1. To prepare various thematic layers such as drainage density, lineament density, slope, lithology, geomorphology and landuse/land cover using SOI topographical maps, remote sensing data and GIS. 2. To prioritize the weightages of individual themes and feature score depending upon their suitability to hold groundwater. 3. To prepare the integrated final groundwater potential map (GPM) using th...

The role of cardiovascular and pulmonary limitation in performing maximal exercise is contrasted in patients with mitral valve disease (MVD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The ventilatory (VE) gas exchange (VO2 and VCO2) and heart rate (HR) responses to an incremental cycle ergometer exercise were measured in six patients with MVD, seven patients with COPD, and six normal sub...

BACKGROUND Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) assays have historically produced different results. Our aim was to investigate the comparability of assay results of selected commercially available assay methods designed to measure total, free, or complexed PSA (tPSA, fPSA, and cPSA). METHODS We measured tPSA, fPSA, and cPSA in 70 samples and in the WHO PSA 96/670 reference preparation with 6 assa...

Effective conservation and management of natural resources requires up-to-date information on the land cover (LC) types and their dynamics. Multi-resolution remote sensing (RS) data with appropriate classification strategies have been used to categorise land use and land cover (LULC) of a landscape. RS data coupled with other important environmental layers (both remotely acquired or derived fro...

The high hillsides of the Tehran metropolis are prone to landslides due to the climatic conditions and the geological, geomorphologicalcharacteristics of the region. Therefore, it is vitally important that a landslide susceptibility map of the region be prepared. For thispurpose, thematic layers including landslide inventory, lithology, slope, aspect, curvature, distance to stream, distance to ...

Fifty-two human breast tumors were screened for the presence of DNA homology to mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) using molecularly cloned MMTV proviral genomic DNA probes and dot-blot hybridization. Seven patients were found to contain an entire provirus (gag, pol, env, and LTR positive at high stringency). Fifty percent (5/10) of patients having a first degree relative with breast carcinoma we...

Recent reports have suggested that very early excision (less than 24 hours post-burn) and primary closure of burn wounds might circumvent the immunosuppression which follows severe thermal trauma. The total body surface are (TBSA) involved in burn injuries of human subjects at risk for significant post-burn immunosuppression is large enough to require grafting. In the present study cell-mediate...

Overarching goal of this paper was to evaluate automated and semi-automated methods of mapping wetlands using Landsat ETM+ and SRTM data. Automated methods consisted of: (a) slope derived from SRTM, (b) Tasseled cap Wetness Index (TCWI), (c) Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), (d) multi-band vegetation indices (MBVIs), (e) two band vegetation indices (TBVIs), (f) normalized difference veg...