Sita and Surpanakha : blurring the distinction between good and evil women in Valmiki’s Ramayana by Chandrika Mohan

“…While a superficial understanding of the female characters in the Ramayana enables us to classify them neatly into good or evil categories, a deeper study of them show that many similarities exist between the good and evil characters, and especially so in the comparison of Sita and Surpanakha. As Paula Richman keenly observed, “both women loved Rama but were rejected and mistreated by him; he ordered Surpanakha mutilated and Sita banished”. …”
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Highlighting the role of biota in feedback loops from tundra ecosystems to the atmosphere by Schmidt, NM, Barrio, IC, Kristensen, JA, López-Blanco, E, van Beest, FM

“…Particularly those influenced by biota, beyond vegetation and to some extent microbes, are often neglected. …”

Hypothesis of a potential BrainBiota and its relation to CNS autoimmune inflammation by Elkjaer, Maria L., Simon, Lukas, Frisch, Tobias, Bente, Lisa-Marie, Kacprowski, Tim, Thomassen, Mads, Reynolds, Richard, Baumbach, Jan, Röttger, Richard, Illes, Zsolt

“…We discuss the hypothesis of a brain microbiota, the BrainBiota: bacteria living in symbiosis with brain cells. …”
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Three essays on national and organizational cultures by Kawasaki, Shota

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Modeling and Real-Time Scheduling of DC Platform Supply Vessel for Fuel Efficient Operation by Satpathi, Kuntal, Ukil, Abhisek, Murthy Balijepalli, Venkata Sita Krishna

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Evidence for existence of an apoptosis‐inducing BH3‐only protein, sayonara, in Drosophila by Ikegawa, Yuko, Combet, Christophe, Groussin, Mathieu, Navratil, Vincent, Safar‐Remali, Sabrina, Shiota, Takuya, Aouacheria, Abdel, Yoo, Sa K.

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In situ transmission electron microscopy observation of electrochemical process between Li–C nanocomposites and multilayer graphene by Wei, Ming Lin, Suresh, Giri, Gupta, Vikaskumar Pradeepkumar, Tomida, Shota, Oyama, Kento, Yaakob, Yazid, Asaka, Toru, Sonoyama, Noriyuki, Mohd. Yusop, Mohd. Zamri, Tanemura, Masaki

UMPSA and NIT Yonago College strengthen relations through Edu-Tourism Summer Programme 2024 by Muhammad Zufli, Zuhari

“…KUALA LUMPUR, 10 September 2024 – A total of 11 students accompanied by Professor Morita Shiota from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Yonago College, Japan, participated in the Edu-Tourism Summer Programme 2024 organised by the Centre for International Relations (CIR), UMPSA, from 4 to 10 September 4 2024.…”
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UMPSA dan NIT Yonago College memperkukuh hubungan melalui program Edu-Tourism Summer Programme 2024 by Muhammad Zufli, Zuhari

“…KUALA LUMPUR, 10 September 2024 – Seramai 11 orang pelajar yang diiringi Profesor Morita Shiota dari National Institute of Technology (NIT), Yonago College, Jepun menyertai Edu-Tourism Summer Programme 2024 anjuran Pusat Hubungan Antarabangsa (PuHA), UMPSA pada 4 hingga 10 September 2024.…”
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Some effects of submarine pipeline construction on the sessile zoobenthic community of Redang Island by Rezai, Hamid, Ibrahim, H.M., Idris, B.A.G., Kushairi, M.R.M.

“…Biological studies were conducted before and following pipeline construction to monitor the changes in the biota at selected sites. Benthic invertebrates (including corals) were used as monitoring tools. …”

Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade by van Elst, T, Sgarlata, GM, Schüßler, D, Tiley, GP, Poelstra, JW, Scheumann, M, Blanco, MB, Aleixo-Pais, IG, Rina Evasoa, M, Ganzhorn, JU, Goodman, SM, Hasiniaina, AF, Hending, D, Hohenlohe, PA, Ibouroi, MT, Iribar, A, Jan, F, Kappeler, PM, Le Pors, B, Manzi, S, Olivieri, G, Rakotonanahary, AN, Rakotondranary, SJ, Rakotondravony, R

“…Global biodiversity is under accelerating threats, and species are succumbing to extinction before being described. Madagascar’s biota represents an extreme example of this scenario, with the added complication that much of its endemic biodiversity is cryptic. …”

Effects of soil management practices on soil fauna feeding activity in an Indonesian oil palm plantation by Tao, H-H, Slade, E, Willis, KJ, Caliman, J-P, Snaddon, JL

“…However, this needs a thorough understanding of the functional responses of soil biota to these management practices. To address this knowledge gap, we used the bait lamina method to investigate the effects of different soil management practices on soil fauna feeding activity, and whether feeding activity was associated with management-mediated changes in soil chemical properties, in a 15-year-old oil palm plantation. …”

Richness and diversity in dust stormborne biomes at the Southeast Mediterranean by Ben-Dov, Eitan, Katra, Itzhak, Arotsker, Luba, Krasnov, Helena, Zaritsky, Arieh, Kushmaro, Ariel

“…Dust storms include particulate matter that is transported over land and sea with biota that could impact downwind ecosystems. In addition to the physico-chemical compositions, organismal diversities of dust from two storm events in southern Israel, December 2012 (Ev12) and January 2013 (Ev13), were determined by pyro-sequencing using primers universal to 16S and 18S rRNA genes and compared. …”
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