Different primers for same gene but different results in expression?

Hey everyone, I am currently doing my doctoral thesis at the department of pathology. I designed two different primers for my gene of interest having two different amplification sizes (130bp and...

17 February 2021 6,684 3 View

By which mechanism does potassium hyrdoxide works as an activator in the preparation of activated carbon?

Activated carbon is prepared from biomass using KOH as the activating agent. What is the possible reaction between KOH and the biomass?

14 February 2021 8,095 4 View

How to address SRMR (0.2 to 0.8) to make model fit?

Dear researchers, I want to update my knowledge regarding data analysis. I will be honored if you can help me to reduce in correcting SRMR in SEM_PLS. All the measures (AVE, CR, VIF, CA, HTMT) are...

09 February 2021 1,702 1 View

How to approach quantification of cytoplasmic immunofluorescent signal in adipocytes?

Any ideas on how to quantify a non-nuclear immunofluorescent signal in adipocytes? I had the idea to do a watershed on inverted image to "locate" the center of the empty space where lipid droplets...

05 January 2021 5,420 1 View

Are ther ways to quantify / measure the degree of loneliness?

Are there ways to quantify / measure / monitor the degree of loneliness of team members in a Covid-19 lockdown teleworking situation? Team dynamics over a longer period of teleworking and...

16 November 2020 4,212 9 View

Does anybody have experiences with FFF separation of PHB particles?

I am trying to separate suspension of PHB particles, stabilized with PVA. The DLS results show two populations with peak maxima about 150 nm and 380 nm. The Zeta potential was -3 mV (pH 7) across...

21 October 2020 6,551 1 View

What is the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on global warming?

Because of extensive lock up during the pandemic in many countries of the world, notably Europe, USA, Brazil, China and India, there was reduced use of hydrocarbons, especially due to much reduced...

15 October 2020 8,539 23 View

Is there any way to find RUL of bearing with incomplete dataset?

I am interested in finding RUL of bearing, which is currently in operation. I could find papers which uses run to failure datasets, which is not of my interest. Can anyone suggest methods or...

11 October 2020 7,962 7 View

Does anyone know of ontologies of the knowledge covered in US middle school and high school curricula?

For one of our projects we are looking for ontologies of middle and high school topics, such as math, science, history, and others. Is anyone aware of existing ontologies that are available for use?

10 October 2020 2,040 3 View

Multiple-Group Invariance with Categorical Outcomes AND correlated residuals?

Dear all, I have a question relating to the following paper: Dubravka Svetina, Leslie Rutkowski & David Rutkowski (2020) Multiple-Group Invariance with Categorical Outcomes Using Updated...

08 October 2020 3,142 3 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

Which is the most efficient etching solution for nickel based alloys?

Which solution reveals the microstructure and features of nickel-based alloys?

02 March 2021 2,221 3 View

Why Austenite grains in steel show much more twinning than ferrite grains?

It is oftentimes said to be a distinctive metallographic trait that differentiates a fully austenitic and a fully felly ferritic steel without etching that might distinguish between two. Why...

02 March 2021 728 2 View

Which reagent is best among 'Dimethylglyoxime" and "Dithiothreitol" for spectroscopic determination of Nickel ?

What I think is Dithiothreitol. As it is water-soluble and does not form a precipitate. But, the thing is it contains sulphur which is quite hazardous to aquatic animals.

01 March 2021 8,374 4 View

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View

How to replicate the well conditions of a crystal hit with 20%(w/v) isopropanol?

I had a crystal hit in a well with 0.1M HEPEs pH 7.5, 10%(w/v) PEG 4000, and 20%(w/v) isopropanol. Why is isopropanol in w/v here if it's just solvent? How do I recreate this well condition?

25 February 2021 9,761 1 View

Cloudy/high background western blot - can anyone help me?

Hi everyone! I try to detect VDR protein (~48 kDa) using Western Blot. After SDS-PAGE using 10% MP TGX Stain-Free Gel from BioRad I transferred the protein onto an metOH activated PVDF membrane...

23 February 2021 6,266 3 View

How to search for crystal structure for material with atomic position labelled?

I am using the crystallographic open database and materials project to search for cif file but the exact structure is not mentioned or how can I deduce that the given structure and atomic position...

23 February 2021 6,723 2 View

How to generate AA6061 alloy or any aluminium alloy crystal in material studio?

I need to carry out molecular dynamics simulation on Aluminium alloy. For this i need the crystal structure that which could be further replicated to form a structure.

22 February 2021 1,410 1 View