William Guilford

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How closely does an elastic sheet conform to what's below it?

See the attached file for an illustration of this problem. Consider an elastic sheet S (orange) that’s laying atop a solid base B (blue). The sheet is under tension (arrows) and is held to the...

01 July 2024 887 4 View

Cryptosporidium gliding on non-cellular substrates?

Any pointers on how to get Cryptosporidium sporozoites to glide on non-cell substrates? We've tried oocysts from a couple of different sources (WaterBourne and the production lab at U of Arizona,...

08 May 2024 4,743 0 View

Where to publish work on ophthalmic prosthetics?

What would be a good journal to publish work on a new way to deduce the shape of an ocular prosthesis? It seems that over the years some journals have come and gone that would be suitable to...

01 November 2022 6,666 1 View

Sidedness in genomic imprinting?

Is there evidence of leg-right sidedness in parental genomic imprinting - that is, maternal alleles expressed more on one side of the body of a mammal and more paternal alleles on the other? I...

30 January 2021 4,088 2 View

Specifications for a JDS Uniphase M112 laser?

I'm considering purchasing a lightly-used JDS Uniphase M112 laser. The problem is that I can't find any specifications - JDSU no longer exists in its original form. Can anyone tell me the...

02 August 2017 2,607 1 View

What fractions of college classes are taught by faculty, versus contingent faculty or graduate students?

A reference to literature would be much appreciated! Certainly someone has done such a study.

14 July 2015 6,126 16 View

Are any of the apicomplexa known to be chemotactic?

Are there specific soluble compounds that attract Toxoplasma, Plasmodium, or any of the other Apicomplexa? That is, are any of the Apicomplexa demonstrably chemotactic? Host cells infected by...

19 May 2014 9,693 3 View

Can anyone think of an example where the direction of cell motility is NOT set by the polarity of the microfilament or microtubule?

Bi-directional shortening of muscle and the direction of eukaryotic cell crawling are both dependent on the polar nature of microfilaments or microtubules. It is ultimately the filament ploarity...

09 January 2013 4,115 7 View

Use of speaker (voice) identification software in a classroom setting?

Is anyone aware of speaker identification software being used in a classroom setting to keep track of which students (among many) spoke during an hour-long discussion, and when? I would...

19 December 2012 2,398 4 View