Vicente Mendoza Reyes

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What would you recommend as the best textbook on numerical (algorithmic) solutions to partial differential equations?

.... that would be suitable for a senior-level bachelor of Mathematics major? Thank you.

09 September 2018 4,268 0 View

What would you recommend as the best textbook on Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)?

.... that would be suitable for a senior-level bachelor of Mathematics major? Thank you.

09 September 2018 5,427 12 View

What is the evolutionary advantage of having one's brain left hemisphere control the right side of the body & right hemisph. control the left side?

What is the reason for the two brain hemisoheres to control the sides of the body opposite to them? Is this phenomenon also true for lower mammals such as mice, rats and squirrels, for example?

06 June 2018 3,514 13 View

Can somebody knowledgeable in the field please give me some advice on which text mining software is best for medical and bioinformatics research?

I would like to know. the best one(s) to use, whether free or proprietary. Thanks much!

05 May 2018 6,126 6 View

Has anybody applied Fourier transformation on stock market graphs?

If it can be resolved into simple sinusoids, it might be possible to predict stock market behavior, even if only with partial success. But I am sure that there is a straight line component with a...

05 May 2018 4,424 4 View

Are there any good and well-written books or treatises on 'Signal Detection Theory' and 'Theory of Maximizing Signal-to-Noise Ratio' ?

I believe (as do many others) that these two topics are crucial to unraveling key information from data mining results, especially biological DM. However, my observation is that these 2 key...

04 April 2018 605 4 View

Can someone recommend a good and clearly-written textbook on "Digital Signal Processing"?

I have no formal training in electrical engineering (where DSP is staple) but I do have a bachelor's degree in mathematics. I prefer a textbook with plenty of examples. Thanks very much in advance!

04 April 2018 4,648 16 View

Is there any electromagnetic radiation with higher energy than gamma rays and lower energy than ELF?

I was wondering if the upper and lower limits of the electromagnetic spectrum have been extended through modern research. Gamma rays, with energies of 1.24 MeV, constitute the upper limit, and ELF...

04 April 2018 2,652 3 View

I would like to know how the scientific community feels about "independent scholarship." If you have opinion(s) about it, will you please share them?

Independent scholarship is generally and broadly defined as "basic or applied research without affiliation(s) to any college, university or public and private research institutes" (e.g., please...

10 October 2017 3,596 4 View

What are the top three computer simulation software that are useful for making predictions in biology and medicine?

Are they based mostly on Monte Carlo methods? Are there any based on Las Vegas and Atlantic City algorithms?

08 August 2017 6,080 3 View

Has anybody here heard any music produced from DNA sequences? How is the transformation from nucleotide sequence to notes (melody) accomplished?

I heard some geneticists have produced music from genome sequences. What is the procedure for transforming sequences of A, G, T and C into sequences of musical notes? Has this been done as well...

07 July 2017 4,556 2 View

A "new" field of life science research is being floated out there called "Systems Medicine." Does anyone have a precise definition of it?

Is it simply a sub-field of Systems Biology that is concerned with human biology and/or morbidity? I would appreciate hearing some insights from this RG group.

07 July 2017 3,565 0 View

Is it possible that the so-called "global warming" is due to heat diffusing from the earth's interior to its surface, as the earth continues to cool?

We all know that the interior of the earth is composed of exceedingly hot molten iron, and that the tendency of heat is to diffuse from hot to cold. Humans cannot control the cooling of the earth,...

06 June 2017 7,596 8 View

Can a biotechnology company be part for-profit and part non-profit, for ex., a 50:50 mix?

If so, will it be more attractive for venture capital investors than a purely for-profit company?

05 May 2017 4,948 0 View

As university and college professors, are we grading the students' performance or their effort?

If effort is to be graded, how do we measure it objectively and fairly?

05 May 2017 442 12 View

Are software (e.g., computer programs, codes, databases, etc.) patentable in the U.S.?

If not, why not? If not in the U.S., which country/ies are they patentable in?

04 April 2017 8,210 0 View

Has the genetic process of speciation ever been modeled using the mathematical theory of bifurcation?

Speciation is the splitting of a single species into two species and qualifies as a bifurcation phenomenon. Has bifurcation theory ever been applied to speciation? If so, how? Any published...

04 April 2017 7,143 3 View

What are the roles played by amino acid residues in the interior of a folded 3D protein structure?

When a protein folds into its 3D structure (largely dictated by its 1D amino acid (AA) sequence), only the surface residues interact with solvent molecules and ligands dissolved in the solvent...

04 April 2017 8,815 4 View

Has anti-cancer research ever been approached from the nervous system angle, e.g., by manipulating neurotransmission to and from the diseased organ?

Nearly every physiological process in the body is controlled by the brain through neurotransmitter release. Can, just as an example, liver cancer be treated by pharmacologically manipulating...

03 March 2017 8,692 2 View

Have we made enough progress in quantum computing that is at least capable of preventing hacking between different governments of the world?

There has been a lot of talk (and blame) lately in the news and social media about electronic hacking between prominent governments. Quantum computing, with its use of continuous bits ("qubits")...

02 February 2017 4,834 2 View

Are students in expensive universities and colleges entitled to higher grades?

Students in expensive universities and colleges want an equivalent "bang" for their bucks. Some academic administrators call this ROI (return of investment). Is there a flaw in this argument? Or...

01 January 1970 9,889 0 View