How to compare means of continuous data with zero-inflation and skew?

I have two groups (unpaired) of plant biomass measurements and want to know whether there is a test that can be used to determine statistical significance where assumptions are not violated. The...

18 February 2021 1,258 4 View

Fluo 3-AM in pancreatic beta-cells?

Dear all, I'm trying to understand if a molecule of my interest (capable of inducing glucose-stimulated insulin secretion) determines an increase in intracellular calcium levels in the presence of...

16 February 2021 453 2 View

Are there commercially available fluorescence-tagged Influenza A virus?

30 November 2020 9,445 1 View

What tests for: 1. differences between continuous variables when grouped with different categorical ones; 2. significance of potential relationships?

Hello. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions in terms of what exploratory analysis to carry out for my dissertation with the following data. I measured N=26 participants pre and post an...

09 August 2020 5,256 5 View

Wavy looking bands In western blots?

Hello everybody, from some time, I keep having waving bands in the lower part of my gel, like the proteins are not running on a flat front. I cast my own gels and run them at 90V at the beginning...

26 May 2020 937 3 View

SURVEY - how people changed attitude toward green spaces & urban forests during the COVID19 quarantine?

https://vub.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5bSsVfI1g1VgI7j While shaking our society and turning our way of living upside down, the COVID19 pandemic is also putting the relation between nature...

15 May 2020 2,339 8 View

Direct Input of the Occupation Matrix?

I'm implementing the Occupation Matrix Control scheme (OMC) in VASP DFT+U calculations via direcct input of the Occupation Matrix. This requires an external input file (OCCMATRIX) containing the...

17 March 2020 1,921 1 View

Glycerol topology/structure for GROMOS87/Berger forcefield?

Hello all, I need the topology /structure file of the glycerol for the GROMOS87 forcefield. Is some repository available online or do someone know how can I derive them by myself (maybe some tool...

12 March 2020 8,858 2 View

How to interpret moderating effect in PLS?

I am running a Partial Least Squadre Path Modelling in R and I have a Moderating effect (explained by one scalar variable) between my exogenous x and my endogenous y. The only variable that...

25 February 2020 8,022 4 View

Recombinant protein for antibody neutralization?

I need to understand if an antibody I'm using is specific or not. The antibody is not validated. In immunoblotting, the antibody detects a prominent band at the right molecular weight and two...

29 April 2019 4,752 4 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 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

Can the Dunn's test be used as an appropriate post-hoc for the G-test?

Research Question: Are red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) a statistically significant proportion of raptor (bird of prey) diets? I am planning on using a series of G-tests (determining whether...

23 February 2021 5,827 3 View

Do you have papers on hindlimb myology of birds to share?

Hi all! we are looking for papers (or information) on muscles of the hindlimbs of birds (extant and extinct) that include the intrinsic muscles of digits. Any help will be more than welcome! Thanks!

22 February 2021 7,186 3 View

Do you have papers on hindlimbs myology of birds to share?

Hi all! My work team and I are looking for papers on muscular descriptions of the hindlimbs of birds (extant and extinct) that include the intrinsic muscles of digits. Any help will be more than...

22 February 2021 8,330 6 View

What low-cut filter (high Pass frequency) to be used for response spectrum (Tripartite plots) ?

What low-cut filter (high Pass frequency) to be used for the response spectrum (Tripartite plots)? I am currently working on differentiating between hard/soft site responses in Indo-Gangetic...

21 February 2021 9,273 2 View

FLIM Signal to noise ratio of a time series - can I use dark frames to measure noise?

I am doing an analysis on some FLIM data in the form of time series image stacks. I need their signal-to-noise ratio. Recording starts several picoseconds before the excitation pulse, so no sample...

08 February 2021 7,169 3 View

How to eliminate noise when using a sensor with instrumentation amplifier and giving it's output to Arduino?

When I am trying to implement a pressure sensor through instrumentation amplifier and then giving it's output to Arduino, I am getting garbage value due to noise, so how to eliminate it.

05 February 2021 8,598 11 View

How can I quantify background noise in a bioacoustic file?

I am using Audacity to analyse the presence of birds and frogs recorded with a SM4 recorder (Wildlife Acoustic). Background noise (rainfall, wind) is an important variable to consider that can...

28 January 2021 2,989 3 View

What is the best way to track bird migration?

Migratory birds are globally scattered. What should be the ways to track them? Except ARGOS. Elaborate.

25 January 2021 2,355 4 View