Why does flow deformation occur at the test line and control line on nitrocellulose membranes (LFIA)?

I use 1% BSA in 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) solution when striping my nitrocellulose membranes with antigens and antibodies. However, I always observe deformed flow when my sample or running...

16 February 2021 4,224 3 View

How can I set up UV irradiation for crosslinking lab?

Hi, I am using a mix of 2 polymers and want to try and crosslink them. I have a UVA lamp of 365nm and have tried the lab previously at 30cm above. How would you recommend I approach the lab and...

31 January 2021 8,711 3 View

Which air pollution/air quality books do you recommend for working with environmental engineering students?

I am exploring up-to-date books on air pollution and air quality, and I would like to know which books do you recommend for environmental engineering students.

25 January 2021 3,972 7 View

How to simulate Sloshing water using Dynamic mesh in ANSYS Fluent ?

I am trying to model sloshing water in a tank in ANSYS Fluent using Wall motion. BUT it seems that System coupling is not responding to wall motion and it works only with Dynamic mesh.

20 January 2021 2,963 3 View

Are there other models that meet the same purpose?

Both Jakes and Gaussian models are used to characterize the power spectral densities of mobile communication channels.

11 January 2021 759 3 View

SDAS, secondary dendritic arms space relation with solidification rate?

Want to know the relation between sdas and solidification rate, the mechanism by which getting smaller space between secondary arms by increasing the rate ?

23 December 2020 735 2 View

Shall i use the country's CPI score or rank while entering the data ?

I have the Corruption perception index as a control variable in my study and i'm not sure what i have use the score or the rank of the country ? please advice what i have to use in the data entry...

09 December 2020 3,797 2 View

Any thoughts for a research topic in a master's level thesis regarding combination of Supply chain and entrepreneurship?

Hi, we are two master's students at JIBS and currently looking for inspiration and suggestions for a research topic that has a connection of both "supply chain" and "entrepreneurship". maybe...

18 November 2020 2,524 3 View

Can electrophoretic mobility measurements of polymer-coated AuNPs be used to infer the role of charge (if any) in their dispersion stability?

Hello Everyone, We have stable citrate-coated AuNPs dispersed in water. Different polymeric protective coatings (PEG, PVP, BSA) have been chemically grafted to the citrate-coated AuNPs for...

17 November 2020 2,903 16 View

How can instructors assess the intercultural competence of their ESL students?

Intercultural competence is a skill rarely taught and measured in ESL venues. What is an ideal way of measuring the student's progress in developing intercultrual awareness and testing it?

08 November 2020 2,176 16 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

What analysis to choose with a large neste dataset and clearly skewed or kurtotic distributions?

Hello! I have a dataset of n=3000 nested within 8 countries with approximately 200 or 400 responses in each country. I originally planned to perform multilevel modelling with 4 dependent variables...

02 March 2021 6,865 1 View

How can we simulate an hyperelastic-viscoelastic behavor with Ansys APDL?

I am working on modeling and simulation of biomecanical material behaviour, I have succeded on simulating skin using anisotropic hyperelastic material, on APDL and in our lab's finite element...

28 February 2021 552 3 View

Standard curve shifting over time. How do I stabilise the ELISA?

24 February 2021 1,365 3 View

How does the injection volume impact LLOQ and ULOQ in regression analysis (LC-MSMS)?

Hello, I have run into an issue that has sparkled a debate at work: is the LLOQ/ULOQ impacted by injection volume under the following circumstances: 1) Same dilution factor of all samples 2)...

23 February 2021 9,159 3 View

Using the Pfaffl method: Is it possible that the ratio of the calibrator does not equal 1?

Hi all, I have a question regarding calculations using the Pfaffl method. I have 3 groups per experiment: 1 control group (calibrator) and 2 treatment groups with 6 to 7 biological repeats per...

19 February 2021 8,351 2 View

Which books and review articles describe well the current state of deep reinforcement learning for the optimal control of physical processes?

I am going to treat in a lecture the application of deep reinforcement learning for the optimal control of physical processes. Therefore, I am looking for the best references. Besides the classics...

16 February 2021 1,006 6 View

XRPD Quantification - Building a calibration curve of drug excipient?

I am aiming to utilise XRPD to quantify a drug excipient within a drug product and have been having a little trouble building the calibration curve to allow for this quantification up until this...

10 February 2021 6,145 3 View

Gain and offset values in Sentinel-2 L1C?

Hello everyone. I have been trying to apply radiometric calibration on Sentinel-2 L1C images (bands 2,3,4 and 8), but every time after layerstacking I come across this error: "Calibration...

28 January 2021 7,160 1 View

How to know the threshold limit value of a sar image...??

i want to do thresholding by segregation of water areas from non water areas for that i am using model maker in ERDAS but i am unable to get the threshold limit value of my image.

26 January 2021 8,277 1 View