BACKGROUND The members of genus Calyptomyrmex are mostly encountered under rotten logs, in the soil, under stones and in leaf litter samples. These ants are seldom in collections making estimation of their true distributional patterns problematic (Shattuck 2011). The deep antennal scrobes and the unique configuration of the clypeus are distinct to the genus (Bolton 1981). NEW INFORMATION Here...

Statistical processing of data was necessary to arrive at a reasonable conclusion regarding the chemical behavior of groundwater in a river basin. Multivariate analysis was done to elucidate the groundwater chemistry of a Central Kerala River basin. Hydrochemical parameters like EC, pH, TDS, TH, Ca, Mg, Na, K, Cl, F, HCO 3 +CO 3 , SO 4 , total Fe were estimated in the pre- monsoon and post-mons...

This work reports climate change signals and long-term trend analysis of variables, meteorological drought, extreme indexes over the tropical state Kerala in India. The reveals statistically significant decrease annual southwest monsoon rainfall (as much as 63 mm 55 per decade, respectively). A number rainy days (up to 2.8 days/decade) is also reported. Temperature indicates an increasing with ...

SETTING Two tertiary care hospitals and 12 peripheral health institutions (PHIs) in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. OBJECTIVE To determine factors associated with the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among tuberculosis (TB) patients and examine differences in the proportion of new DM cases among TB patients diagnosed at tertiary care centres and PHIs. DESIGN A descriptive study: TB patients ...

The development of coronary artery disease (CAD) in humans has its foundations in certain well-established risk factors globally. This has been established by well-conducted epidemiological studies in the west. However, similar studies in India have pointed towards a young-age escalation of CAD. Kerala, having its social indicators almost on par with the developing countries is expected to shar...

The paper examines how Hindu nationalist social service organizations, specifically the Deseeya Seva Bharathi (DSB), reconfigured religious conception of ‘Seva’ to advance project constructing a identity during COVID-19 pandemic in state Kerala. southern Indian Kerala has remained an exception story rise movement contemporary India, which repeatedly failed make any considerable political inroad...

— The Indian State of Kerala presents a paradox of development, with its remarkable social achievements and relative industrial backwardness. This paper describes Kerala’s industrial backwardness as due to a path-dependent process of industrialization. A policy decision in the 1930s—marked by a priority for investments in chemical-based industries and the identification of hydroelectricity as a...