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

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

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

How can narrow sense heritability be estimated from bi parental population?

Dear All I have some traits which were scored on bi parental population. I would like to estimate narrow sense heritability. I estimated the broad sense heritability

19 January 2017 1,517 3 View

Can anyone identify these insects / Coleoptera from Costa Rica (Tapanti NP)?

The three Coleoptera species have been observed and photographed in April 2016 in Tapanti National Park (Costa Rica) - in mountainous forest with Oreomunnea and Alfaroa species (both Juglandaceae)...

24 October 2016 9,289 17 View

Alternative to mediation analysis?

I am currently working on my dissertation and want to explore the role of competence as a mediator between the effect of colour of clothes on voting intention (focus on Western countries)....

21 February 2021 8,609 1 View

How COVID-19 has affected mental health?

The pandemic has led to depression and anxiety and its negative effects shouldn't be ignored. However, it has also led some people to become more resilient! What do you think? Thank you.

21 February 2021 4,733 19 View

Can medicinal plants really play an inherent rule in the COVID-19 tackle?

Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected? I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to...

17 February 2021 2,141 9 View

How can I interpret a ratio variable?

Dear colleagues, I am running a regression in which I have the following regression FoodExp = 67.04 DepRatio +.....e My interest is in the interpretation of the coefficient on the dependency...

16 February 2021 2,058 2 View

Looking for a scale to measure attitudes towards violence against women and the factors that impact attitudes in South Africa?

I am interested in doing research on attitudes towards violence against women and the factors that impact attitudes in South Africa? Does anyone know which attitude scale I can use to measure...

06 February 2021 3,076 1 View

Patients with chronic kidney disease could get COVID-19 vaccine?

04 February 2021 278 4 View

Can anyone help to convert ODK XLS into XML?

We want to conduct a verbal autopsy using WHO adult VA updated tools in ODK. The current version of WHO adult verbal autopsy tools is v1.5.3. I have successfully converted VA ODK-XLS v1.4 into XML...

03 February 2021 844 2 View

What new can be added in the field of historical studies to implement more realistic programs?

What new can be added in the field of historical studies to implement more realistic programs in dealing with the events of history and interpreting them with scientific sincerity and competence?

26 January 2021 559 1 View

Is Juniper Publisher ( Journal of Gynecology and Women's Health) a good journal to publish my paper?

Dear colleagues, Do you have any knowledge about Juniper Publishers? Have any of you published in the Journal of Gynecology and Women's Health ( ISSN: 2474-7602, Impact Factor: 0.621 (2017-18))? I...

21 January 2021 9,362 4 View

How the WHO reacted with covid -19in 2021?

Who is now working very hard with return of America to its active membershipnow WHO is concentrating on vaccinations,here are some activities, provides summary tables of COVID-19 vaccine...

20 January 2021 9,593 8 View