How do I create a categorical variable, level of exposure, and a dummy dichotomous, yes-no, variable for the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire Part 1?

I am using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) Trauma Events scale (original version) that has 17 items (17 different traumatic events) with 4 response options, indicating 4 levels of exposure:...

04 February 2021 1,509 3 View

Cleaning SGE Micro Channel Device?

Hello all, I have a 3-port SGE microchannel splitter in my Thermo Trace 1310 GC connected to an Isolink 2 combustion interface. My microchannel device is clogged and my flow is significantly...

29 December 2020 7,002 1 View

Do mature (virgin) forests take up carbon, if there is no net increase in biomass?

I seem able to get any answer I please just by searching a little more. Where is the truth? Concerning untouched Amazon rain forest, when people measure carbon flux, do they include the carbon...

27 October 2020 2,546 4 View

Opinion data can aggregate up to US state level data?

I am not familiar with US-only based data, but I am looking for a survey that someone has conducted across all 50 states that would allow me to aggregate opinions into state-level measures of...

07 October 2020 7,617 2 View

Plant checklists for Borneo and Sumatra?

Dear RG Community, Can someone please give me references to publications (or online websites) that include plant checklists (vouchered if possible) for Borneo and Sumatra? Thanks in advance, Zach

20 September 2020 6,202 4 View

Using antimicotics such as Nystatin or amphotericin B in mouse neuronal cultures?

Hi all, I just started to prep mouse cortical neutrons for E16.5 and in my second prep I had a massive fungal contamination. Since these preps are quite precious, I wonder if I could add an...

15 September 2020 645 1 View

Is it possible to add a selection agent in using pCAGGS for transfection of HEK-293T cells?

I will try to express proteins in HEK-293T cells. I had previous experience in another cell line where I used co-transfection for selecting transfected cells. I had observed lower levels of...

16 May 2020 2,857 1 View

Does anyone have a general Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography Protocol?

I have a sample suspended in 0.34 M NaCl after using ion exchange chromatography. I would like to perform hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC). Is it okay that I use greater salt...

27 August 2019 8,417 1 View

What is the difference between the columns Hi Prep 26/60 S-100 HR and Hi Prep 26/60 S-200 HR?

I am trying to have a better resolution during purification. Would running my sample using S-100 HR give a better result from an S-200 HR run? Also, other than the fractionation range, what is...

24 July 2019 4,378 3 View

Any recommendations for vacuum pump oil mist filters?

24 June 2019 6,431 1 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

Irradiation data for JAPAN?

Hi, Could you help me to get the latest (2019, 2020) solar resource data for a particular site in JAPAN? PV GIS and NSRDB data are not in reach to JAPAN, I'm looking for some other database for...

03 March 2021 961 3 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

Any specific pipeline or parameter to analyse total transcriptomics study of brain tissue samples?

I have two groups of brain samples, control and treated for example. It was total RNA nova seq sequencing. I tried all the available pipeline like: star+rsem+deseq2, Hista+stringtie+cuffdiff,...

27 February 2021 356 6 View