How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

What is the minimum number of studies in each category required for a multiple subgroup analysis to be viable in a meta-analysis?

Cochrane Handbook mentions subgroup analyses are only warranted if there are more than 10 studies (I have 28), and if they are distributed evenly among categories of subgroup. I am wondering if...

17 February 2021 3,467 4 View

How do you interpret multiple meta-regression in STATA?

Please could someone recommend a resource that explains performing meta-regression with multiple moderators. I have read the STATA META ANALYSIS REFERENCE MANUAL, but this only gives examples of...

17 February 2021 7,376 1 View

What is the best way to calculate sample size for a multivariate regression model for adequate power?

GPower is only equipped to deal with calculations of bivariate regressions and needs SD s for both predictor samples. However, if one has a multiple regression with more than 2 outcome variables...

12 February 2021 6,911 3 View

How Marcus free energy, reorganization energy is related to thermal effect for electron transfer state?

The molecules separation medium is associated to medium permittivity of Frenkel effect and naturally diverse environmental temperature may influence the electron transfer process in organic...

02 February 2021 5,168 3 View

How do you incorporate a study that used non-parametric analysis into a meta-analysis where majority of studies used parametric?

I am calculating Hedge's g for effect sizes, so I am pulling means, SDs, and Ns, from each study. However, one study did a Mann-Whitney U test, and so reports Mean Rank, Sum of Ranks, U, Z, and r...

31 January 2021 1,182 5 View

Alpha synuclein lack structurw (i.e some of the helix part goes into turn ), any cause behind this?

I am trying to simulate alpha synuclein (1xq8.pdb) in GROMACS using GROMOS53a6 ff. I have run it for 200 ns. At the end of simulation alpha helix protein losses its helical structure. I am not...

31 January 2021 4,285 3 View

In which laboratory of India 13C NMRanalysis of solid samples could be performed?

I need to analyse some solid samples (soils) for 13C NMR. Is there anyone who can help me out? The contribution of the contributor would be properly credited during any sorts of publication....

07 January 2021 2,016 4 View

Why the presence of surface active compound repress the mass spectra of other compound? If the sample is itself surface active, then self repression?

I am assuming the resulting insertion/agglomeration in the presence of a surfactant or the agglomeration of surfactant may reduce the rate of ionization. The mobility of the ion may also be...

07 January 2021 987 5 View

What are the mental health insurance policies in different countries?

Post Covid 19 the scenario in India has changed and some of the private insurance companies are providing coverages for mental disorders. So My question is what mental disorders are covered in...

04 January 2021 6,474 10 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

How to indicate the degree of litter decomposed by microbes?

Any technique could detect the degree of litter decomposed by microbes? Or any indexes could do this job? I want to split the contribution of microbes during decomposition, so any suggestions...

23 February 2021 1,362 5 View

In frequency domain alpha band(8-16hz), beta band(16-32hz), gamma band(32-64hz), sub-band(64-128hz) are same as LL,LH,HL,HH in wavelet decomposition?

I am working on single trial motor imagery data i.e. EEG data. I am following a paper which has a dataset from BCI challenge IV (dataset 2b). After removing noise and extracting all the data from...

23 February 2021 5,503 1 View

In methylene blue test Why is UV absorbance reading very low as soon adsorbent is added and then increasing before reaching equilibrium?

Hello, I'm working on removal of methylene blue. 01. in the dark test very first reading is taken 15 minutes after adding adsorbent to the dye solution and that UV absorbance reading is very...

19 February 2021 472 5 View

Can bio-decomposer be a successful alternative to reduce residue burning?

To maintain the proper crop plan most of the times there is not enough time to make the field ready for the next crop. In this particular context , can bio-decompser be a solution? What about...

16 February 2021 7,068 24 View

How to raise temperature in small increments during equilibration in LAMMPS?

All, I am trying to equilibrate an Ice 1h crystalline structure to 250K in LAMMPS. When I tried to do this at 250K directly, the structure lost it's crystalline shape and became disordered post...

14 February 2021 5,747 2 View

How long does it take to design and validate transition state analogue inhibitors?

Hi, I'm asking from the point of view of designing a research plan: How long (approximately) can it take to determine the transition state structure of an enzyme substrate using kinetic isotope...

14 February 2021 2,610 1 View

Molecular Dynamic Simulation error in GROMACS version 2020.1 (PME rank 2 are more than 2/3 times the cut-off). Is there any solution to this?

I'm running a protein-ligand Molecular Dynamic Simulation but getting the following error after hitting mdrun. Can anyone offer a solution to this? Thanks in advance. Fatal error: 66 particles...

03 February 2021 1,231 4 View

I want some expert (free) advice and guidance in interpreting depositional environment from well logs in a deltaic setting. Anyone ready to help?

I am looking into the geophysical well logs from a coaliferous basin in India. I need some help in depicting the depositional environment from well logs.

02 February 2021 6,052 3 View

I have started a gaussian calculations for DFT analysis of phytochemical, it is showing a error 2070?

I am doing optimization of a phytochemical but when i submitted the file for calculations it shows error 2070. Can anyone please tell me what does it mean? and what should i do to solve it. I have...

30 January 2021 7,932 1 View