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How do organisms affect the abiotic and biotic conditions in an environment and effects of habitat destruction to the loss of biodiversity?

25 November 2023 1,831 0 View

How is AI use in medical practice distinguished from big data analytics applications for health care delivery and population health?

09 November 2023 8,111 2 View

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...

28 July 2023 724 0 View

Issues with magplex bead coupling and haemocytometer counts?

I have recently coupled some magplex beads to protein, using the biorad kit and beads following a standard protocol from my supervisor that has worked well previously. When I went to count these...

07 July 2023 1,676 1 View

Does Bajaj Queens and Blessers Deriving HIV Acquisition?

Idea: HIV museum

02 May 2023 6,891 0 View

Having problems performing Quantile regression?

I am currently trying to analyze the impact of high levels of geopolitical uncertainty (GPR) on monetary connectivity using a quantile regression model with a quantile set at 0.95. My current...

08 March 2023 908 2 View

How to plot a Community Comparions of longitudinal data (Spring, Summer), that also accounts for the different sampling sides ?

Hi, I sampled Carabid beetles on different sides in Spring and Summer. The sampling side seems to have a great impact, so it should be included in the graph. So I am thinking of an NMDS that...

13 January 2023 6,891 3 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 5,397 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 3,645 4 View

Is there a need for a new Point-of-Care Diagnostic for Women/Men Patients Seropositive for T. vaginalis, the Cause for the Number One, Non-viral STI?

There is in fact a Point-of-Care test for T. vaginalis, but it works only for women. What about a POC test for both women and men? What is the extent of the need?

28 September 2022 6,048 2 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 4,943 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 4,642 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 7,441 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 6,893 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 9,802 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 9,710 30 View

Hello every one I'm thinking to purchase DNA oligo synthesizer for commercial purpose anyone can give advice about best machine to purchase and type?

Hello every one I'm thinking to purchase DNA oligo synthesizer for commercial purpose anyone can give advice about best machine to purchase and type of reagents used also about how to market the...

16 June 2020 974 1 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 7,963 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 5,488 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 7,820 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 2,613 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 6,993 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 5,437 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 4,174 2 View

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