What phytobiotics would be the most effective in the tropics?

As alternative to antibiotics, fish nutritionists are exploring potential candidates to boost immune system of test animals and better prepare them to withstand opportunistic pathogens....

06 July 2018 4,058 2 View

What are the quickest ways to get a Host for a Humboldt Fellowship?

I want to apply for Humboldt fellowship but my immediate challenge is to search for a host. This is as my Postgraduate studies was in Asia and most of my referees are not Humboldt fellows. What...

03 April 2016 4,173 0 View

Any ideas of a symposium scheduled to address issues on publication sharp practices?

The era of impact factor, h-index, g-index and open access has brought about several issues relative to sharp practices by researchers, scholars, journal editors, reviewers et cetera....

06 July 2013 9,718 2 View

Do you have your ORCID number, what do you think of it?

Since I joined this forum following on the hot trails of discussions about publication, journal quality, impact factor and h-index, please permit me to start a new(?) round of discourse on...

05 June 2013 3,632 34 View

Does pathogen challenge induce time-dependent regulation of genes for pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production? How best is this measured in Fish?

We are testing a dietary supplement for its ability to enhance immune response in fish, upon challenge with a specific pathogen. The mechanism we chose to monitor this effect is through up- or...

04 May 2013 2,108 4 View

Which is better to infect fish with probiotic organisms; probiotics mixed in feeds, added to the culture water or injected IP)?

We are trying to choose the best approach to deliver probiotic bacteria into the gut of small fish (2g, 2-3 inches) and in the literature, several methods are reported. Has anyone tried (or has a...

02 March 2013 179 24 View

Is it posible to determine (quantitatively) the differences in certain protein concentration in particular tissues (liver or intestine) of different treatments using SDS-PAGE only?

I used Biorad's RNA/Protein extraction kit and obtained both the RNA and the Protein isolates, simultaneously. However, it looks like the integrity of the RNA is is not intact, so I cannot use it....

04 January 2013 2,482 12 View

Will protein isolated with Nucleospin RNA/Protein kit work when used in ELISA?

I isolated both protein and RNA from fish intestines and liver, using Biorad's Nucleospin kit and would like to use the protein isolate to run ELISA for some cytokines (TNFa, IL1b and IL6). Is it...

31 December 2012 7,530 8 View

Is it posible to determine (quantitatively) the differences in certain protein concentration in particular tissues (liver or intestine) of different treatments using SDS-PAGE only?

I used Biorad's RNA/Protein extraction kit and obtained both the RNA and the Protein isolates, simultaneously. However, it looks like the integrity of the RNA is is not intact, so I cannot use it....

31 December 2012 7,676 13 View

Any ideas on the best approach to challenge a Marine fish species with a vibrio at minimal handling stress? Dipping or IP injection?

I am trying to challenge Asian sea bass with Vibrio alginolyticus and would be measuring the release of cytokines over a time course within 48 hour period. I am trying to reduce other stressors to...

18 December 2012 451 10 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

How to access MSCI KLD Stats and Sustainalytics?

Hello all, I'm currently working on my undergraduate thesis and I'm having difficulties trying to access KLD Stats and Sustainalytics because my campus Airlangga University and apparently other...

02 March 2021 8,525 1 View

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

02 March 2021 9,706 5 View

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APA 7th In-Text citations with two references with three authors with the same surname, but four different author?

I have an issue with APA 7th in-text citation. II have two papers where the first three authors are the same, and the fourth is different. I am using the Mendeley desktop app, and automatically it...

02 March 2021 790 3 View

How to calculate BREQ 3 questionnaire?

how to calculate BEHAVIOURAL REGULATION IN EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE BREQ 3 ,which contain 24 questions and each question has 5 answers (0- Strongly disagree , 1-disagree, 2- Neither agree nor...

02 March 2021 811 3 View

Is SSRN e-Journal Scopus indexed?

I have publication in SSRN. I want to know whether it is Scopus indexed? Does it show impact factor? What is its ISSN No.?

02 March 2021 4,565 3 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

How to calculate average trend in maximum annual NDVI from MODIS?

I am wanting to calculate the average trend in maximum annual NDVI in Iceland from 2010-2020 using MODIS MYD13Q1 V6. How would I do this? I have currently inserted the NDVI bands from the MODIS...

02 March 2021 752 2 View