Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complications Among Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Simran Maheshwari; Dr. Subhan Quraishi; Dr. Babita Ghodke

Volume : I, Issue : V, October - 2012

Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complications Among Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Simran Maheshwari, Dr. Subhan Quraishi, Dr. Babita Ghodke

Abstract :

Watershed hydrology plays a significant role in generation and quantification of runoff and sediment loss from watersheds. With an aim to asses runoff and soil loss Geographic Information System (GIS) tool was used to assist in data base development which acted as input to a developed conceptual model. The input to the model was in the form of data tables and digitised maps comprising of soil parameters, topological information and land use features of Mariyala–Veeranapura watershed in Chamrajanagar district, Karnataka, India. The topological information indicated the elevations of corners of square grid array. The model used 4–point pour–point technique to route surface flow from one grid to the other in an overlaid grid array of the watershed. The digitised watershed topology and square grid array was created using ARC/INFO GIS tool (Version 3.5). Mannings formulae was used to route water over the entire watershed coupled with water budgeting technique corresponding to rainfall events. The out put of the model generated event based Direct Runoff Hydrographs (DRH) for the watershed. The non–parametric statistical analysis (Wilcoxons matched pair signed rank test) performed on the predicted value and observed runoff rate at the oulet of the watershed revealed that there is no significant difference between the observed and predicted values at 0.05 probability level. The topological information extracted using GIS was also used to obtain the geomorphological parameters of the watershed. The hypsometric analysis which is under geologic geomorphological component was performed using GIS tool. The analysis showed the erosion status of watershed, which is moderately prone to erosion and is at equliium stage.