Abaqus - plate is going up under gravity+blast loads?

Hi, I have modeled concrete plate with reinforcement supported on 2 concrete block. between concrete block and the plate I have added regular contact. I have created 2 steps: 1) only gravity load...

30 January 2021 2,772 1 View

Spread cheese micrograph SEM Analysis. What is this white dot marked with an red arrow?

In this micrograph you can see processed cheese spread with buttermilk powder taken by SEM. I suppose it can be the result of interactions between proteins and the buttermilk powder used as...

13 January 2021 7,429 7 View

Why Geant4 creates .wrl file instead of .gdd file when it is in gMocren mode?

Hi, I am a beginning user of Geant4. I am trying to work with voxel phantoms. Therefore, I have some difficulties: - following the title of my question - my Geant4 environment is creating .wrl...

10 March 2020 1,951 2 View

Why 915 MHz magnetrons have higher efficiency than 2.45 GHz magnetrons?

I am working with a microwave plasma system for gas cleaning. During my research I found information that 915 MHz systems have higher efficiency (ca. 85%) than the 2.45 GHz (ca. 65%). What is the...

24 October 2018 8,766 27 View

How the process of UV-initiated polymerization of MMA looks like?

I have read that it's possible to initate polymerization of MMA by exposing it to UV light. Unfortunetlly i haven't find any protocols or sugesstions how to perform this kind of polymeryzation....

10 November 2017 6,474 4 View

Which particle shaped filler may cause significant increase of the hardness of polyurea resin for coating applications?

19 July 2016 7,356 3 View

Can I stain my cells with annexin V prior to the surface staining ?

Hi all! I'm wondering if it is possible to stain my cells with annexin V before performing the surface staining. My surface staining might take up to 4 hours and I'm afraid that my cells might...

01 June 2016 4,862 3 View

Remote calculations using ESA data products - which tools should I use?

23 May 2016 543 2 View

Disaggregation using linear dependence of radar backscatter change on soil moisture change - do you have any software recommendations?

I'm going to apply disaggregation algorithm described in the linked article. I'm going to use Sentinel-1 data as the high resolution data source. I thought about implementing mentioned algorithm...

20 May 2016 2,292 2 View

Machine learning: if proportion of number of cases in different class in training set matters?

11 April 2016 1,340 7 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

What is the status of bread making and more bakery foods with the use of insect flour/powder?

Insects have been consumed by human diet since prehistoric times. At present, the idea of looking at insects as food has been getting traction worldwide, also in response to increasing food...

03 March 2021 6,223 5 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

How can I edit suggested publications?

Hi there! I regularly receive suggestion about papers and authors that are totally out of my area. Does anybody know how I can fix this? Thank you!

01 March 2021 9,574 4 View

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 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 references about insects or animals that can damage or weathering of rock or fossil material?

Are there any references to insects or animals that can cause damage or weathering to the rock or fossil material? books or paper that would be nice. Thank you very much!

24 February 2021 6,805 3 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

How can I separate Gertrud Pfister's profile and the profile of Gerald Gems?

we are co-authors of several publications. But I am the only and single author of most of my publications which are based on my own research. How can I separate the profiles?

21 February 2021 4,582 3 View

Why use both bead beating and enzymes (lysostaphin and lysozyme) for DNA extraction from sputum samples?

Hello, I have read in a few publications that to extract total DNA from sputum samples, both bead beating and enzymes are used to disrupt the cells. Bead beating is supposed to be efficient in...

18 February 2021 3,360 2 View