Contents

IN THIS ISSUE

1288	In this issue

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EDITORIAL

1289	Metrics of Science: Loosening the Stranglehold
	P. Balaram

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CORRESPONDENCE

1291	The sociology of biology as a profession
	M. Vidyasagar
1293	Biology in India
	Jasper Rine
1294	Higher education in India – aiming higher?
	Gangan Prathap
1297	Antibiotic liquid waste disposal – A potential threat and environmental compatibility
	R. Saravanane and S. Tamijevendane
1297	Cellulosic ethanol
	M. H. Mehta
1298	Geoelectric arrays
	S. Szalai and L. Szarka

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NEWS

1299	Indian Physics Association awards
	Parul R. Sheth
1300	74th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences
	Suman D. Gad
1301	Emerging directions in global education
	Anitha Kurup, Ambika Mohan and Bhushan Patwardhan
1303	Coal and organic petrology
	Alpana Singh

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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE

1305	pVR37, a new binary promoter-probe vector with xylanase reporter
	Virupakshi G. Medi, R. S. Bhat and M. S. Kuruvinashetti
1307	Role of BCG vaccination in tuberculosis control
	V. G. Rao, P. G. Gopi, J. Bhat, R. Yadav and D. F. Wares
1308	Occurrence of bryozoa Chiplonkarina dimorphopora (Chiplonkar 1939), in the Kakara Formation from type area Subathu, Himachal Pradesh: its stratigraphic and palaeogeographic significance
	K. P. Juyal

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SPECIAL SECTION: TOBACCO CONTROL

1314	The looming challenge of the mixed marketplace for tobacco products
	Jonathan M. Samet and Heather Wipfli
1315	Building tobacco control training capacity in India
	Jonathan M. Samet and Heather Wipfli
1319	The hookah – the Indian waterpipe
	Cecily S. Ray
1324	Bidis and smokeless tobacco
	Cecily S. Ray and Prakash C. Gupta
1335	Bidi – A short history
	Pranay Lal

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GENERAL ARTICLES

1338	A new scheme for large-scale natural water storage in the floodplains: the Delhi Yamuna floodplains as a case study
	Vikram Soni, A. K. Gosain, P. S. Datta and Diwan Singh
1343	Post-1980 world of biotechnology patents in the US
	Rajendra K. Bera

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RESEARCH ARTICLES

1349	Automatic gravity inversion for simultaneous estimation of model parameters and regional gravity background: an application to 2D pull-apart basins
	V. Chakravarthi
1361	Clarification of pectin-containing juice using ultrafiltration
	P. Rai and S. De

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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

1372	A simple procedure for slow growth maintenance of banana (Musa spp.) embryogenic cell suspension cultures at low temperature
	V. M. Kulkarni and T. R. Ganapathi
1377	Study of quartz grain surface texture by electron microscopy – a tool in evaluating palaeoglacial sediments in Uttarakhand
	Anil K. Mathur, V. P. Mishra and Jaya Singh
1382	A special core liner for sub-sampling of aqueous sediments
	Anil B. Valsangkar
1386	Study of the Salem–Attur shear zone, east of Salem, Tamil Nadu: a new kinematic interpretation
	T. K. Biswal, V. Thirukumaran, Kamleshwar Ratre and K. Sundaralingam
1390	Monitoring bird diversity in Western Ghats of Kerala
	J. Praveen and P. O. Nameer

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BOOK REVIEWS

1396	Excursions in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics by K. P. N. Murthy
	reviewed by E. S. Raja Gopal
1397	The Mysterious Moon & India’s Chandrayaan Mission by Narendra Bhandari
	reviewed by G. Jagadeesh
1398	Introduction to Mechanics by Mahendra K. Verma (ed.)
	reviewed by Namrata Gundiah
1399	Frontiers in Fungal Ecology Diversity and Metabolites by K. R. Sridhar (ed.)
	reviewed by M. C. Srinivasan
1400	Wildlife Biodiversity Conservation by M. Vikram Reddy (ed.)
	reviewed by Bhagyashri A. Shanbhag

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PERSONAL NEWS

1402	Kelkar centenary (1909–1990)
	C. N. R. Rao
1403	N. Kondal Rao (1924–2008)
	K. Balaramamoorthy

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Erratum

1403	Fibroblast growth factor regulates early mesoderm and neural development in chick embryo through its action on brachyury, goosecoid, ERNI and noggin
	Seema Borgave and Surendra Ghaskadbi [Current Science, 2009, 96, 1217–1223]

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HISTORICAL NOTES

1404	The Indian Institute of Science: Reflections on a Century
	P. Balaram

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COVER CAPTION

COVER.  Statue of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. See page 1404.

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