Fractional derivative users, are you on the same page with me on the validity of the fractional order parameter, say alpha?

Taking a fractional ODE problem as an example. It has come to my attention that if the fractional order parameter is in the interval (0,1], many only presents results for alpha=0.9, 0.99. I saw...

08 February 2021 9,671 3 View

Is it time to have a universal research paper format for all journals?

In the scientific world, some terms and practices are universal. Look at botanical names that are uniform in all nations for example. I think global standardization should apply to research paper...

15 December 2020 6,936 12 View

Can anyone help with how to dissolve Iodonitrotetrazolium salt for MIC?

I got the reagent without the document on how to dissolve it for specific assays

11 September 2020 8,074 3 View

Asides using ethidium bromide, what other methods do we use for plasmid curing?

Is there any other substance, either radioactive or not, that can be used for plasmid curing? And what other methods?

23 August 2020 5,254 3 View

What's the best way to take clear pictures of your field in light microscopy?

When you get a clear view of your organisms and you need pictorial documentation, it becomes problematic. What are your experiences and suggestions?

23 August 2020 3,399 3 View

How do I enter intersection values in Venn diagram on Microsoft Word?

We have created a Venn diagram on MS Word and entered values into the main circles, but we have no way to enter values into the intersections. How do we go about this?

17 August 2020 8,890 6 View

Is it compulsory to add urea salt to the urease test medium before inoculating and incubating?

Is the addition of urea salt compulsory in carrying out urease test? The salt is often not sterile in storage, and it cannot be autoclaved because it is denatured by high heat. I'm afraid this may...

01 April 2019 3,445 1 View

Aptitude-rated iq versus academic performance of students

Correlation between IQ measured by aptitude performances and Academic Performances: it has been observed that Academic grade alone does not imply suitability for work as well as performance; hence...

30 August 2012 1,909 2 View

Fairness of current research-publishing practices

A researcher spends a lot of money conducting a study and when the results are out, THEY have to pay to get their work published by a journal. Some Q1 journals can charge up to $6000 to publish 1...

01 January 1970 1,513 4 View

Would adding books published in Lambert Publishers increase my RG impact?

There are some books published in LAP. Shall I add it to the RG?

02 March 2021 2,753 1 View

Which period is considered as study period in research?

Is that starting from proposal development to result writeup or just from data collection to result writeup and reporting (publishing)?

28 February 2021 910 2 View

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

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

Are we using now IT technology effectively?

I discover now two my papers, which are more then 30 years old and which are describing something, what was done in years 1985 -...

21 February 2021 5,008 3 View

How to decrease the time for publication of paper in a journal ?

It takes a lot of time in publishing the paper in the journal, from few months to a year so how one can able to decrease the time for publication.

17 February 2021 2,997 14 View

Which Journals would you advise to submit a Letter which briefly talks about neurosurgical treatment of neuro-oncological patient during Sars-COV-2?

Possibily not an open access journal which does not add any publishing costs once being accepted. Thank you in advance

09 February 2021 717 6 View

OmniScriptum Publishing Group?

Hello, Has anybody published with OmniScriptum Publishing Group. I got an email from them. The emails claims the editor is from the group but the email is signed out by lambert academic...

08 February 2021 5,611 3 View

Do you consider it is important to vindicate Spanish as language, in scientific issues and publication of scientific articles?

03 February 2021 3,756 4 View

What is the role of IQAC to improve the grading of an institution?

IQAC provides all information about institution and its various activities to NAAC, Bangluru, India in order to get good grading. In this light what is the role of IQAC??

03 February 2021 6,916 1 View