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  • Answer added in Optimization Algorithms
    25 Which software tool can be used for optimization over integer variables?
    By Nikola Zogovic · University of Belgrade
    Venkata Palakiti · Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    Hi, Cplex will solve only quadratic problem only. LINGO, Mathematica solvers can solve any non linear problems. 
  • Answer added in Combinatorial Optimization
    5 Which one is the most general form of Shop (referring to Job Shop, Flow Shop, etc) ?
    By Juan de la Calle · Universidad EAFIT
    Venkata Palakiti · Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    It depends on the type of industries. I would say if a product like nuts and bolts whose functionality is less, flow shop is preferred. Most of the au... [more]
  • Answer added in Nursing
    26 Why is there no listing of Nursing as a discipline on this site?
    By Kathleen Dunn · VA San Diego Healthcare System
    Thanika Busmongkhol · College of Asian Scholars, Thailand
    Open your mind and give us (nurse) the equity and respect my professional . 
  • Answer added in Higher Education Research
    119 How can you actually measure learning gain produced by a particular learning strategy beyond student assessment?
    By Carola Bruna · University of Concepción
    Robert Easterbrook · University of Canberra
    Thanks Robin I appreciate your feedback. One day you will see that I wasn't attacking but criticizing, something people don't like to do anymore... [more]
  • Question asked in Open Heart Surgery
    New How to communicating with intubation open heart surgery patient in early reverse phase?
    In your experience or your review. 
    By Thanika Busmongkhol · College of Asian Scholars, Thailand
  • Answer added in Fluid Mechanics
    19 Is the pressure in a fully developed section of a pipe constant?
    By Mohammad Ghalambaz · Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
    Mohammad Ghalambaz · Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
    Dear Francesco Picano, Thank you 
  • New why the bidirectional SMF is not working when RSOA is used in the circuit? if optical circulator is necessary for the RSOA based experiment??
    bidirectional SMF is not working while simulating the RSOA based WDM circuit. but it worked properly while using BLS at ONU. without using optical c... [more]
    By Anindya Das · Haldia Institute of Technology
  • Answer added in Sport
    9 What is the best filter to process accelerometer data
    By Mansour Attaallah · Alexandria University
    Mansour Attaallah · Alexandria University
    Hello sean, I have tried more than filter but all values it seam bigger than force platform values .could you do me a favor please . can you po... [more]
  • Answer added in Immunology
    4 How to test in vitro whether an extract activates immune cells?
    By Tania Melnyk · National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
    Naveen Suryadevara · LEPRA India
    check for IFN-g cytokine in the culture supernatant....that will give u an idea abt stimulation....  
  • Question asked in Transcriptomics
    New What work has been done to determine the degree to which any single strand of DNA exhibits complementary subsequences?
    I have given thought to the software already described by me in an earlier posting is easily modified to find such complementary subsequences. Hence,... [more]
    By William Buckley · California Evolution Institute
  • 3 Where can I find the Vermunt's Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS) (English Version) for my Research?
    By Rafaquat Ali · The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
    Gayle Hansen · Northcentral University
    try contacting the University where it was developed...http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/ 
  • Question asked in Immunological Techniques
    New Are there hallmark of inflammation?
    Are ther hallmark of inflammation 
    By Muhammad Ramadhian · Universitas Lampung
  • Answer added in Action Research
    6 Does anyone know of experiments assessing bidirectional influences of action on perception?
    By Roy Salomon · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    Narayanan Srinivasan · University of Allahabad
    Studies on action effects by Ziessler and Waszak would also be relevant. 
  • Answer added in Electronic Devices
    2 How might we measure the speed with which people use technology?
    Ralph Alterowitz · The Centerfor Intimacy After Cancer Therapy Inc.
    Perhaps answering this might lie in rephrasing the question to what is the rate a society adopts new "technology"? Technology being an advance over ... [more]
  • Answer added in Evolutionary Genetics
    139 What are relevant levels of selection?
    By Veiko Krauss · University of Leipzig
    Karo Michaelian · National Autonomous University of Mexico
    Yes, but look for the real answers in science. 
  • Answer added in Food Science
    3 Supercritical carbon dioxide treatement of raw milk
    By Pierangelo Carozza · Università degli Studi dell'Aquila
    Maria Erna · Universitas Lampung
    Precipitation occur could be due to the change of pressure from supercytical phase to gaseous phase during depressure. 
  • Answer added in Nanoelectronics
    19 Why are the source drain and gate current the same in organic transistors?
    By Mir Waqas Alam · University of Toyama
    Dilek Işik · Montreal Polytechnic
    When you define a channel as short the thickness of the gate dielectric is close or less than that of channel length. In your case I am not sure if it... [more]
  • Answer added in Molecular Biology
    3 What factors should one consider while designing oligonucleotide probes for Southern blot?
    By Sweta Samantaray · Max von Pettenkofer-Institut
    Srinivasan Ramakrishnan · University of Georgia
    Also make sure your probes are small. 200-300 bps work best for me.  
  • Answer added in Heat Transfer
    8 The influence of sample size on the result of glass transition temperature of glass using Differential Scanning Calorimeter,
    By Baoliang Zhang · Permastore
    Victor Ponce · VIAKABLE - XIGNUX
    I guess we all watched at least one of the ALIENS franchise films. HF is like the so-corrosive blood from aliens, since there is not a metal which can... [more]
  • 44 What could be the reason for low recombinant protein yields from BL-21 E. coli cells?
    By Arianna Celis · California State University, Los Angeles
  • Answer added in Second Language Acquisition
    16 How does usage of humour affect EFL learner's ability/cognition/motivation?
    By Leyla Tekul · University of British Columbia - Vancouver
    Manuela Wagner · University of Connecticut
    @ Tim: A colleague of mine showed a video once that really caught my attention. It was a large lecture setting and he video-taped the students. If ... [more]
  • Answer added in Mutation
    1 Is evolution/specition is occurring?
    By Clement Ogunkunle · University of Ilorin
    Kenneth Towe · Smithsonian Institution
    Clement...Very hard to answer until you document/reference the source of your observations. To simply refer to "a recent report" is not useful. 
  • Answer added in Physics
    245 The velocity of light in a vacuum has a maximum velocity. Is there such a thing as a maximum temperature?
    By Howard Van Woert · Sungkyunkwan University
    Joseph Uphoff · The Institute Of Martial Arts, Journal Of Regional Criticism
    While energy and matter are the same thing, the transformation is due to relative density. d E den den d y ( Z ) N = ( tau , tau ) E ( y ) d y - - in... [more]
  • Answer added in Epigenetics
    1 Bed to wig
    By Tamer Ali · Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
    Daniel Cohen · University of Pennsylvania
    If you google "interval-to-wig converter" you can find some toolkits folks have shared to perform this function. You can also use the BedGraphToBigWig... [more]
  • Answer added in Anthropometric Measurements
    3 Mis-classification with Body Mass Index?
    By Arthur Stewart · The Robert Gordon University
    Norman White · Central Arizona College
    To Arthur D. Stewart It is of importance of what is happening in the Pineal Gland with the corpora arenacea as far as minerals in present diet .The ... [more]
  • Answer added in Organic Synthesis
    1 Aggregation induced fluorescence ?
    By Jens Voskuhl · Universiteit Twente
    Ivan Aprahamian · Dartmouth College
    You should look into Tang's work about Aggregation Induced Emission Chem Commun 2009, 4332-4353. 
  • Answer added in Applied Econometrics
    5 Econometric analysis of agricultural commodity prices.
    By Sebastian Siegler · Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
    Edward Calt · Integrated Biochem
    One factor not frequently considered is the impact on prices comes from the investment community. It would be interesting to note how many of bushels... [more]
  • Question asked in Health Systems
    New Have you ever used Unified Modelling Language (UML) tools to analyze a health project?
    I'm attempting to draw lessons from a knowledge transfer intervention, using these UML tools, and I can hardly find references of similar experiences. 
    By Sophie Goyet · Institut Pasteur International Network
  • Question asked in Path Analysis
    New AMOS student version for path analysis. Is it as usable as the professional program?
    Is the student version of AMOS as usable and workable as the professional version? I cannot afford the $500 for the full version. It want it for the p... [more]
    By Raywyn Roberts · Central Queensland University