Is this 6GHz wifi antenna create complexity at the time of febrication?

I have design a 6GHz antenna for wifi.The feed line width is 2mm and there are 2 parasitic elements beside this feed line with 1 mm gap.Is there any problem at the time of febrication?

04 February 2021 9,241 3 View

How can you make a PEDOT:PSS film using the doctor blade technique?

I have been trying to make an even PEDOT: PSS (PH1000) film with the doctor blade technique (tape casting) with varying results. I have been using a silicon substrate that's treated with piranha...

01 February 2021 8,506 5 View

How robust are open source soil moisture sensors connected to an arduino board for field monitoring?

Seeking recent experiences in the development and deployment of low-cost soil moisture sensors (ideally under $50/sensor) connected to arduino-based dataloggers. What is the longetivity of the...

19 January 2021 6,256 2 View

How to separate a mixture of organic acids by GC?

I would like to develop a method for analysis of many organic acids in the same time. how to separate the chromatographic peaks of each one?

20 December 2020 8,399 3 View

Should I keep the missing values > 50%?

I have a data set of 771 sample size. But some of the variables (laboratory findings like ALT, AST, creatinie level) have more than 50% missing values. Should I drop those? But I think those...

13 December 2020 4,847 3 View

How to Strip off HSQ( Fox 16) after etching?

We are finding a hard time to strip of residual HSQ ( Fox 16) after using it as a mask in etching? We are coating 600 nm thick HSQ and writing with 3000 microC/cm^2 dose at 1 nA current. We are...

08 December 2020 5,452 2 View

Why the oral cancer cell line from metastatic tongue origin is showing less aggressive property?

I am working with oral cancer cell line SCC090 (ATCC). As per ATCC data sheet it is originated from metastatic tongue. It's primary site is not mentioned. Due to the origination from metastatic...

08 December 2020 5,674 3 View

In case of larger sample size (more than 700 sample) can I do t-test though the data is not normally distributed?

My sample size is more than 750 but sk test is showing non-normal distribution. The variables have several outliers but I shouldn't remove those. In that case what should I do? t-test or other...

06 December 2020 1,285 19 View

Why the western blot of HIF1alpha of the whole cell lysate shows intense band under normoxia without any induction of hypoxia?

I am working with oral cancer cell lines and trying to find the expressional changes of HIF1alpha under different experimental treatment. I am getting intense band of HIF1alpha in the western blot...

29 November 2020 5,707 3 View

How to calculate in-plane lattice strain for 2D material?

I am working with h-BN and need to find out the strain due to in-plane lattice constant. The famous Williamson-Hall method may not be applicable here as it analyzes XRD for calculation of strain...

19 October 2020 7,386 4 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

How to plot the probability paper of Gumbel distribution using R programing?

In R-studio, there are many commands of Gumbel package. Arguments are also different. I`m asking about the alpha parameter of the Copula which must be greater than 1. If this is the one used to...

25 February 2021 5,229 3 View

Has anyone had luck using cell lines other than HEK 293 (such as COS1) to package lentivirus?

I am looking to package lentivirus in endothelial cells but I am opposed to using 293 cells due to personal ethics regarding the source. I have done some reading and saw that COS1, COS7, & CHO...

25 February 2021 3,030 1 View

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25 February 2021 5,713 1 View

Implementation of chance-constrained optimization problem via scenario approach?

23 February 2021 7,826 2 View

Fictitious Boundary Meshing Method (FBM) in Commercial FEA software?

Is it possible to implement FBM in a commercial FEA software package, such as FEMLAB, COMSOL, or open source software like Moose?

22 February 2021 2,968 1 View

Are there packages (R or Python) for simple models (bucket?) to assess soil water content?

Hi everyone. I am researching droguht effects on soil water drought. I am looking for already implemented functions in R or Python to estimate soil water content from precipitation,...

21 February 2021 2,084 1 View

How reliable are degrees of freedom for lme mixed models in nmle package?

I am running mixed models analyses because I have participants nested in groups. Across the different analyses, I have very different degrees of freedom in the lme output with nlme package (and...

09 February 2021 6,767 3 View

Do you think it is feasible to have a 100% Renewable Energy-based Electricity System in Bangladesh in the distant future?

In Bangladesh, the proved reserved of natural gas 34 TCF which will lead the country next 20 years and currently 82% natural gas consumed in the power sector for power production. Whereas only 3%...

01 February 2021 251 12 View