How does land use affect cliamte change?

Many anthropogenic factors are behind global warming. I am only interested on land use change in the dry areas (conversion of best rangelands with deep soil and vegetation cover into cropland) is...

31 December 2017 340 12 View

Does luck really exist?

has anyone studied this aspect in our life? Some people we believe are lucky while others are unfortunate. In my life I have seen people who are considered to be lucky go through harsh times.

03 April 2017 4,299 2 View

Does heavily grazed rangelands have significantly more inorganic C than protected rangelands (no grazing)?

Grazing management can influence inorganic C stocks by affecting concentrations of Ca or HCO3- in soil moisture, the precursors to carbonate formation.

09 October 2016 7,558 7 View

I am looking for couple of case studies illustrating the socio-economic benefits of sustainable grassland management?

I am looking for couple of case studies illustrating the socio-economic benefits of sustainable grassland management? Preferably for the Mediterranean region

09 October 2015 6,323 9 View

Why there is low adoption (in most cases) by farmers when it comes to environmental technologies in developing countries?

As long as technology (case of combatting desertification or alleviating land degradation) is provided free of charge, farmer is happy and convinced of its benefits.

08 September 2015 5,772 0 View

Will climate change can contribute to gender inequality?

08 September 2015 8,810 1 View

Is there any relations between climate change and conflicts/social instability?

Recently there has been a great interest (mainly from policy makers around the globe) to investigate such controversial topic. For instance is there any evidence supporting the claim that the...

08 September 2015 8,636 5 View

How much a single species is worth? And how can we estimate its monetary value?

Putting a price on biodiversity

07 August 2015 1,008 3 View

Can someone explain difference between niche and habitat?

In terms of ecological community or ecosystem

07 August 2015 4,737 5 View

How can we import an excel file into Arc GIS?

07 August 2015 9,542 8 View

What are some of the research gaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence in africa?

i would to know some of the research gaps in the artificial intelligence field in most african countries.

03 March 2021 6,145 3 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,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

What are the most reliable approaches to extract key continuous frames from a video, with complete automation?

I have an input video, of skin (from a microscope that means it is magnified such that blood capillaries are visible). The idea is to extract 15 sec of continuous frames from a video of 1 min,...

02 March 2021 2,735 2 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

Where can I find life cycle inventory or assessment of non woven materials?

Dear network, I am looking for the LCA or LCI or at least the energy balances of the non woven fabrics process for my master project, in specific for natural fibers, yet I have found...

02 March 2021 9,662 1 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

How can extract ciprofloxacin hydrochloride disolve in water er to organic solvent such as dichloromethan or any other solvent?

I need a procedure to extract the ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from aqueous solution by using dichloromethane in detail,. I thank you very much.

01 March 2021 4,306 1 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View