How to explain diversity indices?

I am having a hard time explaining diversity indices of my 454 data e.g. PD whole tree, Chao1, Observed species, Shannon, Simpson.. I wonder if someone may give brief overview of indices or may...

04 May 2016 2,853 3 View

How can I validate data obtained by pyrosequencing?

I performed pyrosequencing of soil samples that were previously subjected to some stress conditions for specific time period. Results obtained show clear difference between control and...

31 December 2015 7,085 7 View

How can I perform Community Level Physiological Profiling (CLPP) of a soil extract?

In most of the papers BIOLOG ecoplates are reported for Community level physiological profiling (CLPP). Is here any alternative to that protocol/method? because i am not finding that method...

31 December 2015 1,029 4 View

What is an efficient method for high throughput DNA extraction from soil?

What may be the efficient method for high throughput DNA extraction from soil. Kindly provide me some protocol.

02 March 2015 2,229 4 View

If i have a mixture of enzymes and proteins, is it possible to characterize and quantify all proteins at the same time?

If i have a mixture of unknown proteins (extracellular, membrane bounded and intracellular enzymes; regulatory proteins...you may briefly call it as a metaproteome), is it possible to characterize...

01 February 2015 4,811 12 View

How would I add a compound in my experimental plot to maintain a particular recommended concentration of the compound in soil? ml/acre<->ml/kg of soil

If i have a commercially available compound (with percentage purity: 50%), whose recommended dose for usage in soil is like: 250 ml/acre,, then how much weight/volume should i apply to mine...

01 February 2015 9,693 9 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

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How climate change will influences human and animal behavioral change?

The role of climate change influencing the human behavior as well as economics interest

01 June 2021 0 0 View

flexibility of polymers chain

effect of double bond on the flexibility of polymers

07 April 2021 0 0 View

i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 View

Formulation of polymer color flakes

I am writing to request some information for making polymer color flakes. I would appreciate the help.

17 March 2021 0 0 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

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