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Is it safe to boil concentrate water solution in the same dust-proof box (positive pressurised) near cleaned for elemental analysis glassware?

We have an isolated dust-proof glaw-box for for "clean" analysis procedures: sample concentration, sampling itself, and plastic-glassware steam cleaning/ storage. It is known that some elements...

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Does Bajaj Queens and Blessers Deriving HIV Acquisition?

Idea: HIV museum

02 May 2023 6,869 0 View

What is the best soil moisture sensor for research?

What's a good device that can give an accurate and quick read of soil moisture, at the soil surface? Preferably something relatively immediate, to use in fieldwork, not an iButton or similar. Or...

16 December 2022 5,376 3 View

Are there R2 and p-values for the fitted curve of quantile regression?

When I performed quantile regression using the quantreg package in R, there were no R2 and p values. The puzzling thing is that I found some literature where these two values are present in...

22 October 2022 3,623 4 View

Why is the viral envelope protein with altered mutations not incorporated into HIV packaging system?

We have been making viruses using HIV packaging system for years in our lab. We use 3rd generation system and make virus in 293T cells. We have been adding specific mutations to envelope proteins...

07 March 2021 4,919 2 View

Santolina species, wax moth and bees?

Expect a savage answer and being reported to ResearchGate Admin if your answer clearly shows you did not read the whole question and you are scamming the points system by answering with an...

13 December 2020 4,610 7 View

Can we DNA barcode dry Museum insect specimens?

I am an student of entomological field, I am interested to work on DNA barconding of beetles, I have some fresh collection and some Museum specimens as well. I am not much clear that whether...

01 December 2020 7,406 14 View

What is the optimum Wolbachia population that can significantly affect dengue cases in densely populated provinces in the country?

I am working on a paper that looks into the dynamics of the spread of Wolbachia and its potential impact on dengue transmission, particularly in the Philippines.

30 October 2020 6,858 3 View

What species of beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera) is this?

Dear all, I would like to ask for help in identifying this species of beetle from Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo). The total length is approximately 3 mm. It is sampled from a peat swamp forest near...

18 September 2020 9,773 10 View

What could be direct/indirect roles of insects (entomology) in current pandemic COVID-19?

Because there is no any vaccine for COVID-19 until and in past insects have transmitted number of diseases like; chikungunya virus, yellow fever, dengue fever,Lyme disease, plague,malaria,...

25 June 2020 9,683 30 View

Are the any good identification keys for Insects in the Indian subcontinent ?

One of my friends from Germany was curious to know if there are similar keys like those published by the Royal Entomological Society and other entomological groups in Australia. The only ones I...

12 June 2020 7,936 0 View

What is the best way to combine Landscape Architecture and Entomology?

I am trying to find a topic for my PhD thesis. I've done two MSc; one in Landscape Architecture (about Ecological Landscape Design and Permaculture) and one in Forest Entomology (about...

22 April 2020 5,457 2 View

What is the temperature required for storage of samples (serum) before HIV, HTLV 1, HBSAg and HCV tests with ECL technique?

17 March 2020 7,798 3 View

Forests Pests: increased damage by climate change?

Dear researchers, what is your opinion about climate changes and forests pests? there is an increase or reduction of damage caused by insects and mites on trees?

01 March 2020 2,587 17 View

Folivorous insects feeding on plants rich in phytoliths must have their guts full of phytolites. How can it be so difficult to find a paper on this?

I'm searching for articles dealing with the detection of phytoliths in insect guts. Most of the search return papers working with extinct fauna, mummies and so on. I need data derived from modern...

01 March 2020 6,959 6 View

How can you efficiently collect a ground-nesting bee when it is inside its nest?

I am looking for an efficient way to collect a ground-nesting bee at its nest, so that when encountering a ground-nesting bee nest, I could determine what species created that nest. Ideally, I was...

22 February 2020 5,403 3 View

Studies on the survival of ant-groups as a function of caste composition?

I was wondering if anyone ever studied the group-survival of ants as a function of group composition; For instance, suppose you have a group of N ants, composed of 3/4 of minor workers and 1/4 of...

14 February 2020 4,146 2 View

Publication dates of Handbuch der Entomologie (Bürmeister)?

Hello, I am seeking the exact publication dates of the different fascicles of the Handbuch der Entomologie, from Bürmeister. Can anyone provide me with this information? Many thanks

11 February 2020 7,344 5 View

What's the best way to do PCR on bacteria living in bacteriocytes inside of insects?

I don't really have access to make a complicated process for this, but I was wondering if there was a way to conduct PCR on an entire group of cells if I already have primers specific to the...

05 February 2020 7,340 3 View

Emergence Trap color (black or white)?

Hello, I am building low-cost terrestrial emergence traps out of tomato cages and polyester no-see-um mesh netting. The traps are about 2 feet tall and have a white collection bottle at the top. I...

05 February 2020 1,304 3 View

How i can evaluate the host preference in four varieties of flowers?

The best type of bioassays choice and non choice for arthropods for indicate preference for plant varieties of same species. Four varieties and a phytophagous.

17 September 2019 4,449 2 View

Where to get the list of zoology terms for dictionary for adding to mac library?

where can i find a list of words to expand the list of words in the local dictionary in mac for easy spelling correction for entomological and zoological names and terms?

22 August 2019 4,344 4 View

Anyone knows or has course syllabus for odonatology?

The study on Odonata is used to be included into the general Entomology course. I wonder, as more papers about dragonflies appear in RG and other platforms, if the lecture or course about...

13 August 2019 1,719 5 View

Any software that can calculate only the vertical speed of insect?

Currently working on a project in which we would like to calculate the climbing speed of insects. The insect will move vertically up the wall as well as horizontally, but we only wish to calculate...

16 July 2019 9,114 3 View

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