Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities or caverns with respect to their size and shape?

The range of forms and sizes of cavities in rock is very big. Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities regarding their size and shape?

02 March 2021 4,511 3 View

Cloudy/high background western blot - can anyone help me?

Hi everyone! I try to detect VDR protein (~48 kDa) using Western Blot. After SDS-PAGE using 10% MP TGX Stain-Free Gel from BioRad I transferred the protein onto an metOH activated PVDF membrane...

23 February 2021 6,266 3 View

Which variables can be used to increase/decrease the grain size of czochralski-grown polycrystalline silicon?

Which variables (such as pull speed, melt temperature, annealing temperature/duration, cooling rate, etc.) affect the grain size of czochralski-grown polycrystalline silicon? In what direction...

10 January 2021 2,204 6 View

How do I justify the use of fish scales to synthesize a nano filter?

Good day. I am doing a studu on the use of fish scales to create a nano filter. This is aimed at potentially solving the face mask problem brought about the pandemic. This is what I know so...

09 January 2021 8,907 5 View

Calculating Intercoder Reliability for 3 coders with 7 categories across 6 texts?

How would you calculate inter-coder reliability (Kappa coefficient?) for the following scenario: 6 texts coded across 7 categories (codes) by 3 coders?

23 December 2020 2,324 3 View

What are the environmental variables that influence the Northeastern gray whale population?

I am currently working on my M.Sc. thesis studying how climate change affects the presence of the gray whale in one of its main breeding areas in Mexico. We have considered temperature,...

16 November 2020 8,944 3 View

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10 October 2020 3,407 2 View

Do you agree that one of the advantages of the Boundary Element Method is that it easily addresses Incompressible Materials (Poisson's Ratio = 0.50)?

When modeling incompressible materials via the Finite Element Method (FEM), typically the plane formulation that is displacement based fails when Poission's Ratio = 0.50, which is a standard...

08 October 2020 7,058 1 View

Recommended analysis for an ANCOVA-like problem with binary variables for dependent variable and covariate?

What is your recommended analysis for the following problem: I have 3 (treatment) groups and a non-randomized pre-post design. I want analyze the effects of the groups on the follow-up measure,...

28 September 2020 5,890 4 View

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18 August 2020 3,955 11 View

What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 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

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

How to remove fatty material from plant extract?

The resultant solid was partitioned three times with 250 ml of petroleum ether (40-60/c) to remove any fatty material and evaporated to dryness.

28 February 2021 9,464 2 View

Good morning research fellows, Has anyone worked with senna alata plant extract on any kind of fish?

Literatures on the piscicidal effect of sennaa alata is scanty. if you have any related litrature either in the bark, leaves or roots used as treatment to any aquatic organism please kindly help...

28 February 2021 9,138 2 View

I want to performe MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial identification, I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me the matrix solution preparation protocol ?

based on what I've studied on multiple papers, for peptide and protein identification Alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) is an appropriate matrix to use, I also know that the CHCA powder...

26 February 2021 6,799 3 View

What HPLC Marker(s) should be used to detect anthocyanins in a sample?

What HPLC Marker(s) or standard is used to detect and quantify anthocyanins such as Delphinidin, Cyanidin in a given sample of plant extract?

23 February 2021 1,832 4 View