. evoked the interest of doctors in this hospital. Dr. K. T. Kurian, my co-worker in the medical wards, has had occasion to note the diet of the people in three or four centres, and he has intimate knowledge of the habits and natural conditions of this northern part of Travancore. In the assessment and evaluation of the setiological factors, therefore, his information and help have been found v...

Rice fragrance is one of the most important and determining factors in rice quality. Aromatic rice is a special group considered to be of the best quality. It is important to know the physiological behavior and genetic source of aromatic rice in order to improve breeding programs. In this research, thirteen rice cultivars were used for molecular and biochemical evaluations. The research populat...

We present an innovative modeling and rendering primitive, called the 0-buffer. for sample-based graphics, such as images, volumes, and points. The 2D or 3D 0-buffer is in essence a conventional image or a volume, respectively, except that samples are not restricted to a regular grid. A sample position in the 0-buffer is recorded as an offset to the nearest grid point of a regular base grid (he...

Southeast Asia, long known as an intermediate zone between the ancient civilisations of China and India, is also an area that scholars have long portrayed as historically subject to influences coming from its west, beginning with Indianisation, then islamisation and finally westernisation. However, this article argues that it would be far more insightful, and historically more accurate for the ...