Physical-chemical formation of stalactites/stalagmites. what promotes the formation/growth of these structures?

I know, or think I do, the basic idea behind these natural structures, as from what I know they form due to water dripping from the top leaving a salt deposit behind. But started to wonder about...

22 February 2021 1,400 4 View

Can the intensity of this broad band in XRD mask other crystaline phases present?

I obtained a XRD diffractogram with significant broad band at low 2theta levels, also around 30 2theta another smaller broad band appears. It all points out to the existence of an amorphous phase....

19 February 2021 8,414 4 View

How to measure a Neural Network complexity?

Does anyone know how to measure the complexity of an artificial neural network? Could you provide me references? Thanks a lot!

25 January 2021 2,710 10 View

What is the best method for removing power-line interference (PLI)?

In the paper A wavelet-based method for power-line interference removal i... we propose a new method for removing PLI. This method consists in identifying the ECG and noise frequency range for...

29 December 2020 9,233 3 View

Tools for analysis of interaction between lncRNAs and proteins/miRNAs?

Hi! I would like to know what tools I could use to analyze interactions between a new lncRNA and possible protein/miRNA targets. The biggest problem I had to find such tools is that the RNA we...

20 November 2020 8,331 3 View

In which dry organic solvent/solvent mixture molten 1H-imidazole could be precipitated at 100%?

I am trying to isolate an allkylated imidazole from a mixture containing unreacted 1H-imidazole. The problem is that imidazole is slightly soluble in my targed molecule. Furthermore, I need to...

04 November 2020 4,513 3 View

Should I exclude a paper classified as low quality by the Newcastle-Ottawa tool from a systematic review without meta-analysis?

Hello! I'm working on a systematic review (without meta-analysis) and when evaluating the quality of the papers only one presented low quality. I did not find guidelines in the instrument itself...

04 November 2020 6,564 7 View

When will we have access to Brazilian agricultural censuses microdata publically available? Can Google and Microsoft help it?

Microdata are a wonderful way of analyzing specific issues in an heterogeneous environment. Brazil is wonderfully diverse country, and its countryside is also extremely heterogeneous. We have...

25 October 2020 8,900 2 View

Is it possible to use a muffle furnace without N2 atmosphere to make Biochars?

Greetings Everyone. I am reading several articles about biochars and notice several use N2 atmosphere inside the muffle furnace. can you produce biochars without this N2 atmosphere or other inert...

17 August 2020 8,992 6 View

Why Al target are melting at DC Magnetron sputtering deposition?

Dear all, i am depositing pure Al on a DC Magnetron sputtering tool and I am getting melted targets all the time. The target dimensions are: diameter 50mm and thickness 4mm. A bit of historical...

22 June 2020 3,780 1 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

Can Ethovision store the generated data and video recordings directly to NAS system?

The size of data generated by Ethovision is huge. Having NAS system for data storage seems to be a good option, I am wondering whether Ethovision can directly store the data to the NAS system...

27 February 2021 6,350 2 View

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View

What are the patterns of human behavior that lead to COVID-19 infections?

Does data from contact tracing help in establishing patterns of behavior and social interactions that lead to infections? There are cases here in the Philippines where patients have no travel...

25 February 2021 9,002 13 View

Inpatient DBT to reduce parasuicidal behaviour?

Currently trying to obtain as many pieces of research as possible for my dissertation around the implementation of DBT within the inpatient unit for those with a diagnosis of BPD. Primarily...

23 February 2021 5,654 2 View

How do historians determine the credibility sources in modern history?

For a source to be considered reliable it must contain accurate historical information. But how does one determine the accuracy and reliability of sources in modern and recent history since not...

23 February 2021 1,346 13 View

Methodological confusions regarding deductive and inductive reasoning, hypothesis and theory test?

Hi Colleagues- What do you think about the following methodological issues: 1. Is it methodologically wrong to formulate quantitative research questionnaire based on inductive reasoning? 2. Is it...

21 February 2021 4,634 6 View

Where I can find materials to learn Fuzzy VIKOR methodology?

Please suggest ways to learn Fuzzy VIKOR methodology in a best possible way. And is there any toolkit available for the same? Thank you in advance.

20 February 2021 8,271 3 View