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  1. Wood typically contains potassium and magnesium. Sugars are likely xylose perhaps some acids or something. If you gather a glassful it was probably mostly water.
  2. The anticipation of the results is all there is with this method. Nicotine is either no longer sold as a pesticide (regulated by the EPA) or is no longer permissible in certified organic agriculture. I'll be honest as I have experimented a little with nicotine and its effects on plants and animals: it does practically nothing at least at levels that are not potentially intoxicating. Nicotine or tobacco does not seem to have an effect on a healthy honey bee in the close environment, i.e. they are not bothered by cigar smoke. I don't think they smoke but if they did it would not kill them. The most likely effective usage would be on earthworms. This would be in conjunction to other methods. If you want a good pest deterrent: a lime and a lemon some oil ... I like soybean, olive oil is nice but can be so rich, whatever put those in a blender with water It's OK smelling but can be bitter.
  3. Salt is the first thing I think "sells" the high calorie foods. I think there is an inclination to eat richer foods. Foods with high a nutritional value. The implication is that what we eat is not rich. I think this is a sign of your economic status and not your desire for harmful or worthless foods.
  4. Ordinarily .50. Recombination limitation is .30 .5*.3=.15
  5. Wow that is hot (158ºF-176ºF BTW). What is the relative humidity at those temperatures?
  6. You get a better grip on wet objects when there is less dead skin residue on the skin. This is accomplished by essentially sanding them. That is if you have something you donot want to let go of. It seems to me to be an electrolyte imbalance. Medical saline is 0.90% NaCl. I'd say there is much more to this but I'd doubt you be able to wrinkle from such a solution.
  7. Looks like the dates correspond to a range of .08 and .01 with one date at .13 and another at .7. The .7 (2,560 +/-70) obviously stands out. It is not likely a dinosaur. The other numbers are on the range of "old". The +/- dating is probably only indicating variation between separate measarments and is not taking into account the limitations of the carbon dating. It may have rained on the archaeological dig site. This would introduce some carbon dioxide which would react with any free material. It would also introduce tritium. I am not sure what effect this would have. Looking down the list there are two more anomalies: 1950 ± 50 (contam) 2,560±70 (contam) This is interesting because all seem to fall in the same range. It is hard to believe that a sample could be contaminated nearly 100%. In all cases it is 70-80%.
  8. With a half-life of 5730 years and a beta decay energy 0.15 MeV, comparing tritium which has a half-life of only 12.32 years and 0.0186 Mev. I'm not sure if this is correct to rationally compare half-life and decay energy (beta-decay Q energy etc.) 0.000026178 C14 0.00150974 H3 57.7 time more easy to detect tritium. Fortunately the half-life of tritium would prevent it from contaminating the sample. So starting at 1 part per trillion . . . If someone were "out in the sun" for a period of time, it is usually easy to tell if it was recent or not, even how recently, but never quite accurately and precision is relative to the point of meaninglessness. age = -8033 * ln (N/N0) N0 is the original C14 atoms which is an assumed standard value N is the C14 in the sample N/N0 years difference from previous .9 846 to .9 .89 936 +90 .8 1792 +946 .899 855 +9 .7 2865 +1073 .6 4103 .5 5568 .4 7360 .3 9671 .2 12,928 +3257 .1 18,496 +5568 .01 36,993 .002 49,921 .001 55,489 +5568 Question would have is the degree of erroneous scintillation (provided the measurement is not botched). Just ten percent would err by what might have otherwise been considered meaningful. ie between 1000BC and 0 BC. 10,000 to 13,000 years ago Without erroneous scintillation the ages between 30,000 and 70,000 would available at relatively high accuracy. Of course this is looking at something that is now below the threshold of perception and the suspected contaminations. Beyond this there is really nothing. Nothing is exactly what I might expect to find.
  9. Free fatty acids are only free from the glycerol, from what I'd assume. Triglyceride transport would have to assist in this process. Otherwise the blood would be a detergent which is a known carcinogen. And that is not to say there are never free fatty acids. They are just attenuated by a more correct and proper process.
  10. err? There are 12 electrons from my count. Not pairs. These electrons go to ATP ?
  11. The "essential" amino acid concept is a bit skewed. Humans cannot produce their own amino acids. From the ecological standpoint amino acids are essential. Humans use all the amino acids. Amino acid sources are not ordinarily found incomplete or in isolated form. Where one is found, every other one will be found, albeit in minute quantities in some instances. There are no instances that I know of where the "essential" amino acids are found isolated from all other amino acids. If you ate just those amino acids your diet would be way off. The lack of glutamine, the phenylalinine intolerance, the homocystine, forget serine, alinine and glycine! It would have you reeling. Your children's urine would be toxic! On the other side in the biosynthesis of the "other" amino's, the methylation provided by methionine is an essential process.
  12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_perchlorate Silver perchlorate is noteworthy for its solubility in aromatic solvents such as benzene (52.8 g/L) and toluene (1010 g/L).[1] In these solvents, the silver cation binds to the arene [aromatic hydrocarbon], as has been demonstrated by extensive crystallographic studies on crystals obtained from such solutions.[2][3] It is also amazingly soluble in water, up to 500 g per 100 ml of water. Silver percholrate is a catalyst for Diels–Alder reaction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diels–Alder_reaction Following these reactions, it would not be unreasonable to suspect that Ag+ ions could create a variety of dioxins, furans, PCBs, ect, inadvertently in the environment. Mechanism of silver nanoparticles action on insect pigmentation reveals intervention of copper homeostasis. (note there is no suggestion this is a pesticide) Biochemical analysis suggests that the activity of copper dependent enzymes, namely tyrosinase and Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase, are decreased significantly following the consumption of AgNPs, despite the constant level of copper present in the tissue.
  13. I think that the element may produce some free radicals. Either during the process of oxidation, or, as a catalytic property of the Ag metal or the ion (not unlike platinum catalyzes oxidation reactions). It is also in the periodic column with copper. Silver may act as a nuisance element. Copper is an essential component the SOD (superoxide dismutase) enzymes. This being a critical step in aerobic metabolic processes. In the case of humans, iron would transfer oxygen to the copper bearing enzyme. I imagine treatments yield a high degree of lethargy. Some stages of "anaerobic" respiration may also be able to utilize SOD. It may act as a potent Aromatase inhibitor. BUT, "How does silver kill microbes?" I don't know that it does. Bleach kill microbes. But this requires a certain concentration of bleach.
  14. The warming is at the poles and cooling may occur at the equator. This is a concept that does not bother me much. Chemtrails bother me to no end. This is a blight on my environment. And the Centipede© clouds. The answer to global warming is not spraying Titanium Dioxide everywhere, is it?
  15. Is it unhealthy? Removal of fats and animal resins usually requires sulfuric acid. That would dissolve the skeleton as well, obviously. Whatever you do, you might consider calcium carbonate solution or otherwise alkali solution to work in. The lye solution will dissolve the flesh. The solutions for this are something that would be carefully controlled. Enzymes won't work in a basic environment. Papain will work somewhere around pH 4.0. This will not remove tendons which is the connective tissue of concern. I've heard cats are particularly sinuous. You might just shave the bone off with a proper knife or razor. Preventing the decomposition then requires preservation such as a bromide or frequent applications of a sulfurous compound AKA sulfites. And work in a cold environment.
  16. vampares

    GM crops

    The herbicidal carry by microorganisms is large. Unfortunately, the microorganism make the herbicide more effective than it ever was before. It is not plant specific. The carry distance is exceedingly greater than the any dimension of the application area. The amount of harm done is something for another topic. Remember that the average age of a farm superior or chief or boss, ect., is over 65 years of age. 75% of them are male. Glyphosate is about as paradigm as phosphate fertilizer to these folks. I'd prefer it over 2,4D which is a nerve gas from WW2 that was slightly modified. This is the "Agent Orange".
  17. That would be like a dominant trait gene chart? I assume that after the initial crossing you would know what the allele was. I don't think you should present data as a philosophical inquiry in an inappropriate context.
  18. The force is applied by the static suspension in conjunction with the "active" magnet. The upward movement of the ball just creates potential energy. Gravity is only involved because the energy is recoverable. You would have to pull the ball off the magnet but there would be the assistance of the gravitational potential energy.
  19. I'd use Borax. To reduce the hardness, NaCl. To reduce acidity sodium bicarbonate.
  20. vampares

    GM crops

    Glyphosate carries a reputation of being relatively safe and short lived in the environment. Seeing that it is NOT an alkyl halide, I don't think it posses a clear and present danger to the environment (other than its herbicidal potential). The genetically modified versions of regular crops appear to over-express the target enzyme. The same biological trait is selected for in weeds when field-wide spraying is done. It is a very poor management practice. It is the sort of thing that might be done regularly if the farm was rented or purchased with intent to sell. Anyways, resistance isn't the worst thing in the world, it just makes the product useless. But over-expression also implies vulnerability to insatiable promoter of the enzyme. This leads to way to much of the enzyme in a cell for it to live and it wastes energy.
  21. The sample size appears to be unitary. I can't see this as being sufficient enough to lend anything more than suggestion when the Department of Agriculture compiles data on every county in the nation. The amount of herbicide used, for another thing, is based upon judgment calls and opinions -- and the aggressiveness of demand for crop success. You might see think of this as serious farming vs. less than critical farming. Which may be the reason for the crop swinging.
  22. IGFBP3 is the carrier protein. This carrier would limit amount of all IGF in circulation and saturation inhibit the introduction of more IGF. Using a combination of IGF's would lead to the activation of more receptors (which may or may not be absolutely specific) provided the IGF is not an endogenous antagonist.
  23. elementalscientific.net formerly Hagenow carries platinum wire. I have used it in such situations. You should be able to order in lengths longer than one inch. It doesn't provide much surface area. Graphite that isn't destroyed is hard to come by. You may also try adding muriatic acid.
  24. vampares

    GM crops

    Bt corn and company would defeat FUD by presenting the technology on a more open basis. The fact is most of the corn presented to human consumers will not be Bt corn or it will be an industrial extraction of the corn that will no longer contain the Bt portion. This also seems to me to be a really good way to get something off the ingredients label. dl-methionine for instance is never an ingredient in human food, at least it is not listed as one. But in animal feed it is very common. It is common in pet food despite the otherwise nutritionally rich product. It may be a unspoken veterinary secret as to why it is there. Why it is not ever an ingredient in human food is another question to ask. They tell you they use it because it is cheap, then they charge me 6 times the price for organic eggs. AND THEY STILL USE DL-METHIONINE. SO if dl-methionine gets into food-for-human-consumption inadvertently, what happens now? Perhaps it is a minor concern until you find out otherwise. And with Bt corn, which has no "good" studies, what makes me think the rational isn't the same? Food is usually produced at high standards. Right? FYI I can buy bottled and tableted l-methionine on the consumer market for roughly twice/thrice the price of the wholesale commodity dl-methionine powder. dl-methionine goes for about $8 a kilogram. One kilogram produces more than a tonne of chicken feed. SO we are talking about a $10-$20 increase on more food (equivalent) than a single person could eat in 2 years.
  25. I was just talking about this in another thread. An oscilloscope can read electrical impulses. Whether or not you would need to actually attach the plant to the oscilloscope, I don't know. Just a pin with some electrocardiogram gel would probably do. The BK Precision 2125A has a sensitivity of 1mv at x5 (which is like zoom mode). To go beyond this you would need an amplifier circuit to hook the plant to. Amplifier circuity would probably be needed regardless. LED lights will strobe at high rates of speed. I don't think, however, that photosynthesis, when it is correctly done, will produce a "current". The electron transfer is very controlled. The electron is never "free". There should still be a generalized effect on the potential of the plant and surroundings. So you would be measuring the environmental effect of photosynthetic power. Trees seem to have an electrical process that occurs in the stems. Oak trees seem to be the strongest I have come by. The atmosphere builds up electrical potential which at times is released as lightning. It is to the advantage of trees to neutralize that energy build up before it becomes hazardous. Likewise it may be means of releasing atmospheric moisture. It may allow them to volatilize without altering internal chemistry. It seems like there are discharges that occur. As if there was a build up and a release similar to a capacitor. That may be a hydrological phenomenon but I am not sure.
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