What software programs can directly simulate Additive Manufacturing Directed Energy Deposition (DED)?

I understand there are a lot of software programs that can simulate DED by going through specific modeling, simulation, and commands. For me, that was time consuming and results were not accurate....

24 February 2021 4,428 3 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

How many indicators do I need to represent a latent construct?

Hi folks! We did a large survey and planned to use 3 indicators to represent a latent construct (Sense of Place/SoP) in a latent regression model (structural equation modeling). However, one of...

15 February 2021 7,705 3 View

What is the structure of a photon that can describe the interference experiments that reject the wave nature of light?

De Broglie's double-solution postulated a causal model of Quantum Mechanics. Knowledge of the photon structure was needed to model the particle part of the cause of the Double Slit interference...

11 February 2021 6,869 5 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

How to share a struct between client.c and server.c in Contiki RPL UDP ?

I'm trying to include udp-client.c in udp-server.c to share a struct between them But I keep getting this error udp-server.c:67:1: error: redefinition of autostart_processes In file included...

16 January 2021 5,013 4 View

Do you know any CEFR-annotated learner corpora for writing tasks?

Dear researchers, I have been working on a machine learning algorithm to classify language learners' writing tasks automatically according to the CEFR levels. The aim is to use...

03 January 2021 7,041 2 View

Who are the leading Indigenous academics who have researched and published on STEM teaching and learning?

I'm interested to read what leading Indigenous academics have to say about the intersection between traditional or Indigenous knowledges/epistemologies, values/axiologies and ways of...

14 December 2020 10,026 10 View

How to performe a non-inferiority test in an adjusted linear regression?

I am looking for the relation between weight evolution (continuous) and a binary factor adjusted for confounders. The regression gives an (adjusted) difference and its CI less than the planned a...

13 December 2020 8,061 3 View

Can I polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

I want to perform the synthesis of a hydrogel and I want to know if I can polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

02 February 2021 2,106 6 View

How can solve/disperse silicon nanoparticles in water?

I want to add silicon nanoparticles to my hydrogel, but when I sonicated these particles with water to disperse them in water, they agglomerated on the water's surface. How can I disperse them in...

26 January 2021 213 4 View

Anyone know how to dilute strong hydrogel structure?

I am working on PVA-GMA hydrogel that is a really strong polymeric structure like rubber. Because I am in the middle of analysis, it is difficult to dissolve the gel using a common solvent. I...

20 January 2021 3,501 2 View

What is the current situation in the development of nanofibers laminated and biodegradable material based facemasks?

I want to know the progress in the development of polymer laminated, biodegradable material based facemasks.

18 January 2021 9,205 3 View

How can I stain 3d printed cells in hydrogel without damaging the gel?

I tried staining my cells in a gel using standard protocols with 4PF% for fixation and triton-X or saponin for permeabilization but the gel always gets damaged throughout the steps, and at the end...

17 January 2021 4,170 1 View

Why Selenium nanoparticles synthesized by PEG 200 could not be scaled up ?

I could not synthesize Selenium nanoparticles by PEG 200 at up-scale ( more than 100 ml) as it got aggregated while at small amounts it works fine , I work with 850 PPM using selenium powder in...

08 January 2021 10,049 1 View

Does soft algniate hydrogel influence calcium concentration of a solution (cell culture medium)?

05 January 2021 6,066 4 View

After cellulose is regenerated in water, a cellulose hydrogel is formed. I want to know if there is crystallinity inside the the hydrogel?

After cellulose is dissolved and regenerated in water, a regenerated cellulose hydrogel is formed. I want to know if there is crystallinity inside the hydrogel, or it will not crystallize until it...

04 January 2021 7,466 4 View

When measuring the resistance of hydrogel, how to solve the data instability?

When I was measuring the hydrogel resistance, I found that the data was not very stable because of the wire or the DIRECT current

02 January 2021 3,205 2 View

Are hydrogels really important for food processing sector ?

Dear all, I am just reading about a new trend in food sector i.e. developing hydrogels. Literature showed uses of hydrogels in food packaging and bioactive molecule delivery or their carrier in...

27 December 2020 4,392 6 View