How to handle studies which report perfect effect sizes in a meta-analysis using Pearson's r?

I'm in the process of updating a meta-analysis and in one of the new studies, effect sizes are reported as Tau-U. Two of the effect sizes are reported as Tau-U = 1.00. I am using Andy Field's...

24 February 2021 2,265 3 View

Which book to use to guide me through my PRISMA systematic review?

I'm doing a systematic review, primarily consisting of intervention studies following PRISMA guidelines. I have found 2 books that might be useful but don't want to purchase both. The first book...

23 June 2020 5,412 1 View

Is there an instrument to evaluate teacher readiness to teach online?

Hi everyone. I thought there might be many instruments out there to evaluate teacher readiness/preparedness to teach online, but I can't find anything! Am I missing something obvious?! If anyone...

23 March 2020 1,947 8 View

Are there any free speech-to-text transcription programs for qualitative research?

I have many interviews to transcribe and doing so manually would take a significant amount of time. I also do not have money to pay for a transcription service. Are there any free programs that...

13 January 2020 7,181 3 View

Is anyone working with Oryza?

We are looking to run a quick experiment with rice, but we are having trouble finding seeds in the UK. Any advice or donations on where we can get some Oryza sativa seeds would be very greatly...

12 November 2019 5,149 5 View

In percentage wise, how efficacious are sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP, used as IPTp) and ITNs, as interventions against malaria?

Dear All, Kindly, share with me any resources and/or knowledge and experiences regarding studies measuring the efficacy of SP and insecticide treated net, either as independent or combined as...

11 July 2019 3,564 3 View

Qualitative Research Methodology - recommend best practice per scenario below?

Dear All, kindly spare some few minutes of your time to share your technical expertise with me to clarify a research methodological challenge (see below) Preamble: You intend to conduct a...

11 March 2019 1,624 7 View

What is the extinction coefficient for 300nm Europium particles?

I'm looking for an extinction coefficient for 300nm Europium particles. I've seen a coefficient of 207.2 for 200nm particles but nothing for 300nm.

12 February 2019 2,650 1 View

Fluent CFD: Why are my energy residuals rapidly increasing after so many iterations?

My energy residuals are increasing rapidly after steadily decreasing for about 40 iterations. Temperatures for convergence criteria jump to 5000 C, way higher than what would make sense. The mesh...

28 January 2019 2,194 3 View

Consequences of using Tris-EDTA buffer instead of Tris-HCl for DNA elution?

I am trying to isolate isoforms of plasmids from agarose gels using a nucleic acid purification kit, and I have been playing around with the my choice elution buffer in order to see if I can...

18 July 2018 5,623 2 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 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

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02 March 2021 3,060 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 Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

What SPSS analysis should I run with one IV (with two levels) and two DVs?

Hi, I am trying to figure out which test would be most appropriate to run for the following question: Is there a difference in task blood pressure between smokers and non-smokers? There are two...

01 March 2021 8,235 2 View

Can we distinguish the type of free fluid inside the pelvic and abdominal cavities whether blood or serous fluid using the ultrasound?

during ultrasound examination of acute abdomen, sometimes we see free fluid , can we know the type of fluid ,whether blood or not , using ultrasound only? if yes , what are the sonographic...

01 March 2021 7,476 4 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View