Level 1 pre-post multilevel regression: Panel data or ANOVA approach?

Dear colleagues, I am currently teaching myself in multilevel analysis using educational data. I found few to zero literature on basic analysis methods. In my context we frequently use level-1...

17 February 2021 9,378 5 View

Reliable and Valid Instrument for Causes of Medical Errors?

Is there any questionnaire/survey that measures the causes of medical errors? Example: physician negligence vs. systemic issues. Looking for a reliable and validated instrument. Thank you!

15 February 2021 2,874 4 View

Should the AUC in a concentration-time graph of a subcutaneous implant be roughly the same for poeple?

I have 2 concentration time curves of a subcut drug implant. the first group has a peak around the 50 day mark where as the second group does not. Both groups received the same implant by the same...

10 February 2021 2,305 3 View

Software for flow cytometry-like gating of data sets?

I am currently trying to do image based cytometry from fluorescence microscopy images. From the images I extract data such as cell size and a number of fluorescence intensities. Is there any...

09 February 2021 6,278 1 View

Can A. thaliana splice algae genes?

24 January 2021 329 2 View

Does long term preservation (10years) of Collembola in 99% Ethanol affect recovery rate of extraction by flotation?

Hello! I am currently developing an automated counting approach using Fiji to count Collembola from pitfall trapped samples that have been stored in Ethanol (99%) since 2010. I use flotation (tap...

13 January 2021 659 2 View

Co-stain Lectin PNA FITC conjugate with an uncojugated primary antibody?

Hello, I am planning to stain retinal tissue sections for IHC and want to co-stain cones and rods. For this we plan on using a Lectin PNA From Arachis hypogaea (peanut), FITC Conjugate for cones...

12 January 2021 583 1 View

How to use Abaqus USDFLD subroutine to vary stiffness?

Hi I have a problem where I am trying to vary the stiffness spatially across a structured interface. The whole idea is to vary the stiffness vertically, with a bulk stiffness of 8GPa decreasing...

06 January 2021 262 3 View

I really need help with cov-2 pseudotyped lentivirus production. Support?

Hi, i'm desesperate. i'm trying to produce lentivirus usinf BEI resources kit NR-52948. 24 hours after transfection i detect a massive GFP expression in my 293T cells. After 72 hours i filtered...

30 December 2020 9,889 6 View

How can i estimate the total phenolic content from a plant extract?

Suggestions and recommendations are welcome. A protocol used and experience would also be helpful.

25 December 2020 9,807 4 View

How should I analyze the multiple scans in Malvern Zetasizer software?

Hello, I am currently using the Malvern Zetasizer software for the purpose of obtaining the size distribution of nanoparticles produced in the lab. When I perform the runs in the software to get...

15 February 2021 4,251 1 View

Which optimization algorithm is most efficient for fitting a regression model using training dataset?

The goal of regression model is either to minimize the prediction error or to maximize a classification accuracy depending on the type of the model. Is there any optimization algorithm that is...

10 February 2021 4,128 3 View

Why does the accuracy of NN decreases when two datasets are combined?

I am working on gait analysis using a feed-forward NN. When I use data from the accelerometer (3 columns for each axis if stored in a data frame), I get an accuracy of 95%, and when I used data...

07 February 2021 9,654 6 View

Which techniques are used to improve the accuracy of deep learning models by compressing neural networks?

Hi all, I am looking for enhancing the accuracy of a deep learning model using some techniques to compress neural networks. Could someone suggest to me some of the tools/techniques,...

29 January 2021 1,781 4 View

When is the right time to stop training a classification algorithm?

In this example giving 400 samples looks like there is an accuracy of 91.5% while training beyond that point, accuracy is getting decreased. Are 400 samples enough to keep for this example? If...

27 January 2021 5,657 3 View

45% top1 Accuracy on TinyImgeNet?

I trained a model from scratch no transfer learning of any kind I got top1 validation accuracy of 45.79 and top5 validation accuracy of 72.39. I did a lot of hyperparameters tuning I have seen...

19 January 2021 6,883 2 View

How to express accuracy of the neural network where the dataset has not been split into two, training set and test set?

In use, the weights obtained are considered with the greatest accuracy when the data set is divided, because the weights are initialized at random and the training data is swapped at random...

19 January 2021 5,714 4 View

Multicollinearity between bioclimatic variables in spatial distribution modelling?

Is there any manual guide to perform multicollinearity test between environmental (19 Bioclimatic) variables for MaxEnt modelling? Using all variables without removing the correlated one affects...

14 January 2021 3,807 7 View

Why do I have good performances for the test set but bad performances in predicting new data ?

Hello :) I'am trying to predict churn for the year of 2020 based on historical data from 2014 to 2019 on R Studio. The aim is to predict churn probability for every person. At the beginning...

13 January 2021 5,565 7 View

How to change an internal parameter during MATLAB fminseach?

An optimization is performed using the MATLAB fminseach function. This optimization has a parameter that adjusts the precision, and the larger the value, the wider the search range of solution...

12 January 2021 3,832 1 View