Methods for measuring N-mineralization in field sites/experiments?

A student is installing a field trial that we expect to largely impact soil moisture and temperature, and we simultaneously want to measure the secondary impacts on N-mineralization in the field....

02 March 2019 3,905 3 View

Is CSIRO publishing a legitimate scientific publisher?

07 August 2017 3,397 5 View

What is a good plant analytical laboratory to farm out analyses to?

04 May 2016 2,111 6 View

What is a good Atomic Absorption Spectrometer to use for exchangeable cation analysis in your opinion?

I think the title says it all, but I am in the market for an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer to run exchangeable cations as extracted by ammonium acetate, and would like to hear peoples comments...

31 December 2015 5,190 14 View

Anyone working on microtopology and habitats?

I am slowly working towards a large project focused on microtopology and consequently defining micro-habitats for wild plants and, conversely, traditional agriculture. Would love to discuss some...

04 May 2015 583 0 View

How can I measure nutrient recycling in arboricultural systems?

Many studies claim one of the benefits of arboriculture is the increased uplift, retention, and recycling of mineral nutrients. However, quantification of this topic tends to be limited to very...

04 May 2015 1,849 6 View

GM crops - where is the science?

08 September 2014 9,437 3 View

GMO and intellectual property - any thoughts?

I am no expert in the legal issues here, but Monsanto, Dow, Sygenta, etc. have been copyrighting genes to food crops as I understand it. However, these crops that they are utilizing, corn for...

05 June 2014 5,344 7 View

Do you know any examples of indigenous language having a concept for "wilderness?"

Many of the thousands of indigenous languages in the world do not have a word for "wild" or any of its relatives -- wildness, wilderness, wilding, etc. -- in their vocabulary. Do you know any...

03 April 2014 4,655 21 View

How different do languages need to be before they are considered separate? What is the "taxonomy" of languages?

I have zero experience in the field of linguistics, but a paper I am writing now calls for a brief paragraph about using languages as one defining characteristic of a different cultural group....

03 April 2014 1,127 14 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Buffer Exchange using column packed with sephadex G-25 effect on protein concentration?

Hello, If i am doing a buffer exchange for an antibody of 1mg/mL, does the elution lose protein in the process of buffer exchange? For example, if i flow through 500 uL of 1mg/mL sample, and...

03 March 2021 6,299 3 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

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

Do I need to do linear regression before running mediation analysis using PROCESS MACRO by Hayes ?

I just wanted to check if I need to run a linear regression separately if I am using PROCESS MACRO to run mediation analysis. Thank you.

02 March 2021 4,359 3 View

Waters 2707 HPLC autosampler problem?

I am using a 2707 waters HPLC device. When I try to inject a sample, it says missing plate or rack. I changed the needle and calibrated its position but I still get the same problem. I even get...

02 March 2021 1,408 1 View