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January 1990. 1
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In
this issue
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1 |
| EDITORIAL |
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Andrei Sakharov
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3-5 |
| The quality
of research in Current Science |
5-6 |
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CORRESPONDENCE
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Peer review -- J. Gowrishankar
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7
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Low-priced reprint volumes
-- G. Venkataraman |
7
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| DST questionnaire
response analysis |
8-10 |
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News
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Grim
reminders
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11 |
| Research News |
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Pulsar throws up problems
-- D. Bhattacharya |
11-12 |
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Opinion
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| Indian
palaeontology under a cloud -- B. P. Radhakrishna |
13 |
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S&T
IN INDIA
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Convergence of medical science
and technology-the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute --
M. S. Valiathan |
14-17 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
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Science and nutrition in
the future -- C. Gopalan |
18-25 |
| REVIEW
ARTICLE |
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Role of bats in the natural
cycle of arboviruses -- G. Geevarghese and Kalyan
Banerjee |
26-31 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
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A novel mechanism for the
decay of neutron star magnetic fields --
G. Srinivasan, D. Bhattacharya, A. G. Muslimov and
A. I. Tsygan |
31-38 |
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Plantlet
regeneration from tissue cultures of Sesbania
grandiflora -- Suman Shankar and H. Y.
Mohan Ram
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39-43 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
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Laplace process -- S. Satheesh
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44 |
| Optical
phase conjugation in an absorbing dye by degenerate
four-wave mixing using a broad-band laser -- K. P. B.
Moosad and V. P. N. Nampoori |
44-45 |
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Palaeoclimatic
implication of size variation in Orbulina universa
in a core from the North
Indian Ocean -- Rajiv Nigam
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46-47 |
| Fossil
flowers from kasauli Formation, near Barog, Himachal
Pradesh -- S. Mehra, V. P. Mishra
and Anil K. Mathur |
47-49 |
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Alligatorine
teeth from the Deccan Intertrappean beds near Rangapur,
Andhra Pradesh, India: further evidence of Laurasiatic
elements -- Rajendra Singh Rana
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49-51 |
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Degradation of a simple lignin model
substrate by microorganisms from different environments
-- N. Vasudevan and A. Mahadevan
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52-54 |
| Ethanol
injection into the suprachiasmatic nuclei disrupts the
day night rhythm in the wistar rat -- V.
Raghunandanan, R. K. Marya, B. K. Maini and R.
Raghunandanan |
54-56 |
| Embryotoxicity
of RU 486 in English albino rabbit, Oryctolagus
cuniculus -- N. Sethi, R. K. Singh
and R. K. Srivastava |
56-57 |
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Effect
of 2-deoxy-D-glucose on HeLa cells -- A. Sharma,
N. Swaroop, I. P. Saxena and R. Sharma
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57-59 |
| Effect
of hypercholesterolaemia on mobility of erythrocyte
membrane proteins -- P. Kanakaraj, S. Meerarani and
Megha Singh |
59-61 |
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Book
Reviews
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| Neurosciences
in India, reviewed by P. N. Tandon |
62-63 |
| Annual
Review of Neuroscience, reviewed by T. Desiraju
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| Annual
Review of Physiology, reviewed by K. N.
Sharma |
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| ACADEMY
NEWS
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Fundamental scientific research
-- P. Balaram |
64 |
| HISTORICAL
NOTES |
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| R. LI.
Jones-C. V. Raman's Physics professor at Presidency
College Madras -- R. K. Kochhar |
65-66 |
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January 1990. 2
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| In this
issue |
67-68 |
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GUEST
EDITORIAL
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| The earth
sciences in Current Science |
69-71 |
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NEWS
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| Raja Ramanna
is minister, SAC-PM awaits decision |
72-73 |
| Meeting
on neural network modelling |
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RESEARCH NEWS
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| Esoteric
physics and delicate experiments -- Dipankar Home |
73-74 |
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OPINION
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| We may
be wrong --Donald Christiansen |
75 |
| India needs
to strengthen quantitative studies of science --
Subbiah Arunachalam |
76-77 |
| S&T
IN INDIA |
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Fostering applied science-the
Cochin University of Science and Technology -- Harsh
K. Gupta |
78-81 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
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| Resettlement
anthropology and the Upper Krishna Project -- Jayendra
Nayak |
82-88 |
| REVIEW
ARTICLE |
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A fractal description of
the vibrational dynamics of proteins: A beautifully
complicated description? -- Debashish Chowdhury
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89-96 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
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Validity
of tests of self-numbers -- R. B. Patel
|
97-98 |
| Frustrated
limit cycle and irregular behaviour in a nonlinear
pendulum -- G. Ambika and V. M. Nandakumaran |
98-100 |
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Decline
of 210Pb fallout on Greenland in the
last century -- V. N. Nijampurkar and H. B. Clausen
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100-102 |
| Raoellid
astragali from the Kalakot zone (Subathu Group):
evidence for assignment to the Artiodactyla -- Asit
Jolly and Ashok Sahni |
102-105 |
Anorthosite dyke from the Pasupugallu
gabbro pluton, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh,
India -- C. Leelanandam and Y. Jyothender Reddy
|
105-107 |
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Effects
of citrinin, a mycotoxin, on behaviour of cockroach
--
S. Chandrashekar, T. S. Suryanarayanan and V. A.
Murthy
|
108-109 |
| Root exudate
of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) as chemoattractant
for Azospirillum -- M. Maheswari and D. Purushothaman |
110-111 |
| Accumulation
of choline and glycinebetaine in salt-stressed wheat
seedlings -- R. Krishnamurthy and K. A. Bhagwat |
111-112 |
| Increased
acetylcholinesterase activity in thermal acclimation
in frog, Rana tingrina -- B. B. Sharma and P.
V. Pradhan |
112-114 |
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BOOK
REVIEWS
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| Annual
Review of earth and Planetary Sciences, reviewed by
B. P. Radhakrishna |
115-116 |
| Deccan
Flood Basalts, reviewed by M. Ramakrishnan
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| Regional
Geophysical Lineaments: Their Tectonic and Economic
Significance, reviewed by A. K. Sinha |
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ACADEMY NEWS
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| INSA elects
new fellows |
117-120 |
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HISTORICAL NOTES
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| Sir Gilbert
Walker-pioneer meteorologist and versatile scientist
--
P. R. Pisharoty |
121-122 |
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February 1990. 3
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| In this
issue |
123 |
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Whither India's medical
legacy? -- M. S. Valiathan |
125-127 |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
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Assaults on Indian creativity
and technology -- G. Venkataraman |
128-129 |
|
DST questionnaire responses
|
129-130 |
| NEWS
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Power generation through
renewable sources of energy |
131-132 |
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
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Recombinant gene therapy
in the treatment of cardiovascular disease --
C. C. Kartha |
132 |
| OPINION |
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| Funding
fundamental research -- Amulya Kumar N. Reddy |
133 |
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GENERAL
ARTICLES
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| The international
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme-A study of global
change -- R. R. Daniel |
134-138 |
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Integrated entomology: Fact
or fiction? -- T. N. Ananthakrishnan |
138-142 |
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REVIEW
ARTICLE
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| Dinuclear
complexes of platinum(II) -- Vimal K. Jain |
143-151 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLES |
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Vulnerability of the Indian
coastal region to damage from sea level rise --
S. R. Shetye, A. D. Gouveia and M. C. Pathak
|
152-156 |
| Dengue
virus-induced suppressor factor has two disulphide-bonded
chains which bear anti-idiotypic and I-A and I-J
determinants -- Aruna Bhargava, U. C.
Chaturvedi, Nisha Srivastava and Asha Mathur |
157-160 |
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
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| Spark discharge
in liquids as spectroscopic source -- K. Gopala
Krishnan |
161 |
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Minettes-a
shoshonitic lamprophyre swarm from Elchuru, Prakasam
district, Andhra Pradesh -- V. Madhavan
|
161-163 |
| First fossil
mouse (Mus, Rodentia) from Indian Siwaliks,
tatrot formation (Saketi, H. P): Implications for
evolutionary history -- Rajeev Patnaik |
163-164 |
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A method for the estimation of the
food consumption by insect parasitoids -- J.
Muthukrishnan and M. Senthamizhselvan
|
164-166 |
| Nutritional
value of the newly isolated Saccharomyces
cerevisiae of palm wine -- V. Uma and H. Polasa |
166-167 |
|
Effect of uniconazol on
transpiration of excised soybean leaves -- K. K. Bora
and Sudha Mathur |
167-168 |
| Amino acid
carbohydrate transformations in adult Setaria
cervi females -- A. K.
Srivastava and S. Ghatak |
168-170 |
|
Erythrocyte
membrane changes in sheep infected with Dictyocaulus
filaria -- T. K. Bhat and R. L. Sharma
|
170-171 |
| Some observation
on goats following administration of Letospira
interrogans serovar hardjo -- S. K.
Srivastava and M. C. Sharma |
171-173 |
|
Insulin
tolerance in the lean and obese hens -- S. P. S.
Gill, S. S. Sikka,
S. P. S. Singha, M. S. Setia and P. J. S. Rattan
|
173-175 |
| BOOK
REVIEWS |
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| Twenty-five
years of Radio Astronomy at the Tata Institute of
fundamental Research,. reviewed by N. V. G.
Sharma |
176-177 |
| Energy
Function Analysis for Power System Stability, reviewed
by K. R. Padiyar |
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ACADEMY
NEWS
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|
Indian Academy of Sciences
elects new Fellows |
178-181 |
| HISTORICAL
NOTES |
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A
contoversy in chronobiology -- M. K. Chandrashekaran
|
182-183 |
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February 1990. 4
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| In this
issue |
185 |
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A
tasteless chemical mix -- V. Krishnan
|
187 |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
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DST
questionnaire responses
|
189-192 |
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
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Molecules of the decade
-- J. Chandrasekhar |
193-194 |
| Does fatty
acyl CoA have a role in cellular transport possibly
through protein modification? -- Amitabha Chaudhuri |
194-195 |
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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| India's
brain drain to the US -- R. R. Gulati |
196-202 |
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Dietary
and nutritional guidelines for food and agricultural
planning --
S. Varadarajan
|
203-208 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLES |
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Biochemical genetic divergence
in three carangids from the Andaman Sea - Maria R.
Menezes |
209-212 |
| Effect
of Japanese encephalitis virus-induced suppressor
cells on Fe-receptor function of mouse macrophages --
Shashi Rawat, Asha Mathur, R. Kulshrestha and U. C.
Chaturvedi |
212-215 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
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A
note on tunable transconductance of a branching molecular
wire -- Varsha Deshpande and N. Kumar
|
216-217 |
| Occurrence
of twinning and parallel growth in zircons of the
Palampur granitoids, northwestern Himalaya -- N.
Chaudhuri |
217-218 |
|
Small shelly fossils of
Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds from the Krol-Tal
succession in the Nainital Syncline, Lesser Himalaya
-- D. K. Bhat and Anil K. Mathur |
218-222 |
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Biostratigraphic significance of
bioeroded gastropod shells from the coastal region
of Pondicherry -- Siddhartha Sengupta and Amitava
Lahiri
|
222-223 |
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Haematocrit
dependence of cellular axial migration and tubular
pinch effects in blood flow through glass capillaries
-- Megha Singh and A. T. V. Ramesh
|
223-226 |
| Methods
to enhance solid mutation frequency in colocasia --
K. Vasudevan and J. S. Jos |
226-227 |
| Serological
relationship of rice tungro spherical virus and
bacilliform virus components associated with rice
tungro disease -- M. D. Mishra, F. R. Niazi and R. K.
Jain |
228-229 |
| Purification
of b-trypsin
by SP-Sephadex column chromatography -- Y. S.
Rajput and M. N. Gupta |
229-230 |
| In vitro
packaging system for bacteriophage F0 DNA --
Mukesh Verma |
230-232 |
| BOOK
REVIEWS |
|
| Andaman,
Nicobar and Lakshdweep: An Environmental Impact
Assessment, reviewed by S. B. Chaphekar g C. V. Raman-A Memoir,
reviewed by
C. V. Sundaram |
233-235 |
| Bookshelf |
235-236 |
| PERSONAL
NEWS |
|
| Benjamin
Peary Pal-An obituary by M. S. Swaminathan |
237-238 |
|
March 1990. 5
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| In this
issue |
239 |
| EDITORIAL |
|
| Winds of
change |
241 |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| The C-DoT
contoversy |
242 |
| NEWS |
|
| Brain drain
and information packaging-lessons from the British
experience Panjab University defends itself in
Gupta affair |
243-244 |
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
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| God has
still not shown His hand -- Partha Ghose |
245 |
| S&T IN INDIA |
|
| Exploring
the seas-the National Institute of oceanography's
venture V. Kesava das and B. N. Desai |
246-252 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
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| Means,
method and implications of the search for intelligent
life beyond our planet -- Philip Morrison |
253-260 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLES |
|
| Role of
RNA cofactor of PhrA photolyase from E.
coli in its binding with UV-irradiated DNA --
Naresh C. Verma, Vidyasagar S. Hejmadi and
Madhusoodhan V. Hosur |
261-264 |
| Genetic
variation in some wild populations of Drosphila
busckii -- Ravi Prakash, Joutsna and J. P. Yadav |
264-268 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| Gasket-compression
mechanism of pressure-pulse generation by low-velocity
projectile impact on the opposed anvil set-up -- A. K.
Singh |
268-270 |
| Consequences
of predicted sea level rise for the Lakshadweep
islands -- M. C. Pathak
and K. L. Kotnala |
270-272 |
| A note
on the uraniferous Breccia along Kui-Chitraseni
fault zone, districts Banaskantha (Gujarat) and Sirohi
(Rajasthan) -- A. K. Bhat, P. K. Shrivastava and T. N.
Parthasarathy |
272 |
| A comparitive
study of carbonates from Ongeian and sawaian stages
of the Little Andaman Island -- L. N. Sharma |
273-274 |
| Conoid
shells (?Tentaculites sp.) from the Lipak
Formation, Yulang Valley, Kinnaur Himalaya -- U. K.
Bassi |
274-275 |
| Abundance
of Jurassic bivalves during marine transgressive-regressive
cyclic events -- K. M. Krishna and O. P. Upadhyay |
275-276 |
Electromagnetic field-induced
in vitro pollen germination and
tube groeth -- M. P. Alexander and S. Ganeshan
|
276-277 |
| A method
for the rapid isolation of hypocotyl protoplasts
of Eruca sativa -- Amla Batra and Mukta Dhingra |
277-279 |
| Metabolic
fate of [8-14C]hypoxanthine in nodules and
root tissue of soybean plants -- H. Ashihara |
279-280 |
| Major Entamoeba
histolytica (200 : NIH) immunogen -- A. H. Khan,
Sanjai Kymar, P. Kumar, M. K. Sahib and S. R. Das |
280-283 |
| BOOK
REVIEWS |
|
| Truth and
beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science, reviewed
by N. Mukunda g
Electricity and Magnetism, reviewed by S.
Rai Choudhury g Statistical Physics, reviewed
by Sriram Ramaswamy g Horizons of Physics, reviewed
by N. G. Puttaswamy |
284-288 |
| PERSONAL
NEWS |
|
| Charles
Solomon Pichamuthu-a tribute g
C. V. Sundaram g Foreign academies honour Indian
scientists |
289-292 |
|
March 1990. 6
|
|
| In this
issue |
293 |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Science
in Indian Journals --Dipankar Chatterji, K. Sadasivam
Pillai and S. Bala Ravi g
Science in India -- Narendra Nath |
295-296 |
| NEWS |
|
| In search
of quantum reality -- Dipankar Home |
297 |
| High-tech
firms take to subtle quantum effects -- Partha Ghose |
298 |
| Upstart
pulsar a non-starter |
298-299 |
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
|
| Interfaces:
structure and properties -- K. A. Padmanabhan |
299-301 |
| Plant breeding
and molecular biology: whither shall the twain
meet? --
J. Gowrishankar |
301-302 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
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| Jawaharlal
Nehru and agriculture in independent India -- M. S.
Swaminathan |
303-307 |
| REVIEW
ARTICLE |
|
| Biochemistry
and molecular biology of competence of plant cell
differentiation and regeneration in vitro-a
review -- Urmil Sethi and Sipra Guha-Mukherjee |
308-311 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| K-theory
of singular varieties - V. Srinivas |
312-314 |
| Magnetic
properties of manganese ores of Vizianagaram district
of Andhra Pradesh -- A. Lakshmipati Raju and U.
Kedareswarudu |
314-315 |
| A note
on the spectroscopic studies of marine shell, Mytilus
sp. -- I. Surya Kumar, K. Sreenivas, K. R. Reddy,
B. J. Reddy and K. Ramesh |
316-317 |
| Record
of Echinoid genus Ditremaster from Middle
Eocene rocks of Kutch, India --D. K. Srivastava and S.
Srivastava |
317-318 |
| Marine
Permian fossils from foothills of Bhutan Himalaya --
Ashutosh Joshi |
318-321 |
| Electrophoretic
variation in laboratory strains of two sibling Drosphila
species -- Ravi Parkash and Jyoutsna |
321-323 |
| Solubility
differences in sporopollenin of pollen and pollinial
walls -- P. Sreedevi, Geetha S. Pillai and A. N.
Namboodiri |
324-325 |
| High yielding
preparation of viable protoplasts from hypocotyls
of Sesamum indicum L. -- Mukta Dhingra and
Amla Batra |
325-326 |
| Isolation
and characterization of an aflatoxin-inhibiting
metabolite from
A. niger -- T. Shantha
and E. R. Rati |
326-327 |
| Difluromethylornithine
sensitivty of ornithine decarboxylase from Acanthamoeba
culbertsoni and Giardia lamblia -- P.
Kishore, N. Gupta,
A. K. Agarwal and O. P. Shukla |
327-329 |
|
BOOK REVIEWS
|
|
| What Mad
Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery, reviewed
by Vidyanand Nanjundiah g Recent Advances in condensed Materials,
reviewed by S. Ranganathan |
330-332 |
| HISTORICAL
NOTES |
|
| Archdeacon
Pratt and Theory of isostasy -- B. P. Radhakrishna |
333 |
|
April 1990. 7
|
|
| In this
issue |
339 |
| EDITORIAL |
|
| Bamboo
flowers in Indian labs, but who will reap the benefits |
341 |
| NEWS |
|
| Eurodiabeta:
Information technology in health care -- S.
Arunachalam |
342 |
| Entomology
research in India: Thrust areas for the future --
T. N. Ananthakrishnan |
342-343 |
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
|
| 2D IR:
A new dimension to infrared spectroscopy -- Soumyadeb
Ghosh |
344 |
| The lac
repressor and a feeling of déjà vu -- P.
Balaram |
345 |
| OPINION |
|
| The bamboo
breakthrough, and the import of India's publication
export -- V. Sidddhartha
and Others |
346-350 |
| S&T IN INDIA |
|
| Perspectives
on R & D in environmental science and technology
in India -- P. Khanna and Nirmala
Saraswat |
351-356 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Food, physical
growth and work output -- P. V. Sukhatme and
W. E. Edmundson |
357-362 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| Sonic velocity
measurements in gas-liquid mixture with low void
fractions -- V. H. Arakeri and B. G.
Nair |
363-367 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| Some characteristics
of point discharge current during two pre-monsoon
season thunderstorms at Pune -- G. K. Manohar, S.
S. Kandalgoankar and S. M. Sholapurkar |
367-370 |
| Study of
rapid reactions by the steady state principle:
kinetics of the reaction between vitamin C and Iodine
in aqueous solution -- T. S. Rao, M. M. Murhe,
R. B. Dabke and T. Harikrishna |
370-372 |
| Forms and
distribution of potassium element in salt-affected
aridisol --
P. K. Laghate, S. C. Gupta and D. D. Dubey |
372-374 |
| The haplodiploidy
threshold and social evolution -- Raghavendra Gadagkar |
374-376 |
| Effect
of dietary citrate in reducing housefly resistance to
insecticides -- S.
B. Hasan, P. G. Deo and S. K. Majumder |
376-377 |
| C3-like
carbon isotope discrimination in C3-C4
intermediate Alternanthera and Parthenium
species -- G. Rajendrudu
and V. S. Rama Das |
377-379 |
| Crystal
structure of putrescine aspartic acid complex -- S.
Ramaswamy and M. R. N. Murthy |
379-382 |
| A simple
method for derivatization of a complex organic compound
for biological purposes -- A. Bhattacharyya |
382-386 |
| A bacteriophage
lytic enzyme gene as a marker for gene transfer
and expression -- M. V. Gopalakrishnan and J. D.
Padayatty |
386-387 |
|
April 1990. 8
|
|
| In this
issue |
389 |
| Modelling
a meteorological muddle -- S. Ramaseshan |
391-393 |
| SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Forecasting
the Indian monsoon -- C. K. Gopinathan and J. S.
Sastry; reply by V. Gowariker and V. Thapliyal |
394-396 |
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
|
| Global
warming-satellite data should make advocates cool
their heels -- Anna Mani |
397-398 |
| Solvophobic
effects drive self-assembly and neutral molecule
recognition in organic media g Cram's
cavitands, Limaye and Rasayanam -- P. Balaram |
398-400 |
| S&T IN INDIA |
|
| Research
and development activities in aircraft gas turbine at
the gas Gas Turbine Research Establishment -- Arun
Prasad |
401-404 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Can practicing
physicians contribute to epidemiologic studies?
--
A. S. Nanivadekar |
405-408 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLES |
|
| Role of
relative durations of presence/absence of mother
mouse
(Mus booduga) in circadian rhythm
of pups -- N. Viswanathan |
409-411 |
| Nature
of UV resistance in the cyanobacterium Nostoc
linckia -- Dhruv Kumar and H. D. Kumar |
412-414 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| Magnetic
propertis in granulites of South India: implications
for crustal magnetization -- C. Ramachandran |
414-417 |
| Multifaceted
manifestations of potassic magmatism across the
Cuddapah basin in Andhra Pradesh -- V. Madhavan |
418-419 |
| Morphology
and dielectric properties of fish scales -- K. B. R.
Varma |
420-422 |
| Occurrence
of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza in Casuarina
equisetifolia L. -- O. P. Sidhu, H. M. Behl, M. L.
Gupta and K. K. Janardhanan |
422-423 |
| Anatomical
observations of roots of finger millet colonized by VA
mycorrhiza -- D. Dyala Doss and D. J. Bagyaraj |
423-424 |
| External
adsorption of Azospirillum lipoferum strain D-2
to plant roots and in effect on plant growth -- Babita
Saxena, Anjana Desai and V. V. Modi |
424-427 |
| Biochemical
changes in germinating triticale in response to pretreatment
with pyridoxine -- I. Harque and A.
Ahmad |
427-430 |
| Auxin-phenol-induced
rooting in a mangrove, Rhizophora apiculata Blume
-- K. Kathiresan, G. A. Ravishankar and L. V.
Venkataraman |
430-432 |
| Climitidine-induced
histopathological changes in testes of albino mice --
S. Biswas, M. L. Sareen and Amanjit Gill |
432-435 |
| Serum ferritin
and cholesterol levels in B and EB thalassaemia
-- P. K. Roy Paladhi, M. De, P. Lahiri, D. Bannerjee,
S. Chandra and D. K. Bhattacharya |
435-436 |
| BOOK
REVIEW |
|
| Annual
Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular
Biology, reviewed by M. M. Johri |
437 |
|
May 1990. 9
|
|
| In this
issue |
439 |
|
Inaction on a Himalayan scandal --
B. P. Radhakrishna
|
441 |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| The quality
of research in Current Science -- S. Mahadevan,
H. Manohar g
Indian
editions of foreign S&T periodicals -- T. Viswanathan
g Historical notes
-- R. K. Kochhar |
442-443 |
| NEWS |
|
| NASA's
eye in the sky promises exciting discoveries -- Udaya
Shankar |
444 |
| The Indian
space research scenario |
445 |
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
|
| Nepotistic
bee-eaters -- Raghavendra Gadagkar and Arun B.
Venkataraman |
445-446 |
| S&T
IN INDIA |
|
| Food science
and technology at the Defence Food Research Laboratory
-- K. S. Jayaraman
and R. Sankaran
|
447-451 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Organic
compounds and materials science -- Goutam R. Desiraju |
452-455 |
| REVIEW
ARTICLE |
|
| Monte Carlo
simulation of random magnets -- Debashish Chowdhury |
456-459 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| Late Miocene
rhizomyid rodent-bearing faunule from the Siwalik
of Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India -- B. N. Tiwari |
460-463 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| Insensitivity
of remote sensing to water-logging in low-capillarity
soils -- K. P. Singh |
464-465 |
| Gypsum
from sub-bottom sediments of Kabadevi Bay, off
Ratnagiri, India -- P. V. Sukumaran |
465-466 |
| Pollen
tube growth and site of incompatibility reaction in
niger (Guizotia abyssinica Cass.) -- Vandana
Prasad |
466-468 |
| Requirement
of protein synthesis during ripening of abscisic
acid-treated mangoes -- H. R. Parikh and V. V. Modi |
468-470 |
| Occurrence
of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in some Cymbopogon
species of north-east India -- M. (Phukan)
Barthakur and D. N. Bordoloi |
470-471 |
| Phenols
and lipids in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal roots of
Sesamum indicum -- T. Selvaraj and G.
Subramanian |
471-473 |
| Identification
of chromosome segments and structural heteromorphism
in Cocculus villosus DC. -- D.
Chattopadhyay and A. K. Sharma |
474-475 |
| Influence
of light on diosgenin and sterol production in Dioscorea
deltoidea callus -- G. A. Ravishankar and S.
Grewal |
476-477 |
| Cardol:
The antifilarial principle from Anacardium
occidentale -- M. Suresh and R. Kaleysa Raj |
477-479 |
| polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons in South Indian diet -- S.
Narender Sivaswamy, B. Balachandran and V. M.
Sivaramakrishnan |
480-481 |
| BOOK
REVIEW |
|
| Annual
Review of Microbiology, reviewed by T. Ramakrishnan |
482 |
| HISTORICAL
NOTES |
|
| Glimpses
of ancient Indian medicine - Part I -- M. S. Valiathan |
483-487 |
|
May 1990. 10
|
|
| In this
issue |
489 |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
Peer review -- Rajendra K. Bera;
K. A. V. Pandalai
|
491-492 |
| SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Virus structure
determination -- M. R. N. Murthy |
493 |
| S&T
IN INDIA |
|
| Understanding
mountain-building to earthquake prediction-the Wadia
Institute of Himalayan Geology -- Vikram C. Thakur |
494-497 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Factors
in the prevalence of cataract in India-Analysis of the
recent Indo-US study of age-related cataracts -- D.
Balasubramanian, K. Seetharam Bhat and Gullapalli N.
Rao |
498-505 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLES |
|
| Propagating
electroconvection in nematic liquid crystals under DC
excitation -- V. A. Raghunathan, P. R. Maheswara
Murthy and N. V. Madhusudana |
506-509 |
| Axenic
culture of a vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus
--
K. K. Janardhanan, M. L. Gupta and Akthar Hussain |
509-513 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| New method
for benzoloxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons --
M. Hogale |
514-515 |
| Palynological
dating of a coal seam in Ayyanapalem area, Khammam
District, Andhra Pradesh, India -- M. Rama Rao, G.
Lakshminarayana and C.
G. K. Ramanujam |
515-517 |
| Anticancer
drugs part III: New spin labelled derivatives of
podophyllotoxin -- Yaozu Chen, Yanguang Wang, Xuan
Tian and Jinxin Li |
517-518 |
| Effect
of water stress on germination and seedlings growth of
three vegetable pea (Pisum sativum L.)
varieties -- A. Kumar, S. Prakash and M. C. Nautiyal |
519-520 |
| A new hybrid
between Aegilops and Secale -- J.
S. Bijral, Bikram Singh, K. S. Kanwal, B. B. Gupta and
T. R. Sharma |
520-521 |
| Some biochemical
changes in the shoots of pearl millet infected by
downy mildew --G. R. Kumhar, R. Ganesh and V. N.
Pathak |
521-522 |
| Natural
selection in varietal mixtures of greengram (Vigna
radiata (L.) Wilczek) -- A. K. Chhabra and V. P.
Singh |
522-525 |
| Significance
of digitate appendage of Hexamermis sp. --K.
Subbiah |
526 |
| Effects
of methyl isocyanate on renal function -- S. Sundarmoorthy,
K. Prabhakaran and A. Namasivayam |
526-527 |
| High-performance
liquid chromatographic estimation of carbamylated
amino acids -- V. K. Sharma, G. J. Rao, R. K. Jadhav,
Heeresh Chandra and S. Sriramachari |
528-529 |
| BOOK
REVIEW |
|
| Selected
papers of S. Chandrasekhar, Volume 1 and 2, reviewed
by William McCrea |
530 |
| HISTORICAL
NOTES |
|
| Glimpses
of ancient Indian medicine-Part II -- M. S. Valiathan |
531-533 |
|
June 1990.11
|
|
| In this
issue |
539 |
| SPECIAL
REPORT |
|
| Science
and public accountability -- G. Venkataraman |
541-544 |
| India's
S&T budget |
544-546 |
| Auditing
science-the Indian situation |
546-549 |
| policy,
Procedures and performance |
550-551 |
|
How science should be audited --
Pushpa M. Bhargava
|
551-554 |
| SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Platelet
aggregation -- M. Jamaluddin |
555 |
| Gala1®3Gal-specific
antibodies -- P. S. Appukuttan |
555-556 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| A rural
energy system based on energy forest and wood gasifier
--
N. H. Ravindranath, H. L. Dattiprasad and H. I.
Somashekar |
557-560 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| Misaligned
radio quasars -- V. K. Kapahi |
561-564 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| High-altitude
Venus ionosphere -- R. N. Singh and Hari Om Upadhyay |
565-568 |
| Differential
pulse polarographic study of metal ion-tetracycline
binding characteristics -- Sunil Sabharwal |
568-570 |
| Cretaceous/Tertiary
boundary, iridium anomaly and foraminifer breaks in
the Um Sohryngkew river section, Meghalaya -- Jagadish
Pandey |
570-575 |
| Gamma irradiation
and ethyl methanesulphonate-induced changes in
cotton seed oil content -- M. G. Bhat and R. G.
Dani |
575-576 |
| Influence
of associative rhizobia on yield of chickpea and
soybean -- S.
K. Kavimandan and Deepali Bajaj |
576-577 |
| Cytoplasmic
polyhedrosis virus infecting redpalm weevil of coconut
--
P. B. Gopinandhan, N. Mohandas and K. P. Vasudevan
Nair |
577-580 |
| Book
Reviews |
|
| Observatios
on Medico-Botany of Andaman-Nicobar Islands, reviewed
by R. Raghavendra Rao g
Environmental Analysis: Water Soil
and Air, reviewed by T. Ramakrishnan |
580 |
|
Supplement to Current Science
|
|
| CHALLENGING
AREAS IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES |
|
| I. PREAMBLE |
1-2 |
| II. PROGRAMMES
IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS |
|
|
II. 1 State of the art |
3 |
|
II. 2 Challenging areas |
4-6 |
|
II. 3 Recommendations |
6-7 |
| III. PROGRAMMES
IN LASERS AND OPTICS |
|
|
III. 1 State of art |
8-17 |
|
III. 2 Challenging areas |
17-20 |
|
III. 3 Recommendations |
20-21 |
| IV. PROGRAMMES
IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS |
|
|
IV. 1 State of art |
22-26 |
|
IV. 2 Challenging areas |
26-30 |
|
IV. 3 Recommendations |
30-32 |
|
V. PROGRAMMES IN HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS,
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, PLASMA PHYSICS AND NONLINEAR
PHENOMENA
|
|
|
|
33-38 |
|
V. 2 Challenging areas |
38 |
|
V. 3 Recommendations |
38-40 |
| VI. GENERAL
RECOMMENDATIONS |
|
|
VI. 1 Human resource development |
41 |
|
VI. 2 National facilities |
41 |
|
VI. 3 General suggestions and observations |
41-42 |
| VII. DST
PROGRAMME FOR SUPPORTING CHALLENGING AREAS |
43 |
| VIII. GUIDELINES
FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS |
45 |
|
June 1990. 12
|
|
| In this
issue |
581 |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Bamboo
benefits -- C. R. Bhatia; K. Nagarajan |
583 |
| NEWS |
|
| Journal
cost survey sparks row -- A. Ratnakar |
584 |
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
|
| Fuzzy features
promise to clear up quasicrystal structure --
N. K. Mukhopadhay |
584-585 |
| Electronic
device screens chemicals for biological activity --
Tara Ramaseshan |
585-586 |
| OPINION |
|
| Emerging
dilemmas in the management of science and technology --
Rajendra K. Bera |
587-588 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Diophantine
equations -- V. Srinivas |
589-594 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| A new algorithm
for learning representations in Boolean neural
networks -- N. N. Biswas and R. Kumar |
595-598 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| On the
anomalous weight reduction in rotating gyroscopes
-- C. S. Unnikrishnan |
|
| Relationship
between infant size and carrying of infants by
hipposiderid mother bats -- T. R. Radhamani, G.
Marimuthu and M. K. Chandrashekaran |
|
| Studies
on interrelationship between different anaerobic
bacteria in biogas digester -- S. V. Kulkarni and S.
H. Godbole |
603-605 |
| The ortho
cleavage of catechol by Azotobacter
chroococcum -- S. Balajee and A. Mahadevan |
605 |
| Autosomal
chromosomes carrying sex genes in Momordica dioica ROXb.
-- U. C. Jha |
606-607 |
| Genotype-dependent
response to Azospirillum treatement in yield and nitrogenase
activity in Brassica juncea L. -- P. S.
Kesava Rao,
V. Arunachalam and K. V. B. R. Tilak |
607-609 |
| A novel
agar-based food attractant for uzi fly (Exorista
sorbillans) --
S. Singhamony, I. Anees, T. S. Chandrakala
and Kaiser Jamil |
609-610 |
| Baculoviruses
from two lepidopterans: Eupterote cardamomi and
Agrotis ipsilon -- R. J. Rabindra, S. Jayaraj, S.
Parameswaran, K. Natarajan and A. M. Huger |
610-612 |
| Successful
transmission of Leismania donovani in Indian
langurs (Presbytis entellus) -- Anuradha, R.
Pal, P. Y. Guru, J. C. Katiyar and N. Sethi |
612-615 |
| Effect
of heat shock on the different phases of the mitotic
cycle in Physarum polycephalum -- P. R. Manish
Kumar and Vimala R. Nair |
615-616 |
| Comparitive
morphogenetic potential of haploid and diploid callus
cultures of Brassica juncea L. -- R. K. Goel,
R. K. Jain and J. B. Chowdhury |
616-618 |
| BOOK REVIEW |
|
| Dynamic
Programming In Behavioral Ecology, reviewed by A.
P. Gore |
619
|
|
Supplement to Current Science
|
|
| Astronomy PROFILE
FOR THE NINETIES - THE INDIAN SCENARIO |
|
| 1.
PREAMBLE |
1 |
| 2.
ASTRONOMY IN PERSPECTIVE |
|
|
2.1 Astronomy today - the global scene |
3 |
|
2.2 Astronomy and astrophysics in India |
3 |
|
2.3 Future approach for pursuit of astronomy in
India |
4 |
| 3.
PROPOSALS AND COMMENTS |
|
|
3.1 The proposals |
5 |
|
3.2 justifications/comments on the proposals |
|
|
3.2.1 The Vainu Bappu Telescope |
5 |
|
3.2.2 The Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope |
5 |
|
3.2.3 Astronomy in the universities |
6 |
|
3.2.4 Large Optical Telescope |
7 |
|
3.2.5 Solar Vacuum Telescope |
7-8 |
|
3.2.6 One-metre class telescope facility |
8 |
|
3.2.7 Instrumentation centres |
8-9 |
|
3.2.8 Astronomical data centre |
9 |
|
3.2.9 Special areas of astronomy, special techniques |
|
|
3.2.9.1 TeV gamma-ray astronomy |
9 |
|
3.2.9.2 Optical/IR aperture synthesis |
9 |
|
3.2.9.3 Segmented mirrors |
9 |
|
3.2.9.4 Instrumentation for pulsar research |
9 |
|
3.2.9.5 Gravity-wave detector |
9 |
|
3.2.9.6 The French Schmidt Telescope |
9-10 |
|
3.2.10 Upgradation of existing facilities |
10 |
|
3.2.11 The Positional Astronomy Centre |
10 |
| 4.
RECOMMENDATIONS |
|
|
4.1 Manpower development |
11 |
|
4.2 National facilities |
11 |
|
4.3 Existing facilities |
11 |
|
4.3.1 The Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope Project |
11 |
|
4.3.2 The Vainu Bappu Telescope |
11-12 |
|
4.3.3 The 48-inch Rangapur Optical Telescope |
12 |
|
4.3.4 The one-metre class optical and IR telescopes |
12 |
|
4.3.5 Existing radio telescopes |
12 |
|
4.4 New facilities - National Large Optical Telescope |
12 |
|
4.5 Solar astronomy - National Solar Vacuum Telescope |
12-13 |
|
4.6 Instrumentation facilities |
13 |
|
4.6.1 IUCAA Instrumentation Centre |
13 |
|
4.6.2 Instrumentation Center at IIA |
13 |
|
4.6.3 The Saha Observatory |
13 |
|
4.6.4 Technical developments for large mirrors |
13 |
|
4.7 Astronomy data centre |
14 |
|
4.8 Schmidt Telescope |
14 |
|
4.9 Positional Astronomy centre |
14 |
|
4.10 General recommendations |
14 |
|
4.11 Summary of recommended outlay for astronomy
programmes during Eighth Five-Year Plan |
15 |
| 5.
ANNEXURE: List of participants |
16-18 |
|
July 1990. 13 & 14
|
|
| This issue |
623
|
| Editors
Note |
625
|
| Sambhu
Nath De -- P. Balaram |
627
|
| S. N. De
- Regicide of Reigning Dogma -- Joshua Lederberg |
628-629
|
| Life and
Work of S. N. De -- A. Sen and J. K. Sarkar |
630-636
|
| S. N. De
- An Appreciation - John Craig |
637
|
| Reprint
of "An Experimental study of the Mechanisms of
Action of Vibrio cholerae on the Intestinal
Mucous Membrane" from the Journal of Pathol.
Bacxteriol. Vol. LXVI, 559-562 (1953) -- S. N. De
and D. N. Chatterjee |
638-640
|
| Reprint
of "Enterotoxicity of Bacteria-free Culture Filtrate
of Vibrio cholerae" from Nature 183, 1533-1534
(1959) -- S. N. De |
641-642
|
| Reprint
of "Mapping of Cholera Research in India and the
Impact of Sambhu Nath De" from Current Contents
(14): 3-11, 7 April 1986 -- Eugene
Garfield |
643-649
|
| Reprint
of "The Berlin Cholera Conferences of 1884 and
1885" --W. E. Van Heyningen |
650-652
|
| Cholera
Toxin - From Discovery to Molecular Mechanism -- Simon
Van Heyningen |
653-655
|
| Quo
Vadis: Thirty Years After the Discovery of Cholera
Enterotoxin in India -- R. A. Finkelstein |
656-664
|
| From Cholera
Toxin to Subunit Vaccines -- Jan Holmgren |
665-669
|
| Towards
the Molecular Structure of Cholera Toxin |
670
|
| Cholera
Research in India - An Overview -- Jyotirmoy Das |
671-676
|
| Some Aspects
of Cholera Research -- S. N. Chatterjee |
677-687
|
| S. N. De
- Memorabila |
688-696
|
| Historical
Note: Robert Koch, Calcutta and the Comma Bacillus -
P. Balaram |
697-699
|
| The Role
of International Bodies on the Current Status of
Cholera and Diarrhoel Diseases in the World -- Jon E.
Rohde |
700-701
|
| Epidemiology
of Cholera in India and Its Treatment and Control --
B. C. Deb, S. K. Bhattacharya and S. C. Pal |
702-707
|
| Book Review
- "Diarrhoea in rural India: A Nationwide Study
of Mothers and Practitioners by Hema Viswanathan
and Jon Eliot Rohde -- S. Arunachalam |
708-709
|
| Social
Marketing and Diarrhoel Diseases -- Hema Viswanathan |
710-713
|
| Excerpt
from "Cholera: The American Scientific Experience,
1947-1980" -- W. E. Van Heyningen
and J. R. Seal |
714
|
|
August 1990. 15
|
|
| In this
issue |
717
|
| EDITORIAL |
|
| A serious
fallout |
719-720
|
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| A mild
joust -- A. F. Mascarenhas; I. V. Ramanuja Rao and
I. Usha Rao |
721
|
| Greenhouse
effect -- R. Ananthakrishnan |
721
|
| NEWS |
|
| Radiation
safety-British study throws spanner in the works |
721-722
|
| Measuring
radiation doses |
722
|
| Dental
identification disks -- A. Parameswaran |
722
|
| COMMENTARY |
|
| Protein
folding revisited -- M. Yahiya Khan |
723-724
|
| General Articles |
|
| From alkali
flames to automobile combustion-An illustration
of the essential role of fundamental scientific
research -- N. Sathyamurthy |
725-727
|
| Protein
crystallography and protein engineering -- E.
Subramanian |
728-732
|
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| An analysis
of cancer mortality among atomic energy employees
in Bombay and Tarapur -- K. S. V. Nambi, Y. S. Mayya
and S. D. Soman |
733-736
|
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| The background
levels of atmospheric ions -- P. V. Joshi |
737-738
|
| Similarities
in the seasonal variability of obliquely incident
low-frequency radiowave amplitude and mesospheric ozone
at low latitudes -- T. Arunamani, T. S. N. Somayaji,
D. N. M. Rao and K. V. V. Ramana |
738-740
|
| On bed-slope
vs wavelength and height of aeolian ripples and
coefficient of friction in aeolian sands -- Asokkumar
Bhattacharya |
740-741
|
| Nitrogen
fixing (acetylene reduction) capacity of the non-heterocystous
filamentous blue-green alga Oscillatoria sp.
UCSB-8 grown under photoheterotrophic conditions --
M. A. Hashem, J. R. Gallon and A. E Chaplin |
741-744
|
| Fluff transmission
of Xanthomonas albilieans-the incitant of
leaf scald disease of sugarcane -- S. K. Dattamajumder |
744-745
|
| Leaf stripping-A
new method to control banded leaf and sheath blight
of maize -- R. C. Sharma and D. Hembram |
745-746
|
| Production
of sandalwood somatic embryos in bioreactors -- V. A.
Bapat, D. P. fulzele , M. R. Heble and P.S. Rao |
746-748
|
| Effect
of mibolerone on sex-reversal in Oreochromis
mossambicus -- M. C. Nandeesha, G. K. Srikanth, N.
Basavaraja, T. J. Varghese, P. Keshavanath, H. P. C.
Shetty and S. K. Das |
748-750
|
| Pattern
of RNA synthesis during the actinomycin-insensitive,
post irradiation mitotic cycle in synchronously
mitotic plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum -- W.
P. S. Indirabai, P. A. Valsala Kumari and Vimala R.
Nair |
750-752
|
| High-voltage
borate electrophoresis of oligosaccharide isomers --
N. Y. Giri |
752-754
|
| SOCIETY
AND PERSONAL NEWS |
|
| Greatness
like an invisible cloak -- An obituary of S. D.
Garrett by C. V. Subramanian |
755-756
|
| Enzymes
for life -- An obituary of A. N . Radhakrishnan by
D. Chatterji |
757
|
| First Annual
General Meeting of the Materials Research Society
of India |
757-760
|
|
August 1990. 16
|
|
| In this
issue |
763
|
| SPECIAL
REPORT |
|
| The instrumentation
imperative -- E. S. Raja Gopal |
765-768
|
| The instumentation
imbroglio - Some suggestions for a solution
--
G. Venkataraman |
768-771
|
| Book review:
Physics Instrumentation in India reviewed by
A. K. Raychoudhuri |
771-772
|
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Poor science,
poor journals -- R. K. Kochhar, S. C. Lokhotia,
G. Subramanian and A. Mahadevan |
773-774
|
| NEWS |
|
| NCL develops
safe route to carbamate pesticides -- S. Rajappa |
775
|
| Physics
taught with a difference |
775-776
|
| RU 486
and the abortion debate |
776-777
|
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
|
| Protein
disulphides: More than just bonds -- Uptal Tatu |
777-778
|
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Fluid-flow
studies in water tunnels -- V. H. Arakeri |
779-784
|
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| The Kandra
volcanics in Andhra Pradesh: Possible ophiolite?
-- C. Leelanandam |
785-788
|
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| Heating-induced
enhancement of ultrafine ferrimagnetic grains in soil
-- P.
Sharma, S. K. Gupta and Navin Juyal |
789-790
|
| Estimation
of cyclone heat potential over Bay of Bengal using
satellite and ship data -- K. A. Dhoulath, M. M. Ali,
P. S. Desai and P. G. Kurup |
790-793
|
| Long-term
wave statistics off Goa -- G. Muraleedharan, N.
Unnikrishnan Nair and P. G. Kurup |
793-795
|
| Occurrence
of a brisingid (phylum Echinodermata) in the Central
Indian Ocean Basin -- Aradhana S. Rao and Rahul Sharma |
795-797
|
| Effect
of culture filtrate on growth of Spirulina platensis
-- Tanseem Fatma |
797-798
|
| Effect
of fern extracts on and germination of fungi --
Yasmeen and S. K. Saxena |
798-799
|
| Reduced
volatile aldehyde production in wheat by seed
invigoration treatments -- Kalpana Sur and R. N. Basu |
799-800
|
| Ascorbic
acid 2-sulphate, storage form of ascorbic acid in rats
-- G. Radhakrishna Pillai, M. Indira and P. L.
Vijayammal |
800-804
|
| Inhibition
of thermotolerance by phenothiazines in Escherichia
coli B/r -- M.
A. Shenoy and B. B. Singh |
804-805
|
| BOOK
REVIEWS |
|
| Statistics
and Truth: Putting Chance to Work, reviewed by Srinivas
Bhogle g Annual Review of Astronomy
and Astrophysics 1989, reviewed by
R. K. Kochhar |
806-807
|
| PERSONAL
NEWS |
|
| GSA honours
Indian geologist g
Modi award for Prof. Narasimha
g Rare Honour for Prof.
C. N. R. Rao |
808
|
|
September 1990. 17 & 18
|
|
| This issue |
809-810
|
| G. N. Ramachandran
and beginnings of structural molecular biology
in India |
811-812
|
| Stereochemistry
of polypeptide chain configurations -- G, N,
Ramachandran, C. Ramakrishnan and V. Sasisekharan [Reprinted
from Journal of Molecular Biology, 1963, vol.
7, pp. 95-99] |
813-818
|
| Proteins:
The hard sphere, Structure and energetics -- Raghavan
Varadarajan, Fredric M. Richards and Patrick R.
Connelly |
819-824
|
| The Ramachandran
plot and the NMR method for protein structure determination
-- Kurt Wüthrich |
825-832
|
| Some uses
of the Ramachandran (f,y)
diagram in the structural analysis of lysozymes --
L. H. Weaver, D. E. tronrud, H. Nicholson and B. W.
Matthews |
833-838
|
| The prediction
of the secondary structure of proteins: Fact or
fiction -- Gerald D. Fasman |
839-846
|
| The Ramachandran-Kartha
triple-helical structure of collagen |
847-850
|
| Glycyl
residues in proteins and peptides: An analysis -- C.
Ramakrishnan and N. Srinivasan |
851-862
|
| Self-similarity
and the assembly of collagen molecules -- V.
Sasisekharan and M. Bansal |
863-866
|
| Applications
of environment specific amino acid substitution tables
to identification of key residues in protein tertiary
structure -- John Overington, Mark Johnson, Chris
Topham, Alasdair McLeod, Andrej Sali, zhan-yang
zhu,
Lynn Sibanda and Tom Blundell |
867-874
|
| Helix construction
using a-aminoisobutyryl
residues in a modular approach to synthetic protein
design. Conformational properties of an apolar
decapeptide in two different crystal forms and
in solution -- Isabella L. Karle, J. L. Flippen-Anderson,
K. Uma and P. Balaram |
875-885
|
| BOOK
REVIEW |
|
| Protein
Folding: Deciphering the second Half of the Genetic
Code, reviewed by Darshan Ranganathan and
Subramania Ranganathan |
886-889
|
|
October 1990. 19
|
|
| In this
issue |
891-892
|
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| The S.
N. de special issue -- A. Sen: Simon Van Heyningen;
B. K. Bachhawat; A. S. Paintal; J. K. Sarkar; Richard
A. Flinkelstein; Martha Vaughan; A. K. Nandy |
893-894
|
| NEWS |
|
| Indian
astronomers make solar observations from Antarctica --
Jagdev Singh, G. S. D. Babu, J. C. Bhattacharyya, K.
R. Sivaraman and Wahab Uddin |
894
|
| Monsoon
forecast proved correct -- S. M. Kulshrestha |
895-896
|
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
|
| Quantum
pot watching -- Partha Ghose and Dipankar Home |
897-898
|
| Collaboration
speeds up protein structure research -- Girjesh Govil |
899
|
| OPINION |
|
| On being
a scientist -- B. P. Radhakrishna |
900-902
|
| S&T
IN INDIA |
|
| Palaeobotanical
studies in a synergistic perspective at the Birbal
Sahni Institute of Palaeobotony -- B. S. Venkatachala |
903-907
|
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Geography
and the heart -- M. S. Valiathan |
908-913
|
| REVIEW
ARTICLE |
|
| Food applications
of plant cell cultures -- G. A. Ravishankar and
L. V. Venkataraman |
914-920
|
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| A computer
simulation model for action potential in an excitable
membrane -- Minal P. Majumdar and Chanchal K. Mitra |
920-925
|
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| ESR study
of Cu(II): thiostrepton complex -- C. vasant Kumar
Chary, C. R. N. Sarma and S. Rambhav |
925-929
|
| Residues
of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and metabolites in
zooplankton from the Arabian Sea -- M. S. Shailaja and
R. Sen Gupta |
929-931
|
| Phosphoglucomutase-I,
esterase-D, acid phosphatase, glyxalase-I and
phosphoglucoisomerase in hair sheath of cadavers -- S.
S. Parmar, H. P. Singh and P. K. Gupta |
931-932
|
| Synergistic
oviposition deterrence activity of extracts of Glycosmis
pentaphyllum (Rutaceae) and other plants for Phthorimaea
operculella (zell)
control -- S. G. Deshpande, B. A. Nagasampagi and R.
N. Sharma |
932-933
|
| Occurrence
of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in the endorhizosphere
of crop plants -- P. U. Krishnaraj and T. K. Siddarame
Gowda |
933-934
|
| A simple
method for clonal culture of Entamoeba histolytica
-- Manjula Srivastava, C. M. Habibullah and
S. R. Das |
934-935
|
| Effect
of polyamine precursors and a-diflurometylornithine
on the course of Trypanosoma evansi infection
in experimental albino mice -- Damayanthi |
935-937
|
| Catecholamines
are present in hen's egg yolk in fairly stable form:
elevated adrenaline indicates stress -- R. P. Moudgal,
J. N. Panda and Jagmohan |
937-939
|
| Presence
of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase in
chloroplasts from fronds of Bryopsis -- Hiroshi
Ashhara |
939-941
|
| BOOK
REVIEW |
|
| Granulites
of South India, reviewed by Robert C. Newton |
942-943
|
| PERSONAL
NEWS |
|
| Transition
in precambrian Geology -- An obituary of C. S.
Pichamuthu by R. Vaidyanandhan |
943
|
| HISTORICAL
NOTES |
|
| The making
of a scientist -- H. A. Krebs |
944-948
|
| ACADEMY
NEWS |
|
| INSA
Medal for Young Scientists 1990 |
949-950
|
| Associates
1990, Indian Academy of Sciences |
950-951
|
|
October 1990. 20
|
|
| In this
issue |
953
|
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Mosquito
repellants -- Dinesh Mohan |
955
|
| God and/or
Science -- Rajendra K. Bera |
955
|
| NEWS |
|
| Nobel Prizes
1990 |
956-958
|
| Fields
medals 1990 |
958
|
| RESEARCH
NEWS |
|
| Unusual
polynuclear gold compounds containing hyper-coordinated
carbon and nitrogen -- S. S. Krishnamurthy |
959
|
| OPINION |
|
| On brain
drain, and the residuum -- Asoke Mookherjee |
960-961
|
| S&T
IN INDIA |
|
| IUCAA:
A new experiment in the university sector -- Jayanth
V. Narlikar |
962-964
|
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Topological
field theories -- R. Rajaraman |
965-969
|
| REVIEW
ARTICLE |
|
| An overview
of microphase catalysis -- Anurag Mehra |
970-979
|
| RESEARCH
ARTICLES |
|
| A correlation
study of radon in dwellings with radium content
of soil --
T. V. Ramachandran, M. C. Subba Ramu and U. C. Mishra |
979-982
|
| Performance
characteristics of a hypercube-type parallel computer
--
K. Neelakantan, P. P. Ghosh, M. S. Ganagi, G. Athithan,
M. V. Atre and G. Venkataraman |
982-988
|
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| Effect
of solar activity on the minor constituents in the
mesosphere and lower thermosphere -- T. S. N. Somayaji
and T. Aruna Mani |
988-991
|
| Solvent
effect on fluorescence lifetime of 8-anilino-napthalene-1-sulphonate
-- T. Bhatt, H. B. Tripathi and D. D. Pant |
991-993
|
| Preparation
of octacalcium phosphate and its conversion to
hydroxyapatite: An electron microscopic investigation
-- P. P. Mahapatra and Bagmi Mishra |
993-995
|
| Rose colouration
of muscovite in rose mica schists from Manbazar-Gopalnagar,
Puruliya district, West Bengal, Eastern India --
C. Bhattacharyya, A. Chakraborty and K. Nandi |
995-997
|
| Purification
and some properties of a virus causing chlorotic
mottle disease in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)
-- S. K. Raj, M. Aslam and B. P. Singh |
997-999
|
| Fungus
and insect spoiled maize for ethanol production by Saccharomyces
cerevisiae var ellipsoideus and zymomonas
mobilis -- R. C. Kanta and Y. F. Neelgund |
999-1001
|
| Increase
in NADH-glutamate synthase activity in bean leaf
segments by light -- Rekha M. Puranik and H. S.
Srivastava |
1001-1003
|
| Drug targeting
to a fast growing rat histiocytoma -- Ashok Khar
and A. Leela Kumari |
1003-1004
|
| BOOK
REVIEWS |
|
| Annual
review of Biochemistry, Vol. 58, 1989, reviewed by V.
Nagaraja |
1005-1006
|
| Light and
Plant Growth, reviewed by S. K. Sopory |
1006
|
| Recent
Trends in Radiobiological Research, reviewed by N.
K. Notani |
1006-1007
|
| PERSONAL
NEWS |
|
| CSIR Young
Scientist Awards 1990 |
1008
|
| Shanthi
Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 1989 |
1008-1009
|
|
November 1990. 21 & 22
|
|
| Preface |
1015-1016
|
| Seeing
the Sky more Clearly - The Search for Higher Resolving
Power -- R. Hanbury Brown |
1019-1035
|
| Light upon
the Structures of the Universe -- D. Lyden-Bell |
1036-1043
|
| Gravitational
Lenses -- Rajaram Nityananda |
1044-1051
|
| Geometry,
Stability and Symmetry -- A. B. Givental |
1052-1064
|
| Thermodynamics
of Nonlinear Plasma Systems -- P. K. Kaw |
1065-1079
|
| Electroweak
Symmetry -- G. Rajasekaran |
1080-1099
|
| Who is
afraid of Anomalies? - R. Rajaraman |
1100-1105
|
| Defects
in Liquid Crystals -- G. S. Ranganath |
1106-1124
|
| The Mott
Transition -- T. V. Ramakrishnan |
1125-1134
|
| Role of
Symmetry and Group Structure in Optics -- N. Mukunda |
1135-1151
|
| Geometric
Phase - Introductory Remarks -- N. Mukunda |
1152-1153
|
| The Poincare
Sphere and The Pancharatnam Phase - Some Historical
Remarks -- S. Ramaseshan |
1154-1158
|
| Geometric
Phase, Experiments in Optics - A Unified Description -
Rajendra Bhandari |
1159-1167
|
| Optical
Phases and the Symplectic Group -- R. Simon |
1168-1174
|
| Beyond
Rainbows -- Michael Berry |
1175-1191
|
| Perception
of colour -- Obaid Siddiqi |
1192-1206
|
|
December 1990. 23
|
|
| In this
issue |
1207
|
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Laboratory-industry
links -- P. Krishna |
1209
|
| SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Seismic
hazard at Narmada Sagar dam - N. Krishna Brahmam |
1209-1211
|
| NEWS |
|
| Give theoretical
chemistry a push, says meeting -- M. S. Gopinathan |
1211-1212
|
| COMMENTARY |
|
| The Nagarhole
tiger controversy -- R. Sukumar |
1213-1216
|
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| The science
and technology of nuclear power -- P. K. Iyengar |
1217-1227
|
| REVIEW
ARTICLE |
|
| Plant growth
regulators-their structures and interactions --
Vasantha Pattabhi |
1228-1235
|
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| Indian
langur (Presbytis entellus) as experimental
host for Brugia malayi infection -- P. K.
Murthy, K. Tyagi and R. K. Chatterjee |
1236-1239
|
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| Evidence
of Chernobyl fallout on a temperate Himalayan glacier
--
V. N. Nijampurkar and D. K. Rao |
1239-1241
|
| Clear air
convection observed in the boundary layer using
airborne microwave refractometer -- S. B. S. S. Sarma |
1241-1242
|
| First fossil
wood (Lauraceae) from Baratang, Andaman-Nicobar
Islands, India -- N. Awasthi and Syed A. Jafar |
1243-1244
|
| Evaluation
of V A mycorrhizal inoculation in micropropagated POpulus
deltoides Marsh clones -- A. Adholeya and G. S.
Cheema |
1244-1247
|
| Ethephon-induced
gum production in Acacia senegal and its
potential value in the semi-arid regions of India --
J. R. Bhatt and H. Y. Mohan Ram |
1247-1250
|
| a-Hexachlorocyclohexane:
a potent insect growth regulator -- V. S. Saxena
and P. J. Rao |
1250-1253
|
| Identification
of a unique factor in quail foam, and its effect on
motility and fertilizing abilityn of cock spermatozoa
-- R. P. Moudgal and Jagmohan |
1253-1254
|
| A simple
method of inhibition of DNase activity in pancreatic
RNase preparations -- S. S. Lahiri and Ram Singh |
1254-1256
|
| NMR recipe
for sequencing short DNA fragments -- R. Ajay Kumar,
A. Majumdar and R. V. Hosur |
1256-1259
|
| Abstracts
of talks given at the fiftysixth annual meeting of the
Indian Academy of Sciences at Bhubaneswar, 8-11
November 1990 |
1260-1264
|
| BOOK
REVIEW |
|
| Materials
Science and Engineering, reviewed by N.
Chandrasekaran |
1265-1266
|
| HISTORICAL
NOTES |
|
| Seventy
years of physics -- H. J. Taylor |
1267-1274
|
| Indomitable
surveyor of the globe |
1275
|
|
December 1990. 24
|
|
| In this
issue |
1277
|
| NEWS |
|
| Tutorial
school a festival on optics -- S. V. Lawande, N.
Mukunda and R. Simon |
1279-1281
|
| Meeting
discusses coding theory -- G. R. Vijayakumar |
1281-1282
|
| SPECIAL
SECTION |
|
| John Stuart
Bell-The man and his physics -- R. Rajaraman |
1282-1285
|
| From von
Neumann algebras to knot invariants-The work of
Vaughan Jones -- V. S. Sunder |
1285-1292
|
| The work
of S. Mori -- V. Srinivas |
1292-1296
|
| On the
work of V. G. Drinfeld -- Vyjayanthi Chari and Dinesh
Thakur |
1297-1300
|
| Homfly,
the work of Edward Witten and quantum groups -- Ravi
Kulkarni |
1301-1307
|
| Littlewood's
Miscellany, reviewed by Srinivas Bhogle |
1308-1309
|
| Srinivasa
Ramanujan -- S. Ramaseshan |
1309-1316
|
| Presentation of the
bust of Srinivasa Ramanujan |
1316-1318
|
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Chemical
ecology in biological control -- T. N. Ananthakrishnan |
1318-1322
|
| REVIEW
ARTICLE |
|
| Utilization
of catechin by microorganisms -- N. Vasudevan and A.
Mahadevan |
1323-1325
|
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| Studies
towards potential use of ultrasonics in hydrodynamic
cavitation control -- V. H. Arakeri and S. Chakraborty |
1326-1333
|
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| Bamboo,
new raw material for phytosterols -- Ramesh C.
Srivastava |
1333-1334
|
| Cadmium-induced
cancer in the gills of the crab Scylla serrata (Forskal)
-- K. R. Narayanan, S. Ajmalkhan
and Sm. Pechimuthu |
1334-1336
|
| Evaluation
of ferritin and calcitonin as possible markers in
leukaemia and lymphoma -- Jayasri Ghosh and Sukta Das |
1336-1338
|
| Reactivation
of acetylcholinesterase activity by two new oximes in
diisopropylfluorophosphate-intoxicated mice -- K.
Hussain, A. K. Sikder, S. K. Raza, S. Das Gupta and D.
K. Jaiswal |
1338-1339
|
| Immobilization
of a-amylase
complex in detection of higher oligosaccharides
on paper -- N. Y. Giri, K. Raja Mohan, L. Venkateshwra
Rao and C. Papa Rao |
1339-1340
|
| Correction
Purification
and some properties of a virus causing chlorotic
mottle disease in carnations (Dianthus caryophullus
L.) -- S. K. Raj, M. Aslam and B. P. Singh
Curr. Sci.,1990,
59, 997 |
1340
|
| HISTORICAL
NOTES |
|
| The art
of talking about science -- W. L. Bragg |
1341-1343
|
