Vol 106, No 5 (2014)

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Vol 106, No 5 (2014)

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In this Issue
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/646-646 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 646-646
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Guest Editorial

Traditional Knowledge, Wisdom and Ayurceuticals Interfacing with Modern Science - a Boon for a Healthy India Tomorrow
V. Prakash
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/647-648 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 647-648
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Correspondence

Lessons from the Recent Publication Scams
A. A. Shah
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/649-650 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 649-650
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The World of Research According to Science and Engineering Indicators 2014
Gangan Prathap
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/649-650 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 649-650
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Shall we Continue to Inhale Diesel Exhaust - a Potential Human Carcinogen
Jaya Prasad Tripathy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/651-651 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 651-651
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Ganga Basin
Chetan Pandit
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/651-652 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 651-652
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Response
Sharad Kumar Jain
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/652-653 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 652-653
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News

The World of Rock Art
T. D. Mahabaleswara
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/654-655 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 654-655
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Drainage and Dewetting of the Tear Film
K. V. Soumya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/655-655 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 655-655
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Resonance: Bringing together Disciplines
Mayank Chugh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/655-657 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 655-657
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Non-Coding Genomics
Meeta Sunil, K. Jinsha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/657-658 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 657-658
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Need for Strengthening Mountain-Specific Research
G. C. S. Negi, R. S. Rawal, S. Sharma, Kireet Kumar, P. P. Dhyani
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/659-661 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 659-661
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Mars Orbiter Mission Prepared to Photograph Mars: Some Results from Earth Imaging Experiment
A. S. Arya, A. S. Kiran Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/661-661 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 661-661
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In Conversation

Shiraz Minwalla
Apratim Kaviraj
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/662-664 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 662-664
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Opinion

What Makes Gujarat a Hotspot for Solar Energy Investments?
Komalirani Yenneti
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/665-667 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 665-667
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Commentary

Occupational Health Hazard in India: Need for Surveillance and Research
Jaya Prasad Tripathy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/668-669 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 668-669
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Defining Malnutrition in India: how much is too Little, how much is too Much?
Raja Chakraborty, Kaushik Bose
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/670-672 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 670-672
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Scientific Correspondance

Lichen Colonization on Nylon Net Houses in Surya-Kunj Nature Interpretation Site, Kosi-katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand
Yogesh Joshi, Geetanjali Bhakuni, Deepa Bisht, Manish Tripathi, Kapil Bisht, Shashi Upadhyay, Krishna Chandra, Ranbeer S. Rawal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/673-675 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 673-675
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Impact of Prosopis juliflora on Nesting Success of Breeding Wetland Birds at Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary, South India
S. Chandrasekaran, K. Saraswathy, S. Saravanan, N. Kamaladhasan, N. Arun Nagendran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/676-678 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 676-678
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Excessively Large-Scale Slumping of Sajnekhali Creek Banks in the Sundarban Delta Mangrove Complex: a Consequence of Rising Sea
Chandreyee De
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/679-680 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 679-680
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General Article

Indian Economics and Indian Scholarly Publishing: is there Room for Current Science?
Marcin Kozak, Olesia Iefremova, Mateusz Stopa, James Hartley
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/681-684 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 681-684
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The Impact of Inter-, Trans- and Multidisciplinarity on Modern Taxonomy of Sciences
Gheorghe Savoiu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/685-690 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 685-690
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Falling through the Cracks and Bridging the Gap - India and USA Showing Similar Trends
Jayanta Chatterjee
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/691-697 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 691-697
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Research Articles

Effect of Record Length and Recent Past Events on Extreme Precipitation Analysis
R. S. Jagtap
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/698-707 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 698-707
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One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modelling of Flooding and Stage Hydrographs in the Lower Tapi River in India
P. V. Timbadiya, P. L. Patel, P. D. Porey
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/708-716 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 708-716
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Human Role in Shaping the Hydromorphology of Himalayan Rivers: Study of the Tista River in Darjeeling Himalaya
Lukasz Wiejaczka, Anna Bucala, Subir Sarkar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/717-724 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 717-724
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Research Communications

Hemolytic Activity of Mycobacterial Tlya (Rv1694) is Independent of its rRNA Methylation Activity
Md. Aejazur Rahman, Musti V. Krishnasastry
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/725-729 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 725-729
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Quantification of Sugarcane Yellow Leaf Virus in In Vitro Plantlets and Asymptomatic Plants of Sugarcane by RT-qPCR
C. Chinnaraja, R. Viswanathan, M. Sathyabhama, B. Parameswari, K. Bagyalakshmi, P. Malathi, D. Neelamathi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/729-734 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 729-734
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Chir Pine Ring-Width Thermometry in Western Himalaya, India
Jayendra Singh, Ram R. Yadav
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/735-738 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 735-738
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Long-Term Deterioration of Water Quality of the Mvoti Estuary, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Prisha Sukdeo, Srinivasan Pillay, Hari Ballabh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/739-743 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 739-743
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Ultrastructure of the Focus Region of the Regenerated Cycloid Scale of an Exotic Fish, Cyprinus carpio Communis L. as a Possible Key to Comprehensive Understanding of Populations
M. S. Johal, Y. K. Rawal, Apneet Kaur, Amandeep Kaur
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/744-748 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 744-748
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Living Legends in Indian Science

T. N. Ananthakrishnan
Anantanarayanan Raman
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/749-753 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 749-753
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Book Reviews

Illustrated Genera of Smut Fungi
N. D. Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/754-754 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 754-754
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Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Kalpesh Joshi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/755-757 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 755-757
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Applied Solid State Physics: a Textbook on Materials Science
K. L. Narasimhan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/757-758 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 757-758
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Personal News

Shyam Swarup Agarwal (1941–2013)
Nitya Anand
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/758-759 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 758-759
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Historical Notes

Brajendra Nath Seal - a Sesquicentenary Birth Anniversary Tribute
Sujata Gupta, Prabir K. Gupta, Supratim Gupta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i5/760-762 ,  Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 760-762
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