a solvent.

22 February 2021 9,246 1 View

How to improve the adhesion between germanium and silicon monoxide thin film layers using EBEAM evaporation?

I want to deposit multilayer coating of germanium and silicon monoxide on silicon wafer using ebeam evaporation?

21 February 2021 2,141 3 View

What is the best etching method for Mg-Ca alloy?

I have used Picral etchant (4.2 g Picric acid, 10 mL Acetic acid, 70 mL Ethanol, 10 mL distilled water) but it didn't work. Is there any alternative?

21 February 2021 2,558 5 View