Objectives: Fracture of the mandible may affect a single anatomic site or frequently several sites concurrently and road traffic accidents (RTA) play prominent role. The aim this study was to analyze patient demographics, etiology, pattern, types mandibular fractures in three northern districts Kerala. Methodology: 81 patients with sustaining who visited Emergency Department Oral Maxillofacial ...

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The Indian brown mongoose, Herpestes fuscus is among the six species of mongoose found in India. can be distinguished from other by its dark fur, black legs and thick, furry conical tail. Brown has a restricted disjunct distribution, with two populations nominate H. f. Western Ghats (Karnataka Kerala) Southern India three subspecies along western coast Sri Lanka. In southern India, been recorde...

Exploration of poorly known regions of the Brazilian coast has resulted in the discovery of a new species in the scale worm family Pholoidae. Pholoe microantennata sp. nov. occurs at the Campos Basin (states of Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro) and along the northern coast of São Paulo State. It differs from other species in the genus because it has numerous large and conical marginal papillae...

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Balssaxius habereri (Balss, 1903) has been newly reported in Korean waters. This species was previously known from the Pacific coast of northern Japan, Korea Strait, Yellow Sea, and Japanese coast of the East Sea. Specimens were collected from western Jeju Island using otter trawls at depths of 65–85 m. Regarding Korean axiid shrimps, a single species, Boasaxius princeps (Boas, 1880), previousl...

This study evaluated the relationship between the traditional indicators of faecal pollution, total coliforms (TC), faecal coliforms (FC) and Faecalstreptococci (FS), and the presence of few potentially pathogenic enteric bacteria, Vibrio cholerae (VC), Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VP), Shigella spp. (SH) and Salmonella spp. (SL) in coastal sea water. The distributional statuses of these bacteria w...

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 ...