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Sedimentology: Software for facies analysis?

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Ansys Forte Cold Flow Simulation Pressue Problem?

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What are the potential factors that would contribute to the anticipated growth in the compensation profession in years to come?

What are your thoughts?

07 May 2021 1,411 5 View

What kind of data analysis should I use for my data?

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03 May 2021 3,657 2 View

How does standardization and rarefaction improve dna metabarcoding analyses, and how is this performed?

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02 May 2021 2,736 1 View

Return on Investment in Logistics Industry?

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Who is involved with Theatre of the oppressed?

I want to build contact with researcher and people who practice Theatre of the oppressed. Would you Please comment so that I can contact?

30 April 2021 1,301 8 View

Personal air monitoring pumps - noisy vs flow rate?

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26 April 2021 7,191 1 View

What are the features and advantages of the random effect ordered panel probit model over the fixed effect ordered panel logit model?

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How to plot ternary phase diagram of compounds or alloys through Thermo Calc?

Hello everyone, It is easy to plot a ternary phase diagram of elements. But I don't see any tutorials plotting ternary phase diagram for compounds/alloys/ceramics like (SiC-ZrB2-ZrC). If...

15 April 2021 8,856 10 View

How many individuals (specimens) necessary to describe a new taxon (or taxa) or a species. Any comments on it?

I am aware of the fact that there is no certain numbers about it in ICZN. However, sometimes, it can be a problem, isn't it?

14 April 2021 9,961 4 View

Is there a rule that forbids the use of a new species name before the description section of the manuscript?

I am preparing a revised version of a manuscript describing a new species. One of the reviewers made the following comment "the new species name can not be used before it’s formal description...

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Is there a recommended cell permeable IP3R agonist?

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12 April 2021 7,516 4 View

If we attempt to design an LC oscillator using synthetic negative inductor and negative capacitor (-L & -C), what might be the main issues faced?

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05 April 2021 9,189 12 View

Leadership style in public organizations (how is it in your work)?

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02 April 2021 2,511 5 View

Is it possible to analyze two separate phenomena by collapsing the variants of a response variable (with 3 levels) differently?

If a response variable has three levels, could these variants be collapsed differently to obtain two analyses? For example, if a response variable has the following three levels: - deletion of a...

30 March 2021 7,237 2 View

Possible reasons of a broad MS peak of a protein?

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29 March 2021 6,575 2 View

What analysis to run with multiple IVs and DVs?

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23 March 2021 3,475 5 View

How to avoid the unspecific binding in live cell imaging?

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23 March 2021 3,894 2 View

What are the merits of surface water analysis in wetlands?

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15 March 2021 9,432 15 View

How to convert from mg GAE/ g extract to mg GAE/ g dry weight?

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Black dots and round shaped structures formed on iPSC culture, is it contamination?

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11 March 2021 6,248 6 View

Which authors (preferably, non-philosophers) said about a great value of using philosophical works for contextualizing pandemics?

I'm working on an article about pandemics and want to use philosophers for an understanding the cultural context of a given phenomenon. I don't know how to justify that in my "Methods" section....

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