What are the (extrinsic) factors that influence the citation rate of a research article?

Dear RG members, Excluding the (intrinsic) factors such as quality and content of an article, what are the extrinsic factors/predicors that influence the citation rate of a research article? Is...

07 January 2021 3,410 3 View

Which heating methods do you recommend for establishing a poultry house (oil heater, gas heater, electric heater)?

I think a gas heater is better for the lower operating costs

03 January 2021 385 18 View

Do you think that the president in Iraq should be able to change the economic situation?

13 December 2020 7,193 3 View

Should I take sample from surface or subsurface for soil analysis?

I am currently doing my final year project on Geochemical analysis of peat samples. I will be looking at parameters such as major and trace elements plus anions and cations. Should i take samples...

27 November 2020 6,668 18 View

How to find gR(t)=normalized shear modulus?

I want to use relaxation test data in abaqus. Abaqus wanted terms like gR(t)=normalized shear modulus at time (t) and long term normalized shear modulus to find prony series. can you help me in...

21 August 2020 317 1 View

Can anyone suggest a book regarding Power Quality Disturbances Classification Using Signal Processing Techniques?

Power Quality Disturbances with Synthetic Data Classification using specially wavelet transform signal processing Techniques in MATLAB

04 August 2020 4,011 3 View

How to read pulsar raw data file which is in .dat format ?

I am currently working on pulsar observation, but i am facing difficulty reading pulsar raw data file which is in .dat format, I want to read the header information of the data file and then want...

01 August 2020 9,179 2 View

How extract favorite features of a signals using wavelet analysis in MATLAB?

Please can anyone explain in MATLAB that how extract the main features of signals via DWT or WPT?

14 July 2020 6,162 5 View

How to apply wavelet transform to PQDs ( Power Quality Disturbances) in MATLAB?

I want to know the procedure for apply wavelet transform to PQDs in MATLAB software,

30 April 2020 3,280 5 View

Number of Antennas for Massive MIMO (Commercially+ acc. to 5G Standardization)?

Currently, most of the reports show that the no. of Tx/Rx antennas for mMIMO (commercially deployed and tested) are upto128 (64T64R-TDD etc). Does anyone knows: 1. What is the number of Tx/Rx...

19 March 2020 3,987 8 View

How to measure the pH of Peat Soil?

Peat possess organic content above 75% and is highly acidic in nature (i.e. pH < 4). Before commencing stabilization, it is mandatory to know about the pH level of peat. Therefore, your...

18 February 2021 9,424 7 View

How can I prepare 10mM sodium acetate buffer with pH 9?

I have found an article (Extraction, physicochemical characteristics and functional properties of Mung bean protein) for extracting mung bean protein isolate using water as solvent. As my...

21 January 2021 8,995 3 View

Can anyone suggest me solvent to dissolve EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) polymer?

I am working on experiment where i want EVA to dissolve in some solvent. can anyone suggest me solvent to use ?

06 January 2021 4,251 3 View

How to fix contamination in HPLC?

I am having contamination issues with my HPLC, specifically normal phase. We are running a gradient of 99.5% Hexane / 0.5 Ethyl Acetate down to 40% Hexane / 60% Ethyl acetate and the contamination...

13 December 2020 6,352 4 View

Lipid structures disappear upon negative stainging. Does anyone knows this effect?

13 December 2020 1,559 3 View

Should I take sample from surface or subsurface for soil analysis?

I am currently doing my final year project on Geochemical analysis of peat samples. I will be looking at parameters such as major and trace elements plus anions and cations. Should i take samples...

27 November 2020 6,668 18 View

Pesticide Residue analysis using UPLC-MS/MS - 5 mM or 10 mM Ammonium Acetate?

Hi, I'm setting up a pesticide residue screening method on a Waters UPLC-MS/MS system. Most application notes suggest a 10 mM Ammonium Acetate buffer, but I'm seeing better results (so far) with...

13 October 2020 371 3 View

How to prepare 0.2 M Sodium Acetate Buffer Solution, pH 3.5?

12 October 2020 9,558 3 View

How to fix error link 9999 in gaussian ? Its coming as I add a solvent IEFPCM/DCE Model to the job,without the solvent optimization is sucessful.Why?

I optimized the structure of Pd Acetate Trimer using HF/STO-3G and the B3LYP/LANL2DZ without any solvent. The optimization was successful without any negative frequency. Then I added solvent...

28 September 2020 745 3 View

What is the recent trend in stabilizing peat soil?

Peat is a highly organic soil formed by the decaying of plants and minerals. I am looking for a novice and efficient technique of stabilizing this specific type of soil.

07 July 2020 9,242 7 View