What is "sociology of sociology"?

Supposedly, it would be a sub-field of sociology of knowledge. However, entering sociology of knowledge, I realized that there is no clear distincting between philosophy, history and sociology of...

07 August 2017 5,694 4 View

Anybody has worked with data mining tools for discourse analysis?

I am trying to figure out ways of discursive diffusion by revising corpora and mining databases. Anybody has experience with tools like RapidMiner applied to some discourse analytic framework?

09 October 2015 8,726 1 View

Who knows something about reception and diffusion of academic research on politics amongst political actors?

I am trying to start a small research on the reception and diffusion of academic research amongst political actors. More concretely, I would like to research the influence that research on social...

08 September 2015 1,796 0 View

What is Laclau's critique of Marx?

Laclau and Mouffe are seen as the most influential post-Marxists, claiming to deconstruct Marx' categories, above all in their book "Hegemony and Socialist Strategy". Now, they are quite...

10 November 2014 2,745 4 View

What is your experience with degrowth and the critique of growth/development?

08 September 2014 2,674 21 View

Introduction to Theory of Sociology/Sociological Theory

Lately, I came across a series of job offers that included teaching of courses like "Theory of Sociology" - both pointing to the "classics" and to contemporary theories, sometimes mixed, sometimes...

08 September 2014 4,034 4 View

What is the difference between post-colonial and decolonial thinking?

I have been asked this question several times. My answer was (more or less) that there is no real difference concerning the theoretical background - it is more about the geographical place, where...

03 April 2014 9,306 22 View

Bibliometrics in Social Sciences

I am planning to do a little (maybe not so little) research concerning the influence of academic and non-academic publications (separated, if possible) on policy. In my case, I care about the...

08 September 2013 9,016 4 View

Social movements in Latin America.

There is quite a series of theories on social movements in Latin America, most of them inspired by the european and US-american context. What theory or what combination of theories has/have proven...

11 December 2012 3,767 6 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 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's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

Do I need to do linear regression before running mediation analysis using PROCESS MACRO by Hayes ?

I just wanted to check if I need to run a linear regression separately if I am using PROCESS MACRO to run mediation analysis. Thank you.

02 March 2021 4,359 3 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View