I got 02 moderator values defining Johnson-Neyman significance regions. Is it an error?

Hi everyone, I am conducting research for my Master's thesis. I am using PROCESS by Johnson-Neyman to analyze my Moderator model. I test the relationship between Public Service Motivation and...

03 March 2021 2,350 2 View

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

How to include original NMR data in a manuscript?

hello. i am junior researcher. I received a comment from a reviewer that he could not find NMR data in my submitted paper. I had included the NMR graph with explanation and formula to calculate...

27 February 2021 734 4 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

What influences inter-day reproducibility in UPLC-MS/MS analysis?

I was analyzing some metabolites in human plasma. While the intraday precision of these metabolites was acceptable ( less than 20%), the interday precision was quite large. So what influences...

13 February 2021 9,183 9 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

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

Is it necessary to report effect size (ES) in statistics of biomedical research given that we already report p values routinely?

Pls share your thoughts

01 March 2021 7,330 4 View

How to get rid of somebody pretending to be the author of a publication?

One of the publication I co-authored has the author's name in abbreviation. Then, somebody whose nothing to do with that paper acquired it as her work. To whom in this RG shall I ask for a hand,...

27 February 2021 4,206 4 View

What is the exact mechanism of the antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics?

The antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics has been known for more than 50 years, but it still seems to have an unclear mechanism of action. which bacteria? which concentration? etc etc. ....

27 February 2021 4,450 2 View

Why there are two peaks while using the mie plot of Silver nanoparticle?

Hi, I am trying to learn the theoretical modelling of silver nanoparticle using the Mie scattering theory. After that, I discovered a software named Mieplot developed by Philip Laven, where it...

25 February 2021 7,493 6 View

How to calculate Z (the number of molecules in a unit cell) for calculating theoretical density?

I am trying to calculate the theoretical density of my ceramics materials. I use the formula below to calculate the theoretical density: Theoretical density = (Molecular weight x No. of molecules...

24 February 2021 3,823 2 View

How to handle studies which report perfect effect sizes in a meta-analysis using Pearson's r?

I'm in the process of updating a meta-analysis and in one of the new studies, effect sizes are reported as Tau-U. Two of the effect sizes are reported as Tau-U = 1.00. I am using Andy Field's...

24 February 2021 2,265 3 View

Sample size determination for non-parametric tests?

How do I run a a priori sample size determination for non-parametric tests, like the Mann-Whitney U-test and the Kruskall-Wallis or other non-parametric tests that accord with the unpaired t-test...

24 February 2021 166 6 View