Vol 108, No 9 (2015)

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Vol 108, No 9 (2015)

In this Issue

In This Issue
Somendra Singh Kharola, S. Ramaseshan Fellow
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1574-1574 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1574-1574
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Guest Editorial

Support for science
M. Vijayan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1575-1576 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1575-1576
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Correspondence

A Ph D may not be Enough
Arabinda Mahanty
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1577-1578 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1577-1578
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Why is 'Dissection' such a Dirty Word?
N. K. Subhedar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1577-1578 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1577-1578
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Non-Professionals In-Charge of Libraries
Anil Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1578-1578 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1578-1578
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Forests as Refuges for Birds in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu
R. J. Ranjit Daniels, J. Patrick David, B. Vinoth
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1579-1579 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1579-1579
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News

Indian Paper Crosses 5000+ Citations Mark
Nitin Kumar, Yatish Panwar, G. Mahesh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1580-1580 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1580-1580
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Traditional Agriculture Systems
R. K. Maikhuri, Vikram S. Negi, L. S. Rawat, A. K. Sahani, R. C. Sundriyal, P. P. Dhyani
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1581-1583 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1581-1583
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Marine Ecosystems
K. Vijayakumaran, S. Lakshmi Pillai
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1583-1585 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1583-1585
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Opinion

On the Way to Innovation
B. A. Dasannacharya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1586-1587 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1586-1587
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Cultivation of Saussurea costus cannot be Treated as 'Artificially Propagated'
Chandra P. Kuniyal, Dharmendra S. Rawat, Rakesh C. Sundriyal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1587-1589 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1587-1589
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Commentary

A Frontier Area of Research on Liquid Biopesticides: the Way forward for Sustainable Agriculture in India
Mahendrakar Sreenivasa Rao, Rajappa Umamaheswari, Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy, Gummala Nuthana Grace, Manoharan Kamalnath, Pandi Prabu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1590-1592 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1590-1592
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Biomass Exploitation - A Challenge Finding its Way to Reality
Mamata S. Singhvi, Digambar V. Gokhale
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1593-1594 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1593-1594
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National Labs: Research Highlights 2014

Carbon Quantum Dots-Mediated Direct Fluorescence Assay for the Detection of Cardiac Marker Myoglobin
Munish Shorie, Vinod Kumar, Priyanka Sabherwal, A. K. Ganguli
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1595-1596 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1595-1596
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Geothermal Systems in the Northwest Himalaya
Santosh K. Rai, Sameer K. Tiwari, S. K. Bartarya, Anil K. Gupta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1597-1599 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1597-1599
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Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru
Debarshini Chakraborty
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1600-1602 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1600-1602
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General Article

Impact of International Cooperation and Science and Innovation Strategies on S&t Output: A Comparative Study of India and China
S. A. Hasan, Amit Rohilla, Rajesh Luthra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1603-1607 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1603-1607
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Next-Generation Particle Accelerators for Frontline Research and Wide-ranging Applications in India - How to Realize Them?
R. K. Bhandari, Amit Roy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1608-1615 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1608-1615
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Decoding Urban India's Carbon Footprint: Spatial-Numerical Mapping of Thermal Energy Emissions
Mahendra Sethi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1616-1623 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1616-1623
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Review Article

MicroRNAs and Target Mimics for Crop Improvement
Pushpendra K. Gupta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1624-1633 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1624-1633
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Research Articles

3β-Hydroxy-5,16-Pregnadien-20-One Exhibits both Hypolipidemic and Hypoglycemic Activities
R. Pratap, R. C. Gupta, R. Chander, A. K. Khanna, Vinita Singh, N. K. Kapoor, A. K. Srivastava, D. Raina, S. Singh, A. Ghatak, O. P. Asthana, S. Nityanand, Sukh Dev, Nitya Anand
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1634-1646 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1634-1646
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Silica-Zirconia Alkali-Resistant Coatings by Sol-Gel Route
Sunetra Laxman Dhere
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1647-1652 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1647-1652
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Development of Self-Sustaining Phototrophic Granular Biomass for Bioremediation Applications
Rajesh Kumar, Vayalam P. Venugopalan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1653-1661 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1653-1661
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Landslide Susceptibility Zonation of Tehri Reservoir Rim Region Using Binary Logistic Regression Model
Rohan Kumar, R. Anbalagan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1662-1672 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1662-1672
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Effects of Addition of Cationic Ligands in Hydrous Bismuth Oxide on Removal of Fluoride from Aqueous Solutions
M. Ranjan, A. L. Srivastav, Shaktibala
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1673-1682 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1673-1682
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Research Communications

Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra): a Potential Salt-tolerant, Highly Remunerative Medicinal Crop for Remediation of Alkali Soils
J. C. Dagar, R. K. Yadav, S. R. Dar, Sharif Ahamad
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1683-1688 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1683-1688
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Tree Species Composition in Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary, Northern Western Ghats of India
A. Joglekar, M. Tadwalkar, M. Mhaskar, B. Chavan, K. N. Ganeshaiah, A. Patwardhan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1688-1693 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1688-1693
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HR-MAS NMR-Based Metabolomic Approach to Study the Effect of Fungicidal Stress on Wheat Seed Germination
Navdeep Gogna, Kavita Dorai
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1694-1701 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1694-1701
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Northeast Microbial Database: A Web-Based Databank of Culturable Soil Microbes from North East India
S. R. Joshi, Subhro Banerjee, Kaushik Bhattacharjee, Nathaniel A. Lyngwi, Khedarani Koijam, Polashree Khaund, Lamabam Sophiya Devi, Fenella M. W. Nongkhlaw
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1702-1706 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1702-1706
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The May 21st, 2014 Bay of Bengal Earthquake: Implications for Intraplate Stress Regime
A. K. Rai, S. Tripathy, S. C. Sahu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1706-1712 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1706-1712
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The Admissible Tsunamigenic Source Region of 24 September 2013 Land-Based Earthquake - Application of Backward Ray Tracing Technique
Ch. Patanjali Kumar, B. Ajay Kumar, E. Uma Devi, R. S. Mahendra, M. V. Sunanda, M. Pradeep Kumar, J. Padmanabham, S. Dipankar, T. Srinivasa Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1712-1716 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1712-1716
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Soft Sediment Deformation Structures in Late Quaternary Abandoned Channel Fill Deposit of Yamuna River in NW Sub-Himalaya, India
Anand K. Pandey, Prabha Pandey
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1717-1725 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1717-1725
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Nest Site Characterization of Sympatric Hornbills in a Tropical Dry Forest
Ushma Shukla, Soumya Prasad, Mohan Joshi, Sachin Sridhara, David A. Westcott
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1725-1730 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1725-1730
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Living Legends in Indian Science

B. V. Sreekantan: A Versatile and Humane Scientist
P. C. Agrawal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1731-1740 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1731-1740
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Book Reviews

Scientific Integrity: Text and Cases in Responsible Conduct of Research
Yateendra Joshi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1741-1743 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1741-1743
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Annual Review of Biophysics, 2014
B. Gopal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v108/i9/1741-1743 ,  Vol 108, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1741-1743
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