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Does the number of unread emails correlate with blood pressure?
The hypothesis is simple: as unread emails increase, so does stress — and potentially blood pressure. Yes, it’s a light-hearted question, but it taps into a real intersection of digital life and mental/physical health. With email overload being a known contributor to workplace burnout, this research could highlight a simple, visible marker of digital stress, making people’s blood boil.
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Answer Accepted 32 Answers 24 Votes
To what extent can AI be used in scientific writing?
Routine aspects of inspection and considerations include, but not limited to: Obtaining the research question and hypothesis, choosing statistical analytic approaches and methods, data Interpretation, English editing, content Generation, drawing conclusions, etc. These are just several aspects, however, the potential hazards include the risk of bias, uniform tone in writing, lack of creativity, etc. Although with supervised use all these aspects can be partially controlled, to what extend do...
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Answer Accepted 25 Answers 20 Votes
AI for academic writing: friend or foe?
Given the increasing availability of AI writing tools, how can academic institutions ensure the responsible use of these technologies while maintaining the integrity of research and scholarship?
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How can I keep bronchial epithelial cell alive, while retaining the effect of PM exposure?
Objective of the study: Evaluate whether normal bronchial epithelial cells acquire invasiveness following exposure to particulate matter. Initial approach: Expose the BEAS2B cell line to PM10 at concentrations of 50ug and 75ug for 48 hours. Subsequently, perform a wound healing assay and an invasion assay using matrigel. Problem encountered: Post exposure, a significant number of cells died, resulting in inadequate cell viability. This has hindered our ability to observe if the non-malignant...
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Answer Accepted 5 Answers 5 Votes
Why do cancer treatment options (chemotherapies + radiations) have outcome failure rates of 90% (+/-5) for solid tumors?
Despite seven decades of basic science, epidemiological and animal studies or clinical trials on cancer research and therapy, why cancer treatment options (chemotherapies + radiations) have outcome failure rates of 90% (+/-5) for solid tumors, according to governmental and private organizations. Please select your answer among the followings: 1. Need more research funding for epidemiological studies and experimental models of tumors and clinical trials. 2. Cancer is too many (100, 200...
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