Different primers for same gene but different results in expression?

Hey everyone, I am currently doing my doctoral thesis at the department of pathology. I designed two different primers for my gene of interest having two different amplification sizes (130bp and...

17 February 2021 6,684 3 View

By which mechanism does potassium hyrdoxide works as an activator in the preparation of activated carbon?

Activated carbon is prepared from biomass using KOH as the activating agent. What is the possible reaction between KOH and the biomass?

14 February 2021 8,095 4 View

How to address SRMR (0.2 to 0.8) to make model fit?

Dear researchers, I want to update my knowledge regarding data analysis. I will be honored if you can help me to reduce in correcting SRMR in SEM_PLS. All the measures (AVE, CR, VIF, CA, HTMT) are...

09 February 2021 1,702 1 View

How to approach quantification of cytoplasmic immunofluorescent signal in adipocytes?

Any ideas on how to quantify a non-nuclear immunofluorescent signal in adipocytes? I had the idea to do a watershed on inverted image to "locate" the center of the empty space where lipid droplets...

05 January 2021 5,420 1 View

Are ther ways to quantify / measure the degree of loneliness?

Are there ways to quantify / measure / monitor the degree of loneliness of team members in a Covid-19 lockdown teleworking situation? Team dynamics over a longer period of teleworking and...

16 November 2020 4,212 9 View

Does anybody have experiences with FFF separation of PHB particles?

I am trying to separate suspension of PHB particles, stabilized with PVA. The DLS results show two populations with peak maxima about 150 nm and 380 nm. The Zeta potential was -3 mV (pH 7) across...

21 October 2020 6,551 1 View

What is the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on global warming?

Because of extensive lock up during the pandemic in many countries of the world, notably Europe, USA, Brazil, China and India, there was reduced use of hydrocarbons, especially due to much reduced...

15 October 2020 8,539 23 View

Is there any way to find RUL of bearing with incomplete dataset?

I am interested in finding RUL of bearing, which is currently in operation. I could find papers which uses run to failure datasets, which is not of my interest. Can anyone suggest methods or...

11 October 2020 7,962 7 View

Does anyone know of ontologies of the knowledge covered in US middle school and high school curricula?

For one of our projects we are looking for ontologies of middle and high school topics, such as math, science, history, and others. Is anyone aware of existing ontologies that are available for use?

10 October 2020 2,040 3 View

Multiple-Group Invariance with Categorical Outcomes AND correlated residuals?

Dear all, I have a question relating to the following paper: Dubravka Svetina, Leslie Rutkowski & David Rutkowski (2020) Multiple-Group Invariance with Categorical Outcomes Using Updated...

08 October 2020 3,142 3 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

My silica gel column dried can I somehoe save the trapped matter?

I tried to separate my substance from a protein in a sillica gel column. By mistake, it dried and cracked. Can I save the trapped substance? Can I repack it ,or at least elute all of the trapped...

22 February 2021 1,789 3 View

How to formulate Energy minimization in Molecular dynamics simulation for alloys using meam potential?

during MD simulation, the atoms are not moving as per required. The problem (as per my observation) lies in energy minimization technique. upon application of tensile strain in x or y direction,...

22 February 2021 380 5 View

Purification of proteins from baculovirus-infected insect cells?

18 February 2021 6,665 6 View

Formulate model for one integer optimization?

I am working on one optimization problem. the model with two states, the transition between the two states based on one threshold value (L = 5, which L< 5 -> Normal state, L== 5 ->...

11 February 2021 4,045 3 View

Vth increase with programming SONOS Flash in Tcad?

Hello, I've been working on this issue for more than a month now.... I made a basic SONOS flash structure using TCAD Sentaurus sProcess. (tunnel oxide/nitride/blocking oxide : 4/6/6 [nm]) Then,...

11 February 2021 3,337 3 View

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View