Vol 107, No 4 (2014)

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Vol 107, No 4 (2014)

In this Issue

In This Issue
Somendra Singh Kharola, S. Ramaseshan Fellow
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/554-554 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 554-554
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Guest Editorial

The Myth of Falling Standards: A Lifelong Counter-Experience
E. Arunan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/555-556 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 555-556
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Correspondence

The Kedarnath Disaster: In Search of Scientific Reasoning
Sunando Bandyopadhyay, Nabendu Sekhar Kar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/557-557 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 557-557
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Women and Depeasantization
Sunita Sangar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/558-559 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 558-559
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Better Approaches for Ailing Indian Healthcare System
Shaima Ali Miraj
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/558-559 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 558-559
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The Dilemma of Quality Publication and its Benefits in India
Sharique A. Ali
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/559-559 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 559-559
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News

The Malin Mud Avalanche Tragedy of 30 July 2014 - Time to Ask the Right Questions
R. K. Bhandari
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/560-561 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 560-561
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Discovery of the most Distant Lensing Galaxy
G. V. Punyakoti
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/561-561 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 561-561
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Taking Science to the Public
Richa Malhotra, Ipsita Herlekar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/562-563 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 562-563
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Opinion

The Diclofenac Ban is Helping Vulture Conservation; what further Pharmaceutical Threats Loom Ahead?
Madhukar Dama
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/564-565 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 564-565
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Commentary

Several Major Chemical Literature Information Resources and their Retrieval Methods
Xin-Ya Mei
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/566-567 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 566-567
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Scientific Correspondance

Inflorescence Architecture and Staminal Movement as Contrivance Measures in Reproductive Assurance and Survival of Valeriana jatamansi Jones (=Valeriana wallichi Dc)
Aabid M. Rather, Irshad A. Nawchoo, Aijaz H. Ganie, Aijaz A. Wani
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/568-570 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 568-570
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Recurrent Outbreaks of Hypoglycaemic Encephalopathy in Muzaffarpur, Bihar
Arun Shah, T. Jacob John
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/570-571 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 570-571
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General Article

The Social-Ecological Web: A Bridging Concept for Transdisciplinary Research
Lydia Betz, Isabelle Kunze, Parameswaran Prajeesh, T. R. Suma, Martina Padmanabhan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/572-579 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 572-579
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Second Urbanization in Gujarat
R. N. Kumaran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/580-588 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 580-588
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Signatures of very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin in Met-Ocean Parameters Observed by Moored Buoy Network in the Bay of Bengal
R. Venkatesan, Simi Mathew, J. Vimala, G. Latha, M. Arul Muthiah, S. Ramasundaram, R. Sundar, R. Lavanya, M. A. Atmanand
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/589-595 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 589-595
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Review Article

Are Pre-Seismic Ulf Electromagnetic Emissions Considered as a Reliable Diagnostics for Earthquake Prediction?
Abhishek Shrivastava
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/596-600 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 596-600
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Adsorption-Desorption of Heavy Metal Ions
S. P. Mishra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/601-612 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 601-612
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Research Articles

Characterization of Subglacial Pathways Draining Two Tributary Meltwater Streams through the Lower Ablation Zone of Gangotri Glacier System, Garhwal Himalaya, India
Jose George Pottakkal, Alagappan Ramanathan, Virendra Bahadur Singh, Parmanand Sharma, Mohd. Farooq Azam, Anurag Linda
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/613-621 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 613-621
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Reassessment of the Distribution and Threat Status of the Western Ghats Endemic Bird, Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis
V. V. Robin, C. K. Vishnudas, Uma Ramakrishnan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/622-630 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 622-630
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Species and Acoustic Diversity of Bats in a Palaeotropical Wet Evergreen forest in Southern India
H. Raghuram, M. Jain, R. Balakrishnan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/631-641 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 631-641
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Research Communications

Effect of 1,25-Dihydroxy Vitamin D3 on Toll-like Receptor Gene Expression in Neutrophils of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
M. Harishankar, K. Afsal, N. Meenakshi, P. Selvaraj
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/642-645 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 642-645
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The Essential Oil of 'bhang' (Cannabis sativa L.) for Non-Narcotic Applications
Ram S. Verma, Rajendra C. Padalia, Sajendra K. Verma, Amit Chauhan, Mahendra P. Darokar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/645-650 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 645-650
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Isolation and Characterization of Salt-Induced Genes from Rhizophora apiculata Blume, a True Mangrove by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization
Tara G. Menon, E. V. Soniya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/650-655 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 650-655
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Energy, Economics, and Water Use Efficiency of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Cultivars in Vertisols of Semi-Arid Tropics, India
S. L. Patil, P. K. Mishra, N. Loganandhan, M. N. Ramesha, S. K. N. Math
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/656-664 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 656-664
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Permissible Soil Loss Limits for Different Physiographic Regions of West Bengal
Narendra Kumar Lenka, D. Mandal, S. Sudhishri
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/665-670 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 665-670
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Cost Estimation of Soil Erosion and Nutrient Loss from a Watershed of the Chotanagpur Plateau, India
Aastha Gulati, S. C. Rai
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/670-674 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 670-674
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Palaeoflood Record of High-Magnitude Events during Historical Time in the Sabarmati River, Gujarat
Alpa Sridhar, L. S. Chamyal, Mansi Patel
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/675-679 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 675-679
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Recent Changes in Coastal Configuration of Henry's Island
Paramita Saha, Bijan Kumar Saha, Sugata Hazra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/679-688 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 679-688
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Kachchh Mesozoic Domes, Western India: Study of Morphotectono Character and Evolution
A. B. Roy, N. K. Chauhan, Alokesh Chatterjee
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/688-693 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 688-693
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Living Legends in Indian Science

M. S. Narasimhan
T. R. Ramadas
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/694-701 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 694-701
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Book Reviews

Food Science
Manoj Prasad
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/702-703 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 702-703
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Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 2013
R. Nagaraj
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/703-705 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 703-705
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Textbook of Basic and Clinical Immunology
R. Nayak
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/705-705 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 705-705
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Personal News

Fred Sherman (1932–2013)
M. Anaul Kabir, Biswadip Das
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/706-706 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 706-706
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Historical Notes

Discovering Life on Omics Plane: The Genius of Frederick Sanger
Chetan Keswani, Ratul Moni Ram, H. B. Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i4/707-708 ,  Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 707-708
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