CAPACITYFORDECISIONMAKING: How much "capacity" does the human brain have for "rational decision making"?

How much "capacity" does the human brain have for "rational decision making"? Dennis Dennis Mazur

03 April 2018 9,612 0 View

PREFERENCESVSPREFERENCEPLATFORMS: What is a "preference platform"?

What is a "preference platform"? Each preference is linked "logically" and "scientifically" to a "preference platform". Each preference platform establishes for a decision maker "why" a...

03 April 2018 2,801 0 View

DOCTORSANDPATIENTS: If a physician cannot do both, do you want a physician with "more understanding of "'medicine'" or a "better 'bedside manner'"?

If a physician cannot do both well, no matter how hard the physician tries, do you want a physician with "more understanding of 'medicine'" or a "better 'bedside manner'"? Dennis Dennis Mazur

03 April 2018 5,449 5 View

FISHOILSUPPLEMENTS: Why do "fish oil supplements" help "women with prolonged stress but not men"?

Why do "fish oil supplements" help "women with prolonged stress, e.g., post-traumatic stress, but not men?

03 April 2018 1,518 3 View

PHILOSOPHY: How many "types of knowledge" are there?

How many "types of knowledge" are there? Dennis Dennis Mazur

03 April 2018 5,562 0 View

PHILOSOPHY: How many patients do you estimate want to view their patient-physician relationship as a "partnership"?

How many patients do you estimate want to view their patient-physician relationship as a "partnership"? Dennis Dennis Mazur

03 April 2018 6,648 5 View

ROBOTS: How can "robots" "heighten" the learning ecperience of humans?

How can "robots" "heighten" the learning experience of humans? Dennis Dennis Mazur

03 April 2018 3,122 3 View

ELDERLYADULTHUMANBRAINS: Why is it difficult for scientists studying the human brain to determine if the elderly brain is producing new nerve cells?

Why is it difficult for scientists studying the human brain to determine if the "elderly brain" is producing "new nerve cells"? Dennis Dennis Mazur

03 April 2018 3,921 3 View

TEACHING: Given that "research results" may be transitory and in err, how should research results be used "optimally" in the classroom?

Given that the "truth" of research results may be transitory and in err, how should research results be used "optimally" in the classroom? Dennis Dennis Mazur

03 April 2018 4,816 5 View

SCIENTIFICWRITING: How does "scientific writing" differ from "other types of writing"?

How does "scientific writing" differ from "other types of writing"? Dennis Dennis Mazur

03 April 2018 8,132 3 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

How relevant is Mini slump cone?

for all the rheology researchers, my question is, how relevant is a mini slump cone (smaller than a standard 50 cent rheometer). currently based on testing, the thickness of slumped material is...

26 February 2021 3,668 1 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

How to reduce residual stresses in MD simulation?

I am working on a preparation of representative polymeric structures of some popular polymers, such as polyimide or PTFE for MD simulation, during which a single nitrogen or oxygen atom will be...

24 February 2021 8,105 3 View

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View

The most suitable method to calculate the stress intensity factor in the presence of contact between the crack lips?

I'm trying to study cracked structures under a compressive load taking into account contact between the crack lips. I would like to know if the method of extrapolation by displacement remains...

21 February 2021 8,694 4 View

How to assign two different material/section properties in Abaqus(UMAT)?

Hi everyone, I am conducting a non-linear multi-layer pavement structure analysis which is a stress-dependent. So far, I am able to define the nonlinearity for one soil layer for its resilient...

11 February 2021 9,607 3 View

Are there any exception like work hardening in metals elastic limit due to dynamic loading?

The samples made out of spring steel are taken from same lot. The specimens were shaped following heating to forging temperature - Forming- Hardening -Tempering methods. After storage of almost 6...

11 February 2021 952 6 View

Lymhpoma cell culture issues, help?

Hi! I need help for some issues in growing mantle cell lymphoma cell lines (REC-1, MAVER-1, Granta-519, Mino, Jeko-1). I noticed that it is a little bit hard to maintain a stable cell culture:...

09 February 2021 7,402 11 View