Vol 107, No 12 (2014)

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Vol 107, No 12 (2014)

In this Issue

In this Issue
Somendra Singh Kharola, S. Ramaseshan Fellow
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1938-1938 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1938-1938
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Guest Editorial

Should we Choose Geoengineering to Reverse Global Warming?
G. Bala
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1939-1940 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1939-1940
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Correspondence

Harnessing Transgenerational Plant Immunity
B. K. Sarma, H. B. Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1941-1942 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1941-1942
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Response
Rajesh Luthra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1942-1942 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1942-1942
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Bhatnagar Laureates and Fellows of the Royal Society
M. Vidyasagar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1942-1942 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1942-1942
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Genetic Resources for EFSB Resistance in Brinjal
J. Samuels
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1943-1944 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1943-1944
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News

Preserving an Indigenous Cultivar
Mahua Ghosh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1945-1945 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1945-1945
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Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Sushila Rajgopal, G. V. Punyakoti
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1946-1949 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1946-1949
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Research News

Venom's Verdict for Brain Tumours
B. Sandhya Rani
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1950-1951 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1950-1951
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In Conversation

Pradeep P. Mujumdar
G. V. Punyakoti
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1952-1957 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1952-1957
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Commentary

Bats in Indian Coffee Plantations: Doing more Good than Harm?
Claire Wordley, John Altringham, T. R. Shankar Raman
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1958-1960 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1958-1960
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Scientific Correspondance

Assessment of the Sunkoshi (Nepal) Landslide Using Multitemporal Satellite Images
Priyom Roy, Tapas R. Martha, K. Vinod Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1961-1964 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1961-1964
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Technical Notes

Design and Construction of a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope for Biomolecular Imaging
S. Arunkarthick, M. M. Bijeesh, Anand Satya Vetcha, Nishith Rastogi, P. Nandakumar, Geetha K. Varier
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1965-1969 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1965-1969
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General Article

2014 International Year of Family Farming: A Boost to Evergreen Revolution
P. C. Kesavan, M. S. Swaminathan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1970-1974 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1970-1974
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Synthetic Genomics: From Synthesis of Prokaryotic Genomes to Synthesis of a Fully Functional Eukaryotic Chromosome
P. K. Gupta, V. Jaiswal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1975-1982 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1975-1982
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Post-Independence Science Policy and Science Funding in India
Dipankar Mukhopadhyay
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1983-1987 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1983-1987
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Research Articles

Graph Theoretical Modelling and Analysis of Fragile Honey Bee Pollination Network
D. Pandiaraja, N. Arun Nagendran, S. Chandrasekaran, R. P. Aditya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1988-1996 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1988-1996
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Assessment of Vulnerability to Cyclones and Floods in Odisha, India: A District-Level Analysis
Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/1997-2007 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 1997-2007
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Research Communications

Analysis of Selected Crinum Species for Galanthamine Alkaloid: An Anti-Alzheimer Drug
U. B. Jagtap, M. M. Lekhak, D. P. Fulzele, S. R. Yadav, V. A. Bapat
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2008-2010 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2008-2010
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Assessment of qPCR, Nested RT-PCR and Elisa Techniques in Diagnosis of Chikungunya
Deepti Parashar, Mandar S. Paingankar, A. B. Sudeep, Ashwini More, Sapana B. Shinde, Vidya A. Arankalle
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2011-2013 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2011-2013
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Estimation of Monthly Average Sunshine Duration over China Based on Cloud Fraction from MODIS Satellite Data
Yongjian He, Xinfa Qiu, Yun Cao, Yan Zeng
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2013-2018 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2013-2018
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Is Ganga the Longest River in the Ganga Basin, India?
Neelam Verma, Rahul Devrani, Vimal Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2018-2022 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2018-2022
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Rare Earth Element Abundances in some A-Type Pan-African Granitoids of Karbi Hills, North East India
D. Majumdar, P. Dutta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2023-2029 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2023-2029
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Carbonate formation of the Lower Carboniferous in Central Part of Volga-Ural Basin
Anton Nikolaevich Kolchugin, Vladimir Petrovich Morozov, Eduard Anatolievich Korolev, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Eskin
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2029-2035 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2029-2035
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Living Legends in Indian Science

M. S. Swaminathan: A Journey from the Frontiers of Life Sciences to the State of a 'Zero Hunger' World
P. C. Kesavan, R. D. Iyer
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2036-2051 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2036-2051
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Book Reviews

Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals and Public Health: Access to Drugs in Developing Countries
Karuna Jain
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2052-2053 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2052-2053
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Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics
Vasant Natarajan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2053-2054 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2053-2054
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Fundamentals of Agricultural Engineering
Rajvir Yadav
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2054-2055 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2054-2055
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Nurturing Families around the World: Building a Culture of Peace
Reeta Sonawat
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2054-2055 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2054-2055
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The Passenger Pigeon
Ipsita Herlekar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i12/2055-2056 ,  Vol 107, No 12 (2014), Pagination: 2055-2056
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