Is publication political, who you know or consequent to genuine quality?

For creative writers only. I had a student who although published abroad could not get published in the UK. Although her detective novel was published, she was told by a male agent that only male...

05 July 2020 1,933 41 View

Are the morals (sic) of a writer, artist or scientist part of their overall assessment?

Does it matter if Picasso was driven by destructive maschismo in his relationships, Oscar Wilde employed rent boys, Einstein was promiscuous (maybe) when heralding their different achievements?...

07 April 2020 1,410 6 View

Calculating batch testing sample size?

Hi all, I'd like some advice on some statistics. I am producing a device in batches of 50. I require a particular property of the device to be above 1.88 for it to be considered a pass. I...

26 July 2018 7,822 3 View

Is academia just a way of presenting knowledge and does it therefore deserve its status?

Academic training is lengthy but often resolves into specific ways to present knowledge and information. This requires ability but does it require great ability. When I did my first degree I...

06 July 2018 8,345 13 View

Do drugs that affect the brain's serotonin actually work or is it just wishful thinking on the part of doctors?

Serotonin is a hormone. The chemical name is 5-hydroxytryptamine and it is a monooamine neurotransmitter Biochemically, serotonin is derived from tryptophan a primary amino acid, and is a...

04 April 2018 9,084 15 View

Do teachers need, or possess, knowledge outside the curriculum?

Many teachers merely teach the curriculum possessing no outside knowledge of the subject. As they rarely research they don't need to perhaps, but does that mean that they are therefore...

23 March 2018 5,360 72 View

Is it necessary for leaders to always act ethically?

Few leaders act ethically, but act according to political necessity. Is that necessarily wrong except when leaders are actively corrupt or pursue violent ends? Isn't it important for leaders to...

26 January 2018 9,002 43 View

Are there different kinds of intelligence involved in writing a great novel, inventing a new product or service, understanding cosmology, etc?

In many ways, writing a novel, creating art, and scientific discovery seem to require different faculties, although clearly some attributes must be the same. In terms of intelligence (most IQ...

04 January 2018 1,740 7 View

How does climate change affect migratory fishes ??

Climate change and challenges faced by aquatic biota.

22 December 2017 2,795 8 View

Is there any advantage we stand to gain regarding the change in climate????

Despite worrisome issues regarding climate change, I think that there may be little benefit we humans or aquatic animals stand to gain as global climate changes. What do you think?????

03 December 2017 8,804 10 View

Why does blocking with my immunogenic peptide cause nuclear fluorescence in ICC?

Hi all, I am validating a polyclonal antibody raised against human ANT4, through WB and ICC. In most of my controls, the antibody shows very little off-target binding, but when I pre-incubate the...

03 March 2021 5,999 3 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

How to quantitative analize the data of TNBS assay for gelatin?

Estemeed colleagues, I found some issues regarding the quantification of the data for TNBS assay. There are different protocols on how to perform that but it is clear to me the "fil rouge" that...

02 March 2021 2,616 1 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

How to simultaneously perform multiple biochemical assays?

I am a research scholar working on heavy metal stress on plants. I will be doing biochemical characterisation( protein, carbohydrate, proline, antioxidant enzymes and many more assays) at interval...

01 March 2021 6,999 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View