What is the process for getting a journal listed in the Scimago SJR Ranking system?

There are many small research journals that have no official impact rating. I would like to hear from scholars who have helped to build the impact of new journals regarding the process of getting...

07 August 2018 8,105 0 View

Is paraphrasing a teachable skill for second language English students?

What aspects of paraphrasing are teachable at which levels? What aspects make paraphrasing unteachable? How can the various task complexity factors be simplified?

05 June 2018 433 5 View

How do you separate your dissertation ideas and findings from colleagues who decide to research on your same topic?

A dissertation project entails a long period of time in terms of research design data collection and dissertation submission and dissemination. It also often entails asking for support from...

03 April 2017 4,935 1 View

What is the difference between a peer-reviewed and refereed journal? Is there any rating system between these and non-peer-reviewed?

We are creating an in-house publication that will be carefully reviewed and screened, but will not be paying outside reviewers...

09 October 2015 3,986 7 View

What is the best conference format for a roundtable discussion in applied linguistics or cultural studies? How does it differ from a panel discussion?

I want to create a roundtable discussion format for a cultural studies conference. I currently have a 150 minute 5-6 person panel discussion standard where there is a general abstract and then...

07 August 2015 5,727 16 View

PhD viva voce or oral defense advice for MMR research

I would like to ask colleagues who have completed or are completing Mixed Method Research dissertations, especially in applied linguistics, and L2 learning through literature if you have advice...

01 January 1970 6,255 3 View

What are the most reliable approaches to extract key continuous frames from a video, with complete automation?

I have an input video, of skin (from a microscope that means it is magnified such that blood capillaries are visible). The idea is to extract 15 sec of continuous frames from a video of 1 min,...

02 March 2021 2,735 2 View

Does anyone have a recommendation for yeast reporter gene plasmid/protocol?

Hi, could anyone recommend a plasmid and/or protocol for reporter gene assay in S. cerevisiae? I want to assess the effect of growth conditions on a transcription factor, so I want to clone it`s...

01 March 2021 210 1 View

Is there any rich, publicly available English literary corpus?

Hi everyone. I am looking for a rich corpus in English literature, a one which includes literary prose ( e.g., novels or short stories) . can anyone propose a good one? Best regards Fatemeh

01 March 2021 1,970 2 View

What is the standard protocol in doing replicates for C. elegans lifespan assay on solid media (thru worm picking)?

I would like to know what is the standard protocol in the number of worms per plate and number of plates per concentration of extract X in a lifespan assay done in solid media and not automated...

23 February 2021 9,933 1 View

Which database is the most suitable for checking English bigrams frequency?

Which database is the most suitable for checking English bigrams frequency? We want to assess the frequency of different English graphemes. Most of the databases that we have checked seem to...

18 February 2021 4,565 3 View

Room Occupancy Calculation ?

15 February 2021 1,997 6 View

Nuances in the digital twin concept. Opinions?

Hello everyone, I am currently working on the state of the art of the digital twin concept, and after seeing the categorization made by Kritzinger, W. et al. (2018) [Digital Twin in...

14 February 2021 2,107 3 View

How can I use Permanova to analyze individual variation with RNA seq transcripts and multiway Anova design?

I have a dataset with 96 individuals and 1496 transcripts of interest. I have analyzed the experiment by multiway ANOVA in the Permanova platform of Primer-E. I am satisfied that I have figured...

13 February 2021 7,217 4 View

How reliable is estimation of copy numbers by absolute qPCR?

Hello, I would like to compare the expression levels of several genes in insects, so I prepared standard curves and estimated copy numbers of each sequence in my samples. But for one of the genes,...

11 February 2021 8,421 13 View

Has anyone tried eBioscience Foxp3 / Transcription Factor Staining Buffer Set with TdTomato+ cells?

Hi all, I stained tdTomato+ cells (PBMCs and Jurkats) with eBioscience Foxp3 / Transcription Factor Staining Buffer Set for the foxp3 and I completely lost the signal of tdTomato. I tried to fix...

10 February 2021 5,863 2 View