Your thoughts on the spherical densiometer to estimate relative species canopy cover?

Hi biologists and biogeomorphologists, I want to characterize vegetation plots on a transect that follows a successionnal gradient from a river bed to a mature forest. Ecologically, I am...

26 February 2021 5,720 2 View

How to select/separate mononuclear cells in a plurinuclear population cells?

Hi, I'm working with a fungal specie wich have plurinuclear cells (conidia or hyphae or protoplasts have between 1 (< 5%) to 8 nuclei however majority have 4-6 nuclei ). I have made deletion...

06 January 2021 9,154 4 View

Diffusion of H in Al - a NEB story with VASP ?

Hello everyone. I try to perform NEB using vtst. My system is H in Al to try to become familiar with the parameter and the NEB method. After several try I don't see any errors in my parameters and...

25 October 2016 7,520 1 View

Can I eliminate autocorrelation with a MA in a regression?

Hello all, I would need some advice on a multivariate regression problem. I am running regressions with macroeconomic data at first difference and using a AR(1) as regressor to correct...

17 January 2016 5,502 5 View

Do you know a questionnaire to measure expectations of students regarding their future internship ?

Hello, For my PhD, I am about to conduct an experiment on the job satisfaction and motivation of students who go on an internship. My adviser told me that their motivation and satisfaction would...

01 January 1970 7,222 2 View

Can water be extracted from Olivine?

I have always been interested in geology and wondered about how unique structures of materials behave in different circumstances. I stumbled upon Olivine, the magnesium iron silicate, and heard...

28 February 2021 7,330 4 View

How much cell pressure and back pressure should I apply to start for triaxial test for different types of soil?

We have recently purchased a triaxial test instrument (MATEST) for testing different types of soil. After installing software, we are facing a issue of saturation where the samples does not...

23 February 2021 7,194 4 View

Is it possible to prepare clay minerals by mixing pure oxides of required elements? What would be theoretical difficulties with it?

Practically this is not at all necessary. But theoretically, would hydrous/hydrothermal synthesis be enough (like mix 1 mole alumina gel and 4 mole silica gel and gently heat) or would it require...

26 January 2021 6,403 3 View

Do you have information about synthetic diamonds and their environmental impact?

I am doing a deep research on the comparison of the process of extraction of natural diamonds and synthetic diamonds, and their environmental impact I would appreciate you could share your...

19 January 2021 1,359 3 View

Please, any real time simulation tool recommendation for islanding detection and control in DG to me aside MATLAB as it keeps freezing and very slow?

I am currently working on islanding detection and control in distributed generations. I would kindly ask that you recommend a real-time simulation tool that helps me in this study. I have tried...

13 January 2021 3,626 3 View

Johnson et al., 2006 Geology of South Africa?

I am wondering if there is a digital (PDF) version of this book available or if anyone is willing to share this work. It is no longer available from GSSA (Geo Soc. S. Afr) nor does my library hold...

13 January 2021 5,571 2 View

Could you help me to find a research topic or something related to the Islanding detection on smart grid system?

06 January 2021 6,508 5 View

Is there any chemical environment or parameters to define or explain the sediment and soil profiles, are they separated by chemical parameters?

Sediment is relatively younger than the soil in the depositional environment as the sediments are consequence of the accretion of particles transported either by waters or by winds, whereas, soil...

12 December 2020 4,822 18 View

How to model a graphite-bearing rock using Perplex (pseudosections)?

Dear all, I am struggling to model a rock which contains the assemblage K-white mica + Na-white mica + chlorite + quartz + graphite + rutile. I have followed step by step the tutorial available on...

22 November 2020 2,387 2 View

What is New Next Generation Attenuation Relationships (NNGAR) and how are they different from other attenuation relationships?

Dear researchers The provisions of ASCE 7-10 states that New Next Generation Attenuation Relationships (NNGAR) has been used in the process of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) to...

15 November 2020 1,132 4 View