Vol 113, No 12 (2017)

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Vol 113, No 12 (2017)

In this Issue

In this Issue
Sarah Iqbal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2224-2224 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2224-2224
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Guest Editorial

Indian Science Must Attract more International Students – Opportunities for our Academics
P. J. Lavakare
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2225-2226 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2225-2226
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Correspondence

Impact of Abrupt Weather Change on Benthic Life:A Note on Sea Hare in a Tropical Coast, Gujarat, India
Santosh Gaikwad, Sabyasachi Sautya, Udita Basu, Anirudh Ram, Sanofar Khokher
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2227-2228 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2227-2228
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DBT Star College Scheme:A Positive Intervention in Capacity Building in Colleges
Monika Koul
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2228-2229 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2228-2229
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News

Science Last Fortnight
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2230-2233 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2230-2233
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Drug Discovery:Mining Microbes for Bioactive Compounds
Hemant J. Purohit, Yogesh Shouche, Arun Balakrishnan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2234-2236 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2234-2236
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C. N. R. Rao Wins the Materials Research Society’s Von Hippel Award
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2236-2236 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2236-2236
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Infosys Prize 2017
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2236-2237 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2236-2237
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Science Jargon and Society
S. Priya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2237-2237 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2237-2237
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Biodiversity Conservation in the Arabian Peninsula
Sanjay Gairola, Hatem A. Shabana, Tamer Mahmoud, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, El-Keblawy Ali
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2238-2239 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2238-2239
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Strategic Environmental Assessment of Hydropower Projects
Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal, Renu Lata, Amit Kumar, Bhim Chand, Nidhi Kanwar, Sheetal Chaudhary, Kireet Kumar, Pitamber Prasad Dhyani
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2239-2240 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2239-2240
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Women Empowerment
Sunita Sangar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2241-2242 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2241-2242
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Research News

What Lies Beneath the Anamolous Geoid Low in the Indian Ocean?
Dhananjai K. Pandey
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2243-2244 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2243-2244
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Scientific Correspondance

Hepatomyoencephalopathy in Malkangiri District of Odisha, India
T. Jacob John, G. Arunkumar, Madan M. Pradhan, Mukul Das
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2245-2246 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2245-2246
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Solar-Powered on-Farm Storage Structure for Fruits and Vegetables
P. K. Sharma, S. M. Mansuri, D. V. K. Samuel
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2246-2249 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2246-2249
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Polygonum polystachyum:Peril to Biodiversity of the Alpine Ecosystem, Western Himalaya, India
Vikram S. Negi, R. K. Maikhuri, Ajay Maletha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2249-2251 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2249-2251
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Recycling Sugar Effluent in Hybrid Flow Constructed Wetland and Reusing for Agriculture
J. D. Sophia, Jastin Samuel, J. Hemamalini
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2251-2253 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2251-2253
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Quantification of Rainfall during the Late Miocene–Early Pliocene in North East India
Gaurav Srivastava, R. P. Tiwari, R. C. Mehrotra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2253-2257 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2253-2257
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General Article

Revisiting the Kothari Commission (1964–66) Report from the Perspective of Strengthening our Science Education and Research Enterprise
Dipankar Mukhopadhyay
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2258-2261 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2258-2261
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Science Communication as an Academic Discipline:An Indian Perspective
Abhay S. D. Rajput
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2262-2267 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2262-2267
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Review Article

Combinatorial Optimization in Science and Engineering
Julius Beneoluchi Odili
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2268-2274 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2268-2274
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Research Articles

Mobile Phone Radiation Induces Sedation in Periplaneta americana
P. R. Syalima, Rameesa Raseek, D. A. Evans
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2275-2281 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2275-2281
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Ion Imprinted Polymer Monoliths as Adsorbent Materials for the Removal of Hg(II) from Real-Time Aqueous Samples
Siti Khadijah Ab. Rahman, Nor Azah Yusof, Faruq Mohammad, Abdul Halim Abdullah, Azni Idris
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2282-2291 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2282-2291
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Genome-Wide Analysis of a Potent Functional Dairy Starter Bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus MTCC 5460:A Comprehensive Study of its Dairy Niche Adaptive Features
Jashbhai B. Prajapati, Hemaxi P. Zala, Neelam M. Nathani, Manisha Sajnani, Chaitanya G. Joshi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2292-2297 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2292-2297
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Field Testing of Indigenously Synthesized Sex Pheromone for the Management of Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton under Central Indian Conditions
C. N. Rao, Anjitha George, A. R. Prasad, Hafeez Ur Rehman, Rathod Aravind Kumar, A. Suman Kumar, Sonali Ghike, V. N. Dhengre
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2298-2304 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2298-2304
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Interactive Effect of Elevated Carbon Dioxide and Elevated Temperature on Growth and Yield of Soybean
Narendra K. Lenka, Sangeeta Lenka, J. K. Thakur, R. Elanchezhian, S. B. Aher, Vidya Simaiya, D. S. Yashona, A. K. Biswas, P. K. Agrawal, A. K. Patra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2305-2310 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2305-2310
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Antagonistic Interactions of Sponge-Associated Actinobacteria against Heterotrophic Bacteria from Sponge and Ambient Water
N. S. Subina, C. S. Sonam, Shanta Nair, Maria-Judith Gonsalves
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2311-2316 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2311-2316
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Dendrogeomorphic Potential of the Himalaya – Case Studies of Process Dating of Natural Hazards in Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh
Amalava Bhattacharyya, Markus Stoffel, Mayank Shekhar, Juan Antonio Ballesteros Canovas, Daniel Trappmann
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2317-2324 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2317-2324
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Research Communications

Transition Probability Approach for Direct Calculation of Coefficients of Configuration Interaction Wave Function
Arijit Bag
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2325-2328 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2325-2328
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Satellite-Based Mapping and Monitoring of Heavy Snowfall in North Western Himalaya and its Hydrologic Consequences
Bhaskar R. Nikam, Vaibhav Garg, Prasun K. Gupta, Praveen K. Thakur, A. Senthil Kumar, Arpit Chouksey, S. P. Aggarwal, Pankaj Dhote, Saurabh Purohit
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2328-2334 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2328-2334
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New Approaches towards Measuring Cupule Volume for Empirical Analysis:An Experimental Study from Brahmagiri, Southern India
R. Arjun
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2335-2341 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2335-2341
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M 6.7, 4 January 2016 Imphal Earthquake:Dismal Performance of Publicly-Funded Buildings
Durgesh C. Rai, Hemant B. Kaushik, Vaibhav Singhal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2341-2350 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2341-2350
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Negative Allometry for Egg Size in Ladybeetles (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae):Trade-Off between Egg Hatch Time and Size
B. K. Agarwala, A. F. G. Dixon
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2350-2353 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2350-2353
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Application of Indigenously Developed Remotely Operated Vehicle for the Study of Driving Parameters of Coral Reef Habitat of South Andaman Islands, India
S. Ramesh, G. A. Ramadass, V. Doss Prakash, C. S. Sandhya, R. Ramesh, D. Sathianarayanan, N. V. Vinithkumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2353-2359 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2353-2359
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Foraging Rhythm of Bees in Relation to Flowering of Sweet Basil, Ocimum basilicum L.
D. P. Abrol, Uma Shankar, Debjyoti Chatterjee
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2359-2362 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2359-2362
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Book Reviews

Indira Gandhi:A Life in Nature
Kartik Shanker
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2363-2364 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2363-2364
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Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 2016
B. Ananthanarayan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2364-2366 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2364-2366
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Personal News

Mihir Chowdhury (1937–2017):Scientist and Teacher Extraordinaire
D. S. Ray, S. P. Bhattacharyya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v113/i12/2367-2372 ,  Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2367-2372
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