Is it professional or ethical to recommend a reviewer for your manuscript as suggested by some journals?

Should authors have a say on who reviews their manuscript taking into account a blind peer review policy?

05 October 2020 3,521 9 View

Is there heteroscedasticity in my data, and if so how can I reduce it?

I am trying to perform a linear regression analysis but I fear that my data has heteroscedasticity, thus violating the assumption of homoscedasticity which is required for linear regression. I...

14 June 2020 199 3 View

Are two values statistically significantly different if their 95% Confidence Intervals do not overlap?

I estimated the percent tree cover for two fields and obtained as an example the following values ( 95 % CI): 13.67% (11.93-15.41%) and 9.27% (7.8-10.74%) . As the 95% CI do not overlap, can I...

09 May 2020 2,359 23 View

Is Linear mixed model appropriate for assessing if there is a difference in tree density between land use types. I have a nested data?

Below is a hypothetical example of how my data looks like in excel. My actual data has 16 sites and each site has about 10 plots, so its a huge dataset). Plots are nested within Sites. I would...

12 April 2020 9,774 6 View

Advice writing an unbiased qualitative research question?

Hi, I was wondering whether kindly souls out there might be able to help me with some advice regarding the formulation of a RQ for my qualitative study please? I'm trying to refine an early...

25 March 2020 6,512 5 View

How applicable are the following models in current times?

Transformative model, Engagement model, University learning model, Responsive university model and Quality management in education model. I would really appreciate to link me to the latest...

06 July 2019 3,084 3 View

How is Reynolds number calculated?

I want to know how to determine the dimensionless numbers such as Reynolds and Nusselt numbers for my combustion modeling. Its a CH4/O2 mixture, diameter of tube is 6mm, length of 60mm. Also,...

02 July 2019 6,901 11 View

Recording very high temperatures in my model of micro combustion in porous inert medium, any helps pls?

Im working on porous media micro combustion in a cylindrical channel. i have been recording very high temperature (2000K-4800K) in the combustor and on the outer wall as well which is made of...

22 April 2019 3,712 3 View

Contamination or Brownian movement?

I noticed an odd spot within one of my polyacrylamide hydrogels. It looked like gel was missing from this spot and was down to the plastic. I zoomed in and noticed this and recorded it. What do...

10 February 2019 7,271 4 View

What is a Good Gene to Identify 4T1 Cells With Q-RT-PCR?

Hi Everyone, I am planning a study to test the effectiveness of a cancer therapy on reducing tumor volume in a 4T1 mouse model. In addition, I would like to see the effect of my treatment on the...

09 December 2018 3,257 3 View

What are some of the research gaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence in africa?

i would to know some of the research gaps in the artificial intelligence field in most african countries.

03 March 2021 6,145 3 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

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

How to choose ANN number of hidden layers and nodes?

Hello, Could you please share any interesting research explaining how to choose the number of hidden layers and nodes per layer in case of regression problems using ANN? Thank you, any help would...

01 March 2021 6,200 3 View

PUC19 as a transfer plasmid for lentiviral delivery?

Hello, Is it possible to use pUC19 as a transfer vector to be packed in using the second generation viral particles packaging system( pMD2.G; psPAX2 plasmids)? As far as I understand it there is...

28 February 2021 4,868 2 View

Genome-wide gene identification protocol ?

Is there any book chapter/book, webpage or research article available to understand genome-wide gene identification?

28 February 2021 8,095 1 View

How to improve and implement WBAN MAC and Radio modules under Castalia 3.2 ?

Hello researchers, Hello Castalia3.2 researchers I am a beginner with Castalia, I work on optimization of RFID systems used in wireless body networks. I simulated a WBAN with 10 nodes and one...

28 February 2021 400 1 View

How could I take into consideration the weights of observation in a system of seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) in rstudio?

I build a model of 4 regression equations (probit and OLS) in R studio. I need to take the weights of observations into consideration. While it is simple to do so for every regression equation,...

27 February 2021 1,233 1 View