Climate change-induced extreme precipitation causes coastal flooding. A streamflow simulation in watersheds, Wolf River Watershed (WRW) and Jourdan (JRW), was conducted using the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to compare variation flow at different climates analyze flood frequency. Baseline models were auto-calibrated with SWAT calibration uncertainty programs (SWAT-CUP). Kling–Gupta efficie...

BACKGROUND Poverty is pervasive in the Swat Valley, Pakistan. Most of the people survive by farming small landholdings. Many earn additional income by collecting and selling plant material for use in herbal medicine. This material is collected from wild populations but the people involved have little appreciation of the potential value of the plant material they collect and the long term impact...

This paper describes the component models and combination model built as a joint effort between Swarthmore College, Hong Kong PolyU, and HKUST. Though other models described elsewhere contributed to the final combination model, this paper focuses solely on the joint contributions to the ”Swat-HK” effort.

Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis occurred during July to August, 1988 in districts of Mansehra, Swat and Muzaffarabad. Thirty cases, clinically diagnosed as cholera, were investigated. On examination, 22 (73.3%) cases were bacteriologically confirmed as cholera due to V. cholerae Eltor, ogawa. All strains were sensitive to chloramphenicol.

This thesis investigates the utilization of web application output in enhancing automated server-side code testing. The server-side code is the main driving force of a web application generating client-side code, maintaining the state and communicating with back-end resources. The output observed in those elements provides a valuable resource that can potentially enhance the efficiency and effe...

Epicardial white adipose tissue (eWAT) is in close contact with coronary vessels and therefore could alter coronary homeostasis. Adrenomedullin (AM) is a potent vasodilatator and antioxidative peptide which has been shown to play a cytoprotective role in experimental models of acute myocardial infarction. We studied, using immunohistochemistry and qRT-PCR, the expression of AM and its receptors...

Implementation of artificial subsurface drainage (tile drainage) for cultivation of row crops in poorly-drained areas of the Upper Midwest of the United States has enabled the region to be one of the most agriculturally productive areas of the world; but has also resulted in loss of wetland ecosystems, altered hydrology, and increased transport of nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) to surface water. The ...

Non-point source pollution is well recognized as one of the most critical environmental hazards of modern times. In Illinois, non-point source pollution is the major cause of water quality problems, and soil erosion from agricultural lands is the major source of such pollution. Accelerated by anthropogenic activities, soil erosion reduces crop productivity and leads to subsequent problems from ...