Can anyone recomend a "surplus" lab equipment sales company for our thin-film PVD system?

We are scaling down our thin film R&D projects, and are looking to sell off / find a good home for our Thin-film & Nanoparticle Physical Vapour Deposition system. I was wondering if...

16 September 2020 6,550 3 View

Where to find OnLine Volunteer jobs, solving Algebraic thru Ordinary Differential Equations, in the Math Modeling, Simulation, & Optimization arenas?

I'm a retired applied mathematician seeking a volunteer job using my (math/EE) education and experience in (disc drive/airplane/space) industries. A calculus-level compiler provides a quick way...

16 February 2020 2,394 3 View

How to remove carry-over in LC-MS/MS gradient method when isocratic method shows no sign of carry-over

I have a new molecule for which I have initially developed an isocratic LC-MS/MS method (Synergi Fusion column, H2O/ACN 20/80 (+0.1% HCOOH)). Analysis of this method gives limited sensitivity...

25 June 2017 1,721 11 View

When using the 'Concrete damaged plasticity' model in ABAQUS, can you view the plastic crack widths that the program is calculating?

Refering to section '18.5.3 Concrete damaged plasticity' in the ABAQUS manual, there is a parameter L0 for cracked damage. Can you output this value? I am getting warnings about negative increases...

10 June 2015 1,092 2 View

Technology to probe physics of polymer brushes?

Do you think the technology described in this article could be used to look at the conformation / physics of tethered polymers (both neutral and polyeletrolytes) under static and shear flow...

02 December 2014 5,813 5 View

Can anyone help with correlation of qPCR and western blot reults?

I knocked down a gene which has been shown to promote cell proliferation. qPCR results confirmed that the gene was indeed knocked down. There was increased expression of p53 as a result, which...

24 September 2014 9,241 5 View

Why are my no template controls for qPCR yielding products?

My "no template" controls are showing products that are identical to their genes. I did bax and p53 qPCR and noticed that bax amplification was almost identical to bax no template control; p53,...

26 May 2014 6,402 7 View

Would any MDs/PhDs be willing to be interviewed as part of a neuroethnographic research project? I want to hear your thoughts on TBI/PTSD treatments.

First and foremost - I cannot actually begin to formally collect data until June of 2014, as I will have to meet with an IRB to both receive approval and to establish how to best ensure research...

14 January 2014 8,525 5 View

Hi, I keep getting very low yields of RNA from my RNA extractions

I am using duplicate wells per sample in a 24 well plate. I had no problem when I extracted total RNA from a culture flask. I am using a Nucleospin extraction kit from Promega. I get low yields...

03 September 2013 2,192 22 View

Can I use RNAse-free water in the place of 'nuclease-free' water?

Can I use RNAse-free water in the place of 'nuclease-free' water? Is RNase-free water always DNase-free OR is DNase -free water always RNase free?? The term nuclease-free water seems all...

30 July 2013 790 4 View

What are the ethics of the teaching profession?

What are the ethics of the teaching profession? There are a lot of ethics that must be provided by the teacher mention it?

05 January 2021 9,535 54 View

How do I identify new studies in my area of research?

20 December 2020 4,501 4 View

What are the main tools used to analyze the data which is collected from the qualitative social work research ?

i have used case study and non participant observation as a research methods in the qualitative research , hence i need some tools to analyze the collected data....I've belongs to the social work...

25 October 2020 438 8 View

How to manage stress in teaching profession during this pandemic?

Stress management

14 October 2020 7,292 46 View

How can I interpret time-dependent coefficients in Cox Model, given that theory doesn't indicate them?

I fitted a Cox PH Model and upon examination of the Schoenfeld residuals it became apparent that the proportionality assumption was violated by several variables. Following Box-Steffensmeier &...

12 September 2020 8,660 4 View

Im looking for a sociology book on identity?

Hello :) I found this forum while looking for good sociologic theories on identity, so I hope its okay to ask this question here. If it isnt just remove me :D Do you know any good books on the...

08 May 2020 6,600 4 View

How The Corona-virus Pandemic Will Change Architectural Education and Practice??

29 April 2020 7,768 14 View

What level of variance in interview subjects and questions?

I am currently writing my undergrad thesis and part of the research I am conducting requires that I carry out interviews with relevant stakeholders and professionals. These individuals will vary...

02 March 2020 8,874 3 View

What kind of methodology am I using? - Is it a critical ethnography?

So I'm an NP and I'm writing a paper about the toxic discourse used to attack NP's and in return attack physicians, essentially my point is can we all stop being mean to each other and just look...

21 December 2019 9,966 4 View

How does an archaeologist think?

Every profession has its own way of how to solve a problem (see my article https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319644185_Thinking_like_an_engineer and my question...

11 December 2019 10,019 10 View