Can anyone identify this fungus/mushroom from China?

The pictures were taken in Guishan Mts in Yunnan. The fungus is ca. 10-12 cm high.

07 January 2021 6,639 10 View

How to performe a non-inferiority test in an adjusted linear regression?

I am looking for the relation between weight evolution (continuous) and a binary factor adjusted for confounders. The regression gives an (adjusted) difference and its CI less than the planned a...

13 December 2020 8,061 3 View

What is a cause of such noise while doing a potentiodynamic corrosion testing with CP-Titanium?

Right now I am trying to make corrosion tests with commercially pure titanium. For some reason, there are a lot of noises in the plot. No bubbles form on the surface of the sample. I am pretty...

06 July 2020 4,400 3 View

Is this bacillar contamination in Jurkat cell culture?

Hello all, I am convinced that this is bacterial contamination of our Jurkat cell culture, though my team says it isn't. I lack the necessary experience. What do you think about this? The Jurkat...

15 May 2020 8,391 5 View

How to model a material in Abaqus with 2 types of behavior: high stiffness in compression and low stiffness in tension?

I am modeling a dynamic problem in Abaqus. The material should have two types of properties: different Young's moduli in tension and compression. Any simple way to achieve it? Thanks!

17 February 2020 8,563 2 View

Does anybody know local/global reports on massive losses of plant species and/or plant biomass?

Catastrophic reports and publications about the rapid loss of species numbers are becoming increasingly frequent. Furthermore, the biomass of common animal species, such as insects or birds, is...

05 February 2020 7,593 4 View

Do plants have a higher conservation value than animals?

I know, the question is a bit simplistic. It is also not only about the plants, but more about the photosynthetic organisms ... However, in this time of global biodiversity crisis, we are...

15 January 2020 6,893 30 View

Difference between one-electron orbitals in Slater determinant and the basis set

Hi, I have pretty much basic question related to ab-initio HF method: What is the difference between one-electron spin orbitals we use in Slater determinant and the basis set functions? What is...

28 May 2017 9,398 8 View

Is there any side effects of eating rice or grains with read meat?

Red meat is harder to digest than for example poultry. If you eat a high carb meal with red meat the higher ptyalin production can increase the pH in the stomach resulting in bad digestion. Is...

03 March 2017 2,602 10 View

How can narrow sense heritability be estimated from bi parental population?

Dear All I have some traits which were scored on bi parental population. I would like to estimate narrow sense heritability. I estimated the broad sense heritability

19 January 2017 1,517 3 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

Purification of proteins from baculovirus-infected insect cells?

18 February 2021 6,665 6 View

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View

How do I prepare and store insect samples for JH measurements?

I need to preserve termite samples for future quantification of juvenile hormone in their bodies. Or extract the Juvenile Hormone and keep that samples stored for future quantification. I may need...

09 February 2021 1,995 1 View

Working with insect primary cells in cell medium and in saline solution?

I work with insect primary cells, which I let grow in TC100 insect medium. For fluorescence measurements I have to discard medium (because of its fluorescence properties) and give a saline...

28 January 2021 3,867 1 View

How to extract a single stranded DNA from a double stranded DNA sample isolated from stem borer(rice affecting insect) ?

How to extract a single-stranded DNA from a double-stranded DNA sample isolated from stem borer(rice affecting insect)? As I need to amplify ss Dna using a COX-1 marker having primer sequence as...

22 January 2021 3,424 3 View

Helicoverpa armigera eggs are not hatching in lab condition, why?

Dear RG friends, I am providing a complete H. armigera diet for larvae and maintaining the eggs in the growth chamber as well as in-room conditions. But since three months, eggs laid from the...

21 January 2021 5,546 32 View

Detection of insect eggs in stored and processed products?

Currently, in order to identify insect eggs in stored or processed products (such as contaminated flour or wafer samples), staining was performed based on the method mentioned in the below...

15 January 2021 6,362 5 View