Dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in world. In 2017, a concerning increase dengue cases with high mortality was seen India Kerala topping list. Changing pattern of circulating virus serotype and co infection multiple serotypes contribute to increasing trend severity increased fever. The present study focused find prevalent central prevalence here an attempt correlate the...

Rice is a staple food and its demand substantially increasing with the growth of global population. Phenological development was found to play significant role in distribution carbon among plant organs, which has an impact on rice yield. Temperature affects phenology, current rapid climate change revived interest understanding modelling phenology response warming trend. Two varieties viz., Jyoth...

The lycosid spider genus Lysania Thorell, 1890 contains just three species found in Borneo, China and Malaysia (World Spider Catalog 2014), which build small, horizontal, sheet-like webs (Lehtinen & Hippa 1979; Li et al. 2013). Members of the genus are characterised by having a male pedipalp without an articulated median apophysis, a beak-like lateral apophysis and wider conductor and female ge...

Background Interventions targeting lifestyle-related risk factors and non-communicable diseases have contributed to the mainstream knowledge necessary for action. However, there are gaps in how this knowledge can be translated for practical day-to-day use in complex multicultural settings like that in India. Here, we describe the design of the Behavioural Intervention for Diet study, which was ...

In this article we shall present an overview of the development of calculus in Indian mathematical tradition. The article is divided naturally into two parts. In the first part we shall discuss the developments during what may be called the classical period, starting with the work of Āryabhat.a (c. 499 CE) and extending up to the work Nārāyan. a Pan.d. ita (c. 1350). The work of the Kerala Scho...

Attempts were made to study temporal variation in monthly, seasonal and annual rainfall over Kerala, India, during the period from 1871 to 2005. Longterm changes in rainfall determined by Man-Kendall rank statistics and linear trend. The analysis revealed significant decrease in southwest monsoon rainfall while increase in post-monsoon season over the State of Kerala which is popularly known as...

In India, outbreaks of dengue fever (DF)/dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) have been reported in various parts of the country during the past four decades[1]. Aedes aegypti is the only vector that has so far been implicated in dengue transmission[1,2], even though Aedes albopictus is known to be present in some of the peri-urban and rural areas [2]. Recently, a survey was carried out in the Kozhi...

This case study describes the first detection of classical swine fever (CSF) in Kerala state, India. Two cases of acute mortality in small-scale pig farming units were investigated. In both cases, affected pigs had been maintained on uncooked waste and were not vaccinated against CSF. Anorexia, hyperaemia of the ears, pyrexia, and convulsions were the primary clinical signs observed in both cas...