What role should journals play in leading academic fields?

A recent paper by Yeung and Thomas (2021) on journals in event management opens up an interesting debate on the role of journals as academic fora. They demonstrate that event management publishing...

28 February 2021 3,494 6 View

What is the best journal for gynecology?

Some of us my be biased because of the journals we have around us, but by any scale other than impact factor, what is the best journal?

31 May 2020 4,089 3 View

How do you feel about the current state of the job market for Pharmacists in the United States?

As 2020 comes to a close are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future of Pharmacy Practice in the USA? If you are from another country please answer but Identify your home country

20 December 2019 7,486 2 View

Does anyone know of any implicit measures of anger?

I'm looking to study people who have anger (exhibit it in their behaviors or compensate--being extra friendly and nice) but are either unaware or deny it because of beliefs that anger is something...

18 June 2019 9,325 1 View

Any tips on Cryosectioning Zebrafish heads?

So I am new to cryosection and have been following a published paper's method where heads are fixed OV in 4% pfa in PBS 7.4 pH at 4C, then transferred to 20% EDTA and 10% sucrose OV at 4C and then...

30 May 2018 1,814 10 View

How to set up mixed analysis of computational model?

Computer Model & Past data humans solve syllogisms. Condition IV (Lesion location: control, parietal, temporal), Conclusion Congruency IV (belief-congruent, belief-incongruent) & these 2...

11 October 2016 3,477 2 View

Is there anything different about the nutrients from milk after they reach the bloodstream of the consumer from the nutrients from solid food?

26 August 2016 9,935 6 View

Can anyone recommend a molecular dynamics software package for modeling a supercritical fluid going through a rapid volumetric expansion?

07 May 2016 8,595 3 View

What reasons might there be for contamination in a negative control template in a gel electrophoresis?

I saw three bands around base pairs of 1500, 1200, and 700 in the G-NTC for a column with DNA extracted from a human. Any ideas for the reasons of said contamination would really help.

17 March 2015 1,277 3 View

What is the value of architectural heritage in the North American context?

Perhaps first the term heritage needs to be defined to address this question. What is the value of heritage? While I strongly believe in the value of heritage for the city, I do not understand...

01 January 1970 1,311 8 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

How to size battery banks?

I am designing a small grid connected solar PV power-plant. As the battery's capacity is specified in Ah and demand in kWh. What is the best way to size the battery bank? I have battery price in...

28 February 2021 1,638 3 View

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 3 View

How do I transfect a large plasmid into PC12 cells with nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor?

I have a large 16 kb plasmid, which I need to transfect into PC12 cells. Lipofectamin 2000 didn't work and with GFP alone the transfection rate is very low. I also tried the neon invitrogen...

25 February 2021 6,635 5 View

Can I do two kinds of mixed method in explanatory research?

Dear distinguish professors and scholars, I have a research in measuring two kinds: think tank capacity and research impact on policy. Can I do two kinds of mixed methods in order to find, "Is...

20 February 2021 6,897 1 View

Kinetics of Enzyme production in Recombinant E Coli?

Hello, I am trying to find kinetic information (such as rate of enzyme production etc.) on the expression of taq polymerase in E-Coli after inserting a recombinant plasmid. Any help would be...

12 February 2021 1,386 3 View

What is India's InternationalTrade Policy during Pendamic? How do you find the policy as successful one?

During Covid-19 Pendamic Government are facing problem to maintain business. India is one of them so this question is perfect to be discussed here.

08 February 2021 2,725 3 View

Endothelial Functional Assays & Conditions?

Hi everyone, I would greatly appreciate it if someone can shed light on certain endothelial functional assays and their conditions. I often notice that protocols are run with serum-free media, or...

05 February 2021 7,276 1 View

I am struggling with the concept of preprint papers and wonder how people feel about them?

Specifically, how should we use them given they have not been peer-reviewed? Should we rely on the results reported in pre-prints for policy? I am really probing for thoughts on whether...

04 February 2021 3,175 15 View

Could someone recommend papers about PSO technique?

Hi, everyone Could someone recommend papers about Particle swarm optimization (PSO technique), using MATLAB, please? Thanks in advance

03 February 2021 3,811 6 View