Contents

IN THIS ISSUE

612	In this issue

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EDITORIAL

613	Invisible Excellence: Scientists who Save Lives
	N. V. Joshi

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CORRESPONDENCE

615	Peer reviewing in Indian S&T journals
	P. Pichappan and G. Buchandiran
616	New light on ancient Indian text on elephant
	R. L. Brahmachary
616	Faculty recruitment
	Amit Bardhan
617	Deemed and regular universities
	V. B. Nadkarni
617	Open access geospatial data repository
	Vishwas Chavan and Aniruddha S. Khadkikar
618	Need to propagate the importance of patents in India
	Manthan D. Janodia, J. Venkata Rao and N. Udupa
619	Is Kappaphycus alvarezii heading towards marine bioinvasion?
	A. Tewari, K. Eswaran, P. V. Subba Rao and B. Jha; Response by X. N. Verlecar and Neelam Pereira
620	The 2005 eruption on Barren Island, Andaman Sea
	P. C. Bandopadhyay, Sumit K. Mitra, Tapan Pal and S. Raghav

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NEWS

622	Self-employment for self-sufficiency
	Mithu Paul and P. P. Paul
623	The hex of Hox
	Durgadas P. Kasbekar
630	Eelworms (nematodes) as both targets and tools for biocontrol in Indian agriculture
	B. V. David

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RESEARCH NEWS

631	Bacteriophage precision drug against bacterial infections
	K. Sandeep

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OPINION

634	A need to review the current official seismic zoning map of India
	K. N. Khattri

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COMMENTARY

637	Scientists and science managers . . . but where are the science teachers?
	P. J. Lavakare

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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE

639	A solid-state solar cell sensitized with mercurochrome
	P. M. Sirimanne, M. K. I. Senevirathna, E. V. A. Premalal and P. K. D. D. P. Pitigala
640	Gravity-induced negative refraction of electromagnetic waves
	Tom G. Mackay and Akhlesh Lakhtakia
642	Bacillus cereus and B. circulans – novel inoculants for crops
	K. V. B. R. Tilak and B. Srinivasa Reddy

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GENERAL ARTICLE

645	Societal implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology in developing countries
	Birgit R. Bürgi and T. Pradeep

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REVIEW ARTICLES

659	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an under-recognized cause with emerging importance
	Subir Kumar Das, Sukhes Mukherjee and D. M. Vasudevan
666	Quorum-sensing: The phenomenon of microbial communication
	Charu Gera and S. Srivastava

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RESEARCH ARTICLES

677	Electrostatic interaction in BIAcore binding studies: A cause for anomaly
	Nonavinakere Seetharam Srilatha and Gundlupet Satyanarayana Murthy
683	Association analysis of agronomically important traits using SSR, SAMPL and AFLP markers in bread wheat
	J. K. Roy, R. Bandopadhyay, S. Rustgi, H. S. Balyan and P. K. Gupta
690	Seismically active deformation in the Sumatra–Java trench-arc region: geodynamic implications
	S. Lasitha, M. Radhakrishna and T. D. Sanu

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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

697	Seasonal evolution of temperature inversions in the north Indian Ocean
	Bijoy Thompson, C. Gnanaseelan and P. S. Salvekar
704	Resource conservation through land treatment of municipal wastewater
	P. R. Thawale, A. A. Juwarkar and S. K. Singh
711	Genetic diversity within the genus Solanum (Solanaceae) as revealed by RAPD markers
	A. K. Singh, Major Singh, A. K. Singh, Rakesh Singh, Sanjeev Kumar and G. Kalloo
716	Reproductive biology of Crataeva religiosa Forst.
	Shashi Bala Sharma, Anita Rana and S. V. S. Chauhan
720	Histological observations on the scleractinian coral Porites lutea affected by pink-line syndrome
	J. Ravindran and Chandralatha Raghukumar

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BOOK REVIEWS

725	Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering. 2005. Martin L. Yarmush et al. (eds)
	reviewed by N. R. Jagannathan
727	Administrative Reforms: Towards Sustainable Practices by Amita Singh (ed.)
	reviewed by H. S. Sudhira and T. V. Ramachandra
728	NASEEMA – The Incredible Story. Translated from Marathi by Aasha Deodhar
	reviewed by Percy Ghaswala

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PERSONAL NEWS

730	F. Prashantha Amerasinghe (1948–2005)
	Charles Santiapillai

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COVER CAPTION

COVER. Active volcano at Barren Island. See page 620.

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