How does the injection volume impact LLOQ and ULOQ in regression analysis (LC-MSMS)?

Hello, I have run into an issue that has sparkled a debate at work: is the LLOQ/ULOQ impacted by injection volume under the following circumstances: 1) Same dilution factor of all samples 2)...

23 February 2021 9,159 3 View

Has any research on translation investigated the phenomenon of bilingual authors who produce versions of their books in both their languages?

Can the second-language version, strictly speaking, be considered a translation of the first-language version or is it merely a somewhat looser interpretation? How do such authors approach the...

10 December 2020 5,092 25 View

How to distinguish CA1 pyramidal cell vs. interneuron using voltage-clamp?

I am doing voltage-clamp experiments in CA1 pyramidal cells (mEPSCs; AMPA-NMDA ratio; LTP; etc) from acute hippocampal slices in mice. I want to make sure I am only recording from excitatory...

29 October 2020 1,098 2 View

Increase Oleophilicity while decreasing hydrophilicity on silicon surfaces?

Hello RG community, currently I am trying to reach these goals on silicon surfaces for a microfludic project. I have used silanes like APTES in the past in order to get my si-surface hydrophobic...

22 March 2020 2,925 3 View

How could one improve the magnitude of t-statistics of a construct?

Hello All, I am not even sure if this is possible, but I have used this dataset for several publication -albeit with different constructs-and have not seen such low t-values. For example, I have a...

10 March 2020 1,164 3 View

How do I calculate the Mean and Standard Deviation for a set of items (i.e., that form a construct) in SPSS?

Hello All, I have been asked to supply the Mean and Standard Deviation for my latent constructs. Is there a straightforward way of doing it in SPSS? I am actually modeling in SmartPLS, but not...

04 March 2020 1,597 4 View

Any strategies for quantification and purification of a red pigment with no peaks in the visible region which is only soluble in water?

We have isolated a red pigment producing bacteria. We harvested the crude pigment by removing the cells by centrifugation. We tried to find the absorption maxima (lambda max) of the pigment using...

19 January 2020 1,331 2 View

How to Create Small Graphs for Interaction Effects?

Hello All, I have been able to calculate all the interaction effects for a study involving the Big Five. One of the interaction effects I would like to graph (among others) is the relationship...

30 December 2019 6,640 3 View

Can you have stop codon right before a RBS (Shine-Dalgaro) site?

I am designing a primer for a gBlock and I don't want to the poly-histag. So naturally I am adding a stop codon in my primer, but then I need a new RBS site. So my question is can I have a stop...

28 July 2019 1,675 2 View

XML haar cascade for red blood cells and/or echinocytes ?

Hello community, we currently working on an automatic algorithm for erytrocyte detection in stereo-microscopy images for cell counting. Additionally we want to determine the percentile amount of...

23 October 2018 3,262 2 View

How to inter pain intensity data using NRS when patients report their pain in spectrum?

I have been working on a pain intensity study and I wanted my patients to report their pain intensity using numerical rating scale. many patients have reported thier pain in spectrum like 2 to 3...

13 February 2021 6,598 3 View

What statistical test is required for an analysis on pre-COVID & post-COVID patient improvement after attending a 10-week programme?

Hi all, Myself and my supervisor are looking at carrying out a statistical analysis to see whether there is a difference in patient outcomes for our 10-week pain management programme according to...

10 February 2021 6,622 10 View

I.P. drug injection- time to reach brain?

I am injecting different serotonergic drugs into mice i.p. and see an effect in the brain electrophysiology quite fast, i.e. within minutes, when using a specific receptor agonist drug. I do not...

01 February 2021 8,406 3 View

I'm looking for a dataset of eeg recorded during the pain stimulation. Anyone can help me to find it?

I'm looking for a dataset of eeg recorded during the pain stimulation (prefered the cold pressure pain stimulation). Anyone can help me to find it?

25 January 2021 301 2 View

How can a nonlinear buckling square tube crash with the Riks method ?

Hello everyone Well, this is my first post here so I hope this news will allow me the pleasure of chatting with you on this topic. So, as a student engineer in mechanical engineering specializing...

14 December 2020 7,513 1 View

Rerfering to somatic symtom disorder: When is a patient preoccupied or simply adequetely worried? How do you define preoccupation in this context?

In order to fulfill criteria for Somatic symtom disorder (DSM 5) a patient needs to be preoccupied with symtoms or their health. Reasonably a symtom like pain does make you preoccupied to some...

19 November 2020 4,195 4 View

What are the 2020 most recommended systematic review and meta-analysis articles on PAIN?

We are starting an investigation, in the field of physiotherapy, on the evaluation and clinic of pain. We are interested in knowing which diagnostic evaluation scales are being evaluated. We...

18 November 2020 2,258 1 View

Multiple regression - What to do with 2 similar independent variables?

17 November 2020 1,938 2 View

ArcGIS 10.2 - Export Dialog Options missing (Option out file format), how to resolve?

I've just unclicked the export map options (advanced options?) and can't get them back. I'd assumed you'd be given the choice of displaying them again, but they are nowhere to be seen. I now can't...

06 November 2020 2,893 2 View

What is the best pain killer for mice?

Good morning, I need to implant chronic electrodes in mice muscles. What is the best injectable painkiller to use during and after the surgery? and what the recommended dose for mice? And for how...

01 November 2020 8,477 1 View