Is there any effective FEM solver to perform simulation of balloon inflation with large deformation (e.g. 300% strain)?

Hi! Thank you for your time, attention, and support. I am currently using FEM solver Abaqus to perform a set of balloon inflation simulations, trying to understand the deformation shape, stress,...

14 February 2021 2,524 4 View

Why are we measuring gel content of NBR latex? Does gel content related to the amount of cross-linked in a polymer?

Hi good day to everyone! I am actually studying the gel content of synthetic latex. Refer to ASTM 3616, gel content is measure of insoluble rubbers in the chosen solvent. So, I just would like to...

07 February 2021 605 4 View

How to delete a copy of a paper, and how to delete a co-author's name?

I mistakenly uploaded a copy of the same paper and entered my alternative name. How to delete them out? (I couldn't navigate to the right buttons to do it. So from where to where is what I don't...

07 January 2021 7,694 6 View

What effect will different solvents have on the ATRP reaction?

I want to do an ATRP reaction, synthesize an ATRP initiator, use DMF as a solvent, and mix DMF, BIBB and TEA to turn red. Why does it turn red? Xylene has been used as a solvent before, and there...

04 January 2021 8,034 3 View

Species identification.Who can tell me the scientific names of these Gastropods?

Species identification. I've been doing research on communities of marine macrobenthos recently, but some of them can't be identified, which hinders my research. Who can help me identify these...

14 December 2020 8,357 3 View

Cell shrinkage during ROS assay(H2DCFDA)?

Hi! I'm Yu, studying about health of MSC. These days, I'm doing ROS assay with H2DCFDA which requires 5~30 minutes of staining with PBS or HEPES or HBSS. In our lab, We use PBS w/o Mg/Ca for...

13 December 2020 8,813 9 View

Can I fix the cells after H2DCFDA assay for FACS analysis?

Hi ! I'm Yu, and planning to analyze ROS assay with H2DCFDA(Thermo) on MSCs. A lot of protocols instruct that treat H2DCFDA at specific concentration for 5~30 min, 20~30 min of recovery time...

10 December 2020 973 1 View

How to reconstruct a Lamb wave by a series of pulses superposed?

Lamb wave is useful for solid structure health monitoring, and it consists many modes. Unlike ultrasonic bulk wave, when given a pulse excitation (for example, 5-cycle sinusoidal pulse), only...

08 December 2020 5,440 8 View

How to interpret the significant effect of covariates when conducting a Two-way ANCOVA?

06 December 2020 8,560 4 View

Did anyone do microglia Oil Red O staining?

I need to stain adiposome in microglia, but I don't know how to confirm that are really success? method : Removed media and washed cells with PBS, then added 4 % paraformaldehyde for 20 minutes at...

24 November 2020 2,359 2 View

Uncertianiny in using dry or wet basis in mixing a sediment with fuel oil?

Hello I'm currently working on a topic related to studying the anaerobic biodegradation of TPH in marine sediments. In this work, sediment should be mixed with fuel oil to a concentration of 20 g...

24 February 2021 9,839 3 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

I have a problem with kanamycin - why the kanamycin doesn't affect?

Hi everyone, I need to expression of GFP with pET28 plasmid in E. coli BL21(DE3) plysE. Transformed cells have kanamycin and chloramphenicol resistance. Normally, only transformed cells should...

22 February 2021 4,032 4 View

Which way will be better to give OGT inhibitors doses through intravenous or orally for pregnant female rats and concentration suggestion?

I'm planning to use ST078925 OGT inhibitor from TimTec (OGT-O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) transferase) for female rats.

16 February 2021 7,850 2 View

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View

How to calculate the sample size required to detect the difference in pharmacokinetics of methotrexate?

I came across with this study here, https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=5066 And this study says: "The sample size calculation was done to compare two different MTX starting dose...

14 February 2021 3,017 3 View

How to calculate ultraviolet dose in Gy or J/kg?

Currently I'm doing a literature review regarding the comparisons of different types of radiation such as uv, electron beam and gamma radiation. But I'm having a difficult time converting uv unit...

11 February 2021 7,642 3 View

Why do high doses of humic substances inhibit the growth of corn roots? Is there a toxicity effect?

Length, volume, surface area and dry mass of corn roots treated with humic substances increased up to 13 liters per hectare and decreased with higher doses.

02 February 2021 2,190 4 View

What are the naitve functions of bacterial NRP?

The bacterial NRPs (nonribosomal polypeptides) are famous as clinical drugs such as antibiotics, but is there other native function of these NRPs of bacteria except antimicrobial, because their...

01 February 2021 4,280 1 View

How to improve my BrdU immunostaining?

24 January 2021 414 3 View