What is the difference between Pt(100), Pt(110) and Pt(111)?

For example: In an electrochemical cell utilising a platinum (Pt) anode, what is the difference and what kind of implications would be expected from using either Pt(100), Pt(110) or Pt(111)?

20 January 2021 309 5 View

Professional Engineer's Code of Ethics: What & How To Assure Compliance?

Historically, the subject question has been met mainly with "After The Fact" assertions. Yet when one learns of the infrastructure failures . . .bridges, tunnels, pipelines, highways. . . it...

11 November 2020 3,574 3 View

How to calculate membrane potential of a membrane within a PEM Electrolysis Cell?

When calculating the cell potential of an electrolysis cell, does a proton exchange membrane (PEM - such as a Sustainion membrane) influence the overall cell potential, and if so, how do you...

08 October 2020 7,321 1 View

How to find the cell potential (E) of cathode and anode in an electrolysis cell?

Hi I'm trying to model the overall energy balance of an electrolysis cell which utilizes an IrO2 anode (for an OER) and an Ag nanoparticle cathode. To find the overall cell potential I must first...

06 October 2020 3,492 3 View

Q1. What changes have been observed in the professional lives of our CE graduates ? Q2. What CE academic programs have developed?

In June 1995, the culmination of some 3 years or so of preparation, led by professor Dr. Jim Yao, Texas A&M, resulted in an "ASCE Education Conference" in Denver, CO. At the end of that...

12 August 2020 1,069 3 View

Power of Theory vs. Opinion - Why students Cheat?

15 April 2020 7,661 3 View

Nurses knowledge of Palliative Radiotherapy?

Am researching the level of knowledge that nurses, particularly those working within Oncology and Palliative Care settings, have of Palliative Radiotherapy. Would be very grateful for any...

18 August 2016 7,372 8 View

Are asymmetrical synaptic excitatory junctions increased in the diabetic brain ?

01 January 1970 3,994 5 View

Significance of Insulin being sytesized and secreated in the brain

I recently found out that Mazucanti CH et al had discovered that insulin was synthesized in the choroid plexus within ependymal cells of the brain. I was very excited to learn this as a source...

01 January 1970 9,637 6 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

How to quantitative analize the data of TNBS assay for gelatin?

Estemeed colleagues, I found some issues regarding the quantification of the data for TNBS assay. There are different protocols on how to perform that but it is clear to me the "fil rouge" that...

02 March 2021 2,616 1 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

How to simultaneously perform multiple biochemical assays?

I am a research scholar working on heavy metal stress on plants. I will be doing biochemical characterisation( protein, carbohydrate, proline, antioxidant enzymes and many more assays) at interval...

01 March 2021 6,999 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

How to avoid ulcers in s.c. injected tumors ?

Recently, we have injected s.c. B16F10 tumor cells in BL/6 mice. At around 12-15th day some animals showed ulcerations in tumors , with a big hole in the middle (it looks like a volcano). We have...

01 March 2021 9,938 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View