The results of distributed watershed models could be sensitive to spatial and temporal scales at which inputs and model parameters are aggregated. This paper reports findings of a detailed sensitivity analysis conducted on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s distributed watershed simulation model, known as the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The Big Creek Watershed, located in southern ...

Several best management practices (BMPs) have been implemented through Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the West Fork Watershed of Trinity River Basin in Texas, USA, where nonpoint source pollution is a serious concern. Major sources of pollution are sediment erosion and nutrients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term impact of implementation of WQMPs on nonpoint s...

Indian tea preparation involves addition of milk to brewed black tea. It is a well-known fact that individually both tea polyphenols and milk proteins inhibit iron absorption by forming complexes with dietary iron, rendering it insoluble in the gut. However, when present in combination these dietary components could have an ambiguous effect of either increasing the available iron by binding eac...

Triterpenoid There is a growing interest in natural triterpenoids, also know as phytosterols, due to their wide spectrum of biological activities [1] . Triterpenes are a wide-spread group of natural compounds with considerable practical significance which are produced by arrangement of squalene epoxide in a chair-chair, chai-boat arrangement followed by condensation. Triterpense are important s...

Citation: Qian L-L, Sun M-Q, Wang R-X, Lu T, Wu Y, Dang S-P, Tang X, Ji Y, Liu X-Y, Zhao X-X, Wang W, Chai Q, Pan M, Yi F, Zhang D-M and Lee H-C (2018) Mechanisms of BK Channel Activation by Docosahexaenoic Acid in Rat Coronary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells. Front. Pharmacol. 9:223. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00223 Mechanisms of BK Channel Activation by Docosahexaenoic Acid in Rat Coronary Arterial...

of dietary medium-chai" triacylglycerols (MCTs) on serum lipid levels, liver function, and hepatic fat accumulations in healthy men. Eleyen subjects consumed 2200-2600 kcal daily, of which 70-80 g was fat; the fat included 40 g of MCTs or else 40 g of long-chain triacylglycerols (blended yegetable oil). The diet was followed for 4 weeks in this controlled double-blind study. At the end of the e...

Because hydrologic responses of an agricultural watershed are influenced by many natural and man-made factors including pond/reservoir, management practices, and/or irrigation/drainage, strategies of hydrological modeling for the watershed must be case-dependent and thus carefully designed to effectively reflect their roles as critical hydrologic components in simulation processes. In this stud...

Correspondence: [email protected] Department of Applied Mathematics, Pai Chai University, Taejon 302-735, South Korea Abstract A complete convergence result for an array of rowwise independent mean zero random variables was established by Kruglov et al. (2006). This result was partially extended to negatively associated and negatively dependent mean zero random variables by Chen et al. (2007) an...

Two new species of the genus Devadatta Kirby, 1890, D. kompieri sp. nov. from northern Vietnam (holotype: male, Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai Province) and D. yokoii sp. nov. from central Laos (holotype: male, Vang Vieng, Vientiane Province) are described. These new species are allied to D. ducatrix Lieftinck, 1969, but are distinguished by specific characteristics of their wings and anal appe...