Vol 111, No 10 (2016)

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Vol 111, No 10 (2016)

In this Issue

In this Issue
K. P. Madhu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1574-1574 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1574-1574
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Guest Editorial

Institutions of Higher Education and Research in India:Do they Need to Take Interest in School Science Education?
K. Subramaniam
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1575-1576 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1575-1576
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Correspondence

Changing Trends in S&T Education in the Universities of Punjab
Hardev Singh Virk
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1577-1577 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1577-1577
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Plants Outdoor:Thick and Thin
Subrata Ganguli
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1577-1578 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1577-1578
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News

Science Last Fortnight
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1579-1580 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1579-1580
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Human-Wildlife Conflict
Pawan Kumar Agrawal, Baldev Raj, Sindhu Radhakrishna, Abraham Verghese, Kesavan Subaharan, Ankita Gupta, Abraham Verghese
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1581-1582 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1581-1582
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Research News

Size Matters:Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy
Bhavya Khullar, Sarah Iqbal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1583-1584 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1583-1584
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Opinion

Teaching Versus Research in Higher Education Institutes:Revisiting the Issue
Ajeet Kumar Rai, Naveen Kumar Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1585-1586 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1585-1586
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Commentary

How Certain is Science?
Tazid Ali
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1587-1588 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1587-1588
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Possible Implications of a Recent Gazette Notification on Bt-Cotton Scenario in India
K. R. Kranthi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1588-1590 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1588-1590
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Technical Notes

Performance of Cotton Mat as Pre-Filtration Unit for Groundwater Recharging
A. K. Vashisht, R. Aggarwal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1591-1595 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1591-1595
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Scientific Correspondance

Functional Characterization of Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Crabtree-Negative Yeast Komagataella (Pichia) pastoris
Vanita Uppada, Santosh B. Noronha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1596-1598 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1596-1598
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Road Accessibility, Population Proximity and Temperature Increase are Major Drivers of Forest Cover Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region
Manchiraju Sri Ramachandra Murthy, Pulakesh Das, Mukunda Dev Behera
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1599-1602 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1599-1602
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Histopathological Changes in Golden Hamsters Induced by Leishmania tropica
Al-Warid Harith Saeed, Fawzia Ahmed Al Shanawi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1602-1603 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1602-1603
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Rapid Assessment of Boro Paddy Infestation by Brown Planthopper in Morigaon District, Assam, India Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
B. K. Handique, Jonali Goswami, Abdul Qadir, Chirag Gupta, P. L. N. Raju
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1604-1606 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1604-1606
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General Article

Nuclear Power from Thorium:Different Options
S. Banerjee, H. P. Gupta, S. A. Bhardwaj
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1607-1623 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1607-1623
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Review Article

Metabolomics of Medicinal Plants - A Versatile Tool for Standardization of Herbal Products and Quality Evaluation of Ayurvedic Formulations
Pulok K. Mukherjee, Ranjit K. Harwansh, Shiv Bahadur, Sayan Biswas, Lalitha N. Kuchibhatla, Sarada D. Tetali, A. S. Raghavendra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1624-1630 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1624-1630
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Research Articles

The Earliest Marine Transgression in Western India:New Insights from Calcareous Nannofossils from Lathi Formation, Jaisalmer Basin
Jyotsana Rai, Sunil Bajpai, Ravindra Kumar, Abha Singh, Krishna Kumar, Neeru Prakash
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1631-1639 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1631-1639
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Identification of Genetic Variants in PDC, RHO, PDE6A and PDE6B in Dogs with Progressive Retinal Atrophy
Dipal Y. Pandya, Divyesh N. Kelawala, Namrata V. Patel, Tejas M. Shah, Anand B. Patel, Nidhi R. Parmar, Bhaskar Reddy, Deepak B. Patil, Chaitanya G. Joshi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1640-1648 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1640-1648
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Parasites-Predators:Their Occurrence and Invasive Impact on the Tropical Tasar Silkworm Antheraea mylitta (Drury) in the Zone of Central India
Ganesh B. Gathalkar, Deepak D. Barsagade
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1649-1657 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1649-1657
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Seismic Analysis of Vertically Irregular Buildings
Shaikh Abdul Aijaj Abdul Rahman, Ansari Ubaidurrahman Salik
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1658-1663 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1658-1663
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Research Communications

Solar Absorption Capacity of Zinc Oxide Nanofluids
Alagappan Subramaniyan, Rajasekar Krishnan, S. Sivailango, S. Kamala Thiagarajan, B. Rajasekar, T. Sorna Kumar, Rajangam Ilangovan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1664-1668 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1664-1668
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Gait Parameters in School Going Children Using a Marker-Less Approach
Ishanth Gupta, Parveen Kalra, Rauf Iqbal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1668-1675 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1668-1675
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Molecular Genetic Diversity of Landraces, Cultivars and Wild Relatives of Rice of Goa
Shilpa J. Bhonsle, S. Krishnan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1675-1679 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1675-1679
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Seasonal Variations of Groundwater Arsenic at Silchar, Assam, and its Correlation with the Flood Plains and Landfill Area
Tushar Deb Kanungo
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1680-1686 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1680-1686
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Soil Erosion in Punjab
Sharmistha Pal, G. S. Sidhu, A. K. Tiwari, Dipak Sarkar, V. N. Sharda
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1687-1693 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1687-1693
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Protein-Rich Food Does Not Affect Singing Behaviour and Song Quality in Adult Zebra Finches, Taeniopygia guttata
Neelu Anand Jha, Vinod Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1693-1696 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1693-1696
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Transgenic Zebrafish Biosensor for the Detection of Cadmium and Zinc Toxicity
Nilambari Pawar, P. Gireesh-Babu, Sridhar Sivasubbu, Aparna Chaudhari
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1697-1701 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1697-1701
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Food Habits of Dhole Cuon alpinus in Tropical Forests of Southern India
Shahid A. Dar, Jamal A. Khan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1701-1705 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1701-1705
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Book Reviews

Modern Atomic Physics
Sharath Ananthamurthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1706-1707 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1706-1707
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D. M. Bose – His Scientific Work in International Context
Hardev Singh Virk
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1707-1708 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1707-1708
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Micropaleontology:Principles and Applications
V. Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1709-1709 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1709-1709
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Modern Poisons:A Brief Introduction to Contemporary Toxicology
Rajeev Pratap Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1709-1710 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1709-1710
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Personal News

Vijay Kumar Sharma (1967–2016)
Mewa Singh, Vinod Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1711-1712 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1711-1712
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Manoj Kumar Pal (1932–2016)
M. L. Chatterjee, J. N. De, L. Satpathy, Y. K. Gambhi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1713-1713 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1713-1713
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Historical Notes

C. V. Raman Nominated G. N. Ramachandran for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Rajinder Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v111/i10/1714-1714 ,  Vol 111, No 10 (2016), Pagination: 1714-1714
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