Theoretical computer virology ? is still alive ?

HI Everyone! I am asking to know by you, expert in cybersecurity and mathematics, if Computer virology (the one of Cohen and Andler) is still an active field of research. That research made in...

08 February 2021 7,613 6 View

In opensees is the ReinforcingSteel material sensitive to units of measure?

20 January 2021 7,043 2 View

How do I organize items to repeated surveys for quantitative and qualitative analysis?

Hello fellow researchers! Newbie here :) I created a survey with open-ended and Likert-type questions. The survey was administered nine times to the same people using google forms. I plan to...

01 January 2021 3,921 3 View

Is there a better library or function for plotting CFA with many observed variables in R?

Hello! I'm kind of new in using R for doing EFA, CFA, and SEM. I just followed a guide to perform CFA on my data to see how my context fits the ITC-SOPI model in a VR photo-based tour. I used...

23 December 2020 1,679 2 View

Best way to validate CRISPR-Cas9 editing efficiency?

I'm trying to obtain genetic KO in my cell line of interest using Lentiviral-mediated CRISPR-Cas9 delivery system. I would like to test more than one unpubblished sgRNA targetting a couple of...

10 August 2020 1,324 4 View

How to convert .txt into plink files (ped/map or bed/bim/fam)?

I have a huge oncoarray_genotype_XXXX.txt file with 11.7 GB size. I would like to convert this file into adequate files for analyzing in plink software. However, I could not find how to conduct...

08 July 2020 9,302 2 View

Fluorescence labeled antibody?

Hi all, I have a small question for you. Is there any fluorescent labeled antibody available which emits the fluorescence only if bound to substrate? So the unlabeled version does not emit any...

19 March 2020 5,715 2 View

How to evaporate Methyl Acetate, and purge added Ethanol?

To use an inhibitor, prepared and sold in a methyl acetate solution, I need to evaporate the aforementioned solvent and exchanging to ethanol or DMSO. I will do that with a gentle nitrogen stream....

01 March 2020 6,947 3 View

SPSS, data with 5 replicates. How to generate the variables-data sheet?

I am trying to analyze some results obtained from lipidomics. The experimental setup was as follows: 5 replicates, 3 conditions (1 control, 2 treatments). I have thus 5 numerical values per each...

08 January 2020 3,526 3 View

How to solve multicollinearity problem in mixture design?

Due to its own nature mixture design models (mainly with interactions) presents multicollinearity problems, some authors declare that a combination of forward stepwise and step backward stepwise...

05 January 2020 1,136 3 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Any recommendations for methods to analyze elephant space-use (using GPS) and correlating this with changes in NDVI?

For my Masters I am looking into elephant space-use and its effect on vegetation change. I have elephant GPS collar data and was going to use Google Earth Engine to obtain NDVI values. I would...

16 February 2021 7,097 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

What is the correct common name for Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?

There are two extant species of Hydrochoerus: Hydrochoerus isthmius, the lesser or Panamanian capybara, and the genotype species H. hydrochaeris. The latter is the more common species of capybara,...

11 February 2021 3,494 14 View

Can anyone recommend a scale to measure Bloom's taxonomy of learning styles?

I am looking for recommendations of scales (in English or Spanish) to measure learning styles according to Bloom's taxonomy of learning. Thank you in advance!

09 February 2021 1,419 8 View

Which is the most accepted taxonomy in Resistance to Change literature?

I am searching for a well accepted taxonomy of resistance to change and in terms of its underlying causes/roots.

04 February 2021 497 3 View

What is the magnitude of yearly rhizopdeposition in tropical forests?

Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...

26 January 2021 4,278 4 View