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Answer added in Metabolic8 Do you have information and document about interrelation between minerals?Thanks a lot Geir for your answer and your proposition. I saw the message and I'll visit the website. Best regards
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Answer added in Baltic Sea12 Indicators of fish aggregation (presence)?In the Joint Research Centre there is an ongoing project led by Jean Noel Druon aiming to identify the habitat of key marine species, such as bluefin ... [more]
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Answer added in Cancer Biology11 Which specific patient population with prostate cancer should undergo surgery: Are there biomarkers that identify patients who need surgeryDear Constantine After external beam RT, and a 6 month ADT, those patients have undetectable PSA and free PSA levels. The testosterone level would b... [more]
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Answer added in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy26 What do you think about relaxation & breathing techniques in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety? most specifically for panic and agoraphobia?For some of these clients, being asked to focus on breathing only leads to panicked feelings of fear that they may become unable to breathe or swallow... [more]
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Answer added in Evolution235 Can Intelligent Design (ID) be considered a valid scientific theory?
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Answer added in Evolutionary Genetics38 Can Neo-Darwinism (ND) today be considered a valid scientific theory?
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Question asked in Gastrointestinal SurgeryNew Open appendicectomy: any space left for research?I wrote two articles (a meta-analysis and a systematic review) on two different topics regarding the surgical technique of open appendicectomy. I'm fi... [more]
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Question asked in PsychiatryNew Who has found strong correlations between food consumption and OCD, partly or solely due to genetic variants?This can involve case studies.
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Answer added in Signal Analysis24 Does anyone have experience in terms of EMG raw data smoothing with butterworth's method?Fariba, I find out your method of analysis as fantastic approach and thank you for offering me help but on one side the problem is that I am not so i... [more]
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Answer added in Qualitative Research54 Can you recommend a reliable audio recorder for conducting qualitative interviews?I had planned on using my echo Live Scribe pen but am having trouble getting the audio on my new Macbook Pro. Is anyone else having this problem? I sp... [more]
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Answer added in Collaboration2 What is the difference between cooperation, coordination and collaboration in multiple robot systems?Thanks for your feedback. Whilst I understand your point however during my research I found at least to sources [1] and [2] who remarked that there is... [more]
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Question asked in BacteriaNew Is there any difference in the phylogeny of different classes of NDMs for e.g. NDM-1, NDM-2, NDM-3.....etcI was asked to generate and analyse the phylogeny of NDM-1 protein sequences for my bioinformatics project! BUT as NDM-1 protein- coding gene is same ... [more]
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Question asked in Limited term faculty positionsNew Limited term (12 months) faculty positions are often advertised: Do these usually lead to tenure track or longer term positions?Limited term (12 months) faculty positions are often advertised: Do these usually lead to tenure track or longer term positions?
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Question asked in Environmental HealthNew Looking for a comprehensive account of the human, ecological, other costs of fossil fuel uses. Ideally for lay audience, but also science foundation.Many papers look at parts of this story. But the strategic picture of the multiple ways in which fossil fuel use damages health, ecosystems, climate... [more]
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Answer added in Applied Microbiology12 TA cloning failure with pGEM-T easy vectorI mean after transformation reaction (100 µl of Cells) I grew them in 1ml for 2 hours, then I plated this suspension on LB with amp/IPTG/xgal.
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Answer added in Powder XRD8 Application of Sherrer's equationYes, interesting discussion, but it doesn´t change the fact that crystallite has a clear definition, for which the size can be calculated or estimate... [more]
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Answer added in Embedded Systems1 Analyzing Pipeline efficiency. can anyone suggest an easy way? Any links to download Object oriented C++ code?So, you need your own mutex semaphore with blackjack and hookers? Thats not unix way.
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Answer added in Dark Matter1 Beyond gravitational lensing what other undeniable evidences there is to support Dark Matter existence?Dear Jose, I'm a non-physicist, but I know of some physicists who actually question the existence of dark matter - at least in specific conditions. A... [more]
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Answer added in Geochemistry38 Why it is not possible to date ultrabasic igneous rocks?My mistake, it is , of course 800°C and 350°C.
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Answer added in Conventional PCR7 Multiplex PCRI don't know what organism you are working on, but you would probably have the sequence of the genes ( mRNA ) that you want to test expression on, or ... [more]
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Question asked in Plant ProtectionNew Which is currently the main disease of rice at world level?Either viral, bacterial or fungal
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Answer added in Discourse Analysis28 What do people use language for in real life?Old references : A. Bouacha, " Alors dans le discours pédagogique: épiphénomène ou trace d'opérations discursives? ", Langue Française, n° 50/1... [more]
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Answer added in Frequency20 Do negative frequencies really exist?i think the convention of negative frequency arise simply from introducing Euler's theorem for mathematical simplicity. And for the directional approa... [more]
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Answer added in Wireless Communications8 Which is the most preferred LTE duplex mode? FDD or TDD? Which are the countries opting for LTE TDD? What forces FDD 3G countries to go for LTE TDD?The answer by Zaid, especially no. 3 will be main driving for LTE-TDD. As WiMax is going away and all is heading to LTE, data companies, like Sprini... [more]
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Answer added in Immunological Methods3 ELISA Standard Curve InterpretationI don´t think it is necessary as long as your positive results lie within standard range. Do you have any experience about this assay and what values... [more]
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Answer added in Social Anthropology158 To what extent do people believe that art can contribute to positive change?Hi, Jannie. The quote is interesting, thank you. Can you give us the full citation, please?
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Answer added in Immunology8 How to test in vitro whether an extract activates immune cells?a proliferation assay with CFSE it´s not too expensive (even less expensive than MTT).
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Answer added in Gynaecological Surgery19 Which will be the best surgery for III degree UV prolapse in a 30 year old woman who has completed her family and has a big hypertrophied cervix?Dear SabitaChaichandran How will you determine vaginal site specific defect for cysto and rectocele? Can you tell me the sensitivities of those pro... [more]
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Answer added in Current - Voltage25 Does the current flow through a capacitor, and if so, why?Correct and being connected to either an AC or DC source matters very little.
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Answer added in UV-Visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis)2 Can any one tell me what is the UV-Vis Peak Value of Amino acids?I agree with Uttam. Very good explanation. Another cheap method is to use TLC and revealing by a ninhydrin solution. It is ver sensitive for amino ac... [more]