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  • Answer added in Nursing Ethics
    5 Did you receive education on end-of-life care when you were in nursing school?
    By Catherine Sweeney · Hospice Care Network
    Steph Lovell · London South Bank University
    Within our paediatric nursing course, palliative care and dealing with families and children undergoing end of life care was undertaken as separate le... [more]
  • Question asked in Economic Growth
    New La Cassa per il Mezzogiorno
    Http://win.svimez.info/cassa/index.html 
    By Amedeo Lepore · Second University of Naples
  • Question asked in Optoelectronics
    New Dead Zone and Noise at End of Fiber, at OTDR
    Hello all, I have some questions to ask, hope that you can help me.. 1. How can we calculate a dead zone? I see that in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [more]
  • Answer added in Social Anthropology
    150 To what extent do people believe that art can contribute to positive change?
    By Jade Wildy · University of South Australia 
  • Answer added in Membrane Biophysics
    4 Do integral membrane proteins become optimally functional above lipid phase transition temperature only - ref this paper here?
    By Rakesh Yashroy · Indian Veterinary Research Institute
    Rakesh Yashroy · Indian Veterinary Research Institute
    Robin, for making liposomal preparation: weighed amount of pure lipid or lipid-mixtrures of total lipid extract of membrane sample is dissolved in chr... [more]
  • Question asked in Next Generation Sequencing
    New Have anybody prepare 40 kb Mate-Pair library . Please share the detail i.e about kit, Lambda packaging extract, 40kb gelextraction method etc.
    40 kb Mate-Pair library Preparation for Illumina 
    By Dinesh Sahu · Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture
  • Answer added in Embedded Systems
    26 What is the best option for learning and teaching embedded systems; Raspberry Pi or Arduino?
    By Alisson Brito · Universidade Federal da Paraíba
    Bogdan Belean · National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies
    Unlike general purpose processor systems (PC), the embedded systems are dedicated to fulfill a special function within a larger mechanical or electric... [more]
  • Answer added in VLSI
    13 What is the difference between a flip flop and a latch ?
    By Arun Kutty · Cochin University of Science and Technology
    Saeed AL-Mansoori · Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology
    In my point of view, the main difference is that a flip flop changes output state upon receipt of a clock edge, while A latch behaves as a real time b... [more]
  • Answer added in Dyspepsia
    9 What is the best treatment to alleviate dyspepsia?
    By Rohsila Muhamad · University of Science, Malaysia
    Prakash Krishnan · Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd
    A recent "Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study published" in the management of H. pylori. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Effec... [more]
  • Answer added in Drug Addiction
    9 Which medication approaches could target the stress response in drug addiction?
    By Wilfrid Raby · Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Columbia University
    Manzumeh Shamsi Meimandi · Kerman University of Medical Sciences
    The approach is very intresting , the drug could vary from buspiron to bupropion. 
  • Question asked in Ecology
    New How can I separate the effect of pH from Salinity on benthos distribution in a estuary where these two factors co-vary?
    I am working in an estuary where pH and salinity vary simultaneously . I want to know which factor has more effects than other on benthos distributio... [more]
    By M. Belal Hossain · Universiti Brunei Darussalam
  • Question asked in Indian students
    New Is there any indian international students currently in Harbin Institute of Technology?
    Please reach me by email: zhjj505@gmail.com. 
    By Junjie Zhang · Harbin Institute of Technology
  • 55 Which programming language is better for CEM (Computational Electromagnetics)?
    By Athul Shaji · Cochin University of Science and Technology
    Saeed AL-Mansoori · Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology
    C++ is the best for CEM 
  • Question asked in Has any idea of protein profiles in desert truffle?
    New Any researcher has any idea of protein profiles in desert truffle? I would like to share some of my results to compare.
    Has any idea of protein profiles in desert truffle? I would like to share some of my results to compare. 
    By Jasim Ahmed · Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
  • Answer added in Applied Linguistics
    7 Formant frequencies and continuous speech?
    By Abu Dzarr · University of Science, Malaysia
    Osmo Eerola · Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
    Akpan Essien (see below) is right, there is not just inter-individual but also intra-individual variation when producing e.g. target words several tim... [more]
  • Question asked in Materials Chemistry
    New Why there is decrease in peak intensity in XRD of polymer coated nanoparticles as compared to bare ones?
    I prepared dextran coated magnesium ferrite nanoparticles. I explained this as surface dangling bonds of the particle interact with O-H bonds of dextr... [more]
    By Vishwajeet Khot · Dr. D.Y. Patil University
  • Answer added in Digital Signal Processing
    3 I want to generate power quality disturbances in MATLAB. Please help me how can I use Matlab programs
    By Suhail Khokhar · Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Gunjan Varshney · JSS Academy of Technical Education
    U can generate the current distortion and voltage distortion in terms of faults and u can use the switching of circuit breakers for that 
  • 33 Is marsupialization still the treatment of choice for large unicystic lesions of the jaws?
    By Yadavalli Guruprasad · Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka
    Mandana Donoghue · College of Dental Sciences, Karnataka
    Dear Pavan, Very glad to know you are an oral surgeon now.. Thanks for sharing your experience ... such long term follow up with records will go a lo... [more]
  • Question asked in Plant Pathology
    New What is the best way for measurement and purification of entomopathogenic fungi secondary metabolites from small insect in vivo condition ?
    In most research,production and purification of these compounds have been studied on insect with big size (Locusts, Silkworm and wax moth),is there an... [more]
    By farzaneh sadat Seyedtalebi · Urmia University
  • Answer added in Marine Ecology
    8 How does benthic biodiversity change with ocean depth and what are the underlying factors?
    By Sven Kerwath · Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
    Samantha Dionisio · Ateneo de Manila University
    There are a lot of factors that can affect benthic biodiversity along a depth gradient like water temperature, light availability, oxygen (and other e... [more]
  • Question asked in Research Papers
    New Specifically what are the free downloadable software available for picture/results visualization?
    Visualization 
    By Kandasamy Thangarasu · Central Leather Research Institute
  • Answer added in Biotechnology
    1 How big DNA fragment can be cloned into the plasmid vector?please specify the range
    By Rohail Jawed · University of Karachi
    Vivek Singh · National Dairy Research Institute
    Dear Rohail, A plasmid vectors may be used to clone DNA insert of up to 15 kb in size but all plasmids are not capable of that. only smaller plasmid c... [more]
  • Answer added in Synthetic Chemistry
    3 Is there any available software that can predict simple chemical reactions?
    By Deep Das · Dibrugarh University
    Edmond Sanganyado · University of California, Riverside
    Agree with Guillermo, there is no better predictor than you when it comes to reactions. You just need to take some of the core chemistry classes. JChe... [more]
  • Answer added in Mobile Communications
    2 How many frequency bands are available in mobile communication and what are the ranges?
    By Sakthivel Nageshwaran · Adhiyamaan College of Engineering
    Saeed AL-Mansoori · Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology
    Example of frequency bands used in US 
  • Answer added in Flow Cytometer
    3 What's the best marker in flow cytometry to differentiate between M1 and M2 macrophages?
    By Eung Ju Kim · University of Washington Seattle
    Ratnadeep Mukherjee · Institute of Life Sciences
    Hi there, My suggestion would be to check for intracellular markers. They are more robust in terms of M1 and M2 differentiation. For example, for the... [more]
  • Question asked in Environmental Microbiology
    New Recommended textbook for environmental microbiology
    I do not have time to attend microbiology classes, my research involves isolating bacteria for degradation studies. Is there any textbook you recommen... [more]
    By Edmond Sanganyado · University of California, Riverside
  • Answer added in Mineral Processing
    15 Application of surfactants in mineral processing?
    By Lala Sukla · Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
    Lala Sukla · Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
    Biosurfactants are surface active substances derived from living cells useful in a wide range of industrial application. 
  • Answer added in Semiconductor
    14 What are the reasons for lower intensity in room temperature PL compared to the low temperature PL?
    By Lakshmi V · Vellore Institute of Technology
    Devendra Singh · Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
    agree wid Prof Walid, your question will indeed help us to provide better clarification. Thanks to all contributors.