How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

The procedure compute?

02 March 2021 5,204 3 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

How two melting peaks in DSC of polypropylene can be merged into one crystallization peak?

The figure shows DSC cooling (blue) and 2nd heating (green) curves (step: 10 K/min) for a commercial sample supplied as Atactic Polypropylene (APP). The heating curve illustrates two major...

03 March 2021 5,857 3 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

How to separate water from glycerol solvent in a solvent recovery vacuum distillation column?

I am currently doing my third year design project. I have been assigned to design a glycerol recovery column in vinyl acetate monomer production. The process unit before the recovery column is an...

01 March 2021 9,525 4 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

What do I do with DLS peaks that are from the buffer?

I'm looking at the aggregation of my protein sample using DLS. Unfortunately, my buffer (20mM HEPES) also results in a set of peaks. These are at approximately 1 and 1000 d.nm. The lowest peak...

01 March 2021 9,015 2 View

Why is the sum of the elements in a row in a Q matrix equal to zero?

When explaining substitution models, the substitutions are expressed as Q matrix. Why is the sum of the elements in a row zero?

28 February 2021 3,864 3 View

Does different dilution factors affect negatively on NH3 reading ?

I have a sample of treated water sample & asked to obtain ammonia conc. in sample using a machine with 5-25 ppm detection range. However, upon testing with different dilution factors, all...

27 February 2021 8,483 3 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View