Vol 106, No 3 (2014)

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Vol 106, No 3 (2014)

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In this Issue
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/338-338 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 338-338
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Guest Editorial

Warming Causes Cooling! the Recent Cold Event over North America
Ravi S. Nanjundiah
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/339-340 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 339-340
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Correspondence

Organized Plant Health Clinics in Asia
M. P. Srivastava
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/341-341 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 341-341
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Budget Cut Threatens Indian Science
Ritu Trivedi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/342-342 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 342-342
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Building Research Centres of Distinction for Action
Vedpal Singh Malik
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/342-343 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 342-343
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Massive Phosphorus Accumulation in Soils: Kerala's Continuing Conundrum
R. Dinesh, V. Srinivasan, S. Hamza, M. Anandaraj
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/343-344 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 343-344
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News

Plastic Degrading Marine Bacteria Discovered
Ipsita Herlekar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/345-345 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 345-345
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The Resistance Gene in Malaria Parasite Identified
Ipsita Herlekar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/345-345 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 345-345
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Indian Himalayan Capacity and Adaptation Programme: Capacity-Building in Himalayan Glaciology
Sheikh Nawaz Ali, Mayank Shekhar, Pratima Pandey, Anshuman Bhardwaj, Shaktiman Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/346-346 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 346-346
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Research News

ALMA Confirms Dust in Supernova 1987 A
Prateek Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/347-348 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 347-348
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Opinion

Pursuing Knowledge Creation, India Needs a Policy on 'Plagiarism Cells'
P. Chaddah
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/349-349 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 349-349
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The Unseen Impact of Nanoparticles: More or Less?
Mansi Bakshi, H. B. Singh, P. C. Abhilash
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/350-352 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 350-352
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Commentary

Current Practices of Commercial Scientific Publishers and their Implications for the Scientific Ethos
Ram K. Varma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/353-357 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 353-357
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Environmentally Sound Management of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in India
Ashwani Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/358-359 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 358-359
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Scientific Correspondance

Cyclone Phailin Enhanced the Productivity Following its Passage: Evidence from Satellite Data
Aneesh A. Lotliker, T. Srinivasa Kumar, Venkat Shesu Reddem, Shailesh Nayak
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/360-361 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 360-361
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Solar Photovoltaic-Powered Ventilation and Cooling System of a Greenhouse
P. K. Sharma, D. V. K. Samuel
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/362-364 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 362-364
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Petrographic and XRD Studies on a New Occurrence of Molybdenite within Late Archaean Mafic Enclaves near Hyderabad, Eastern Dharwar Craton, India
Amiya K. Samal, Rajesh K. Srivastava
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/364-367 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 364-367
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Erratum

Anomalous Silver Concentration in Volcano-Plutonic Rocks of Siwana Ring Complex, Barmer District, Western Rajasthan
Rajeev Bidwai, S. Srinivasan, L. K. Nanda, Atanu Banerjee, P. N. Bangroo, A. K. Rai, P. S. Parihar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/367-367 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 367-367
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General Article

The Rise towards Excellence of Social Science in India: a 'Nobel' Confirmation of the Value of Economics and Further Implications
Ion Pohoata, Ionel Bostan, Radu Constantinescu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/368-373 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 368-373
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The Myth of Frugal Innovation in India
Gangan Prathap
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/374-377 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 374-377
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Research Articles

Comparison between LTTD and RO Process of Sea-Water Desalination: an Integrated Economic, Environmental and Ecological Framework
R. Venkatesan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/378-386 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 378-386
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The Talya Conglomerate: an Archean (∼2.7 Ga) Glaciomarine formation, Western Dharwar Craton, Southern India
Richard W. Ojakangas, R. Srinivasan, V. S. Hegde, S. M. Chandrakant, S. V. Srikantia
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/387-396 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 387-396
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Integrated Approach for Snowmelt Run-Off Estimation Using Temperature Index Model, Remote Sensing and GIS
S. P. Aggarwal, Praveen K. Thakur, Bhaskar R. Nikam, Vaibhav Garg
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/397-407 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 397-407
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Post-Monsoon Equilibrium Beach Profiles and Longshore Sediment Transport Rates at Candolim, Miramar and Keri Beaches of Goa, India
Jaya Kumar Seelam, E. M. Yadhunath, M. Jishad, R. Gowthaman, C. Rajasekaran, P. S. Pednekar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/408-416 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 408-416
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Research Communications

Estimation of Magnetospheric Plasma Parameters from Whistlers Observed at Low Latitudes
M. Altaf, M. M. Ahmad
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/417-424 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 417-424
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Liquid-Level Sensing Based on Periodic Evanescent Field Absorption from a Multimode Optical Fibre
Pabitra Nath, Iftak Hussain, Rajib Biswas
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/424-427 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 424-427
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Geochemical Studies of the Ancient Indian Glazed Ware
Siddharth Shankar Rai, G. K. Rai, Avinash C. Pandey, U. C. Chattopadhyaya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/428-434 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 428-434
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IGMIS - a Computer-Aided Information System on Indian Gondwana Megaspores
Nilay Govind, Rajni Tewari, S. S. K. Pillai, Arun Joshi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/434-439 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 434-439
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Observations on Reproductive Performance of Indian Mouse Deer (Moschiola indica) in Captivity
Swapna Parvathi, Mallikarjun Rao, Vinod Kumar, Govindhaswamy Umapathy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/439-441 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 439-441
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Book Reviews

Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Usha S. Nayar
Nithya Poornima
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/442-443 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 442-443
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Higher Education in the Digital Age - William G. Bowen
Ramakrishna Ramaswamy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/443-443 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 443-443
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Fauna of Maharashtra: Parts I and II
A. N. Sirsikar, D. D. Wanule
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/443-444 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 443-444
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Indian Pandanaceae – an Overview - Altafhusain Nadaf and Rahul Zanan
Ajit Kumar Shasany
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/444-445 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 444-445
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Personal News

S. K. Bhattacherjee (1926–2013)
Amit Roy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/446-446 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 446-446
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Historical Notes

Charles Michie Smith - Founder of the Kodaikanal (Solar Physics) Observatory and Beginnings of Physical Astronomy in India
N. Kameswara Rao, A. Vagiswari, Christina Birdie
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i3/447-467 ,  Vol 106, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 447-467
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