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Appeal documents relating to McColgan v. Reddy, 1864
No full textTwo appeal documents, one written by James Reddy, in the case of McColgan v. Reddy, 1864
Vijay Reddy: 20 years of pushing boundaries
No full textIn high school, Vijay Reddy faced a trigonometry problem that she struggled to solve. She remembers spending hours building models out of ice-cream sticks until she cracked the problem. With parents and a grandfather who were deeply committed to education, she already saw problems as challenges to be overcome, a perspective that has driven her throughout her career. Spanning her 20-year career at the HSRC, Reddy spoke to Andrea Teagle about her contributions to studies in education, skills planning and the public relationship with science.
Allocyclopina inopinata Defaye & Ranga Reddy 2008
No full textAllocyclopina inopinata Defaye & Ranga Reddy, 2008 Synonymy. Allocyclopina inopinata Defaye & Ranga Reddy 2008: 1119 –1141, Figs. 1–6; Ranga Reddy & Totakura 2010: 49. Material examined. River Godavari at Sundarapalli village, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, South India, 26 May 2007: 15 males, 23 females; at Kotipalli village, 25 January 2008: 3 males, 12 females; at Kapileswarapuram village, 25 May 2007: 3 males, 6 females; at Masakapalli village, 18 May 2007: 2 males, 13 females; at Brhamapuri village, 4 March 2008: 4 females only; on 30 November 2010: 1 male, 3 females; near Yanam town, 4 March, 2008: 12 males, 4 females; Coll. V. R. Totakura. River Krishna at Ganjavanipalem village, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, South India, 10 July 2008; 15 males, 20 females; Coll. V. R. Totakura. Remarks. The specimens examined by us agree well with the original account of A. inopinata, which is the lone Indian representative of Allocyclopina; its congeners include the Madagascan Allocyclopina madagassica Kiefer, 1954, the Reunionese Allocyclopina ambigua Kiefer, 1960, and the South Australian Allocyclopina australiensis Karanovic, 2008. Of these, A. australiensis (see Karanovic 2008) does not perfectly fit the revised diagnosis of Allocyclopina (see Defaye & Ranga Reddy 2008), perhaps belonging to a different lineage group. A. inopinata is often found in brackish water conditions that occur in certain hyporheic habitats, especially during summer, and it is widely distributed in the coastal hyporheic habitats of the Rivers Krishna and Godavari. The fauna that accompanied this species on various occasions and at different localities were: Cerconeotes sp., Parastenocaris mahanadi Ranga Reddy & Defaye, 2007, unidentified non-parastenocaridid harpacticoids, polychaetes, and nematodes.Published as part of Totakura, Venkateswara Rao & Reddy, Yenumula Ranga, 2015, Groundwater cyclopoid copepods of peninsular India, with description of eight new species, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 3945 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3945.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/28823
Siolicaris sandhya Reddy & Arbizu 2012, comb. nov.
No full textSiolicaris sandhya (Ranga Reddy, 2001) comb. nov. (Figs. 6 –10) Synonymy. Parastenocaris sandhya Ranga Reddy — Ranga Reddy (2001), Ranga Reddy & Defaye (2007), Ranga Reddy & Schminke (2008), Ranga Reddy & Defaye (2009). Material examined. 3 ♂ and 3 ♀♀. Illustrations based on 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ dissected and mounted on 7 slides each. Type locality. River Krishna at Vijayawada, South India (additional information in Ranga Reddy 2001). Emended description. Male. Integumental window visible only on cephalothorax (Fig. 6A, B). Furca (Figs. 6A) with 7 setae; setae I–III proximally inserted, anterior to seta VII; seta II reduced; seta IV subdistal, inserting dorsally, on the outer margin of furca; seta V inserting on the distal margin of furca; seta VI shorter than seta V, inserting beneath it; seta VII approximately of the same size as seta VI, socketed at basis and inserting dorsally, on inner margin of furca. A1 (Fig. 7A–C) haplocer, 8-segmented and prehensile, 7 th segment without a distal inner apophysis; armature beginning with proximal segment: 0/6/4/2 [1 hyaline spine (dotted structure) and 1 seta]/5+Ae/2 [1 hyaline spine (dotted structure) and 1 seta]/2 [1 hyaline spine (dotted structure) and 1 distal seta]/9+Ae. A2 (Fig. 7D) and Md (Fig. 7E) as described by Ranga Reddy (2001). Mx1 (Fig. 7F) praecoxal arthrite with 5 elements (1 dorsal surface seta, 3 claw-like pinnate spines and 1 slender seta), coxa with 1 seta, basis with 3 setae. Mx2 (Fig. 7G) basis with 2 endites, proximal endite with 1 seta, distal endite with 2 slender setae and 1 pinnate spine; proximal endopodal segment drawn into claw; distal endopodal segment with 2 setae. Mxp (Fig. 7H) subchelate, composed of syncoxa, basis with 1-segmented endopod fused to the claw-like apical seta. P1 (Fig. 7I) coxa bare, basis with outer seta and outer row of spinules, and row of spinules near the insertion of the enp. Exp 3-segmented, exp-1 with outer spine, exp-2 unarmed, exp-3 with 2 outer spines and 2 geniculate setae of different lengths; enp 2-segmented, slightly bent inwards; enp-1 as long as the combined length of first 2 exopodal segments, with 2 long spinules inserted at inner distal third, enp-2 with 1 outer spine and 1 geniculate seta. P2 (Fig. 8A–C) coxa bare; basis without outer seta, with outer pore and 1 row of spinules on outer margin; exp 3-segmented, exp-1 with long outer spine and hyaline frill on its distal inner corner; exp-2 without armature, with a distal row of long spinules and 3 superimposed series of long setules on inner margin; exp-3 with 3 setae, hyaline frill on distal inner corner, row of long spinules on outer distal corner and row of long setules proximally inserted on inner margin; enp 1-segmented, shorter than exp-1, obovate, with proximal and medial row of spinules, distally with long seta and large spinule with hyaline margin. P3 (Fig. 8D–F) coxa naked; basis subquadrate, with row of strong spinules on outer margin, near the insertion of outer seta and pore; apophysis elongate, with distal claw and distal hyaline round tip, 1 large, outer spinule near the insertion of thumb; thumb strong, longer than apophysis, with a broad basis; enp represented by small seta. P4 (Fig. 8G) coxa naked; basis with outer seta, pore, row of small spinules near the outer margin and row of small spinules near the insertion of enp; exp 3-segmented, exp-1 with outer spine and hyaline frill on distal inner corner; exp-2 without armature and with distal row of long spinules; exp-3 with 2 setae and hyaline frill on distal inner corner; enp much reduced in size, 1-segmented, digitiform, bare. P5 (Fig. 9A–C) trapezoidal, with slender inner process, connected by a small, triangular intercoxal plate. With a row of small spinules on inner margin and 4 setae, all distally inserted; proximal exopodal seta, adjacent to the outer basal seta tiny and inserted on a small protuberance. P6 (Fig. 9A–B) as described by Ranga Reddy (2001). Female. Sexually dimorphic in A1, P2–P5 and genital somite. Integumental window visible only on the cephalothorax (Fig. 6B). Furca (Fig. 6B, C, E) armature as in male; variation in furcal shape as described by Ranga Reddy (2001). Telson with ventral row of spinules near the insertion of each furcal ramus (Fig. 6D). FIGURE 10. Siolicaris sandhya (Ranga Reddy, 2001) comb. nov., female. A, A1; B, A1 segment V; C, A2; D, P1; E, P2; F, enp P2; G, inner seta exp-3 P2; H, P3; I, J, P4 basis with enp and partially drawn exp-1. Scale bar = 20 µm. A1 7-segmented (Fig. 10A), not geniculate; armature beginning with proximal segment as follows: 0/4/4/ 1+Ae/2/1/9+Ae. P2 (Fig. 10E–F) inner margin of exp-2–3 without the series of long setules present in males. Enp claviform, with distal row of spinules and distal seta. P3 (Fig. 10H) coxa bare. Basis with a long outer seta and inner row of spinules approximately where enp inserts in other species. Enp completely absent. Exp 2-segmented, exp-1 with outer spine and distally, with outer and inner row of small spinules; exp-2 with 2 distal setae, outer row of spinules and usual hyaline frill at distal inner corner. P4 (Fig. 10I) coxa, basis and exp as in the male, with minor differences in ornamentation; enp reduced in size, smaller than exp-1, 1-segmented, digitiform, bare. P5 (Fig. 9D) trapezoidal, with moderately pronounced inner process, 1 inner spinule and 3 setae, all distally inserted. Intercoxal sclerite not observed. P6 (Fig. 9D) formed by 2 lateral and unarmed plates covering the gonopore. Single medially located copulatory pore.Published as part of Reddy, Ranga & Arbizu, Martínez, 2012, Revision of the genus Siolicaris Jakobi, 1972, with redescriptions of S. sioli (Noodt, 1963) and S. jakobi (Noodt, 1963) from South America, and S. sandhya (Ranga Reddy, 2001) comb. nov. from India (Copepoda, Harpacticoida,, pp. 49-71 in Zootaxa 3493 on pages 59-6
Assessing sweet sorghum juice and syrup quality and fermentation efficiency
No full textSweet sorghum is a C4 crop with high photosynthetic efficiency with a unique
ability of high carbon assimilation (50 g m-2 day-1) and accumulates high
concentrations of easily fermentable sugars (glucose, fructose and sucrose)
in the stalks. Hence, it is widely believed that it is an alternate energy source
that is renewable, sustainable, efficient, cost-effective, convenient and safe to
use. Sucrose is the major sugar in sweet sorghum juice which constitutes up
to 85% of the total sugars (Woods 2000). The sugar yields ranged between
1.6 to 13.2 Mg ha-1, with significant variations observed between years and
regions (Jackson et al. 1980; Reddy et al. 2007; Zhao et al. 2009). The juice
sugar content is dependent on the crop stage, because fructose is more
abundant at the early development stage, whereas sucrose tends to be
dominant after heading (Sipos et al. 2009). The sweet sorghum juice sugar
content ranged from 10 to 25 Brix% at maturity (Reddy et al. 2007; Ritter
et al. 2004). Research at the International Crops Research Institute for the
Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) showed that sweet sorghum juice yield ranges
between 16.8 to 27.2 m3 ha-1 (Reddy et al. 2007) and accrues about 23%
additional returns vis-à-vis grain sorghum (Rao et al. 2009)
Scientometric portrait of Vinodini Reddy
No full textPublication productivity of Vinodini Reddy is documente
Orientogidiella Sidorov & Reddy & Shaik 2018
No full textOrientogidiella, new genus Type species. Bogidiella indica Holsinger, Ranga Reddy, and Messouli, 2006, here designated. Generic diagnosis. Amphipods with obvious troglomorphic traits (anophthalmy and depigmentation), slender habitus, small head, well-developed but irregularly rounded inter-antennal lobe. 1 Antenna I longer than antenna II, about 33–35% as long as body. Antenna II lacking aesthetascs. Mandibles well-developed, each with strong incisor, lacinia mobilis and spine row; molar process reduced and with short setae; palp 3-articulate, distal article narrow, bearing 1 apical seta. Outer plate of maxilla I with 6 or 7 apical serrate spines; inner plate bearing 2–4 apical plumose/naked setae; palp 2-articulate (normal) or 1-articulate (reduced), bearing 2 apical setae. Both plates of maxilla II sparsely setose with naked setae. Other mouthparts (labrum, paragnath and maxilliped) normal, without obvious peculiarities. Gnathopods relatively small, with prominent propodi; palmar angles of both gnathopods indistinct but with mid-palmar spines; propodi with stiff, tiny notched setae along inner and outer faces of palmar margin; dactyli with shallow serration accompanied by thin setae on inner face, and nail indistinctly demarcated. Coxal plates shallow (wider than deep), plates V–VII indistinctly lobate. Pereopod V short, about 70% as long as pereopod VI and 35% as long as pereopod VII, with stocky carpus (article 5) armed with conspicuous groups of strong spines; pereopod VI armed similar to pereopod V. Coxal gills present on pereonites II–VI. Pleopods I–III similar, without inner rami. Second and/or first uropod sexually dimorphic; inner ramus with apical modified spine in males. Uropod III and telson typical of bogidiellids. 1. Core diagnostic features are indicated in bold-italic style. Etymology. The generic epithet Orientogidiella is derived from the combination of Orient (from Latin noun, Oriens) meaning the East with ' gidiella ꞌ a part of the closely related genus Bogidiella. Gender feminine. Composition and geographic distribution. Both Orientogidiella indica (Holsinger, Ranga Reddy, and Messouli, 2006) comb. n. and Orientogidiella reducta sp. n. inhabit the freshwater subterranean environment of the southeastern Indian peninsula. Remarks. In a previous publication, Sidorov et al. (2016), being of the opinion that Bogidiella indica belonged to the niphargoides -group, had expressed doubts about the reliability of the morphological features proposed by Holsinger et al. (2006: 53), i.e. reckoning the special structural features of pereopod V for designating the indica -group (group E). However, having carried out a comparative morphological analysis of 114 described bogidiellid species in 37 genera, and in particular for B. indica (the former monotypic representative of the indica - group) versus Orientogidiella reducta gen. n., sp. n., described herein, we agree with the rationale of the taxonomic criteria suggested by Holsinger et al. (2006) for the indica -group of species. Based on the structurally unique pereopod V of this group, we propose here a new genus, Orientogidiella gen. n., to accommodate both species. This taxonomic decision warrants a new combination for nomenclatural consistency: Orientogidiella indica (Holsinger, Ranga Reddy, and Messouli, 2006) comb. n. Orientogidiella gen. n. is distributed in the coastal belt along the Eastern Ghats (Ghats orientales) at altitudes ranging from ca. 19 to 710 m above sea level. Taking into account the Chidambaram specimen of Bogidiella sp. sensu Holsinger et al. (2006), which belongs to the same genus, the distribution of Orientogidiella gen. n. extends from 18° N l. towards the south 11° N l. exclusively along the present coastline, but not extending deeper than 100 km into the interior of the continent (see also discussion in Holsinger et al. 2006). Although, we could not confirm our findings with molecular data, we are of the opinion that the species of Orientogidiella gen. n., sharing unique phenotypic features, inhabit a common territory along the east coast of India for about 1000 km.Published as part of Sidorov, Dmitry, Reddy, Yenumula Ranga & Shaik, Shabuddin, 2018, Groundwater amphipods (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of India, with description of three new cavernicolous species, pp. 403-426 in Zootaxa 4508 (3) on pages 404-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/260724
Paradigm Shift in the Delivery of Distance Education: Experiences at the Indira Gandhi National Open University
No full textPCF1 // Working paper presented by V Venugopal Reddy at the First Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF1) in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. /
Models of Open Learning : Indian Experiences
No full textPCF2 // Working paper presented by S Garg and V Reddy at the Second Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF2) in Durban, South Africa. /
For humanity's sake let's restore the humanities
No full textIn conversation with Vasu Reddy about the HSRC's role in fulfilling its mandate to promote research in the field of human sciences to improve an understanding of social conditions, and the process of social change.
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