Vol 114, No 05 (2018)

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Vol 114, No 05 (2018)

In this Issue

In this Issue
K. P. Madhu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/940-940 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 940-940
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Guest Editorial

Aah! Aha! Ha-Ha!: Building a Creative Nation from the Ground Up
Ramji Raghavan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/941-942 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 941-942
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Correspondence

Avoid Plastic Banners
K. Kesava Rao
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/943-943 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 943-943
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Global Knowledge Index 2017
Gangan Prathap
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/943-944 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 943-944
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Kuldhara Devastation and the Great Exodus
Tej Bahadur, Aalok Pandya, Raghuveer Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/944-946 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 944-946
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Response
A. B. Roy, Harsh Bhu, Pankaj Sharma, Kishan Vaishnav
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/946-946 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 946-946
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News

Science Last Fortnight
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/947-950 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 947-950
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In Conversation

Jorg Hacker
S. Priya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/951-952 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 951-952
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Commentary

Mega Science Versus Small Science:Remarks on Scientific Research in India
Parthasarathi Majumdar, Dipak Kumar Mukherjee
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/953-955 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 953-955
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High Impact Factor Journals have More Publications than Expected
Fang Liu, Wenbo Guo, Chao Zuo
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/955-956 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 955-956
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Scientific Correspondance

Terrain Attributes of Sacred Grove Locations Point towards Conscious Spatial Delineation
Anjana Bhagyanathan, A. K. Kasthurba, Santosh G. Thampi, Deepak Dhayanithy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/957-959 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 957-959
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Similarity in Ph D Thesis in State Universities is Less Than 10%
C. L. Biji, Veena Senan, Achuthsankar S. Nair
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/959-960 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 959-960
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Breaking of Larsen C from Antarctica
P. Jayaprasad, Touseef Ahmad, Saroj Maity, Arundhati Misra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/961-962 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 961-962
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Altered Habitats, Altered Behaviours:Use of Plastic in Nest Building by Indian Palm Squirrel
K. Mohan, Mewa Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/963-963 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 963-963
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Technical Notes

A Cost-Effective Ground Pollination System for Hybridization in Tall Coconut Palms
K. Deva Kumar, T. Arumuganathan, R. J. Thomas, V. Niral, Anitha Karun, P. Chowdappa
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/964-970 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 964-970
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General Article

Understanding the Aryan Debate:Population Genetic Concepts and Frameworks
Partha P. Majumder
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/971-975 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 971-975
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Mangrove Forests of India
K. Kathiresan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/976-981 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 976-981
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Moving beyond Phenology:New Directions in the Study of Temporal Dynamics of Tropical Insect Communities
Freerk Molleman
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/982-986 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 982-986
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Review Article

Understanding the Linkages between Climate Change and Forest
Rinku Moni Devi, Maneesh Kumar Patasaraiya, Bhaskar Sinha, Sameer Saran, A. P. Dimri, Rajeev Jaiswal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/987-996 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 987-996
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Speciality Rice Biodiversity of Kerala:Need for Incentivising Conservation in the Era of Changing Climate
Girigan Gopi, M. Manjula
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/997-1006 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 997-1006
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Research Articles

Quantitative Analysis of Marker-Based Watershed Image Segmentation
S. Madhumitha, M. Manikandan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1007-1013 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1007-1013
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A Target Imaging Method of Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output Ground Penetrating Radar-Based on Direction of Arrival Estimation
Xi Jianjun, Huang Ling
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1014-1023 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1014-1023
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Regional Scale Analysis of Climate Extremes in an SRM Geoengineering Simulation, Part 1:Precipitation Extremes
Rohi Muthyala, Govindasamy Bala, Aditya Nalam
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1024-1035 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1024-1035
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Regional Scale Analysis of Climate Extremes in an SRM Geoengineering Simulation, Part 2:Temperature Extremes
Rohi Muthyala, Govindasamy Bala, Aditya Nalam
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1036-1045 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1036-1045
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Scaling of Hydraulic Functions in Heterogeneous Soil Using Nonlinear Least Squares Minimization Method
Akram Ahmed
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1046-1054 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1046-1054
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Changes and Vertical Distribution Characteristics of Soil Organic Carbon in Different Land Cover Types in Honghe Wetland of Sanjiang Plain, China
Yukai Liang, Weihong Dong, Xiancang Wu, Wei Xie
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1055-1062 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1055-1062
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Calcite Precipitation by Rhodococcus sp. Isolated from Kotumsar Cave, Chhattisgarh, India
Sushmitha Baskar, Swati Chalia, Ramanathan Baskar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1063-1074 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1063-1074
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Multivariate Analysis of Deboning Data for Classifying Hanwoo (Korean Native Cattle) by Gender
Joon-Yong Shim, Ha-Yeong Kim, Byoung-Kwan Cho, Seung Hwan Yang, Changyeun Mo, Kyung Do Kwon, Jin-Hyoung Kim, Wang-Hee Lee
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1075-1082 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1075-1082
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Research Communications

Quality and Impact of GPSRO Observations from Megha-Tropique Satellite on NGFS Model
C. J. Johny, V. S. Prasad
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1083-1088 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1083-1088
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Comparative Analysis of Grain Quality and Nutraceutical Properties of Selected Rice Varieties from Kerala
K. S. Shylaraj, Soumya G. Nadh, Shimi K. Chandran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1088-1094 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1088-1094
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Dynamics of Shifting Cultivation in Relation to Slope and Elevation in Parts of Nagaland, India
Jenita Mary Nongkynrih, Chwadaka Pohshna, Kamani Kanta Sarma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1094-1099 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1094-1099
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Role of Antagonistic Yeast Candida tropicalis YZ27 on Postharvest Life and Quality of Litchi cv. Bombai
V. Yeka Zhimo, Jayanta Saha, Balveer Singh, Ivi Chakraborty
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1100-1105 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1100-1105
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Surface Water Quality in Sacred Groves of Garhwal Himalayan Region, India
Purna Jana, Kaboli Wotsa, Sabyasachi Dasgupta, Nagendra P. Todaria
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1105-1110 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1105-1110
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Kinematics and Timing of Brittle-Ductile Shearing of Mylonites along the Bok Bak Fault, Peninsular Malaysia
Ahmad Faiz Salmanfarsi, Mustaffa Kamal Shuib, Ng Tham Fatt, Mohamad Tarmizi Mohamad Zulkifley
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1110-1116 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1110-1116
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Coral-Killing Sponge Terpios hoshinota Invades the Corals of Gulf of Mannar, Southeast India
K. Diraviya Raj, M. Selva Bharath, G. Mathews, Greta S. Aeby, J. K. Patterson Edward
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1117-1119 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1117-1119
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Book Reviews

Capturing the Cosmic Light:A Handbook of Astrophotography
K. P. Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1120-1120 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1120-1120
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Clouds:Nature and Culture
Sudhirendar Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1120-1121 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1120-1121
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Annual Review of Physiology, 2017
Mario Vaz
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1121-1122 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1121-1122
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Personal News

Baldev Raj (1947–2018)
K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, B. Venkatraman
DOI:10.18520/cs/v114/i05/1123-1125 ,  Vol 114, No 05 (2018), Pagination: 1123-1125
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