How to make an apparatus for testing membrane permeability and selectivity?

Good afternoon everyone! I just can't find drawings or a description of the creation of an apparatus for determining the permeability and selectivity of membranes in relation to gases and gas...

14 January 2021 9,205 4 View

Fixation of whole rats organs in buffered formalin?

Dear colleagues, I would like to ask you if anyone has experience with the fixation of whole rat organs (heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, brain, testes) in 10% buffered formalin. Thank you, Roman

28 October 2020 3,175 3 View

How can you do biotynilation of antibodies in presence of gentamicin?

For some time we have used biotinylated antibodies for ELISA. Usually I use biotin N-hydroxysuccinimide ester to link biotin to antibodies (and I have used different carbodiimides for other...

28 July 2020 8,806 3 View

If you had to reference a publication which proves or at least rigorously argues that AI control problem is (un)solvable, what would you cite?

Links to such articles with some explanations would be great!

27 July 2020 7,035 6 View

What is the estimated projected price of electricity (or hydrogen) for bio-solar cells?

Hello, everyone! There are many reports about bio-based solar cells and their prospects in the scientific literature. All authors write that these devices will be low-cost. Does anyone know any...

13 July 2020 655 3 View

Can you help me?

I am looking for information as to whether some insects (or spiders?) similar in pattern of colouration (red anteriorly, blackish posteriorly, white transverse bands) to some Cleridae (Clerus,...

09 February 2020 4,416 3 View

Does somebody know about protocol of retroviruses and adeno-assosiated viruses?

Hello! I have a lot of practice with lentiviruses (shRNA, knock-in, CRISPR, etc.). And now I need to transduce human and mouse cells by retroviruses (knock-in). I recieved plasmid pQCXIP and in...

11 January 2020 1,245 3 View

Variation partitioning - Is there a all -encompassing function/package in R?

I am a bit frustrated looking for a competent function doing variation partitioning (e.g. on linear model output) it should be able to tick the following boxes A) calculate all overlaps and "pure"...

04 December 2019 9,273 3 View

Is there any problem with magnetite nanoparticles to be observed in a FESEM system?

I ask this because I had a problem with a FESEM FEI SCIOS system. According to the technician he made observations of my sample TiO2/MAGNETITE. After many observations and session of my samples...

25 November 2019 3,024 4 View

Has anyone had problems quantifying DNA using Qubit?

I use Qubit to quantify my DNA material, and I have never had quantification problems. However a few weeks ago my lab bought a new Qubit reactive which has a different color (slightly pink) in...

23 September 2019 3,943 1 View

Shall I skip the measurement model in SmartPLS?

Hello everyone, I had run a mediation model in SmartPLS using questionnaires that were already validated among my statistical population. A professor who edited my paper -though she is not...

01 March 2021 3,052 3 View

How can plant phytochemistry be included in discussions about whole plant traits?

I am using the concept of plant functional traits (Cornellisen et al., 2003) in a paper. Considering descriptions for whole plant traits (life history; life form; growth form; plant height;...

24 February 2021 6,831 5 View

How do historians determine the credibility sources in modern history?

For a source to be considered reliable it must contain accurate historical information. But how does one determine the accuracy and reliability of sources in modern and recent history since not...

23 February 2021 1,346 13 View

How COVID-19 has affected mental health?

The pandemic has led to depression and anxiety and its negative effects shouldn't be ignored. However, it has also led some people to become more resilient! What do you think? Thank you.

21 February 2021 4,733 19 View

How to calculate stress at the cross section of spherical particles within a matrix?

Hi all, I am currently working on some background calculations before I start a new project related to metal matrix particulate composites. I am trying to find a way to calculate the stress at...

19 February 2021 8,503 3 View

Can medicinal plants really play an inherent rule in the COVID-19 tackle?

Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected? I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to...

17 February 2021 2,141 9 View

How can I interpret a ratio variable?

Dear colleagues, I am running a regression in which I have the following regression FoodExp = 67.04 DepRatio +.....e My interest is in the interpretation of the coefficient on the dependency...

16 February 2021 2,058 2 View

Patients with chronic kidney disease could get COVID-19 vaccine?

04 February 2021 278 4 View

Which tropical country is the most easy for obtaining research permit (for biological research)?

Dear all, High beurocracy hihly complicate field ecolocial and evolutionary research nowadays. Nearly all tropical countries (maybe all?) requires research permit for performitng research and in...

04 February 2021 3,672 6 View

Can anyone help to convert ODK XLS into XML?

We want to conduct a verbal autopsy using WHO adult VA updated tools in ODK. The current version of WHO adult verbal autopsy tools is v1.5.3. I have successfully converted VA ODK-XLS v1.4 into XML...

03 February 2021 844 2 View