In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

OpenBCI eeg--has anyone used them?

I'm looking to try out an off-the-shelf EEG set for some exploratory work. Curious if anyone has used the OpenBCI, and how much set-up work is required. I've heard they are more difficult to get...

01 March 2021 4,128 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

What is the suitable range of Sulfur content and Viscosity of Heavy fluid Oil that used in Kiln?

What is the disadvantages of high sulfur content to the ceramic burning process? and what is the effect of outranged viscosity?

24 February 2021 8,219 2 View

In methylene blue test Why is UV absorbance reading very low as soon adsorbent is added and then increasing before reaching equilibrium?

Hello, I'm working on removal of methylene blue. 01. in the dark test very first reading is taken 15 minutes after adding adsorbent to the dye solution and that UV absorbance reading is very...

19 February 2021 472 5 View

How to raise temperature in small increments during equilibration in LAMMPS?

All, I am trying to equilibrate an Ice 1h crystalline structure to 250K in LAMMPS. When I tried to do this at 250K directly, the structure lost it's crystalline shape and became disordered post...

14 February 2021 5,747 2 View

Is it possible to calculate entalphy of LiBr/H2O or another solution if we know correlation of specific heat without using any software?

Is it possible to calculate entalphy of LiBr/H2O or another solution if we know correlation of specific heat without using any software?

17 January 2021 5,522 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

A problem with GROMACS 2020.3 ?

Greetings, I am trying to run GROMACS 2020.3 on a supercomputer using this command to do the production run: mpirun -np 24 gmx_mpi mdrun -v -s AB_md_0_1.tpr -deffnm AB_md_0_1 >...

17 December 2020 1,232 3 View

Interested in contributing to a Special Issue in Entropy (MDPI, IF 2.49)?

30 November 2020 1,941 1 View

Which element we can replace in mechanically alloyed FeCoNiAlMn equi-atomic high entropy alloy powder to increase its soft magnetic properties?

Which element we can replace in mechanically alloyed FeCoNiAlMn equi-atomic high entropy alloy powder to increase its soft magnetic properties?

30 November 2020 1,573 5 View

Kinetic modelling of oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane ?

According to below articles about kinetic modelling of ODH reactions by G. Che-Galicia and et al. there are some problems need your guidance and advices: Kinetic and reactor performance of a...

27 November 2020 9,035 3 View

How can i investigate the interaction between gas-rock or gas water rock in phreeqc?

I want to investigate the reaction between a mineral (Calcite) and a gas phase (H2) which has been stored at a depleted gas reservoir. I try to model this by defining a solution and put H2(g) as...

25 November 2020 8,916 1 View

What utility function would be used to reward/punish learning of non local rules defining implicate order?

Given the Meijer paper "A New Premise for Quantum Physics, Consciousness and Fabric of Reality," I am developing an OpEMCSS systems science simulation model. The system is a network of concurrent...

23 November 2020 6,493 1 View