Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View

Hye All, Greetings, How can i get surface run off water data?

this is for my thesis project, so this is the title of my thesis, the effect of land use on hydrological components in Muar, Johor, Malaysia any ideas, guidance, and suggestions all? Thank You, :)

02 February 2021 265 5 View

What is the difference of FTIR for functional properties and structural properties of protein?

I need to send my sample to outsource laboratory and how can i tell them that i want to run the FTIR for structural properties of protein? is there any differenece between FTIR for functional...

15 January 2021 8,992 1 View

How to create suspended particles flow and simulate distribution in a chamber using CAD software?

Allow me first to apologize in advance for the long post. I have tried to keep it right-to-the-point as possible!. Objective To simulate suspension of solid particles using CAD software/create...

12 January 2021 6,389 2 View

What's the correct way of treating ordinal variable as continuous in regression?

08 January 2021 920 16 View

Does low pHPZC (Zero point charge) indicates higher negative charged surface ?

I found that, there is a difference in pHPZC value when higher impregnation ratio of acid on adsorbent surface. Lower pHPZC value when higher ratio of acid impregnation and adsorption performance...

05 January 2021 7,224 3 View

Why do I see many vacuoles on my cancer cells?

I am currently growing BICR31 cancer cells for conditioned media collection, and as I passaged it I have seen many bubbles/vacuoles - like structures. Cells were healthy during the first split...

05 January 2021 2,320 5 View

How can be the Virus COVID-19 become mutation?

The current situation the virus become mutation, but there were information that zero percent case in Wuhan?

31 December 2020 2,457 4 View

Why does activation process called as activation? what does the term means actually?

I'm referring to activated carbon activation. Activation process does increase the surface area and functional groups content in activated carbon compared to biochar and raw biomass. But I'm...

30 December 2020 6,514 1 View

What is the good water absorption value for construction materials (brick, mortar etc.)?

According to many construction standards such as ASTM, a good construction material should have a water absorption value within 20%. However, if we compare with many water absorption values (from...

26 November 2020 8,538 8 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Uncertianiny in using dry or wet basis in mixing a sediment with fuel oil?

Hello I'm currently working on a topic related to studying the anaerobic biodegradation of TPH in marine sediments. In this work, sediment should be mixed with fuel oil to a concentration of 20 g...

24 February 2021 9,839 3 View

Standard curve shifting over time. How do I stabilise the ELISA?

24 February 2021 1,365 3 View

How can I selectively dry etch Ti on a polymer substrate?

24 February 2021 5,378 1 View

Do I need to ask permission to use pictures for my questionnaire?

I would like to use some photo from a government website for my questionnaire. But, different photo is from the different owner. So, should I just get permission from that government body or still...

23 February 2021 1,631 3 View

How to reduce static electricity of powder after lyophilization?

I am working on synthesizing and then purifying peptides using the SPPS system. After purification of the peptide, the peptide powder is obtained using a freeze dryer. When measuring the powder,...

22 February 2021 10,099 5 View

Plant research: Watering uniformity/consistency. How important is it?

Trying to gather insight from an unresolved discussion with a colleague here, and either the available literature surrounding this topic and/or my keywords in search of are lacking. Context:...

21 February 2021 6,389 3 View

How does a freeze dryer destruct your solid sample?

Several times I lost my sample during freeze drying. There was no solid or powder in the vial after freeze drying. I'm sure sample contained solute because i took its NMR spectrum. I covered the...

15 February 2021 6,749 2 View

Can i use the " weight moisture" ( humidite ponderale in French) of plants to describe their efficiency in using water?

Weight moisture is : water content/ dry weight , if for example it is 4 it means that this plant have for each 1gam of dry mass 4 grams of water. can i use this to interpret the plant use of...

14 February 2021 5,784 1 View

Why (111) peak of ZeoliteX changes depending on dry or wet?

09 February 2021 6,307 3 View