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

Can anyone identify this dragonfly from Eastern China?

The picture was taken close to Hangzhou (Eastern China).

05 June 2018 7,202 10 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

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

Does anyone know how to plot my station to a section plot on Ocean Data View (ODV)?

I made a vertical section plot with WOA .nc file on ODV, and now I want to plot my stations (csv. file) in it. Does anyone know how to import my points to the section? They are two different...

01 March 2021 3,610 1 View

Tooth extraction and subsequent dental implant placement in Sprague-Dawley rats induce differential changes in anterior digastric myofibre size and ?

01 March 2021 7,254 3 View

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

Good morning research fellows, Has anyone worked with senna alata plant extract on any kind of fish?

Literatures on the piscicidal effect of sennaa alata is scanty. if you have any related litrature either in the bark, leaves or roots used as treatment to any aquatic organism please kindly help...

28 February 2021 9,138 2 View

Can Ethovision store the generated data and video recordings directly to NAS system?

The size of data generated by Ethovision is huge. Having NAS system for data storage seems to be a good option, I am wondering whether Ethovision can directly store the data to the NAS system...

27 February 2021 6,350 2 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

Hi i want to ask that in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours) of particular toxin for fish. Should we keep the animals with food or without food?

if we expose the fish after acclimatization to particular toxin in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours).Should we keep the fish off feed or with feed for that duration. Some literature show that...

24 February 2021 357 2 View