What are the most reliable approaches to extract key continuous frames from a video, with complete automation?

I have an input video, of skin (from a microscope that means it is magnified such that blood capillaries are visible). The idea is to extract 15 sec of continuous frames from a video of 1 min,...

02 March 2021 2,735 2 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Can anyone please help me in processing SAR SLC data to generate interferogram using SNAP?

I have two scenes of the study area, one top and the other bottom. As per the tutorials and papers published, the step include coregistering the master sand slave images. However, when i try to...

24 February 2021 6,372 1 View

Can a Golgi-stained dendritic spines picture processed by Image J be directly used for publication?

24 February 2021 3,348 2 View

Which microtomy technique do you suggest for thin and delicate root sectioning ?And, how to preserve and process the roots before sectioning?

We have thin roots of from 1 year old different species of plants. We are looking into anatomical details of the roots. What's the best method to preserve and process the roots once they are...

23 February 2021 1,898 1 View

Has anyone done Archard Wear Simulation of GFRP Composite Plate in ANSYS with ACT extension or UDF?

I'm looking to do a sliding wear (plate-on-plate) simulation of GFRP composite plates with Archard Wear Model. Any hints or example steps are appreciated.

17 February 2021 1,447 2 View

Which root in this tap root system, in the picture attached, should be used for root sectioning in order to study the root anatomical details?

There are numerous roots in this tap root system. Kindly suggest or share a research paper where I can clarify the doubts as to which root should be chosen for sectioning and for further root...

14 February 2021 1,816 3 View

Possible problem for showing 0.2 sun intensity instead of 1 sun intensity in AAA class Newport solar simulator?

We have a AAA class Newport solar simulator. We changed the Xenon Arc Lamp recently (XBO450W, Make:OSRAM) as the lifetime got over. However, the intensity is coming to be only 0.2 sun instead of 1...

14 February 2021 9,998 3 View

How can I get access of UNAfold tool?

I am searching for tools to construct molecular beacons which shall be complementary to a given sequence. I don't want to design any primers. I found that UNAfold is one such tool which I could...

02 February 2021 9,065 5 View

The peptide synthesized with CTC resin have mass more (+68 Da) than the desired mass of the synthesized peptide. What could be the reason?

I am synthesizing 7 amino acid long peptide sequence with CTC resin, 50oC coupling for 10 min. On cleavage (TFA/TIPS/Water 95:2.5:2.5) I got peptide with good yield. However, It has 68 Da more...

30 January 2021 8,483 3 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

Waters 2707 HPLC autosampler problem?

I am using a 2707 waters HPLC device. When I try to inject a sample, it says missing plate or rack. I changed the needle and calibrated its position but I still get the same problem. I even get...

02 March 2021 1,408 1 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

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

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

Can ethanol be used as an analgesic?

If ethanol has analgesic properties, why isn't it used for clinical purposes?

18 February 2021 8,227 4 View

What is the best way to isolate Hydrolysable tannins on Sephadex column?

I am currently preparing to isolate polyphenolics (Hydrolysable tannins) from aqueous extract of a plant. I want to set up a small sephadex column to guide the major isolation on a laerge...

18 February 2021 1,455 3 View

Can any suggest me good method of GC MS for the separation of Flavonoids?

I prepared the ethyl acetate, ethanol and butanol fraction from the ethanol extract of seed for isolation of Flavonoids. Amongst them ethanol fraction showing shinoda test positive for polar...

13 February 2021 8,263 3 View