Vol 106, No 4 (2014)

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Vol 106, No 4 (2014)

In this Issue

In this Issue
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/494-494 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 494-494
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Guest Editorial

From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Solutions
P. C. Kesavan, M. S. Swaminathan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/495-496 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 495-496
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Correspondence

DST Inspire Programme: Need for an Extended Version
Anuj Saxena
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/497-497 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 497-497
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Ethno-Medico-Botany is an Adaptational Strategy
Chandra P. Kuniyal, Hemlata
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/497-498 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 497-498
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Climate Change is Affecting Apple Cultivation in Himachal Pradesh
H. R. Gautam, I. M. Sharma, Rohitashw Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/498-499 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 498-499
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Jadav Molai Payeng - the 'Forest Man of India'
Dhrubajyoti Gogoi, Debajit Borah, R. N. S. Yadav
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/499-499 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 499-499
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News

2014 King Faisal International Prize for Science and Medicine
Sameen Ahmed Khan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/500-500 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 500-500
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2015 Declared the International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies
Sameen Ahmed Khan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/501-501 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 501-501
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SERB to Fund India-US Collaborative Research Initiative on Molecular Materials
Megha Prakash
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/502-502 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 502-502
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Strategies for Increasing Production and Productivity of Wheat and Barley
Indu Sharma, R. K. Sharma, R. Sendhil
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/502-504 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 502-504
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Nanotechnology-Based Innovation for Environmental, Energy and Biomedical Applications
B. Sunilkumar, Bikramjit Basu, Junichi Tatami, Atsushi Suzuki
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/504-505 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 504-505
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Commentary

Trendy Science Research Communications
T. Ramasarma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/506-508 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 506-508
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The Discovery of Nuclear Fission - a Game Changer in the History of Scientific Research
V. S. Ramamurthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/509-510 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 509-510
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Scientific Correspondance

Impact of Light, Temperature, Salinity and Glycerol on the Intensity of Luminescence and Growth of Marine Bioluminescent Bacteria Vibrio Campbellii (strain STF1)
Chatragadda Ramesh, Raju Mohanraju, Perumal Karthick, Sumantha Narayana
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/511-513 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 511-513
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Danainae Congregation in the Konkan Region of Maharashtra, India
Vinayak K. Patil, Milind D. Patil, Satish S. Narkhede
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/514-515 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 514-515
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Oil Pollution in Chilika Lagoon: an Anthropogenic Threat to Biodiversity
S. K. Baliarsingh, Subhashree Sahoo, Asutosh Acharya, H. B. Dalabehera, K. C. Sahu, Aneesh A. Lotliker
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/516-517 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 516-517
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General Article

Artificial Photosynthesis and the Splitting of Water to Generate Hydrogen
Urmimala Maitra, S. R. Lingampalli, C. N. R. Rao
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/518-527 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 518-527
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Review Article

Terracentric Nuclear Fission Georeactor: Background, Basis, Feasibility, Structure, Evidence and Geophysical Implications
J. Marvin Herndon
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/528-541 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 528-541
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Research Articles

Airglow Measurements of Mesospheric Wave Structures and Thermal Gradient Variability over a Low-Latitude Indian Station
A. Taori
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/542-551 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 542-551
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Assessment of Agricultural Sustainability in Changing Scenarios
Prashant Goswami, Shiv Narayan Nishad
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/552-557 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 552-557
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Environmental Flow for the Yamuna River in Delhi as an Example of Monsoon Rivers in India
Vikram Soni, Shashank Shekhar, Diwan Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/558-564 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 558-564
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Chloritization in Paleoproterozoic Granite Ore System at Malanjkhand, Central India: Mineralogical Studies and Mineral Fluid Equilibria ModellingIn the Malanjkhand Granitoid (MG), chlorite occurs in micro-domain along with mineral assemblage biotite, horn
Dinesh Pandit
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/565-581 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 565-581
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Research Communications

Effect of Agonists of Adenosine Receptors on Inflammatory Markers in Human Muller Cells
Selva Kumar, Sher Zaman Safi, Rajes Qvist, Ikram Shah Ismail
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/582-586 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 582-586
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On the Possibility of Retrieving Near-Surface Rain Rate from the Microwave Sounder Saphir of the Megha-Tropiques Mission
C. Balaji, C. Krishnamoorthy, R. Chandrasekar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/587-593 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 587-593
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Surface Processes during Flash Floods in the Glaciated Terrain of Kedarnath, Garhwal Himalaya and their Role in the Modification of Landforms
Dhruv Sen Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/594-597 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 594-597
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Kedarnath Flash Floods: a Hydrological and Hydraulic Simulation Study
K. H. V. Durga Rao, V. Venkateshwar Rao, V. K. Dadhwal, P. G. Diwakar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/598-603 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 598-603
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Carbon Stocks in Major Soil Types and Land-use Systems in Semiarid Tropical Region of Southern India
K. Venkanna, Uttam Kumar Mandal, A. J. Solomon Raju, K. L. Sharma, Ravikant V. Adake, Pushpanjali, B. Sanjeeva Reddy, Rahul N. Masane, K. Venkatravamma, B. Peda Babu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/604-611 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 604-611
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Book Reviews

Invisible in the Storm: The Role of Mathematics in Understanding Weather. Ian Roulstone and John Norbury
Ravi S. Nanjundiah
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/612-612 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 612-612
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Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World (Second Edition) - Steven Vogel
Sanjay P. Sane
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/613-614 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 613-614
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Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2013 - Sabeeha S. Merchant, Winslow R. Briggs and Donald R. Ort (eds)
Navjyoti Chakraborty, Nandula Raghuram
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/614-616 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 614-616
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Personal News

Shah Vinodkant Chunilal (1929-2013)
Mandava V. Rao
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/616-616 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 616-616
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Historical Notes

Bhavnagar Telescope: the most Widely Travelled Telescope in the Country
N. Kameswara Rao, Christina Birdie, A. Vagiswari
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/617-619 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 617-619
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Publications Received

Publications Received – 2013
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/620-622 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 620-622
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Corrigendum

A Doyen of Indian Botanists: H. Y. Mohan Ram
R. Maheshwari, K. R. Shivanna, R. Dore Swamy, K. Sankara Rao
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i4/619-619 ,  Vol 106, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 619-619
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