What should be the density of the LDL to be regarded as small and dense?

Often are references to small dense LDL as highly atherogenic LDL, in what range of densities that LDL must be considered to be small and dense, and what its composition?

08 September 2014 219 7 View

Do you think that a concentration of Lp (a) 45 mg / dl has the same value as a risk factor in Spain than in Denmark?

European recommendations about Lp (a) is to recognize it as FR CVD when its plasma concentration is above 50 mg / dl, whereas this value represents the 80th percentile in the population....

07 August 2014 9,066 7 View

For you, what is the best and most practicable method to measure the functionality of HDL?

Part of the HDL can be considered dysfunctional, and this malfunction makes it not really behave as antiatherogenic. Know you a relatively simple method that allows us to measure their functionality

06 July 2014 661 5 View

Do you think that all methods of quantification of hs-CRP are equivalent?

Some research studies clearly establish that the elevation of hs-CRP is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, while others fail to find this relationship. Where is the problem of this...

06 July 2014 4,239 4 View

Do you think there are differences between hs-CRP and cCRP with repect to their participation in cardiovascular risk?

A report by the FDA difference hsCRP and cPCR for their requirements. Do you think that this difference is real?

05 June 2014 3,518 6 View

What do you think about the mechanism of the higher frequency of diabetes in patients treated with high doses of statins?

In some recent studies there seems to be a greater occurrence of diabetes in patients treated with high doses of statins. Do you think that it is an artifact or actually exists, and if so, why?

05 June 2014 4,904 29 View

Can you help me with identification of proteins in HDL?

I have obtained by ultracentrifugation a band of HDL, mainly HDL3 characteristics, with a protein concentration of 10g / l. Can anyone advise me on the steps of how to identify these proteins?

04 May 2014 594 2 View

Do you think a patient with terminal renal failure may benefit from treatment with statins?

Some studies have questioned the effectiveness of lipid-lowering agents in patients with renal replacement therapy, but it is not clear whether this "inefficiency" is the same for patients treated...

04 May 2014 7,137 7 View

What is the best method to retrieve the lipoprotein bands separated by density gradient ultracentrifugation?

I use a density gradient formed from KBr. Often bands appear relatively close (1-2 mm apart) and would like to recover them separately for further analysis.

03 April 2014 7,363 4 View

How can I do electrophoretic separation of proteins of very high molecular weight?

I am interested in separating high molecular weight proteins (MW 300,000-1,000,000) by electrophoresis. Does anyone know of a reliable technique for this?

03 April 2014 3,375 8 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

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 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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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

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02 March 2021 932 1 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

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

How does Scientist/RG community evaluates a case study article and the impact of it on a researcher career?

An article that is published as a case study in the SJR listed journal. How much value is added to a researcher career? How it is evaluated by a scientific researcher/University admission...

02 March 2021 9,661 3 View

Could any one guide me, to write research proposal for grant? ?

We have one plant, the local people using this for controlling blood sugar, the toxicity and antidiabetic activity of the plant is not reported yet, please guide from whag should be the process ?...

02 March 2021 2,300 1 View