Are the side effects of paracetamol overrated?

Recent reports have implicated paracetamol in a number of side effects. The medication is widely used in dentistry and other disciplines to control mild pain. What is the real story behind this...

31 December 2017 9,737 4 View

Where can one send their complaints regarding open acess publishers that perform unethical publishing practices?

31 December 2016 3,349 2 View

Why do I have blocks on SDS gels while running protein sample ?

03 September 2016 4,429 5 View

What is the body responsible for assigning scientific journal impact factor (SJIF)?

Good journals are usually known by their impact factor, as stated by Journal citation reports. Recently, new "names" of impact factors are in use by some journals, like scientific journal impact...

04 May 2015 6,254 0 View

Would my colleagues help me with the diagnosis of this case?

Malformations affecting some nails in a 20-year old woman, medically fit but underweight (45 KG for 170 cm height), normal CBC, B12, ferritin and thyroid function. No history of local trauma on...

06 July 2014 4,378 46 View

Has any one encountered a serious complication after treating a patient with antibiotics? and what type of complication was it?

Microbial resistance, allergy, gastrointestinal disturbances, etc are known complications of antibiotic use. Some of these complications may be preventable, but patients may be involved in tragic...

08 September 2013 6,410 13 View

Is there any evidence that links bacteria with oral cancer?

Certain microbes have been linked with oral cancer like HPV and syphilis. Recent research suggests that anaerobic bacteria may be linked with colon cancer.

26 August 2013 698 24 View

Is there any evidence that links bacteria with oral cancer?

Certain microbes have been linked with oral cancer like HPV and syphilis. Recent research suggests that anaerobic bacteria may be linked with colon cancer.

07 August 2013 9,682 25 View

How can one interpret the value of ESR and how valid is it in diagnosis?

ESR is usually elevated in chronic inflammatory conditions like autoimmune disease. Sometimes it is elevated with no obvious cause.

05 June 2013 9,316 37 View

Are there causes other than allergy and heredity that cause recurrent facial or labial swelling?

Recurrent facial swelling is hard to diagnose and manage. Allergic and hereditary angioedema are among the most common cases. Many cases are idiopathic though and may be hard to treat

05 June 2013 2,280 11 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

Which of the Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunoprotection and why?

I want to know which of the available Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunological response and why

02 March 2021 1,388 3 View

Which is better medicine or food in obesity?

Preference in terms of the scientific aspect

28 February 2021 796 2 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

Can two EC50 values with different hill slopes be compared?

Hello, I fit a classical dose response curve Y=Bottom + (Top-Bottom)/(1+10^((LogEC-X)*HillSlope)) to my data (not related to inhibitors etc). The model I use is purely qualitative but it fits...

23 February 2021 8,155 5 View

How to use Remote sensing and GIS applications for mapping the available medicinal plants within the locality/municipality?

Hello, I'm very interested in mapping and managing the conservation of the Philippine traditional medicinal plants, in which I think is very helpful in the field of medicine for further analysis...

21 February 2021 374 5 View

Looking for advices and tips to improve the staining and the gating strategy in human blood?

Hi, I am staining a human blood with CD19, CD3,CD14 and CD16. My gating strategy in FlowJo goes like this: - First, I gate a general population SSC-A VS FSC-A => Then gate for single cells, =>...

21 February 2021 5,724 4 View

How to perform EEG classification of Alzheimer and control groups?

I am doing a project on classification of EEG signals of Alzheimer's disease and control groups. Previously, I extracted the alpha power of the EEG signals and found out the strengths. I want a...

18 February 2021 8,502 2 View

Is there a way to grow biofilm in lab to mimic biofilms in showers and baths? Also, how can I measure it?

Hello, I am new to biofilm research and have a question about growing and measuring biofilms. We want to research the effect of a type of enzymes in breaking down biofilms in showers, baths, hot...

14 February 2021 3,522 3 View

Does anyone have a stack of images of action potentials or abnormal brain scans?

I need a stack of black and white .jpeg/.tiff/.jpg/.png images across time of either action potentials, neurons firing, or brain scans (comparing disease and normal brain, disease progression,...

09 February 2021 2,648 3 View