in tunisia, kalâat el andalous irrigated district is one of the most affected areas by salinization. the objective of this study was to predict the root zone salinity (over 10 years) in this area using the saltmod simulation model for subsurface drainage system. saltmod is based on water balance, salt balance model, and seasonal agronomic aspects. in the pilot area, irrigated vegetables crops s...

BackgroundExercise stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly recognized as a useful tool for assessment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). However, while the prognostic significance resting systolic artery pressure (SPAP) well established and global longitudinal right ventricular free wall strain (RV FWS) has been identified an independent marker PH, l...

Pletser et al. performed a seismic-refraction survey on Devon Island with the goal of assessing the feasibility of astronauts carrying out such operations on Mars to detect subsurface water. We demonstrate that the seismic analysis is fundamentally flawed. The survey performed in this test will likely bear little resemblance to future crewed geophysical surface operations, and better methods ex...

Supraglacial channel networks link time varying melt production and meltwater routing on temperate glaciers. Such channel networks often include components of both surface transport in streams and subsurface porous flow through near-surface ice, firn or snowpack. Although subsurface transport if present will likely control network transport efficacy, it is the most poorly characterized componen...

a greenhouse experiment was conducted during the growing seasons (2008/2009 and 2009/2010) to investigate the effects of water quality and soil amendments, irrigation methods and rates on tomato (solanum lycopersicon l. cv. red gold) yield and water use efficiency (wue). irrigation management treatments were fresh (0.86 ds m-1) and saline waters (3.6 ds m-1), surface and subsurface irrigation m...

This paper presents the results of research on the antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria inhabiting the surface microlayer (SM) and the subsurface water (SSW) of Lake Jeziorak Mały. It follows from the results that doxycycline, oxytetracycline and nalidixic acid are characterized by the strongest antibacterial effect. For some antibiotics, different strengths of the effect on bacteria isolated fro...

this research was designed to evaluate and compare the applicability of two different types of irrigation including traditionally (surface irrigation) and simple sub-surface drip irrigation (using pricked-pipe covered with plastic cloth). two plots containing 39 pistachio trees with 720 m2 area were selected in rafsanjan, iran. both plots were irrigated using exactly the same quantity and quali...

AIMS To correlate microbial community composition and water quality changes within wetland cells containing varying plant densities and composition in a free water surface (FWS) constructed wetland. METHODS AND RESULTS Water chemistry was monitored weekly for nitrate, orthophosphate, and suspended solids, at various sites throughout the wetland for 6 months. Treatment ponds with 50% plant cov...