Is it the right method to transform path coefficients into correlations before meta-analysis?

We all know it is possible to get path coefficients from correlation matrix (e.g., PATH ANALYSIS I: INTRODUCTION (ecu.edu) ). Using a simple solver on a spreadsheet, it is therefore possible to...

23 February 2021 8,366 3 View

How can one use PSO to find finite non continous parameters (e.g. enums) ?

Hi, I am making an implementation of PSO for deep neural networks training. For that, I would like the PSO to find the best activation functions as well. However, unlike weights, I use a set of...

12 November 2020 1,506 3 View

Interactions in non-experimental data (agriculture) ?

24 September 2020 2,954 5 View

How to identify trees that have not recovered but are not yet dead after transplanting in urban environnement ?

Are there reliable and easy-to-measure criteria to identify trees that have not recovered after transplanting, but are not yet dead? In particular, I seek to know the reliability of criteria such...

31 August 2020 728 2 View

Any advice for an econometric model with panel data and a lagged variable ?

Hello, I am studying the nutrition status of households using a panel data survey of South-African Households. I would like to study the changes in the nutritional status of households between...

23 April 2020 5,017 6 View

How can I get the required sample sizes for PLS-SEM using G*Power?

I have tried to compute sample size with G*Power but I cannot get the results indicated in the table 1.7 of the book by Hair et al. A Primer on PLS-SEM. Have you tried to check this ? Have you get...

24 March 2019 5,596 1 View

Rate of oxidation of various materials?

Dear colleagues, Would any of you guide me to literature papers or websites which compiled the temperature dependent (T>1000K) oxidation rates of various materials (metals, ceramiques,...

23 January 2019 1,746 9 View

Does anybody have experience in the in vitro generation of IFNy-secreting NK-cells from murine progenitors (LSK) ?

28 May 2018 7,911 3 View

What is the simplest and cheapest method for coating glass with a thin 100 micron uniform layer of epoxy or silicone resin?

I want to make a uniform thin coat of resin /pigment on 5*100 cm glass sheets. The glass could be cut before or after the coating is applied. The coating should be very even in thickness. Any...

10 February 2018 2,569 5 View

Can poor public service provision lead to a crisis of legitimacy and subsequent social turmoil?

As far as I know, there is a growing literature, which discusses the potential of public service delivery to contribute to peace-building via increasing the legitimacy of service providers (often...

04 August 2017 8,178 6 View

Does the phylogenetic tree making tool IQTREE use evolutionary placement algorithm?

For my master thesis I am conducting a phylogenetic research and for this I'm using tools like MEGA, IQTREE, FigTree, etc to make a phylogenetic tree. I wanted to know if IQTREE integrates the...

14 February 2021 1,541 2 View

Is there an alternative to PGLS that considers phylogenetic signal when calculating the estimated value?

I have been working on a study trying to estimate body mass in mammals using a skeletal proxy in R. My dataset has high phylogenetic signal (Pagel's Lambda = 0.9) and I am interested in removing...

26 January 2021 6,997 3 View

Question regarding investigation of the nature of bacteria: whether it can cause human diseases or not?

Hi all, Considering that one has the whole genome sequence (annotated) of a bacterium and wants to know if it has the potential to cause human diseases, what steps would you recommend...

26 January 2021 8,732 3 View

Are phylogenetic independent contrasts still used in biology?

I have a regression equation in which I am curious if the amount of scatter around the regression line is driven by phylogeny. I know there is a lot of phylogenetic signal because Pascal's lambda...

22 December 2020 937 1 View

Is there any index number for first author in journal article like h index?

In every research paper, first author contribution is comparatively high. To tribute their work is there any index number for an author acting as first author in different papers?

15 December 2020 8,231 14 View

How to approach native speaker to be a co-author and how to build trust?

For non-natives, a manuscript is often rejected based on the reason that idea is not presented clearly. Please ask a native colleague to proofread it. There is no offense to say that I am...

26 November 2020 7,495 12 View

How to remove a article ?

In 2015, I upload a working paper that is now published in another version (publication in 2020). Between these two version, authorship changed. Is it possible to remove the following items (the...

23 November 2020 604 2 View

EDGAR - How to add Whole genome sequence of the strain (novel) to EDGAR comparative genomic tool for comparison?

Hi all, I am interested to do a comparative genome analysis using EDGAR comparitive genomic tool. I have a novel bacteria whose genome sequence was obtained by us and now I was to do compare this...

10 November 2020 3,489 3 View

Collaborating VS contributing Authorship?

Can you help me to understand the significance of the difference between collaborating and contributing authorship (eg, GBD)? Do they put similar weightage to University applicant assessors?

29 October 2020 4,443 3 View

Which methods (or modern programms) are used to assess the biodiversity of highest vascular plants?

27 October 2020 240 3 View