I need to accelerate corrosion in steel parts that are used in a salt-water environment. Is there a technique for doing so?

I have a structure that employs d-ring swiveling tie-downs that corrode during use and become "frozen". I have sample swivel assemblies that I wish to corrode to see if I can free them using one...

01 March 2021 3,739 3 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Does anyone ever solved this following Matlab error : "Error using imaqdevice/start (line 95) pointgrey: Failed to stop the camera acquisition." ?

I use Matlab 2014b to capture some images with a PointGrey camera connected with USB3 port. I initialize the camera in a function which basically execute these followed lines : vid =...

22 February 2021 6,386 1 View

Making my research papers available for readers?

17 February 2021 8,533 2 View

3T3-L1 cells, is this a bacterial contamination or a cross contamination with different cell line? or something else?

Hi, I am experiencing some difficulties with 3T3-L1 cells culturing recently. I am working with 3T3-L1 cells for almost 4 years now and have seen bacterial contaminations/ unhealthy cells and...

13 February 2021 4,040 3 View

What are the main conditions suited for synthesizing a PVDF thin film by solvent casting method?

I have been trying to synthesize PVDF thin film by solvent casting method. I started by using 2:3 DMSO: acetone as solvents. The solution was stirred for 3hrs at 60 deg and was dried at 90 degrees...

09 February 2021 8,850 3 View

Wave velocity and rock density paradox?

Practically it is known that seismic velocity increases as rock density increases, why then does the wave velocity equation involving elastic moduli and density indicate that velocity is inversely...

09 February 2021 1,843 3 View

What is the magnitude of yearly rhizopdeposition in tropical forests?

Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...

26 January 2021 4,278 4 View

Recipe for old qiagen DNA extraction buffer AP2?

Hi there, I'm looking for the recipe for a buffer no longer made by qiagen, but that i need for a procedure i'd like to carry out. I'd like to follow the extraction procedure laid out in the...

17 January 2021 8,496 1 View

Will an electromagnet core be as efficient if it is made of several pieces?

If you had a design for an electromagnet core that required it to be assembled out of several parts would it still produce as strong a magnetic field as the same core but made out of a single...

17 January 2021 5,821 3 View

Which and How to use teaching strategies and procedures to effectively integrate the four skills while teaching English Language Online?

As an inexperienced teacher in the field of online teaching, I have the fear of unconsciously ignoring one of the skills while focusing on not ignoring the other! Therefore, I wish to make use of...

09 February 2021 5,101 4 View

Testing of Antennas?

So, I came across, where antennas are being tested in a building ( a plant), where all sorts of big equipment are around and of course the ceiling. lot of multipath which can affect the...

21 January 2021 9,437 3 View

Does good inferential comprehension first require solid literal comprehension?

Hello, This can be a silly question to ask, but my main field is not in reading comprehension. While I try my best to phrase my question, it can sound a bit awkward. Thank you for your...

11 November 2020 811 3 View

Should sampling and reconstruction be matched? How should the sampling be for machine learning algorithms?

In image reconstruction, we usually design reconstruction algorithms in such a way that we can choose the most convinent sampling pattern. However, the choice of the sampling pattern has a...

10 November 2020 8,669 1 View

Video feature extraction and reconstruction?

The traditional target detection or scene segmentation model can realize the extraction of video features, but the obtained features cannot restore the pixel information of the original video (if...

09 November 2020 1,601 6 View

How are the 3 levels of reading comprehension reflected in grade-level English Language Arts curriculum?

Hello, How are the 3 levels of reading comprehension (literal, inferential, and critical) reflected in grade-level English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum? In particular, normally, is literal...

01 November 2020 1,240 4 View

Is the level of cognitive flexibility positively correlated to the level of reading comprehension?

Hello, Is the level of cognitive flexibility positively correlated to the level of reading comprehension (greater cognitive flexibility brings higher level of reading comprehension)? If there is a...

01 November 2020 8,254 5 View

What is the best way to apply non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) to a very sparse matrix?

Hello, I wish to apply the NMF algorithm to an extremely sparse matrix (~15% non zero values) with the intent to cluster the data based on the similarity of their feature matrices. Because of the...

01 November 2020 3,398 2 View

Is there a reading comprehension theory that suggests simple reading questions are best solved via simple text analysis, and vice versa?

My main field is not Linguistics/reading comprehension so what I am asking might sound a bit silly or not make a lot of sense. My question could certainly be better-phrased. Is there a theory in...

23 October 2020 8,310 2 View

First time project advice: How to close transcription factors, SOX9 and NFIB, into baculoviral vector, pEZT-BM?

Hi all, I am new here and I am about six weeks in to my first ever research project! (I just came here to kick-start my career as a researcher.) :) The aim of my research project: "The aim...

15 September 2020 9,890 3 View