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  • Answer added in Cultural history
    2 Is there a good introductory text how to visually reconstruct historical structures?
    By Tobias Winnerling · Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
    Tobias Winnerling · Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
    That seems very good, thanks a lot! As I currently only have the abstract, I will be able to tell you how many words only as I get the full text via m... [more]
  • Answer added in Evolution
    44 Are individuals "better" adapted?
    By Lluvia Flores-Rentería · Northern Arizona University
    Richard, perhaps you can ask Jon to answer the question that you couldn't on the other thread: How did life evolve intelligence from non-intelligence... [more]
  • Answer added in Open Access Publishing
    7 Open Access & Cites or Journal Indexing & Impact Factor?
    By Rafael Hernandez Barros · Complutense University of Madrid
    Rafael Hernandez Barros · Complutense University of Madrid
    I am not sure which system is better/worse, both have its advantages and disadvantages for scholars. The one based on open access and cites looks lik... [more]
  • Answer added in Natural Sciences
    245 Philosophy and Science, what is the connection?
    By Issam Sinjab ·
  • Answer added in Drug Development
    14 Should serum be added to drug dilutions made in cell culture media?
    By Neha Singhal · International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
    Alan Fairlamb · University of Dundee
    The use of serum or not depends on the objective of your experiments. For drug discovery or relating in vivo to in vitro conditions, then serum should... [more]
  • Answer added in MATLAB
    6 How to present different visual stimulus according to serial input (trigger) received in Psychtoolbox in Matlab?
    By Lijo Varughese Chacko · University of Strathclyde
    Ian Holliday · Aston University
    And I can confirm that ASF is easy to use for defining and controling experimental stimuli for vision experiments.  
  • Answer added in Philosophy
    180 What is consciousness?
    By Adam Balmer ·
    Wilfried Musterle · Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
    Maybe it is a electrical steady state oscillation of the neural network ... 
  • Answer added in Polymorphism
    1 Does ‘physicochemical properties’ of particle include its ‘solid–state’ properties (polymorphic form, crystalline structure, etc)?
    By Waseem Kaialy · University of Kent
    the solid state is unique because their physical form ( the way the molecules are packed, the different intermolecular forces and the size and shape o... [more]
  • Answer added in Cancer Cell Line
    28 MCF10A cells growing very rapidly, much more than normal, any ideas why?
    By Michael Fenn · University of Florida
    Lynn Thomas · Dalhousie University
    I recently acquired MCF10A cells and also find them to be very fast growing. I use the same growth medium as you do. I think you should consider the... [more]
  • Answer added in Scientometrics
    11 There is a weakening relationship between the impact factor and papers' citations - what do you think?
    By Ulf-Dietrich Reips · University of Deusto
    Rafael Hernandez Barros · Complutense University of Madrid
    Research suggests that there are certain factors that favor some types of publications to be cited. For example,there are specific areas of knowledge ... [more]
  • Answer added in Pulmonary Embolism
    7 How do you follow patients with pulmonary embolism?
    By Marco Cei · Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale 6 Livorno
    Marco Cei · Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale 6 Livorno
    Dear Marika, thank you for your contribution. However, as Raffaele has already pointed out, residual pulmonary thromboemboli are common after PE and t... [more]
  • Question asked in Organic Synthesis
    New Are you interested on Enantioselective Synthesis in Organic, Materials and Medicinal Chemistry?
    ISSUE TITLE: Enantioselective Synthesis in Organic, Materials and Medicinal Chemistry GUEST-EDITORS: (1) Prof. E. Lete, Email: esther.lete@ehu.es (2) ... [more]
    By H. González-Díaz · Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
  • Answer added in Finite Element Method
    1 How to assign harmonic load of known forcing frequency for harmonic analysis in ANSYS
    By Pritesh Bansod · IIT Kharagpur
    Kazem reza kashyzadeh · Sharif University of Technology
    you can define load as certain sin and cos function with domain and frequency to your model and harmonic analysis, but you should done modal analysis... [more]
  • Answer added in Wireless Sensor Network
    5 How to implement LEACH protocol using cooja simulator ?
    By Ashim Pokharel · University of Turku
    Linta Jose · King Abdulaziz University
    leach is working with ns-2.34. How to calculate the latency of leach protocol? 
  • Answer added in Obesity Epidemic
    132 Is sugar over consumption the underlying cause of the obesity epidemic?
    By Richard Mathias · University of British Columbia - Vancouver
    Heidi Kocalis · University of California, San Diego
    Luis, thanks for the correction on Lustigs stance. ---- At any rate, I am glad that Taubes is speaking out---and that his ideas, which incorporate the... [more]
  • Answer added in Transfection
    4 Caco-2 cells transfection method?
    By Alberto Finamore · INRAN - Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione
    Juan Guevara · University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
    J Lipid Res. 2010 Jul;51(7):1704-18. Epub 2010 Feb 19 method is simple. 40 ug LDL protein - 5 ug DNA; incubate in PBS-MgCl2 for 30 mins; we incubate ... [more]
  • 15 What is "passive" and what "active" in electricity and electronics? Can we make passive elements become "less passive", "neutral" or even active?
    By Cyril Mechkov · Technical University of Sofia
    Abdelhalim Zekry · Ain Shams University
    Thank you Lutz,and thank you Gregg. 
  • Answer added in Staining
    1 Can I use Eosin as a counterstain for Sudan Black?
    By Cristina Saenz de Miera · University of Aberdeen
    Gaber Ramadan · United Arab Emirates University
    Hi Cristina Sudan Black is a stain that colors insoluble fat and lipofuscin black. So, If you are going to demonstrate residual lipid in paraffin sec... [more]
  • Answer added in Applied Geophysics
    1 Standards for allowable bearing capacities of near surface
    By Joseph Atat · University of Uyo
    Joseph Atat · University of Uyo
    100KN/m2 
  • Answer added in Pharmacy
    2 What's the international experience with pharmacists diagnosing and prescribing within the primary healthcare framework?
    By Tohlang Sehloho · Department of Health, South Africa
    Louis Pagliaro · University of Alberta
    The question, and consequently, the answer are dependent upon one's view (i.e., practical and philosophical perspective) regarding "clinical pharmacy ... [more]
  • Answer added in Neuroprotection
    3 Concentrating conditioned media?
    By Izhar Livnebar · UHN: Toronto General Hospital
    Corey Heffernan · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    If you have a Speedivac or like machine, that will do the job without too much trouble. You can then resuspend in your media of choice to desired volu... [more]
  • Answer added in Philosophy
    77 Does certainty or absolute truth exist?
    Jonte Vowinckel · Universiteit Twente
    Yes, Raj, I agree. But in my opinion you are writing about relative truth that merely applies to the human world. It is so to speak intra-contextual t... [more]
  • Question asked in Organic Synthesis
    New Hi everybody, how to prepare 3 hydroxy 6 methylheptanoic acid starting from a structure with five carbon atoms ????
    It is important to start from a structure with 5 carbon atoms !! 
    By Marjel Fetahu · Fakulteti i Shkencave Natyrore
  • Answer added in Wastewater Treatment
    2 What is the average COD and BOD content of a Restaurant Wastewater, if compared to other industrial wastewater?
    By Kristine Salvador · Mapúa Institute of Technology
    Rodrigo Salazar · Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS)
    In general the concentration of refractory organic material and which will influence the values ​​of COD and BOD are much smaller than those obser... [more]
  • Answer added in Business Intelligence Tools
    3 Can someone help me in understanding what is k-means and r-means and their importance in data mining ?
    By Arun Rajendran · University of South Wales
    Arun Rajendran · University of South Wales
    Thank you Gabriella Casalino and Nenad Tomašev for your explanations.. This will do for now. I am in the process of understanding the predictive anal... [more]
  • Answer added in Physical Therapy
    2 Any suggestions for risk of bias assessment tool for correlation studies?
    By Arnold Wong · University of Alberta
    Arnold Wong · University of Alberta
    Yes, I will compare the correlations between two types of tests (e.g. MRI/CT/X-ray findings and self-reported questionnaires). However, QUADAS assesse... [more]
  • Question asked in Online Learning
    New How can I research?
    Lis, Neubeck(2006) Smoke-free hospitals 
    By Tebeth Nkomazana · University of Bolton
  • Answer added in Signal Analysis
    19 Does anyone have experience in terms of EMG raw data smoothing with butterworth's method?
    By Bojan Makivic · University of Vienna
    Fariba Biyouki · Islamic Azad University Mashhad Branch
    And, here is the power spectrum of channel 7 (Sol). The blue diagram shows the power spectrum density of raw Sol data, while the red one illustrates t... [more]
  • Question asked in Analog Electronics
    New What is "linear" and what "nonlinear"? Is a linear resistor "static" and a nonlinear - "dynamic"? Is a nonlinear resistor a dynamic linear resistor?
    Once answered what is "passive" and what "active" in electronics, https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_passive_and_what_active_in_electricity_an... [more]
    By Cyril Mechkov · Technical University of Sofia