Notosacantha bertounesquei sp. nov. is described from Kerala state in southern India. This new species belongs to the group of two large species hitherto known only from Sri Lanka. Checklist and key to Notosacantha species of Sri Lanka and southern India are provided.

Aviel D. Rubin (ACCURATE Director), Johns Hopkins University Dan S. Wallach (ACCURATE Associate Director), Rice University Dan Boneh, Stanford University Michael D. Byrne, Rice University Drew Dean, SRI International David L. Dill, Stanford University Douglas W. Jones, University of Iowa Peter G. Neumann, SRI International Deirdre Mulligan, University of California, Berkeley David A. Wagner, Un...

The number of cases and severity of disease associated with dengue infection in Sri Lanka has been increasing since 1989, when the first epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever was recorded. We identified a new dengue virus 1 strain circulating in Sri Lanka that coincided with the 2009 dengue epidemic.

Sri Chakra is the celebrated Yantra used in the worship of the primordial energy. The Chakra is conceived as a symbol of the human body. Some salient features of this symbolism are discussed in this article. An attempt has also been made to provide a short introduction to the Bhavanopanishad Prayogavidhi devised by Bhaskararaya, the doyen of Sri charka worshippers.

Descriptions of 13 new Naarda species, N. cingulata (Thailand), N. imitata (Cambodia), N. hallasana (Korea), N. calligrapha (India, Burma and Indonesia: Buru Island), N. felinopsis (Vietnam), N. furcipalpa (Brunei), N. uthanti (Burma), N. capreola (Cambodia), N. leptosigna (Sri Lanka), N. nigrissima (Cambodia, Thailand and Taiwan), N. bicolora (Cambodia), N. gigaloba (Sri Lanka) and N. numismat...

Department of Mathematics, Sri Sai Institute of Technology and Science, Rayachoty, A.P., India Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Sri Venkatesa Perumal College of Engineering & Technology, Puttur, Chittoor, A.P., India Department of Civil Engineering, YSR Engineering College of Yogi Vemana University, Proddatur, A.P., India Department of Mathematics, S. V. University, Tirupati, A.P.,...

From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sri Ram Murti Samarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhojipura, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Address correspondence to: Dr. Yasir S. Siddiqui, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, PO Box 71, Sri Ram Murti Samarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhojipura, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Tel. +919 (83) 7343400. Fax. +915 (71) 2702758. E-mail: yassu98@gma...

Department of Civil Engineering, YSR Engineering College of Yogi Vemana University, Proddatur, A.P., India Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Sri Venkatesa Perumal College of Engineering &Technology, Puttur, A.P, India Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkatesa Perumal College of Engineering &Technology, Puttur, A.P., India Department of Mathematics, Vemana Institute of Tech...

Method The study was conducted in the largest children’s hospital in Sri Lanka. The children with radiological rickets were included in the study. Patients with chronic renal failure and liver failure were excluded. The study was conducted from 2012 June to 2014 June. Data obtained from the department of chemical Pathology Lady Ridgeway Hospital Sri Lanka. Vitamin D level was measured using Che...

IUCN Category: Vulnerable, A2cd CITES Listing: Appendix I Scientific Names: Melursus ursinus (occasionally Ursus ursinus); Melursus ursinus ursinus in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh; Melursus ursinus inornatus in Sri Lanka Common Names: sloth bear; Northern India and Nepal: bhalu; India: rinch, reech, richwa, asval, karadi, puni karadi, elugu bunti; Sri Lanka: walaha (male), waelahinna (f...