Groundwater, being a vital resource, needs to be developed with proper understanding about its occurrence in time and space. Unscientific sand mining is a dominant environmental issue in this humid tropical river basin namely Bharathapuzha river basin geographically on central part of Kerala state, southwest part of India. The sandy layers along the river course declines its water holding capac...

Kerala is well-known globally for the unprecedented fertility transition in the Indian subcontinent towards the end of the last century. The state has already reached below-replacement fertility level in the 1990s while the rest of India was experiencing high or mid-level fertility. With this backdrop, an attempt was made in this paper (a) to explore the plausible factors associated with sub-re...

A new species of Amomum Roxb. from Western Ghats of Kerala is illustrated and described. Amomum nilgiricum VP.Thomas & M.Sabu, sp. nov. shows similarity with Amomum masticatorium Thwaites in having long drying ligule with an acuminate apex, pubescent anther and echinate capsules, but differs in clump forming habit with non-stoloniferous rhizomes, tomentose lamina beneath, long corolla tube, obo...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Morbidity is self reported at a higher rate among the rich than the poor. However, objective measures suggest the contrary. We examined the role of epidemiological transition in wealth related inequalities in self-reported morbidity (SRM). METHODS We analyzed data of two States, Bihar and Kerala, from 60 [th] Round of National Sample Survey (NSS). Bivariate analysis wa...

Endomyocardial fibrosis is a fatal disease of obscure aetiology which is notably prevalent in Uganda, Brazil, Kerala State in India, and certain other parts of the world. The main disability in the disease results from fibrotic obliteration of ventricular chambers and insufficiency of the mitral and tricuspid valves. The poor response to medical treatment and the bleak prognosis of the patients...

Deep-sea shrimp fishery operations in Kerala were initiated since 1999 with high landings which subsequently dropped considerably. The present study assesses the different problems faced by trawloperators in deep-sea shrimp fishing operations. High operational cost, high risk and efforts, lack of skilled and trained manpower, low market price realisation, abundance of discards, poor quality of ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea among hospitalized children less than 5 years of age in Kerala State and to determine the circulating strains of rotavirus in Kerala. DESIGN Multicenter, cross-sectional study. SETTING Eight representative hospitals in Kunnathunadu Thaluk, Ernakulam district, Kerala. PARTICIPANTS Children in the age group under 5 years. METHODS ...

SAMUDRA RepoRt No. 72 The marine fishery of the Kerala state in India is globally wellknown for its high productivity, species diversity, skilled fishers and also, importantly, for sustaining a vibrant small-scale fishery on its once-sandy beaches. Kerala’s fishery has been a trendsetter. It hosted the world’s first development project in 1952 when Norway, India and the United Nations (UN) came...

Cancer control programmes have been adopted by many countries. However inadequate assessment of needs and resources, insufficient political will, lack of proper planning, execution and evaluation are the major factors that makes the programme inefficient. Participation from the various sections of society & groups has not been optimal. The experience & achievements in this regard in Kerala are ...

of the Paper Information Technology (IT) has got tremendous potential for enhancing the operational efficiency of banks and strengthening their risk management capability, particularly credit risk management. Taking the case of Old Private sector Banks (OPBs) in Kerala state, this paper seeks to analyse the role of IT in improving their net interest margin (NIM) and non-interest margin (NOM), t...