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

How can I selectively dry etch Ti on a polymer substrate?

24 February 2021 5,378 1 View

Which factors contribute to instructional resilience in HE?

If you are teaching in Higher Education, please consider participating in our study on Instructional Resilience during Emergency Remote Teaching. We want to learn about which factors have...

19 January 2021 6,759 15 View

How to view the electrostatic potential value of a Gaussian09W result?

Hi all I am able to view the electrostatic potential surface using Gaussview to see the calculating result from Gaussian09W of a small molecule. However, the strength is represented by color. I am...

19 January 2021 5,448 3 View

Statistics Question: Meta-analysis of factorial trials?

Hi all, is it possible to do a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with factorial design? I would appreciate some guidance/referral to a statistical resource or guide on this. Many thanks.

17 January 2021 4,090 3 View

How would I go about equilibrating the internal humidity of a closed system at 2 different temperatures?

I have a box which is kept at 4C which is enclosed in a ziploc bag. The dimensions of the box are: 18cm x 13.4cm x 4.9cm. The relative humidity of this internal environment is 30% at this...

07 January 2021 6,734 3 View

Blue native page transfer problem?

Hello, I am writing this hoping someone can help me. I am just starting out with BN-PAGE and I have a transfer problem. It seems each time I transfer (2 membranes at a time) in a BioRad wet...

09 December 2020 1,008 3 View

What is the influence of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in a p-n ternary photocatalyst?

04 December 2020 9,019 2 View

Can I use both coarse resolution (1 km) and high resolution predictors (2 m) in a species distribution model?

I am proposing that a hierarchical approach is used where coarse resolution variables are used to run a maxent SDM and delineate a presence/absence map for my species (tropical conifer tree...

24 November 2020 1,106 4 View

Are there any interesting areas of research yet to be studied with rice viruses?

I'm currently in the process of coming up with a research pitch for a lab to be funded here in the Philippines. Rice is quite the common crop in the South East and its diseases are commonplace....

23 November 2020 5,194 4 View

How to analyze a particular region of my simulation box in GROMACS?

Hi, I am using GROMACS 5.1.4 to simulate water in contact with a surface. I am only interested to calculate some properties of water near the surface. Let's say at a distance of x nm from the...

03 March 2021 9,989 2 View

Why almost every element would be metallized in sufficiently high pressure and low temperature?

(This statement is from wikipedia, BTW). What is so special about metallic bond that is limiting high-P low-T state of a matter (as long as individual atoms exist, not white dwarf of neutron star...

02 March 2021 3,309 2 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

Why is my platinum counter electrode getting dirty during electrodeposition?

I am conducting anodic electrodeposition of MnO2 onto a stainless steel substrate, using a platinum strip as a counter electrode. This is done galvanostatically, with the current held between 5...

27 February 2021 1,829 3 View

How to formulate Energy minimization in Molecular dynamics simulation for alloys using meam potential?

during MD simulation, the atoms are not moving as per required. The problem (as per my observation) lies in energy minimization technique. upon application of tensile strain in x or y direction,...

22 February 2021 380 5 View

Magnetismic Gravity in the universe?

MAGNETISMIC GRAVITY What is magnetism? Something magnetic has a + and - charge. If 2 + or - are pushed if + and - are pulled. But what is the main reason for this? Why does magnetism have a pull...

21 February 2021 9,538 3 View

Has anyone succeeded in capturing uranium atoms in a fullerene structure?

Additional questions are: What are the encapsulating atoms? How difficult was the process and what rates were achieved? What factors most seriously affect the economics?

20 February 2021 3,134 5 View

How to get the vector of a specific vibration mode in phonon dispersion?

For example, I have this phonon dispersion(Fig. 1), and now I would like get vector of atoms which describes TA1 in P. I know v_sim can show vibrational animation of specific mode, but I do not...

20 February 2021 4,332 4 View

What are the potential shell well and atomic solvation parameters for the boron atom?

I have a protein-ligand docking project. The ligand contains boron atoms that are not detected by Autodock software. To solve this problem, it is necessary to introduce the boron atom to...

19 February 2021 1,236 1 View

Which compound is getting oxidized during bulk electrolysis with TFAA?

The experiment is really simple. When I do a bulk electrolysis with 1% TFAA (ACN solution) to get dihydrogen, what is going to be oxidized? (working electrode graphit, counter electrode platinum,...

18 February 2021 4,430 1 View