Can CMOS and CCD images sensors be used as microphones?

I was thinking about Msps and Gsps image sensors in different environments. If a pair of identical image sensors - one exposed to air, gases, plasmas, or partial vacuum - and one in a good...

21 December 2020 9,747 2 View

Proper method for assessing model invariance following Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and preceding 2x2 between-subject analysis?

I have produced a good-fitting, reliable baseline model according to CFA. The model contains several factors each loaded by several categorical (ordinal) items. I ultimately intend to analyze the...

15 December 2020 1,668 4 View

Hello researchers, can anyone help me with this Structural Decomposition Analysis (SDA)?

I am using Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) model I need to decompose this equation W= P*F* L* Yc* Yg to generate 120 forms. where W is a vector of total water withdrawal...

20 November 2020 4,194 3 View

How do I better visualize protein interactions at edges of periodic box in VMD?

I have a 500 ns molecular dynamics trajectory with several proteins in a membrane. The entire system is enclosed in a periodic box. Unfortunately, my proteins are only interacting around the...

11 November 2020 6,912 3 View

How does one decribe an HPLC chromatogram in a results section?

I happened to use HPLC in a project and the chromatograms are out. As a biologist, I don't really have the technical understanding to fully interpretate the results. I would like to know what to...

16 October 2020 7,006 5 View

Which part of the ovarian follicle in poultry can I use for RNA and protein extraction. The outer layer or the inner fluid?

Should I use the covering of the follicle or the liquid fluid for RNA and protein extraction. Which technique is easier to use

01 September 2020 3,094 3 View

How expensive are commercially available customized molecular dynamics services?

I am interested in potentially using commercially available customized HPC molecular dynamics simulations. However, I cannot find pricing information on the websites of the vendors. Could someone...

07 June 2020 9,137 3 View

What is the role of journals' reviewers? Should they be absolute judges?

- Ask questions where they are not sure/convinced about a statement/conclusion VS reject a statement/conclusion where they 'think' it is not correct? - Provide suggestions to improve a...

21 May 2020 2,624 7 View

What is the importance of social network analysis in research?

Beyond the beautiful lines or webs showing how connected an individual is, what other meaningful analysis could be done? for instance, are those directly connected the the individual more...

06 February 2020 5,574 3 View

Does EDC/NHS coupling act on primary amides or only primary amines?

I want to use a coupling reagent (possibly EDC/NHS) to link gold nanoparticles to primary amines and NOT primary amides. There are both primary amines and primary amides in my sample, but I want...

16 January 2020 7,378 4 View

When resampling remotely sensed data, which is the best downscaling or upscaling? For instance do you go from 5m pixel to 1km or from 1km to 5m? Why?

For instance if you are using Rapid eye data 5m spatial resolution and Terraclim data 4km in a model, Do you resample to the pixel size of Rapid eye or to the 4km resolution of Terraclim?Please...

06 October 2020 9,478 4 View

What should I do with Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) dataset for extracting the precipitation dataset?

24 September 2020 7,075 2 View

How to do regridding using MATLAB?

I have a batch of netCDF files of precipitation data at 30km * 30km resolution. I attached a sample file of it. I want to convert them to 10km * 10km resolution using MATLAB. I tried using...

12 May 2020 6,007 6 View

How to downscale satellite image temporal resolution?

For a daily-scale satellite image, I wonder if it's possible to downscale its temporal resolution to hour level. E.g.: all the time tag of GLEAM daily ET data is Year-Month-Day-0(Hour)-0(Min). Is...

02 March 2020 4,408 3 View

How to convert data with a Lambert Conformal Conic projection?

I downloaded Cordex historical data from Copernicus CDS (https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/projections-cordex-single-levels?tab=form). Data are in NetCDF format. When I read the...

01 February 2020 840 3 View

What are the alternatives of Global Climate Models? Apart from downscaling, any methods exist to derive local climate variables from GCMs?

GCMS are used to predict atmosphere and climate behavior. Apart from GCMs, are there any methods to predict climate behavior? In GCMs particularly, are there any methods to derive local-scale...

02 January 2020 7,752 14 View

Where can I find downscaled climate projections for different regions?

I'm looking for downscaled climate projections for various regions, but so far have only been able to find these projections for US. There is abundance of data on climate models from sites like...

31 December 2019 7,546 10 View

Is there need to downscale CORDEX (RCM) data for our region? or Can we directly apply them after bias correcting them?

I have a query regarding data collected from CORDEX models and CMIP5 models. After reading about both, I have concluded that data from CMIP5 have to statistical downscale first then can apply for...

22 December 2019 2,655 5 View

Could anyone, please put me in the right path in using of the monthly precipitation data from https://esgf-node.llnl.gov/search/cmip5/ website?

Dear Colleagues, First of all, merry Christmas and happy New Year in advanced. I downloaded the precipitation data at the monthly scale in the NetCDF format from the above-mentioned website....

11 December 2019 8,984 3 View

Coastal sea level rise?

Hello Researchers, I have a question related to sea level rise in the coastal region of Gujarat. How can I assess the local sea-level rise for the coastal region of gujarat as there are many few...

21 November 2019 3,604 2 View