Does Location Map of Informal Settlements in South Africa exist?

I urgently need a map that shows the point locations of informal settlements in South Africa. I am currently working on a study that seeks to relate protests location to the location of informal...

02 February 2021 4,113 7 View

What methodology can be used in battling and managing security incidence in IoT technologies ?

I am writing a research paper on security incidence response and Management concerning IoT

24 December 2019 9,064 2 View

Can science provide answers to every questions? or Can science provide solution to every problems or issues of life?

There is that current and popular thinking and trend in research that every problem or issue of life that is not scientifically proved is not valid and correct. So, should every academic research...

10 October 2018 9,910 13 View

What can my annealing temperature be if both my forward & reverse primer have the same Tm according to synthesis report?

What can my annealing temperature be if both my forward & reverse primer have the same Tm according to synthesis report, E.g. Tm=60.4 for both?

25 February 2016 9,454 2 View

How do I find ignition in the combustion in fluent?

I would like to study the combustion of biogas in a combustion chamber. The geometry of the combustion chamber is made with Gambit and I would simulate the heat transfer with fluent. I want to...

13 December 2015 8,480 3 View

How do I construct a phylogenetic SNP tree using whole genome sequences of bacteria?

I have obtained assembled genomes (assembled contigs) of 14 salmonellae to construct a phylogenetic SNP tree but my background in this is little. I will appreciate some sorts of guides through the...

07 September 2015 9,527 15 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

Can anyone help with Schistosoma identification?

Can anyone identify what kind of Schistosome species this might be? Morphological features of cercariae and adults resemble Trichobilharzia, though I am fairly new to the field of parasitology...

25 February 2021 7,760 6 View

Are there SDMs that can take in percentage data?

Hi everyone, I am wondering if anyone knows of a species distribution model that can take in percentage data (i.e. presence data with prevalence values attached to them)? The dataset I have...

18 February 2021 7,312 3 View

Any recommendations for methods to analyze elephant space-use (using GPS) and correlating this with changes in NDVI?

For my Masters I am looking into elephant space-use and its effect on vegetation change. I have elephant GPS collar data and was going to use Google Earth Engine to obtain NDVI values. I would...

16 February 2021 7,097 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

Is it possible estimating environmental conditions with a Bayesian approach?

In ecology specific species can be used to get an indication/estimation of the environmental conditions. A simplistic example, lets assume I find a pike (Esox lucius). We know this species does...

01 February 2021 10,034 4 View

How do you annotate figures to show significance?

30 January 2021 1,008 3 View

What is the magnitude of yearly rhizopdeposition in tropical forests?

Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...

26 January 2021 4,278 4 View