Can any one suggest the appropriate solvent system for dissolving a "gummy" chloroform and hexane extract for Oral dose administration work?

Please I need assistance on choosing the appropriate solvent to dissolve a "gummy" chloroform and hexane extracts for oral dose administration. I tried dissolving them in tween, DMSO and Triton...

25 January 2020 2,998 2 View

I am running an analysis and I only have 26 observation due to availability of data. is the sample size large enough for a cointegration test?

what is the least number of observations(how many years) for a regression analysis

09 August 2019 6,069 7 View

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24 July 2017 793 3 View

What questions to expect for a full professor position in an Open & Distance Learning University ?

I am applying for full professor of ODL and coming from a conventional setting, I am not particularly sure about the roles and functions of a full professor in this territory.

01 January 1970 5,425 3 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

I need to accelerate corrosion in steel parts that are used in a salt-water environment. Is there a technique for doing so?

I have a structure that employs d-ring swiveling tie-downs that corrode during use and become "frozen". I have sample swivel assemblies that I wish to corrode to see if I can free them using one...

01 March 2021 3,739 3 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

How the wettability of rock sample can be changed by ageing in pure hydrocarbon oils only?

I want to do wettability analysis of hydrocarbon oil (octane)/rock/surfactant solution system. but to do the analysis first I have to make rock surface oil-wet. Since hydrocarbon oil does not have...

27 February 2021 5,383 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

Purification of proteins from baculovirus-infected insect cells?

18 February 2021 6,665 6 View

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View

How do I prepare and store insect samples for JH measurements?

I need to preserve termite samples for future quantification of juvenile hormone in their bodies. Or extract the Juvenile Hormone and keep that samples stored for future quantification. I may need...

09 February 2021 1,995 1 View

How to prepare an algal sample for FT-IR spectroscopy?

Can we measure the bulk composition of biomolecules present within an algal sample directly by placing its powdered form on a FT-IR spectroscopy stage? Or does it require a particular kind of...

30 January 2021 2,303 4 View

Working with insect primary cells in cell medium and in saline solution?

I work with insect primary cells, which I let grow in TC100 insect medium. For fluorescence measurements I have to discard medium (because of its fluorescence properties) and give a saline...

28 January 2021 3,867 1 View