Vol 108, No 10 (2015)

Table of Contents

Vol 108, No 10 (2015)

In this Issue

In this Issue
Somendra Singh Kharola
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1770-1770 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1770-1770
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Guest Editorial

What Ails Physics Education in the Country?
R. Srinivasan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1771-1772 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1771-1772
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Correspondence

Developing Sea-Watered Landscapes:A Potential Way to Reduce Stress on Freshwater Resources
Ali El-Keblawy, Arvind Bhatt, Sanjay Gairola
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1773-1774 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1773-1774
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Do Cover Page Papers get More Citations?
Monika Verma, Yatish Panwar, G. Mahesh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1774-1775 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1774-1775
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Rise of Indian Science-A Bibliometric Analysis
Ashwani Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1775-1777 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1775-1777
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News

Development Dilemma for the North East Region of India
Prasanna K. Samal, P. P. Dhyani, R. C. Sundriyal, K. S. Kanwal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1778-1779 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1778-1779
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Ecosystem Monitoring and Forest Census Studies in South Asia
Toby Richard Marthews, Swapna Nelaballi, Jayashree Ratnam, Mahesh Sankaran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1779-1782 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1779-1782
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Somatic Embryogenesis and Bioreactors
Anitha Karun, M. K. Rajesh, K. S. Muralikrishna
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1782-1783 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1782-1783
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Research News

White Dwarfs that Crossed the Chandrasekhar Limit:Can Modified Einstein's Theory Explain Them?
G. V. Punyakoti
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1784-1786 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1784-1786
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Commentary

Brain of the Genius-Albert Einstein
Debosree Ghosh, Pratap Parida
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1787-1788 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1787-1788
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Opinion

Riparian Forests for Healthy Rivers
Avantika Bhaskar, N. Muthu Karthick
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1788-1789 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1788-1789
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Scientific Correspondance

Performance of SC/ST Candidates in Qualifying CSIR–UGC National Eligibility Test for JRF to Pursue Doctoral Research
S. A. Hasan, Rajesh Luthra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1790-1793 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1790-1793
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A Mechanism of Self-Pollination in Ajuga bracteosa Wallich Ex Benth
Aijaz Hassan Ganie, Bilal Ahmad Tali, Irshad A. Nawchoo, Zafar A. Reshi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1793-1795 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1793-1795
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Platinum-Group Elements Mineralization in the Cumulate Gabbro of Phenai Mata Complex, Deccan Large Igneous Province, India
Kirtikumar Randive, J. Vijaya Kumar, Mahesh Korakoppa
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1796-1798 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1796-1798
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Feral Dogs of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh:An Emerging Threat for Wildlife and Human Life
Anil Kumar, Rahul Paliwal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1799-1800 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1799-1800
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Technical Notes

Study of Two Xanthene Dyes Using Spectrally Resolved Three-Pulse Photon Echo Spectroscopy
Ajitesh Kumar, S. K. Karthick Kumar, Sumit Singhal, Debabrata Goswami
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1801-1803 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1801-1803
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General Article

'Species Concept' in Microbial Taxonomy and Systematics
Rohit Sharma, Ashish V. Polkade, Yogesh S. Shouche
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1804-1814 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1804-1814
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Assessment of Environmental Flow Requirements for Hydropower Projects in India
Sharad K. Jain
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1815-1825 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1815-1825
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National Agroforestry Policy in India:A Low Hanging Fruit
S . B. Chavan, A. Keerthika, S. K. Dhyani, A. K. Handa, Ram Newaj, K. Rajarajan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1826-1834 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1826-1834
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Special Section: Evolutionary Biology

Preface
Krushnamegh Kunte, Deepa Agashe
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1835-1837 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1835-1837
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Amitabh Joshi
Ipsita Herlekar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1838-1840 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1838-1840
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Milind Watve
Ipsita Herlekar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1840-1841 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1840-1841
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Genetics of Behavioural Isolation
Rhitoban Raychoudhury
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1842-1846 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1842-1846
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An Island Called India:Phylogenetic Patterns across Multiple Taxonomic Groups Reveal Endemic Radiations
K. Praveen Karanth
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1847-1851 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1847-1851
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Senses and Signals:Evolution of Floral Signals, Pollinator Sensory Systems and the Structure of Plant-Pollinator Interactions
G. S. Balamurali, Shivani Krishna, Hema Somanathan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1852-1861 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1852-1861
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How Mutualisms between Plants and Insects are Stabilized
Renee M. Borges
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1862-1868 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1862-1868
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How should Biologists Engage with Controversial Mathematical Theory?
Raghavendra Gadagkar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1869-1873 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1869-1873
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Review Article

Phosphorus Dynamics in Mangroves of India
Gurmeet Singh, Rita Chauhan, Rajesh Kumar Ranjan, M. Balakrishna Prasad, Al. Ramanathan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1874-1881 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1874-1881
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Research Articles

Improved Thermography Technique for Identifying Structural Elements under Ambient Conditions
K. Sivasubramanian, K. P. Jaya, K. Ramanjaneyulu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1882-1889 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1882-1889
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Non-Destructive Assessment of Rebar Corrosion Based on Equivalent Structural Parameters Using Peizo-Transducers
V. Talakokula, S. Bhalla, B. Bhattacharjee, A. Gupta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1890-1900 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1890-1900
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Response of a Natural Phytoplankton Community from the Qingdao Coast (Yellow Sea, China) to Variable CO2 Levels over a Short-Term Incubation Experiment
Haimanti Biswas, Jin Jie, Ying Li, Guosen Zhang, Zhuo-Yi Zhu, Ying Wu, Guo-Ling Zhang, Yan-Wei Li, Su Mei Liu, Jing Zhang
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1901-1909 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1901-1909
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Research Communications

Computational Study on Ammonia Adsorption on the X12Y12 Nano-Clusters (x = B, Al and Y = N, P)
Ali Ahmadi Peyghan, Hamed Soleymanabadi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1910-1914 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1910-1914
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Upper Tropospheric Humidity from SAPHIR on-Board Megha-Tropiques
Nizy Mathew, Viju Oommen John, C. Suresh Raju, K. Krishna Moorthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1915-1922 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1915-1922
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Indian and Chinese Higher Education Institutions Compared Using an End-To-End Evaluation
S. Savithri, Gangan Prathap
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1922-1926 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1922-1926
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Distribution Pattern of Bacteria in the Two Geographic Poles and Southern Ocean from the Reported 16S rDNA Sequences
Pratibha Gupta, Harsh Kumar Agrawal, Rajib Bandopadhyay
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1926-1930 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1926-1930
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222Rn Distribution Pattern in Dwellings of Copper Mineralized Area of East Singhbhum Region, Jharkhand, India
Asheesh Mishra, R. Lokeswar Patnaik, Vivekanand Jha, Shailendra Kumar Sharma, Durga Charan Panigrahi, Akshaya Kumar Sarangi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1931-1938 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1931-1938
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The 25 April 2015 Nepal Earthquake and its Aftershocks
S. Mitra, Himangshu Paul, Ajay Kumar, Shashwat K. Singh, Siddharth Dey, Debarchan Powali
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1938-1943 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1938-1943
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Book Reviews

Anthropometric and Strength Data of Indian Agricultural Workers for Farm Equipment Design
Rajvir Yadav, Niranjan Prasad, Punkaj Gupta, A. L. Vadher
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1944-1944 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1944-1944
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Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2014
Madhu Dikshit
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1944-1946 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1944-1946
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Handbook of Genetics & Biotechnology, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition, 2014
S. C. Lakhotia
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1946-1947 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1946-1947
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Addendum

Understanding our seas:National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
S. W. A. Naqvi, CSIR-NIO Team
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1947-1947 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1947-1947
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Historical Notes

Public-Health Management in the Madras Presidency in Early 20th Century:The King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Madras and its Pioneering Surgeons
Ramya Raman, Anantanarayanan Raman
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i10/1948-1952 ,  Vol 108, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1948-1952
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