Theoretical computer virology ? is still alive ?

HI Everyone! I am asking to know by you, expert in cybersecurity and mathematics, if Computer virology (the one of Cohen and Andler) is still an active field of research. That research made in...

08 February 2021 7,613 6 View

In opensees is the ReinforcingSteel material sensitive to units of measure?

20 January 2021 7,043 2 View

How do I organize items to repeated surveys for quantitative and qualitative analysis?

Hello fellow researchers! Newbie here :) I created a survey with open-ended and Likert-type questions. The survey was administered nine times to the same people using google forms. I plan to...

01 January 2021 3,921 3 View

Is there a better library or function for plotting CFA with many observed variables in R?

Hello! I'm kind of new in using R for doing EFA, CFA, and SEM. I just followed a guide to perform CFA on my data to see how my context fits the ITC-SOPI model in a VR photo-based tour. I used...

23 December 2020 1,679 2 View

Best way to validate CRISPR-Cas9 editing efficiency?

I'm trying to obtain genetic KO in my cell line of interest using Lentiviral-mediated CRISPR-Cas9 delivery system. I would like to test more than one unpubblished sgRNA targetting a couple of...

10 August 2020 1,324 4 View

How to convert .txt into plink files (ped/map or bed/bim/fam)?

I have a huge oncoarray_genotype_XXXX.txt file with 11.7 GB size. I would like to convert this file into adequate files for analyzing in plink software. However, I could not find how to conduct...

08 July 2020 9,302 2 View

Fluorescence labeled antibody?

Hi all, I have a small question for you. Is there any fluorescent labeled antibody available which emits the fluorescence only if bound to substrate? So the unlabeled version does not emit any...

19 March 2020 5,715 2 View

How to evaporate Methyl Acetate, and purge added Ethanol?

To use an inhibitor, prepared and sold in a methyl acetate solution, I need to evaporate the aforementioned solvent and exchanging to ethanol or DMSO. I will do that with a gentle nitrogen stream....

01 March 2020 6,947 3 View

SPSS, data with 5 replicates. How to generate the variables-data sheet?

I am trying to analyze some results obtained from lipidomics. The experimental setup was as follows: 5 replicates, 3 conditions (1 control, 2 treatments). I have thus 5 numerical values per each...

08 January 2020 3,526 3 View

How to solve multicollinearity problem in mixture design?

Due to its own nature mixture design models (mainly with interactions) presents multicollinearity problems, some authors declare that a combination of forward stepwise and step backward stepwise...

05 January 2020 1,136 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

Loss of biodiversity its impact on terrestrial ecosystem?

I need research papers with problem statement as well as research questions in respect of the above mentioned topics

04 February 2021 2,240 15 View

What species (or genus even) of crab is this (bivalve using hermit type)?

Two weeks ago I found a peculiar crab in the intertidal zone in SW Florida. when found, the crab was not utilizing a shell. It was similar shaped to porcelain crabs found in our area, but with...

17 January 2021 1,620 4 View

Can anyone identify this fungus/mushroom from China?

The pictures were taken in Guishan Mts in Yunnan. The fungus is ca. 10-12 cm high.

07 January 2021 6,639 10 View

Is there any relevant technique for mesocosm studies in marine environment using Nanoparticles?

I am planning to perform mesocosm study in simulated marine environment using Phosphorus based nanoparticles, i would be using marine micro-organisms in it. kindly suggest me some effective...

07 January 2021 5,877 3 View

How does titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a coating's component enhance the coating performance in terms of anticorrosion??

Greetings, Recently, I was asked by a researcher how does TiO2 enhance the coatings polymeric structure making it able to reduce corrosion reaction by preventing the penetration of aggressive...

02 January 2021 5,257 5 View

Can forward and reverse sequences of PCR products be entirely different from each other?

Dear All, The forward and reverse sequences obtained from the PCR products are not identical at all. Can I still make the contigs for doing BLASTn? Individually both sequences are showing the...

22 December 2020 5,280 5 View

Is there any chemical safe for sea environment, but could be used for repelling planktons and microorganisms?

As an example of Julia Child, whose first receipe was shark repelent, my team and I are looking for some chemicals which wont harm planktons but will help keep planktons from our robot in sea.

20 December 2020 9,616 4 View

What is the most controllable (marine) bacterial culture you can cultivate in simulated seawater?

02 December 2020 6,796 3 View

Any available international research grant in this COVID-19 year?

Dear researchers, I am a researcher from a university in Malaysia. I know that we all are having a tough situation in this pandemic year. I just posted this to know if there is any possible...

24 November 2020 8,759 3 View