Snow water equivalence, which is the product of snow density and depth, is the most important parameter in snow hydrology. This paper demonstrates the algorithms for estimating dry snow density, depth, grain size, underground dielectric constant and surface RMS height using multi-frequency and –polarization SAR (SIR-C/X-SAR) measurements. The algorithms were developed based on the numerically s...

AIM To examine the effects of the sequencing order of individualised intermittent endurance training combined with muscular strengthening on aerobic performance and capacity. METHODS Forty eight male sport students (mean (SD) age 21.4 (1.3) years) were divided into five homogeneous groups according to their maximal aerobic speeds (vV*o2max). Four groups participated in various training progra...

Present paper utilizes the time evolution for estimating the soil moisture and vegetation parameter with radar remote sensing data. For this purpose, vegetation ladyfinger has been taken as a test field and experimental observations have been taken by bistatic scatterometer at X-band in the regular interval of 10 days for both like polarizations (i.e., Horizontal-Horizontal, HH-; Vertical-Verti...

Soil moisture is a critical hydrological variable that links the terrestrial water, energy and carbon cycles. Global and regional observations of soil moisture are needed to estimate the water and energy fluxes at the land surface, to quantify the net carbon flux in boreal landscapes, to enhance weather and climate forecast skill and to develop improved flood prediction and drought monitoring c...

casing soil is one of the most important indicators of button mushroom production, which has a direct impact on the size and performance. due to the easy availability of resources for the production of vermicompost this mix can be used alternative of peat to button mushroom production. this study was conducted with nine treatments and three replications in¬¬ a completely randomized design at th...

BACKGROUND The visual vertical (VV) consists of repeated adjustments of a luminous rod to the earth vertical. How many trials are required to reach consistency in this measure? This question has never been addressed despite the widespread clinical use of the measurement in stroke rehabilitation. METHODS VV perception was assessed (10 trials) in 117 patients undergoing rehabilitation after a f...

As a common feature of many neurological diseases and injury, the loss of axon pathways can have devastating effects on function. Here, we demonstrate a new strategy to restore damaged axon pathways using transplantable miniature constructs consisting of living neurons and axonal tracts internalized within hydrogel tubes. These hydrogel microconduits were developed through an iterative process ...

BACKGROUND The hypertensive deoxy-corticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt-treated pig (hereafter, DOCA pig) was recently introduced as large animal model for early-stage heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The aim of the present study was to evaluate cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) of DOCA pigs and weight-matched control pigs to characterize ventricular, atrial and myocar...