PURPOSE An intracanalicular scaffold (Hydrus microstent) designed to reduce intraocular pressure as a glaucoma treatment was tested in human anterior segments to determine changes in outflow facility (C). METHODS Human eyes with no history of ocular disease or surgeries were perfused within 49 hours of death. The anterior segments were isolated and connected to a perfusion system. Flow rates ...

Development of the new, insensitive, energetic compound, NTO (3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one), creates need for the data on NTO's fate and transport to predict its behavior in the environment and potential for groundwater contamination. To measure the transport of NTO in soils, we conducted miscible-displacement experiments under steady state and interrupted flow conditions using eight soils havin...

HHCB (1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8-hexamethylcyclopenta-c-2-benzopyrane) and AHTN (7-acetyl-1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene) are found in reclaimed municipal wastewater. They may accumulate in soils receiving long-term application of reclaimed water thus adversely impact the soil biota. We evaluated the extent of their accumulation in receiving soils using HYDRUS-1D base...

This study estimated the nitrate and potassium concentration in soil solution of drainage lysimeter using mathematical models developed by Vogeler et al. (1996) Muñoz-Carpena (2005) computational model Hydrus-2D, while comparing simulated observed data statistical parameters. The cultivar used for was ‘Prata Gorutuba’. experimental plots were six lysimeters drainage. Fertigation performed weekl...

Salt accumulation within the root zone significantly effects plant growth and development in arid semi-arid regions. Today, use of low-quality irrigation water agricultural production is increasing rapidly, because continuous depletion pollution resources. This means more salt transferred to soil profile. It great importance predetermine practices for sustainable crop production. For this purpo...

A comprehensive understanding of the distribution and water movement substrate in root areas is crucial to design management drip irrigation systems, which a significant step maximizing crop use efficiency by hydrodynamics soilless substrates. In this study, an improved HYDRUS-2D model dynamic growth was used simulate under condition uptake process root, then, compared with observed data. Subst...

Organic amendments often represent a source of trace metals (TMs) in soils, which may partly leach into the groundwater. The objectives of this study were (1) to validate Hydrus-2D for modeling the transport of Zn and Cu in an Alfisol amended with pig slurry (PS) by comparing numerical simulations and experimental field data, and (2) to model the next 50 years of TM movements under scenarios of...

Evaporation from the soil surface (E) can be a significant source of water loss in arid areas. In sparsely vegetated systems, E is expected to be a function of soil, climate, irrigation regime, precipitation patterns, and plant canopy development and will therefore change dynamically at both daily and seasonal time scales. The objectives of this research were to quantify E in an isolated, drip-...