Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

How to calculate Ligand-active site distance in a ligand-protein complex from MD simulation?

I have run a MD simulation of a ligand-protein complex in GROMACS using CHARMM forcefield. Reviewer has asked me to calculate Ligand-activesite distance and binding free energy of ligand with...

27 February 2021 4,703 1 View

Efficiency of Proximity Feed Patch Antenna ?

Greetings to all of You! I have searched some research papers for the designing of a proximity coupled patch antenna. Researchers are talking about the impedance bandwidth of the antenna but...

24 February 2021 7,662 3 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

What is causing the raw fluorescence to be negative?

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate it if someone can tell me when and why a raw fluorescence starts below zero. In the picture attached below the blue colour curve starts from a negative...

09 February 2021 4,642 3 View

How to match the XRD of a compound for which there is no JCPDS file ? Is there any other characterization to claim the synthesis of desired compound?

I have synthesized LiMgF3 using the starting precursors LiF and MgF2 via solid state diffusion method. Now I am looking for some characterization to claim the desired product, as there is no...

09 February 2021 921 3 View

Can anyone suggest me broad host range fluorescence expression vectors for Gram-positive bacteria ?

Hi everyone, I am looking for fluorescence expression vectors for expression in gram-positive bacteria present in the skin microbiome. I need to tag them with a fluorescence marker and observe...

06 February 2021 2,566 4 View

Are the hyperspectral image datasets which are publicly available at ehu.eus website atmospherically and geometrically correct?

I've come across a couple of publicly available hyperspectral image datasets from the website http://www.ehu.eus/ccwintco/index.php/Hyperspectral_Remote_Sensing_Scenes Now, my concern is...

05 February 2021 3,550 1 View

Any recommendations for open-source survey form builder, which has option for semantic differential scale questions apart from Likert scale?

Asking this as Google forms doesn't allow multiple items in a semantic differential format.

04 February 2021 5,869 4 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

I want to performe MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial identification, I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me the matrix solution preparation protocol ?

based on what I've studied on multiple papers, for peptide and protein identification Alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) is an appropriate matrix to use, I also know that the CHCA powder...

26 February 2021 6,799 3 View

What is this fern?

Please help me to identify this fern species. Thank you in advance.

24 February 2021 2,435 5 View

Universal bacterial primers targeting a mRNA?

Hi, I'm looking for universal primers targeting a bacterial mRNA to quatify bacterial load by qPCR in a complexe mixture (eukaryote and prokaryote RNA). Ribosomal RNA being depleted, I absolutly...

22 February 2021 9,969 3 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

How to use Remote sensing and GIS applications for mapping the available medicinal plants within the locality/municipality?

Hello, I'm very interested in mapping and managing the conservation of the Philippine traditional medicinal plants, in which I think is very helpful in the field of medicine for further analysis...

21 February 2021 374 5 View

If a journal doesn't provide doi after acceptance of the manuscript, is it authentic?

It is related to submission of the manuscript in a Journal and the process of its online availability.

18 February 2021 9,269 5 View

Could you please share your experience with me on the type of 96 wells plate for MIC determination: Treated Vs Untreated and Round-Vs Flat-bottomed?

I am working on the MIC determination of various antibacterial agents (both water-soluble and- insoluble) against S. aureus, MRSA, and S. pyogenes. Some guidelines recommend using round-bottomed...

17 February 2021 7,029 3 View

Can medicinal plants really play an inherent rule in the COVID-19 tackle?

Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected? I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to...

17 February 2021 2,141 9 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View