Should medical doctors be good mathematicians?

Students that get medical formations are tested for their skills in Mathematics. Why given that good medical doctors do not necessarily require advanced Mathematics to heal people?

08 September 2018 8,388 25 View

Do you believe in the efficient performance of computer systems for reliable information exchange?

It's all in the question Thanks

01 February 2018 9,024 20 View

What is the meaning of art when a computer can create everything?

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35977315

03 April 2016 4,603 83 View

Do political decision-makers have to know the underlying biology based mechanisms of human citizen decision-making?

Example: According to Biology living beings start to economize in unpredictable environments, e.g. animals store fat or hide food when resources become unpredictable and restrictive. When...

03 April 2016 829 91 View

How important is mental habituation in science practice and impact?

It's all in the question. Thanks!

02 March 2016 1,102 44 View

Science and economy: what is the financial or energetic cost of not believing the results of a publication?

It's all in the question Thanks!

01 February 2016 9,314 60 View

How fast is written language evolving, and why?

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01 February 2016 7,600 46 View

What is your definition of 'fitness'?

01 February 2016 660 96 View

Why is there an interval of (more than/only) 30.000 years between the first visible traces of art and writing?

The first signs of art date from more than 30.000 years ago (e.g. cave art) whereas the first signs of writing (e.g. Tamil) appeared let say ca. 5000 years ago? Any idea why artistic humans waited...

01 February 2016 7,654 94 View

Biodiversity: do you think that natural selection created species that differ in average happiness?

It's all in the question! Thanks for your expressions

31 December 2015 9,779 49 View

In Molecular Dynamics Simulation, how do I make changes to the force field according to my protein?

Hi In Molecular Dynamics Simulation, how do I make changes to the force field according to my protein? I got this error in the add-ion stage: Fatal error "./ amber99sb-ildn-HHH.ff / force...

01 March 2021 8,747 4 View

Why does the sum of reaction forces not match the force component of a Free Body Cut in Abaqus?

I am using Abaqus to simulate a plate with in-plane loading. The boundary conditions allow the right edge to move up and down, the displacements on the left edge are fixed. There is no rotation...

23 February 2021 711 3 View

How to include additional force field in GROMACS?

I have a cellulose model system that is best described by the GLYCAM06 force field according to the literature. However, the set of force fields included in the GROMACS package doesn't include the...

20 February 2021 3,309 3 View

I want to simulate a system containing protein and heavy metals; which force field is most reliable for this purpose?

The protein I want to simulate has multiple heavy metals. I wanted to know which force-field I should use with GROMACS to achieve this. Most importantly, do the latest updates in the force-field...

16 February 2021 2,420 1 View

How to obtain parameters to run a simulation for benzene using CHARMM forcefield in GROMACS?

I have been reading this paper Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 1904 and in this paper, they simulate benzene in GROMACS using CHARMM. They mention that they performed simulations of benzene using the...

15 February 2021 5,561 3 View

Gromacs force field and water model recommended for protein hydrophobic study?

Dear All, I received a comment from reviewer about asking me selection of force field and water model. I choose OPLS-AAL and 3-point water model. They mentioned the combination of OPLS-AAL and SPC...

13 February 2021 1,364 3 View

What can be use to mop up heavy metals from vegetables or soils in quarry mining site?

It has been established that quarry mining site polluted and contaminated it's environment with heavy metals, these affects the crops and vegetables planted in the area. The possible solutions to...

12 February 2021 1,155 5 View

Can anyone please suggest where I can find a reference for ReaxFF parameters for PTFE(Teflon) suitable for use in LAMMPS?

Trying to simulate a ice-PTFE interaction and am unable to find a reference which actually lists out forcefield parameters for PTFE-PTFE interactions using ReaxFF or even other force fields like...

08 February 2021 9,373 2 View

Recommendations for sample size in visual qualitative research (using children's drawings)?

Hi everyone! Asking for a little help, if I may. I am working on a research project, where I aim to analyse children's drawings about Covid-19. I am fairly new to using visual data in qualitative...

07 February 2021 9,530 3 View

ECG and children with autism ?

Does anyone have experience with collecting ECG data on children with autism? How was your experience? I'm interested in the tolerance levels for kids to have wires attached to their chests. What...

02 February 2021 5,850 3 View