Are fireflies hosts of baculovirus?

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Giemsa stain - are these macrophage nuclei or myelocyte-blast nuclei ?

The picture attached herewith is giemsa stain of mouse liver - i wish to know if these nuclei that are seen are that of macrophage or myelocyte -myeloblast or basophil or mast cell ?

11 December 2018 6,735 1 View

How to do RNA blot on microbial Colony lifts ?

I wish to know if this is correct protcol to study RNA from microbial colony lift blots ? - blotting microbial colony onto nylon membrane - baking 70c for 5 minutes - uv cross linking -...

01 February 2017 2,066 2 View

Could Trypanasome benefit from ultrasound produced by Tsetse fly ?

As Tsetse fly produces ultrasound after blood meal, could ultrasound serve as a factor for stimulating conversion of blood stream form of Trypanasomes to insect stage procylics and by aiding...

03 April 2016 3,027 3 View

How much motivated government would be to link public health with caste system to improve public sanitation and reduce caste based poverty ?

In India, some citizens indulge in irresponsible activities like public smoking, spitting and getting drunk to disturb the public. One other issue in India is caste system that links one's birth...

09 October 2015 3,744 0 View

Could concept of death ATM machines for cremation expenses improve disease - death records ?

Poor people or any might be negligent, reluctant to record death in their family or might be discouraged to record proper reason for death if due to public health negligence. If the concept of...

08 September 2015 1,834 1 View

How can I prepare virus for a TEM or SEM imaging?

I have virus (viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus) in suspension and the experiment will not involve cells. What level of TCID50 is preferred?

11 August 2024 3,115 1 View

Should I remove an item from a scale to raise Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega or is it better to leave it if they are both over .7 already?

Hello! I have this scale which had 10 items initially. I had to remove items 8 and 10 because they correlated negatively with the scale, and then I removed item 9 because Cronbach's alpha and...

01 August 2024 4,606 7 View

Publishing a checklist?

Does anybody know of entomological Journals without page charges that would publish an extensive checklist (Hong Kong Aculeates wasps) covering 350 species (of which more than half are new to Hong...

01 August 2024 6,134 2 View

Why 3 replicates for most biological assays? Is it enough to examine the data fits normal distribution?

Just bounced on me. Before statistically analysing significant difference, shouldn't we see if data fits normal distribution first? Is 3 replicates enough to testify the hypothesis of normal...

31 July 2024 8,141 13 View

Posthoc test lettering in JAMOVI?

Does anyone know of a module for the JAMOVI software that is capable of generating mean separations using the classic letters based on post hoc results (e.g., Tukey test)? If, as I believe, such...

31 July 2024 3,333 4 View

Can we eliminate the stress singularity at the tip of the crack by manipulating the elastic constants?

The aim of the research here is to prevent the propagation of the crack in the fabricated elastic medium with useful applications.

25 July 2024 9,976 3 View

Given the current advances in Super Computation and Quantum Computing, what are the missing link between the Applied AI and Ultra Smart Cyberspace?

In recent years, quantum computing has emerged as a groundbreaking technology with the potential to revolutionize various fields, including artificial intelligence (AI). AI has already made...

17 July 2024 1,398 3 View

Suggestion for PhD Research Topic/Topics in Applied Statistics?

Hi All I recently get admission in PhD statistics. After a long discussion with my supervisor, the topic I selected for PhD is " Air Pollution and its impact on Economy: A case study of...

15 July 2024 1,820 5 View

Can I detect the FLAG sequence of my AAV vector by qPCR?

I am treating human cells with an AAV vector encoding for my gene of interest tagged by FLAG. I want to quantify the mRNA expression of my gene of interest via qPCR to discriminate the endogenous...

14 July 2024 8,482 3 View

Intracerebroventricular (ICV) AAV inj.?

I'd like to know if anyone has got experience in intracerebroventricular (ICV) AAV inj. I am looking for a concomitant spread of the AAV including but not limited to the motor cortex and the...

12 July 2024 781 0 View