What is a good reference on designing experiments to determine molecular mechanism of disease or biological process?

I need to learn techniques and strategies in planning experiments that try to figure out the molecular mechanisms. Thanks.

01 January 2021 2,525 3 View

Has anybody had staining problems with lysotracker in live cells?

I am working with two fish cells types, a zebrafish liver cell line and primary cultures of trout macrophages. We are using lysotracker to stain them in order to visualize lysosomes in confocal...

16 December 2020 3,935 2 View

Is TRIS-EDTA-CITRATE buffer (pH 7.8) a good antigen retrieve for the TUNEL assay?

Hello everyone! I performed a TUNEL assay simultaneously with an immunofluorescence (SOX9 antibody) on the same sections of human testis. The fluorescence of TUNEL turned out well, but that of...

15 December 2020 1,270 3 View

Does a manager's background such as culture and attitude influence the performance of employees?

30 November 2020 1,585 2 View

If I want to use mean as calculation for my questionnaire, should I test the reliability and validity?

I'm using questionnaire for my research and mean (average) as my data analysis. I'm wondering how to calculate the reliability and validity of my data.

28 September 2020 3,517 3 View

How to induce with L-arabinose Chaperone Competent Cell BL21 (Takara)?

I am using Chaperone Competent Cell BL21 from Takara, pGro7/BL21 , but it is not clear on the protocol how and when I should induce the expression of the chaperones with L-arabinose. First time I...

14 September 2020 8,488 3 View

Is it better to use the arithmetic mean or geometric mean when averaging MPN?g or CFU/g measurements?

This data is from a microbiological evaluation of streetfood locally sold in our region. Thanks.

12 August 2020 5,981 3 View

Any recommendations on the software to do text mining or sentiment analysis on Chinese reviews?

I am trying to do text mining on Chinese reviews. I have tried out many softwares, like the RapidMiner, Chinese Text Analytics, Python. Most of them seem to require certain level of programming...

12 August 2020 9,109 8 View

Where can I find a good set of microbiological standards for aerobic plate count and coliform levels for street food or ready to eat food?

I need these to evaluate the data I obtained from my study. Thanks

10 August 2020 7,466 12 View

What is a good Thomson Reuters or Scopus indexed journal where I can publish my paper regarding Microbial safety aspects of street foods?

I need a journal with a faster turn around time, reasonable review process, and preferably no publication fees.

15 July 2020 8,241 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

Which of the Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunoprotection and why?

I want to know which of the available Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunological response and why

02 March 2021 1,388 3 View

Where can I find life cycle inventory or assessment of non woven materials?

Dear network, I am looking for the LCA or LCI or at least the energy balances of the non woven fabrics process for my master project, in specific for natural fibers, yet I have found...

02 March 2021 9,662 1 View

How vaccines of covid 19 work?

Millions ask how vaccines of covid 19 be successful and safe, its here to explain generally how vaccine of pfizer work ,mRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that will trigger an...

28 February 2021 2,723 4 View

Where can I find public datasets with Covid-19 patient information?

Hi, I'm looking for public datasets that have CT, X-ray information, or medical records for patients with Covid-19. Does anyone have suggestions?

28 February 2021 4,760 3 View

Is there any published or unpublished statistics on dropout rate (Dose1 to Dose-2) for Covid-19 vaccination in India, US, UK or any other country?

Are there any published or unpublished statistics or papers on the dropout rate (Dose1 to Dose-2) for Covid-19 vaccination in India, USA, UK, or any other country where vaccination has started at...

28 February 2021 4,237 1 View

Necessary tube lenght to cool Natural gas in a dry-ice cooling bath?

I have a tank which contains natural gas at 250 Bar and 293 Kelvin. I want to cool the gas in a dry-ice cooling bath to about 195 Kelvin. The gas will flow in a copper-tube through the bath with a...

27 February 2021 8,128 1 View

If a given country passes mandatory 'vaccine passport rule' to go outdoors, otherwise stay at home, can it help to vaccinate all against COVID-19?

Wether vaccine passport declared not to go out of home without it may help taking COVID-19 vaccine. Can't it break individual's right to protect the community? Your comments on perspectives...

27 February 2021 5,549 23 View

How long do vaccines protect us against COVID 19?

Or will we have to get vaccinated every year, as in the case of influenza?

27 February 2021 1,048 5 View

Exit velocity of natural gas from pressurized tank?

Hi Guys. I'm a mechanical engineer and have a bit trouble, would be very glad if you could help me with my questions. I have a pressurized tank which contains Natural Gas at 200 Bar and 293...

26 February 2021 6,253 3 View