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After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

Why do irreversible inhibitors only affect Vmax and not Km?

So I've been wondering why irreversible inhibitors only affect maximal velocity and not Km? Is there a...

19 January 2021 2,509 1 View

In the Venusian atmosphere why doesn't Nitrogen which is much lighter Carbon Dioxide float to the upper regions?

Carbon dioxide on Earth weighs 44 g/mol and has a density of around 1.98 kg/m3, about 1.53 times that of air. Nitrogen gas weighs 28 g/mol and has a density of 1.2506 g/L. During limnic eruptions...

15 January 2021 8,733 4 View

What type of cellular structures are these likely to be?

I have immunohistochemistry slides of human subcutaneous fat biopsy, with skin attached. Most of the structures are self-evident - skin, adipocytes, microvessels in transverse section (revealed by...

03 December 2020 4,238 7 View

Mata-analysis question: How to deal with multiple outcome scales used within individual studies?

Dear all, thanks for the help in advance. I am performing a met-analysis. Most of the studies included report the same outcome using multiple scales e.g. MMSE or CDRS. What is the best way of...

30 October 2020 8,629 5 View

Glucose dehydrogenase interference with glucokinase assay?

Hello all, I'm currently working with undergraduate student-researchers (there are no graduate students at my university) to purify and characterize the drug targetability of glucokinase from pig...

25 October 2020 3,553 7 View

What is the minimum number of timepoints for markov models?

For those who frequently work in markov models, I am interested in knowing the minimum number of time points/observations to get stable estimates of parameters. I have some follow ups, too:...

24 September 2020 9,659 3 View

How best to address statistical differences when there is no difference in the independent variable?

If an experiment includes, say, two groups and Condition 1 is identical between groups but Condition 2 differs between groups, what is the best course of action if one finds a significant...

17 September 2020 9,731 7 View

Can you re-use ethidium bromide post-stain solution more than once, or does ethidium bromide need to be added fresh each time?

When post-staining agarose gels in an ethidium bromide / water bath for 10 minutes, my labmate says she can re-use the post-stain solution 2-3 times before she has to add more ethidium bromide (at...

04 September 2020 680 3 View

How the wettability of rock sample can be changed by ageing in pure hydrocarbon oils only?

I want to do wettability analysis of hydrocarbon oil (octane)/rock/surfactant solution system. but to do the analysis first I have to make rock surface oil-wet. Since hydrocarbon oil does not have...

27 February 2021 5,383 3 View

What is the suitable range of Sulfur content and Viscosity of Heavy fluid Oil that used in Kiln?

What is the disadvantages of high sulfur content to the ceramic burning process? and what is the effect of outranged viscosity?

24 February 2021 8,219 2 View

How can Gamma Ray API units be converted to CPS (counts per second)?

Oil and gas companies run gamma ray tool and take readings in API units while Gamma ray is also noted in cps, so how these units can be converted into each other?

24 February 2021 7,545 2 View

How to remove compound ( Europium complex ) from paraffin oil?

How can I remove my compound from paraffin oil? Mistakenly my compound fell in an oil. Compound = Europium complex

22 February 2021 5,667 2 View

When I mix oil and NaOH solution, Why solid layer in the surface is formed?

During my trial for lubricant oil re-refinery process, I use NaOH as coagulant agent. After overnight of gravity settling, a solid layer in the surface was form. what product is that? since the...

22 February 2021 2,116 4 View

The type of filter paper used to filter an epoxidized oil (the mixture is an epoxidized oil with magnesium sulfate) ?

I have a mixture of epoxidized oil and magnesium sulfate wich type of filtre paper should i use

21 February 2021 3,944 3 View

What reaction will occur when adding hexamine into ammonium nitrate in an acidic medium?

Hello, I am investigating properties of water in oil emulsion explosives. And adding hexamine (hexamethylenetetramine) into one of the phases that are used to make the emulsion should increase the...

21 February 2021 8,680 1 View

How can we study the adsorption efficiency of microgel at the oil-water interface?

I am studing the mircogel at oil-water interface. I want to know the adsorb amount of microgel at the oil water interface. How we can determine this amount?. I will highly appreciate your...

19 February 2021 2,787 1 View

Does anyone know, can i do cryosectioning of whole aorta after oil red O staining and use the cryosection parts for further analysis?

I would like to quantify the lesions on aorta. I want to take image of atherosclerotic plaques formation in aorta by using O red Oil Solution. After the staining, what will be the storage...

16 February 2021 5,876 2 View

Can any one explain why the ethyl ester Biodiesel (FAEE) has higher than that of the metyl ester FAME- both of them are derived from the same oil?

Biodiesels derived from waste vegetable oil transesterification with Ethanol (FAEE) show higher peroxide values than those derived by transesterification with methanol (FAME) prepared under the...

13 February 2021 193 6 View