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Answer added in Statistical Analysis5 Exploratory factor analysis: how to obtain Horn's parallel analysis estimates in SAS?Also provides A Dinno(2009) good examples of it. ıf you dont want to spend much time also go to watkins page ans download parallel analysis softwa... [more]
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Answer added in Soil Physics55 How many papers are people expected to publish a year?It depends on your research field and topic. But just think more about the quality of work. It also depends on whom you are. If you have a big group, ... [more]
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Answer added in Thyroid50 Do you prefer total thyroidectomy for all thyroid diseases when surgery is indicated?Yes for malignancy and suspicious nodules. If one lob is normal, the other lobe with surgery indication other than malignancy lobectomy may be suff... [more]
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Answer added in Theoretical Biology6 What could be a prove for consciousness?Giovanni, I am not sure that I understand your answer. What is the role of gene in an information processing unit like the brain is?
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Question asked in Biostatistical MethodsOpen Parametric vs. non-parametric testsWhat is difference between parametric and non-parametric tests?
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Question asked in Oxidative Stress BiomarkersNew Is 5-chloromethyl fluorescein diacetate suitable for GSH determination by flow cytometry?I'm looking for a methology to determine GSH content in lymphocytes using flow cytometry. I found just one reference using chloromethyl fluorescein di... [more]
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Answer added in Evolution36 Are individuals "better" adapted?Really Roy, you seem to be making a habit of this. If I read you correctly you now are conflating the concepts of assorted meanings of the word "probl... [more]
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Answer added in Model-Driven Development7 Someone knows about real-used Model-Driven Architecture tools ir real projects?"even profiles are no longer used" : be careful with that ! The best example is SysML which is defined as "as an extension of a subset of the UML". To... [more]
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Answer added in Molecular Biology3 What is meta-genomics?
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Question asked in TranscriptomicsNew I am new on transcriptome studies. Can anybody suggest me literature/ protocol/ data analysis that can help me understand transcriptome studies?I am a doctoral student starting my work in transcriptome. My lab has never done it. and we are venturing in the new era of transcriptome studies. I n... [more]
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Answer added in Systematic Reviews6 What is the main advantage of using the "mean differences adjusted for baseline" over the commonly used "mean differences" to analyze effect size?No study has reported adjusted mean differences, unfortunately, but your posts were of immensurable help! Thanks for your patience! Giovanni
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Answer added in Management1 Should I treat the option Not Applicable (N/A) as missing value?
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Answer added in Biodiversity & Conservation93 Is current specimen collection justified for scientific purposes?Ian's comment is true, a few species of monkeys were described based in living holotypes that were included in collections after they died of "natural... [more]
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Answer added in Electronics and Communication Engineering7 What is "passive" and what "active" in electricity and electronics? Can we make passive elements become "less passive", "neutral" or even active?Ther are such elements like immitance inverters. They are two-ports consisting of two voltage/current controlled voltage/current sources. E.g. voltage... [more]
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Answer added in Human Sexuality1 What, if any, are the explicit guidelines stated by medical associations (national and international) for reporting sexuality in a study?Having done research in which sexual orientation was a relevant factor, I have not found any such stated guidelines under the AMA or APA. In the absen... [more]
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Question asked in microRNANew mutated 3'UTR region does not rescue luciferase activity. what does that mean?i recently performed some luciferase assays to validate a potential target of my miRNA. using the wildtype 3'UTR and my mimic, I see a reduction of lu... [more]
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Answer added in Chemical Engineering2 When do we exactly say an emulsion is unstable?in addition to what Ivan Lesov have said please see the attachment:
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Answer added in Academic Writing453 Citing Wikipedia?It's important to have attribution, so that if there is need for clarification or to verify, there is someone who has put his or her name on it. That ... [more]
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Answer added in Watershed Hydrology15 What is the most effective way to fill the missing hydrological data?I would suggest "Gaussian Process", a Bayesian non-parametric method that widely used in Machine Learning. It is a regression method that consider dat... [more]
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Answer added in Diagnostic Radiology1 Spatial NormalizationWell, there are a number of options (open-source) that are available. Since you have been using SPM I assume you prefer to work with MATLAB, if that i... [more]
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Answer added in Environmental Management9 Is environmental monitoring all about looking at damage?Just to chime in here. It is a broad topic so the objectives of any monitoring program need to be specified. That said, monitoring is about change or ... [more]
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Answer added in Drug Development5 Should serum be added to drug dilutions made in cell culture media?Firstly serum wears off after sometime and thus it is not advisable to prepare drugs in serum for storage. Depending on the solubility of the drug, yo... [more]
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Answer added in Natural Resource Management6 Is anyone aware of examples from around the world where subsistence fishers are investing financially in ongoing fisheries management?Great many thanks for all these helpful references. @Stephan Schnierer: definitions are always so variable, but yes I think it probably fits into 'i... [more]
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Answer added in Electrophoresis3 What happens when less TBE than mentioned in the recipe was used to prepare gel and run DNA?If i understand your comment correctly, you purified DNA again from the gel? ("quantity of recovered DNA was lot less.") If you use a gel extraction ... [more]
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Answer added in Evidence Based Medicine1 What are the institutes/organizations/universities interested in Tai Chi research and human health in the United States?The School of Mind-Body Medicine at Saybrook University (www.saybrook.edu) has several students and faculty members who are very interested in this re... [more]
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Answer added in Ecology3 Will the change in CO2 level in the atmosphere cause genetic variation or mutation in organisms?I don't know it would increase mutation rate. But it will likely impact natural selection via impacts on photosynthesis, thre extent of acclimation o... [more]
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Question asked in Energy EngineeringNew What are the suggestions for future works in field of “Heat Pipe”? What is the Question that not replied yet about “Heat Pipes”?Finding research groundwork about Heat pipe.
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Answer added in Personality Assessment11 What is a mature personality in terms of Big Five factors?I'd like to add that being well-adjusted to one's current environment is not the same thing as being mature. If you are interested in using measureme... [more]
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Answer added in 3D Reconstruction7 Camera Calibration and 3D reconstruction?How exactly did you calibrate your system. If you used OpenCV, jsut read the documentation to get some more insights. http://opencv.willowgarage.com... [more]
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Answer added in Fluorescence Spectroscopy27 How can one determine the intrinsic non-radiative decay rate of a luminescent material?Peter Indeed, his might not be the case in general, but I was responding to the internal conversion of a dye in solution as stated in the reply by A ... [more]