What is the half-life of TNF-alpha in vitro?

I'm designing a low-grade chronic treatment with this cytokine and I'm wondering how regularly to change the culture medium based on the half-life of the protein in an in vitro environment....

24 January 2021 5,988 2 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

Can somebody recommend me a decent textbook to learn more about signaling pathways and their mechanistic principles in general?

I studied biochemistry and molecular biology in my bachelors and Immunology in my masters. I never came across a suitable course for general signaling pathways and principles. My interest is...

13 December 2020 5,690 5 View

Do you have any application suggestion for automated data collection for surveys?

I'm planning to do survey for about more than 700 people online. Is there has any software you can suggest to collect the data? Thanks

05 October 2020 8,079 7 View

Where can I obtain Streptomyces lividans strains for enzyme production?

I am having trouble figuring out where to obtain Streptomyces lividans strains that are commonly used for enzyme production. Specifically I am searching for the following strains: S. lividans...

25 May 2020 6,205 3 View

What devices are available for percutaneous pH monitoring?

I'm interested in percutaneously measuring local changes in tissue pH in vivo with and without a therapy. What devices are available for percutaneous pH monitoring in large animals?

20 March 2020 2,731 3 View

How to genotype between wild-type and heterozygous mutant zebrafish with only 1 bp difference?

22 January 2020 7,703 4 View

What is the best way to approach building a custom polypeptide?

I am trying to build a custom poly peptide that is ~50 amino acids in length, and it will ideally have a charge of ~+4 at pH 7. I can get the positively charged attributes from incorporating a...

08 December 2019 3,597 1 View

Whole Blood Over Recovering Compared to Blood Plasma?

My Immunoassay is giving higher analyte concentrations for the same sample before plasma separation vs after plasma separation. For instance, I run my assay with whole blood, and I get a reading,...

10 July 2019 7,391 3 View

How can I perform a meta-analysis of incidence rates (X events per 100,000 person years) with 95% CI without a comparison group?

I'm performing a meta-analysis, attempting to produce a summary statistic for incidence rate of events of sudden death per 100,000 person years with 95% CI, and eventual subgroup analysis. I am...

11 June 2019 5,867 5 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

Joint behaviour in Abaqus is not captured well?

I am working on roof joint and trying to simulate the behaviour in Abaqus. I am successful in running the model but the final graph does not follow the experimental curve in the negative direction...

01 March 2021 6,661 3 View

Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS?

I need to model masonry and reinforced concrete minarets for my MSc thesis. Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS? (Or any other program for just...

01 March 2021 736 3 View

How to assign different material properties to each element in Abaqus ?

Hello, I am writing a python script to generate my model and write the input file. The problem is I have 1000 elements in my mesh and I want to assign different material properties to each...

01 March 2021 9,511 3 View

How to define tie constraint between rigid body and another part in dynamic explicit model of Abaqus?

Hi dear researchers I connected a rigid body into the part of my structure by tie constraint and then I added displacement to rigid body, in static general step every thing is fine and these two...

28 February 2021 3,442 2 View

How to modify Johnson cook equation in ABAQUS?

I wanted to add an extra parameter to the existing Johnson cook equation in the ABAQUS simulation. How to add those extra parameters. Ref: A modified Johnson-Cook material model with strain...

28 February 2021 4,841 3 View

For modelling epoxy-based matrices (in composites), which model in ABAQUS is the most suitable, Concrete damaged plasticity or Drucker-Prager model?

I am working on developing a micromechanical FE model for predicting kink-band formation in UD composites. To model matrix plasticity, which model, out of Concrete Damaged Plasticity and...

28 February 2021 5,415 1 View

How to find the right number of integration points in second order 3d finite elements?

I am familiar with finite element simulations and numerical schemes like the Gauss Legendre quadrature. I also know that the Gauss integration yields exact values for polynomials up to degree 2n-1...

27 February 2021 6,818 3 View

How can we use a hybrid element in Abaqus Dynamic/Explicit for impressible materials?

Hi, all! How can we use a hybrid element in Abaqus Dynamic/Explicit for impressible materials? I have not find the choice for explicit element in Abaqus CAE. I am wondering whether it is possible...

25 February 2021 9,936 2 View

Is it possible to do optimization for a submodel in Abaqus?

I'm trying to run an optimization in Abaqus for a submodel with no luck, jobs are not being create for submission. Is this even possible? or is Abaqus limited to do Opt. for the model itself...

24 February 2021 4,908 5 View