Vol 107, No 6 (2014)

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Vol 107, No 6 (2014)

In this Issue

In This Issue
Somendra Singh Kharola, S. Ramaseshan Fellow
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/934-934 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 934-934
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Guest Editorial

Need for Developing Effective Early Warning Systems for Natural Disasters Using Space Technology
Ranganath Navalgund
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/935-936 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 935-936
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Correspondence

Possible Risk of Ebola Outbreak in India: How Well are We Prepared?
C. V. M. Naresh Kumar, D. V. R. Sai Gopal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/937-938 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 937-938
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Perils of Faculty Applicants
Chetan Datta Poduri
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/937-938 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 937-938
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Impact of M Sc Biotechnology Programme Supported by DBT on Research and Teaching of Modern Biology in India
Suvendra Kumar Ray, Eeshan Kalita
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/938-939 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 938-939
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Oil Pollution in Chilika Lagoon
Pravakar Mishra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/939-940 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 939-940
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Response By
S. K. Baliarsingh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/939-940 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 939-940
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Plagiarism - A Menace in Science
D. P. Abrol
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/940-940 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 940-940
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News

Nasa Honours Udhab Bharali - An Indian Village Entrepreneur and Inventor with 98 Innovations
Debajit Brah, Barbi Gogoi, Dhrubojyoti Gogoi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/941-941 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 941-941
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Scientists Launch Right to Research Foundation
Ganesh Patil
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/941-941 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 941-941
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SCB-Oceania 2014
Akshaya M. Mane
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/942-943 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 942-943
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Climate Change Vulnerability and Hazards in Mountainous Regions
Ranjan Joshi, Subrat Sharma, R. C. Sundriyal, P. P. Dhyani, Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/943-944 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 943-944
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Research News

Brazil Nuts Help Unlock the Asteroid's Boulder Mystery
G. V. Punyakoti
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/945-946 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 945-946
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Commentary

Greening' Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories in Mumbai
Gail Carneiro, Lakshmy Ravishankar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/947-948 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 947-948
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Freshwater Fish Safe Zones: A Prospective Conservation Strategy for River Ecosystems in India
Nishikant Gupta, Rajeev Raghavan, K. Sivakumar, Vinod B. Mathur
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/949-950 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 949-950
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Opinion

India's River Linking Project: Will it Benefit or Backfire?
Govindasamy Agoramoorthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/951-951 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 951-951
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Scientific Correspondance

Improved Prediction of Cyclone Phailin (9-12 October 2013) with 4DVAR Assimilation
Gopal Iyengar, Raghavendra Ashrit, Amit Ashish, Kuldeep Sharma, Munmun Das Gupta, E. N. Rajagopal, Swati Basu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/952-954 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 952-954
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The Skewed N : P Stoichiometry Resulting from Changing Atmospheric Deposition Chemistry Drives the Pattern of Ecological Nutrient Limitation in the Ganges
Jitendra Pandey, Usha Pandey, Anand V. Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/956-958 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 956-958
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General Article

Operationalizing the Concept of Farming System for Nutrition through the Promotion of Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture
S. Nagarajan, R. V. Bhavani, M. S. Swaminathan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/959-964 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 959-964
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Uncitedness of Indian Scientific Output
K. C. Garg, S. Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/965-970 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 965-970
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Research Articles

Estimation of Past Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels using Tree-Ring Cellulose δ13C
Trina Bose, Supriyo Chakraborty, Hemant Borgaonkar, Saikat Sengupta, R. Ramesh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/971-982 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 971-982
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Role of Gas Bubbles in the Attenuation of Acoustic Waves at the Air-Sea Interface
Prasad K. Bhaskaran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/983-993 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 983-993
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Inhibition of Fungal Endophytes by Camptothecine Produced by their Host Plant, Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Grahm) Mabb. (Icacinaceae)
S. Shweta, M. B. Shivanna, B. R. Gurumurthy, R. Uma Shaanker, T. R. Santhosh Kumar, G. Ravikanth
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/994-1000 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 994-1000
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Research Communications

The Interfacial Layer Effect on Thermal Conductivity of CNT Nanofluids
Ritu Pasrija, Sunita Srivastava
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1001-1005 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1001-1005
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Impact of Cross-Equatorial Meridional Transport on the Performance of the Southwest Monsoon over India
Sushant S. Puranik, K. C. Sinha Ray, P. N. Sen, P. Pradeep Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1006-1013 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1006-1013
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A Weather-Based Forecast Model for Capsule Rot of Small Cardamom
Prashant Goswami, Renu Goyal, E. V. S. Prakasa Rao, K. V. Ramesh, M. R. Sudarshan, D. Ajay
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1013-1019 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1013-1019
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Is Primary Productivity in the Indian Ocean Sector of Southern Ocean Affected by Pigment Packaging Effect
S. C. Tripathy, S. Pavithran, P. Sabu, R. K. Naik, S. B. Noronha, P. V. Bhaskar, N. Anilkumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1019-1026 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1019-1026
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New 39Ar-40Ar Ages of Dykes from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh: Evidence for Polyphase Dyke Intrusion in Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province
T. Lala, L. S. Mombasawala, K. Pande, D. K. Paul
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1027-1032 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1027-1032
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Late Cretaceous Diurnal Tidal System: A Study from Nimar Sandstone, Bagh Group, Narmada Valley, Central India
Biplab Bhattacharya, Suparna Jha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1032-1037 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1032-1037
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Natural Base Isolation System for Earthquake Protection
Srijit Bandyopadhyay, Aniruddha Sengupta, G. R. Reddy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1037-1043 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1037-1043
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Use of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash as Brick Material
Mangesh V. Madurwar, Sachin A. Mandavgane, Rahul V. Ralegaonkar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1044-1051 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1044-1051
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Living Legends in Indian Science

Animesh Chakravorty - An Era of Inorganic Chemistry Research in India
R. N. Mukherjee
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1052-1059 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1052-1059
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Book Reviews

The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible
Chandan Saha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1060-1061 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1060-1061
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Methods in Forest Canopy Research
Vivek Ramachandran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1061-1062 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1061-1062
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Annual Review of Physiology, 2014
Mario Vaz
DOI:10.18520/cs/v107/i6/1062-1063 ,  Vol 107, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 1062-1063
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