Recent and future river basin management requires a more spatially distributed description of basin hydrology and nutrient transport processes to enable land use management as a process controlling factor to realize sound river basin management. The spatial description of these processes in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) watershed model is presently realized by aggregating the flows ...

Objective: High resolution ultrasound (HRUS) was used to investigate the effects of tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) blockade on pannus formation and vascularisation of small finger joints in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Five patients with active RA were treated with etanercept, a soluble TNFα receptor protein, for one month. Before, during, and after treatment the pa...

Hydrological components in a river basin can get adversely affected by climate change in coming future. Manipur River basin lies in the extreme northeast region of India nestled in the lesser Himalayan ranges and it is under severe pressure from anthropogenic and natural factors. Basin is un-gauged as it lies in remote location and suffering from large data scarcity. This paper explores the imp...

OBJECTIVE In this study, we examined the impact of routine use of a passive disinfection cap for catheter hub decontamination in hematology-oncology patients. SETTING A tertiary care cancer center in New York City. METHODS In this multiphase prospective study, we used 2 preintervention phases (P1 and P2) to establish surveillance and baseline rates followed by sequential introduction of dis...

Arundo donax (hereafter referred to as Arundo), a robust herbaceous plant, has invaded the riparian zones of the Rio Grande River and the rivers of the Texas Hill Country over the last two decades. Arundo was first observed along the Nueces River in central Texas in 1995 by the Nueces River Authority (NRA). It then spread rapidly downstream due to its fast growth rate and availability of stream...

The Katar and Meki subbasins play a significant role in supporting the livelihoods of people region. However, are currently under heavy human pressures, mainly associated with ever-increasing population subsequent intensification irrigated agricultural activities. aims this study to quantify water balance components rivers using Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model assess implication abstrac...

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool SWAT was implemented in Northwest Arkansas to investigate flow and sediment predictive ability at multiple subbasin and hydrologic response units HRU distributions. The objectives of this study were to use SWAT and identify differences in annual predicted flow and sediment response of a watershed considering two subbasin delineations with six different HRU dis...

High-resolution ultrasound (HRUS) is a sensitive tool for identifying thyroid nodules. Real-time elastography (RTE) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) are newly developed methods which could measure tissue elasticity and perfusion features. The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare the diagnostic efficiency of HRUS, RTE, CEUS and their combined use in the differentiation of ...

AIM The aim of the study is to estimate the diagnostic sensitivity and utility of high-resolution ultrasonography (HRUS) in comparison with a gold standard technique in the diagnosis of the nasal fracture. PATIENTS AND METHOD Using a retrospective study design, facial Computed Tomography (CT) and HRUS examinations were performed on 87 consecutive patients with nasal trauma. Ultrasonograms wer...

Land use land cover (LULC) changes are highly pronounced in African countries, as they characterized by an agriculture-based economy and a rapidly growing population. Understanding how use/cover (LULCC) influence watershed hydrology will enable local governments policymakers to formulate implement effective appropriate response strategies minimize the undesirable effects of future change or mod...