What does it mean if in mediation analysis the indirect effect is significant but is a larger b value than that of the direct effect?

I understand that for partial mediation to have occured the CI for the indirect effect must not cross zero and the b value for the indirect effect should be smaller than the b value for the direct...

14 February 2021 3,273 7 View

Does diseases like fungal,bacterial etc of rice plant is different from nutrient deficiency diseases?how deep learning is used except classification?

can any one suggest me other than classification, how deep learning technique can be used in plant disease detection in rice plant? could a research work continued from fungal,bacterial...

07 February 2021 470 2 View

Without using a course aggregate why the topic is named as Textile Reinforced Concrete? & why not it is named as Textile Reinforced Mortar Cement?

Dear Researchers, In Textile Reinforced Concrete is a novel construction material consisting of a cementitious binder and a textile reinforcement. Without using a course aggregate why the topic...

24 January 2021 2,654 9 View

What is the use of vaccination without follow-up tests for assessing the corresponding antibodies ?

Shouldn't every individual who takes COVID-19 vaccination undergo periodic review to the study the state of corresponding antibodies? Individuals who do not produce any symptoms of COVID-19 after...

23 January 2021 6,170 2 View

In a xrd pattern how to check if any of the peak is due to presence of super lattice(SL)? Any conditions to check & confirm SL peaks?

I have a xrd pattern, in that i suspect that one of the peak may be due to SL, i want to understand how to confirm it or reject it

07 January 2021 5,534 3 View

What etchant should be used for Annealed 17-4 PH stainless steel sheet ??

I wish to determine microstructure of 17-4 PH stainelss steel sheet (annealed condition). What etchant should I use so that a clear microstructure can be found out ??

03 January 2021 9,836 2 View

What is the difference between PEEQ, PE and LE options in abaqus ??

I wish to find out thickness variation in my model, so for that which one I should choose among PEEQ, PE and LE ??

26 December 2020 6,542 2 View

Do you think selfishness and opportunism are key to the success?

Do you think selfishness and opportunism are key to the success? Dou you agree that principles, morals, ethics, intelligence etc. are only useless, show-words, even in the fields of science,...

24 December 2020 10,015 12 View

List of scopus/ DOAJ indexed medical education journals?

suggest some indexed journals with low publication charges that publish medical education related research projects

22 December 2020 6,909 3 View

Hi, What is the basic difference between an ultramer and a gblock?

I am planning to overexpress an sRNA in K.pneumoniae (inherently resistant to Amp, hence cannot use pUC19 because of it Amp resistance and not useful to scree). Which is better to clone in an...

14 November 2020 1,530 3 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

How does an antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody?

Hello, I was just wondering how does a antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody? Is it because of the drug conjugation?

28 February 2021 1,577 1 View

Benefits of the 24 welled plate?

We have always used the 96 welled plate, the 48 welled plate but apparently there is much evidence on the 24 welled plate and above all its benefits.It states it is the same you would use on ELISA...

28 February 2021 1,149 1 View

How do I choose contrasts in SPM8?

I am learning how to use SPM for PET and PET-MR analysis, but I haven't found any great resources that explain how contrasts work. I have a series of PET images where our hypothesis argues that...

24 February 2021 1,534 2 View

Can two EC50 values with different hill slopes be compared?

Hello, I fit a classical dose response curve Y=Bottom + (Top-Bottom)/(1+10^((LogEC-X)*HillSlope)) to my data (not related to inhibitors etc). The model I use is purely qualitative but it fits...

23 February 2021 8,155 5 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

The Role of Town Planners in CAV Use?

Colleagues and I are about to begin a project investigating the role of town planners and local authorities in establishing the introduction of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). What...

21 February 2021 2,247 3 View

What is the most prevalent drug related problem in the developed countries?

Detecting the drug related problems is an important step in the pharmaceutical care plan

21 February 2021 5,421 3 View

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19 February 2021 8,647 3 View