Despite increasing use of pressurized irrigation methods, most projects worldwide still involve surface systems. Accurate estimation the amount infiltrating water and its spatial distribution in soil is great importance design management furrow Moment analysis has previously been applied to describe subsurface using input data from numerical simulations rather than field measured data, assuming...

In a previous article, I discussed adverse drug reactions (ADRs) attributed to statin therapy, specifically myopathies, as well as potential consequences and recommended alternatives. These ADRs are not trivial because they may lead to patient harm in severe cases and/or significant patient nonadherence in most cases. In fact, statins are frequently discontinued as a result of ADRs1,2 and for a...

This paper addresses the question of whether it is worthwhile for developmentalists to try and figure out the age at which a particular skill develops. First, I discuss why it is important to study the earliest appearance of skills. Then I mention some of the problems with some approaches to such studies and also try to point some areas where such research is not the only thing they can do. Fin...

The drainage of low-sloped roof systems involves multiple design professionals, and often each has a different opinion as to their design responsibility. Roofing issues have been identified as being a number one source of litigation, and rain-induced roof collapses continue to occur with alarming frequency. With the backdrop of several rain-induced roof collapses, this paper illustrates the com...

BACKGROUND: Deficit irrigation strategies were effective in saving volume of water. Potassium is an essential nutrient that affects most of the biochemical and physiological processes are involved in plant resistance to biotic and a biotic stresses. OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to assess effect of different pattern of irrigation and several source...

[1] Propagation of water-filled crevasses through glaciers is investigated based on the linear elastic fracture mechanics approach. A crevasse will penetrate to the depth where the stress intensity factor at the crevasse tip equals the fracture toughness of glacier ice. A crevasse subjected to inflow of water will continue to propagate downward with the propagation speed controlled primarily by...