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21 February 2021 5,601 3 View

In opensees is the ReinforcingSteel material sensitive to units of measure?

20 January 2021 7,043 2 View

Could you help with a doubt regarding UDF velocity inlet profile with multiphase mixture (Ansys Fluent)?

We are two undergraduate students seeking for help!!! We are trying to simulate a laminar flux through a 3D pipe (25 cm long, 2 cm of diameter) consisting of a multiphase flux (air and water). We...

23 November 2020 3,918 3 View

How to generate pulsed laser from CW laser?

I was wondering if it could be possible to modulate a CW laser to pico/nano seconds pulsed laser somehow. I need to generate that condition to pump DFB polymeric lasers. Probably using...

16 November 2020 7,601 3 View

Which dose do you expose RAG1 deficient mice for lethal-irradiation?

Hello, I'd like to apologize for my English in advance, I'm still trying to polish it. We are performing several bone marrow transplantations (BMT) or fetal liver transplantations (FTL) to...

05 November 2020 4,239 1 View

How can I obtain the cohesive energy density and solubility parameter for a crystal using the Materials Studio software?

Hello, I am currently analyzing properties of some minerals such as Bi2O3 by MD using Materials Studio, I need to obtain the cohesive energy density (CED) to obtain the solubility parameter,...

02 November 2020 4,356 1 View

Grounded theory or Interpretive phenomenological analysis? Which is best for dissertation studying perinatal mental health?

I am curious what the differences are between using grounded theory or interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) for my dissertation. I am seeking to both complete my dissertation for...

29 October 2020 3,066 4 View

How to calculate grain size if FWHM of Lorentzian contribution is nearly zero and lower that FWHM of instrument?

I want to calculate grain size and microstrains. I fitted my peaks with a Voigt function but the FWHM of the Loretzian contribution resulted to be nearly zero, lower than the FWHM obtained from...

28 October 2020 2,578 1 View

How to validate CNVs (deletions and duplications) in human samples by qPCR?

Hello, I am interested in the validation of CNVs (deletions and duplications) in human samples by qPCR. We are trying to validate the primers for the experiments, but the primers are not working...

21 October 2020 5,896 2 View

How to convert saturated fatty acids into unsaturated fatty acids?

Suppose you have a mixture mostly comprised of saturated fatty acids of carbon chain length C10-C20. Is there a process to convert them to unsaturated fatty acids? The opposite process is well...

11 October 2020 2,955 4 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Does the phylogenetic tree making tool IQTREE use evolutionary placement algorithm?

For my master thesis I am conducting a phylogenetic research and for this I'm using tools like MEGA, IQTREE, FigTree, etc to make a phylogenetic tree. I wanted to know if IQTREE integrates the...

14 February 2021 1,541 2 View

Is there an alternative to PGLS that considers phylogenetic signal when calculating the estimated value?

I have been working on a study trying to estimate body mass in mammals using a skeletal proxy in R. My dataset has high phylogenetic signal (Pagel's Lambda = 0.9) and I am interested in removing...

26 January 2021 6,997 3 View

When making a phylogenetic tree, do I need to concatenate the chromosome and the plasmids for my reference?

This is such a basic question but I come from a non-bioinfo group so I keep getting different answers. I was wondering if when making a phylogenetic tree whether you have to concatenate the...

14 January 2021 2,492 2 View

How can I build one phylogenetic tree for an arthropod community when I had known their scientific names?

I am working on the phylogenetic analysis for communities of plants and arthropods. A standardized protocol of building phylogenetic tree for plant species list that was widely used in studies....

29 December 2020 181 3 View

Are phylogenetic independent contrasts still used in biology?

I have a regression equation in which I am curious if the amount of scatter around the regression line is driven by phylogeny. I know there is a lot of phylogenetic signal because Pascal's lambda...

22 December 2020 937 1 View

Could anybody provide insights the best tools to create a custom database for taxonomy assignment of metagenomic data?

I am interested in the different tools that can be used to create custom databases for targeted sequencing and how to trim the databases based on the amplicon size? Also, should custom databases...

02 December 2020 3,105 3 View

How can I get Genbank accession code given the scientific names?

Hello! I now have a complete list of about 23k plant species that I want to check if Genbank has the sequencing data for a phylogenetic analysis later, and I am really new to the topic. Is...

02 November 2020 4,450 3 View

Can you recommend me tree databases?

Hi. I have slight experience in searching phylogenetic trees, normaly I use TreeBASE or Dryad but some papers that I found doesn't have the resulting trees in these databases or there are genetic...

26 October 2020 582 3 View

When drawing a phylogenetic tree with somatic mutations(SNPs), what is the role of tree simulation process?

Hello, I am working on drawing a phylogenetic tree with samples sharing some somatic mutations. The basic process of my work is similar to this article. Population dynamics of normal human blood...

14 October 2020 8,078 4 View