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Question asked in Galaxy EvolutionNew Why is it believed that the universe is expanding when observations to rule out this interpretation were available 17 years ago?The observations referred to in this question are with respect to the number density of faint blue galaxies, their angular diameters and characteristi... [more]
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Answer added in Philosophy189 What is consciousness?Larry, You did not understand my last posts and it is why you think that I think that science should be compromised on the basis of religious beliefs.... [more]
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Answer added in Laser15 We are currently adding magnetic domain imaging to our MOKE magnetometer and we would like to remove laser speckle. What is the best way to do this?I can well believe this signal would be tiny. So are you scanning the laser to form this image pixel by pixel? From what little I've read about this i... [more]
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Answer added in Higher Education Research118 How can you actually measure learning gain produced by a particular learning strategy beyond student assessment?
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Question asked in Time Series AnalysisNew DCC in EviewsDear colleagues, I am after implementing Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) model. This model can be easily estimated with Microfit 5; however, I d... [more]
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Question asked in Biological ControlNew morphology and biology of Bracon hebetor?life cycle of this parasitoid wasp
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Answer added in Taxonomy4 I would like to find a software that can quantify the colour of the skin of small mammals held in the museum collection.In Photoshop there is the "Quick selection tool" that allows you to select pixels of the same color. After you select the areas you want to measure, y... [more]
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Answer added in Lactobacillus4 Protocol for RNA isolation from Lactobacillus (rhamnosus)?Perhaps the above answers are more helpful for the actual RNA extraction, but what kind of lysozyme are you using? There are various enzymes that act ... [more]
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Answer added in Base Sequence3 What is the meaning of subscript numbers in the upstream of a promoter?I agree with Swaminathan, it is most likely to be the conservation of that nucleotide in that particular postition of the alignment. It's a notation I... [more]
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Answer added in Clinical Dermatology1 Why are systemic steroids used in erythrodermic psoriasis, pustular psoriasis and psoriatic arthropathy and not in psoriasis vulgaris?Systemic steroids are only used in the acute setting, but should not be used as chronic management due to the rebound after withdrawal and the medium ... [more]
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Answer added in Theoretical Nuclear Physics1 Is there any simple mathematical relation connecting effect of Lambda particle on nuclear potential.look up peter siegel (csu pomona), a good paper on Lambda hypernuclei
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Answer added in Robotics1 How to calculate the DH parameter of robotic leg?Check this out :http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=degree%20of%20freedom%20human%20leg&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDAQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scientif... [more]
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Answer added in Art and science194 I need to know, in your imagination, what is the color of a square?What Color is a square you ask? Well that depends on how fast it is traveling through space! John W. Allen
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Answer added in Material Characterization5 Is anyone seen this particle shape before? any suggestion what is could be?The "wheel" bears a striking resemblance to some diatoms. Is it possible that there was a source of diatomacious earth contamination in the lab. The... [more]
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Answer added in Machine Learning3 How does a fuzzy logic washing machine differentiate between 1kg of cotton vs. 1kg say jeans in determining the water level?Hitachi washing machine sort of testing the load by spinning the drum when the laundry was loaded in the first place. The revolution sensor kind of de... [more]
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Answer added in Animal Breeding10 Are there certain species that exhibit both polyandry and polygyny?I agree with you, Jon, that this is a welcome question. Micheas, when I first saw your question, my initial thought was -- Homo sapiens! (chalk that ... [more]
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Answer added in Ancient DNA1 Grabbing human evolution by the teeth. DNA sequencing as a tool to investigate Homo sapiens sapiens migration.A lot of migration has occurred ,but most of the time people are aware of there roots and if not, today it is a lot easier than earlier times to find ... [more]
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Answer added in Cancer Cell Line11 Breast cancer cell lines?MDA-MB-468 is a basal BC cell line while MDA-MB-231 is a claudin-low cell line - a point Hamed Helal made above, to his credit - with claudin-3, clau... [more]
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Answer added in Embedded Systems1 Do you suggest any simulator for power consumption estimation of Wireless Sensor Networks?So far NS2 is the common simulator for wireless sensor network, however you might have look on on Omnet++
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Question asked in Evolutionary BioinformaticsNew Is there any work being done on application of nanotechnology in evolutionary geneticsI have had an interest in utilizing three of the biggest fields that can create something really great: Nanoscience, Life sciences and Information tec... [more]
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Answer added in Agricultural Entomology14 Can anyone provide information about differential varieties for Geminivirus resistance screening?I hope I can help with some information regarding begomoviruses in tomatoes. First of all, it is known that there is no resistance gene for tomatoes t... [more]
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Answer added in Atomic Physics4 I want to know how to determine the parity for a given atomic state?I'd just add that it is rare that one would quote parity as -1 or 1. Generaly we say odd or even, respectively, coming from the fact that the sum of l... [more]
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Answer added in Child Health33 Do you recommend Vitamin D supplementation for all newborns?Hi Mohammed, Ideally the baby won't need vitamin D supplementation if the mother's vitamin D status is fine. It should have enough stores to see it ... [more]
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Answer added in Animal Behavior4 Does sociability (as a personality trait) require novel/larger brain regions and which? Invertebrates vs vertebrates?That's a great response, Adrienne. As I look back over my original response, in truth I focused too much on the concept of "personality" at the expens... [more]
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Question asked in BiochemistryNew Do we have examples of oxidases that donot follow the ping pong mechanism when 2 substrates are present?Generally most oxidases follow the ping pong mechanism, when 2 sustrates are present. Is there an exception to this rule.
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Answer added in Computer Science Education92 What happened with “The Fifth Generation Computer Systems project (FGCS)”?
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Answer added in Sport8 What is the best filter to process accelerometer dataMansour, The calculation of peak power during a jump from accelerometer data could be very sensitive to the inertial characteristics of the task. Ma... [more]
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Answer added in HLA2 What is the best way to set up a distributed simulation with third-part simulators?It is really good! Thanks a lot :)
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Answer added in Thin Layer6 How to clean dust-like pollutant from thin film?Exactly .. just immerse your film in acetone and IPA then wash it with DI water and dry it with Nitrogen or Just use the spinner and ofcourse all of t... [more]