Vol 110, No 2 (2016)

Table of Contents

Vol 110, No 2 (2016)

In this Issue

In this Issue
K. P. Madhu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/126-126 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 126-126
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Guest Editorial

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
M. S. Swaminathan, P. C. Kesavan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/127-128 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 127-128
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Correspondence

Some Ailments in Physics Education in the Country
Bhupati Chakrabarti
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/129-130 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 129-130
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Regulated Animal Dissections in Indian Curricula as a Measure to Control Invasive Species
Sameer Padhye, Siddharth Kulkarni
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/129-130 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 129-130
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S&T R&D in Indian Academia
E. C. Subbarao
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/130-131 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 130-131
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Knowledge Dissemination in Earth System Science in India
Hari Warrior
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/131-132 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 131-132
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Contemporary Teaching and Research
Himangshu Dutta, Angshu Dutta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/132-133 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 132-133
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Response
Basab Chaudhuri
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/133-133 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 133-133
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In Conversation

Raimond Winslow
Rajashree Ramaswamy, Swetha Gopal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/134-135 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 134-135
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News

Mycorrhizal Integration across Continents and Scales
D. Sharmah, C. Manoharachary
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/137-138 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 137-138
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Earthquake Hazard
S. K. Wanchoo, Supriyo Mitra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/138-139 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 138-139
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Climate Change Adaptation in the North Eastern Region of India:Issues and Options
Prasanna K. Samal, K. S. Kanwal, Kireet Kumar Pande, P. P. Dhyani
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/139-140 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 139-140
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Commentary

The Indo-US Nuclear Deal-A Decade After
V. S. Ramamurthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/141-143 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 141-143
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Essential Oils of Traditionally Used Aromatic Plants as Green Shelf-Life Enhancers for Herbal Raw Materials from Microbial Contamination and Oxidative Deterioration
Abhishek Kumar Dwivedy, Akash Kedia, Manoj Kumar, N. K. Dubey
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/143-145 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 143-145
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Scientific Correspondance

Efficient PCR-Based Epitope Gene Tagging in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Poonam Shukla, Balveer Singh, Ashok Saini, Jyotsna, Swati Haldar, Jagmohan Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/146-148 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 146-148
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A New Population of Santalum album L. (Sandalwood) from Agali Forest Range, Kerala, India
K. A. Sreejith, V. B. Sreekumar, T. K. Nirmesh, R. Suganthasakthivel
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/148-150 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 148-150
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Thermal Anomaly from NOAA Data for the Nepal Earthquake
S. S. Baral, K. Sharma, A. K. Saraf, J. Das, G. Singh, S. Borgohain, E. Kar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/150-153 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 150-153
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Delineation of Buried Channels of Bharathappuzha by Single-Channel Shallow Seismic Survey
N. M. Shareef, Raja Mukhopadyay, A. Sivasamy, J. M. Neelakantarama, P. Durga Prasad, Saju Varghese
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/153-156 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 153-156
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Sleeping Site Selection in Wild Stump-Tailed Macaques
Zothansiama, G. S. Solanki
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/157-158 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 157-158
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General Article

The AICTE Review: an Opportunity for Engineering Education Reform
Milind Sohoni
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/159-166 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 159-166
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India's Intellectual Property-Based Biomedical Start-Ups
Gayatri Saberwal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/167-171 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 167-171
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Review Article

Association between Serum Tumour Necrosis Factor-α Concentrations and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Xiao-Feng Xiong, Jia Wei, Yi-Hua Lin, De-Yun Cheng
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/172-179 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 172-179
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Research Articles

Behaviour of Biomass Multicomponent Ashes as Adsorbents
Sunil K. Deokar, Sachin A. Mandavgane, Bhaskar D. Kulkarni
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/180-186 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 180-186
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Potent Antitumour Activity of (-)Epigallocatechin Gallate: Indications from In Vitro, In Vivo and in Silico Studies
Samarendra Narayanan, Balaji Ramchandran, Satheesh Rajendiran, Sarbani Chandra, Atul Tiwari, Ravisankar Rajarethinam, Ramesh Kureeckal Vasudev
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/187-195 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 187-195
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Zinc Solubilizing Bacterial Isolates from the Agricultural Fields of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
K. Sunithakumari, S. N. Padma Devi, S. Vasandha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/196-205 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 196-205
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Variation in Allometric Shell Growth and Relationship with Sexual Size Dimorphism in Repatriated Indian Star Tortoises (Geochelone elegans) (Reptilia: Testudinidae)
Abhishek Narayanan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/206-213 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 206-213
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Research Communications

Long-Term Performance Assessment of Nuclear Waste and Natural Glasses in the Geological Repository: a Geochemical Modelling
Nishi Rani, J. P. Shrivastava, R. K. Bajpai
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/214-219 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 214-219
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Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Suitability Modeling of Medicinal Plant (Taxus baccata Linn.) in Tawang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Gibji Nimasow, Oyi Dai Nimasow, Jawan Singh Rawat, Gendan Tsering, Takom Litin
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/219-227 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 219-227
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Variation in the Phytotoxic Activity of Tinospora tuberculata Extracts as Influenced by Solvent Type and Chemical Profile
Farzad Aslani, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Muhammad Saiful Ahmad-Hamdani, Farahnaz Sadat Golestan Hashemi, Md. Amirul Alam, Dzolkhifli Omar, Md. Kamal Uddin, Md. Abdul Hakim
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/228-234 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 228-234
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Reproductive Biology of Elaeocarpus blascoi Weibel, an Endemic and Endangered Tree Species of Palni Hills, Western Ghats, India
R. Ramasubbu, D. Felix Irudhyaraj
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/234-240 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 234-240
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Soil Information System: Web-Based Solution for Agricultural Land-use Planning
Tapas Bhattacharyya, S. P. Wani, P. Chandran, P. Tiwary, D. K. Pal, K. L. Sahrawat, M. Velayutham
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/241-245 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 241-245
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An Efficient Method for Digital Imaging of Ancient Stone Inscriptions
G. Bhuvaneswari, V. Subbiah Bharathi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/245-250 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 245-250
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Effect of Nectar Reabsorption on Plant Nectar Investment in Cerasus cerasoides
Kun Dong, Yan Dong, Rui Su, Jingli Zhang, Zhuo Qing, Xiaochen Yang, Xiaoxiao Ren, Yingbin Ma, Shaoyu He
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/251-256 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 251-256
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Book Reviews

Valuing Health Systems:A Framework for Low and Middle Income Countries
Ramila Bisht, Chhavi Sodhi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/257-259 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 257-259
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Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2014
Shyamalava Mazumdar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/259-261 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 259-261
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Algal Biotechnology and Environment
G. A. Ravishankar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/261-262 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 261-262
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Personal News

Venkataraman Jagannathan (1921–2015)
M. V. Deshpande
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/263-263 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 263-263
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Academy News

Indian Academy of Sciences Elects New Fellows-2016
DOI:10.18520/cs/v110/i2/264-264 ,  Vol 110, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 264-264
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