BUILT-UP AREA AND LAND COVER EXTRACTION USING HIGH RESOLUTION PLEIADES SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR MIDRAND, IN GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

BUILT-UP AREA AND LAND COVER EXTRACTION USING HIGH RESOLUTION PLEIADES SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR MIDRAND, IN GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

Urban areas, particularly in developing countries face immense challenges such as climate change, poverty, lack of resources poor land use management systems, and week environmental management practices.Mitigating against these challenges is often hampered by lack of data on urban expansion, urban footprint and land cover.To support the recently ad

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Effects of nitrogen application on ammonium assimilation and microenvironment in the rhizosphere of drip-irrigated sunflower under plastic mulch

This study investigated the effect of nitrogen application on the rhizosphere soil microenvironment of sunflower and clarified the relationship between ammonium assimilation and the microenvironment.In a field experiment high (HN, 190 kg/hm2), medium (MN, 120 kg/hm2) and low nitrogen (CK, 50 kg/hm2) treatments were made to replicate plots of sunflo

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Comparison between Dexamethasone and Clonidine as an adjuvant to 0.5% Levobupivacaine in Supraclavicular brachial plexus block

Background: Regional anesthesia avoids airway instrumentation, preserves conscious level and provide rapid recovery with significant postoperative analgesia.There has always been a search for adjuvants to the regional nerve block with drugs that prolong the duration of analgesia but with lesser adverse effects.The search for the ideal additive stil

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