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10
January 1994. 1
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In this
issue
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3-4 |
| NEWS
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Nobel Prize for Physics -- Dipankar Bhattacharya
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5-6
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| Nobel Prize for Chemistry – Umesh Varshney
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6-7 |
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Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology -- Umesh
Varshney
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8-9
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SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE
|
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| Comparative
chemical analysis of oleogum resin of Commiphora
wightii Arnott. Bhandari -- M. L. Sharma
|
9-10 |
OPINION
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Role of technology and relevance of self-reliance --
S. C. Tiwari
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10-14
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COMMENTARY
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Science & technology in India-An evaluation --
Sumit Bhaduri
|
14-15 |
|
general
article
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| The
dynamics of the Ramdas layer -- R. Narasimha
|
16-28 |
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Synthesis
and properties of novel p-electron
donors-Variants of tetrathiafulvalene -- M.
V. Lakshmikantham and Michael P. Cava
|
28-34
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Artemisinin (Qinghaosu) -- T. Ravindranathan
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35-41 |
RESEARCH
ARTICLES
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|
Very
high resolution radiometers for INSAT-2 -- George
Joseph, V. S. Iyengar, K. Nagachenchaiah, A. S. Kiran
Kumar, V. Aradhye, V. N. Kaduskar, R. K. Dave and C. M.
Nagrani
|
42-56 |
| On the thermodynamic activities of ions in aqueous
solutions of electrolytes -- S. Parthasarathy and K.R.
Srinivasan
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56-59
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Can medium range weather forecasts influence
irrigation scheduling? -- Haji Lal, N. H. Rao and P. B.
S. Sarma
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60-63 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
|
Jusra
ultramafic-mafic-alkaline complex: A new find in the
Shillong Plateau, North Eastern India -- R. Mamallan,
Dhirendra Kumar and R. K. Bajpai
|
64-65 |
|
Epithermal stratabound barite mineralization around
Doon Valley -- Rajesh Sharma and H. K. Sachan
|
65-67 |
| An
assessment of the rare metal potential of the
granitoids of Siwana, Jalor, Jhunjhunu and Tosham,
North Western Peninsular India -- Ramanathan Baskar
and Rajni Sharma
|
67-69
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|
Mushroom cultivation on spent biomass from biogas
plants -- N. K. Gangulli and H. N. Chanakya
|
70-74 |
|
Time
and duration of Deccan volcanism in Razole area,
Krishna-Godavari Basin, India -- R. K. Saxena and C.
M. Misra |
74-76 |
|
Bivalent interlocking and telomere adhesions in
crown daisy -- M. L. H. Kaul and A. Khurana
|
76-78 |
| Drosophila
larvae
deficient for superoxide dismutase activity are
thermosensitive but show normal heat shock response --
S. C. Lakhotia
|
79-81 |
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Oviducal
gland of planktonic copepod, Heliodiaptomus viduus Gurney-A
new report -- K. Altaff and M. R. Chandran
|
81-83 |
|
ABSTRACTS
|
|
| Abstracts of talks given at the Fifty-ninth Annual
Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences at Dehra
Dun, 6-9 November 1993
|
84-89
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| BOOK
REVIEWS |
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|
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 1991, reviewed
by J. Chandrasekhar
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90-91 |
| Visualization in Biomedical Microscopies, reviewed
by P. S. Ghaswala
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92
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25
January 1994. 2
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| In this issue
|
95 |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
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Referees'
dyslexia -- H. V. Wyatt
|
97 |
|
How
does one separate a mixture of cuprous chloride and
mercurous chloride? -- Gautam R. Desiraju
|
97-98
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| Enhancing indigenous science coverage in
cummunication media -- N. C. Jain
|
98 |
|
NEWS
|
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| A
report on the Discussion Meeting on organic synthesis
and catalysis via metallorganics -- Surojit Sur and
Amitabha Sarkar
|
99-101 |
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RESEARCH
NEWS
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| Should
entropy always drive a system to disorder? -- K. A.
Suresh and G. S. Ranganath
|
101-102 |
| New technique for thermostability of restriction and
modifying enzymes -- A. K. Handique
|
103-104
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SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
| Stored
product mite Tyrophagus longior (Gervais) (Astigmata:
Acaridae) with hive bees in India -- D. P. Abrol, S.
K. Kakroo and B. N. Putatunda
|
105
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OPINION
|
|
| Revitalizing
aerodynamics in India: Challenges and opportunities
-- Rajendra K. Bera
|
105-108
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|
Integrated biodiversity research for India -- J. S.
Singh, A. S. Raghubanshi and C. K. Varshney
|
109-112 |
| COMMENTARY
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|
| Foundation science and technology education -- Amiya
B. Sharma
|
112-115 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLES |
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|
Surprise
and sociology in multi-disciplinary sciences -- Charles
H. Townes
|
116-122 |
| Higher education: Old maladies and a line of
treatment -- M. S. Valiathan
|
123-127 |
|
Changing
land use/land cover pattern in the Kali River Basin in
Western Ghats, South India -- V.
R. Hegde, V. Shreedhara and V. S. Hegde
|
128-137 |
|
Microbial
biodiversity and its relevance to screening for novel
industrially useful enzymes -- M. C. Srinivasan
|
137-140
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|
Design
and capabilities of scanning tunnelling microscope
operating in air medium -- S. S. Wadhwa, P. D. Gupta and
Akila Jaikumar
|
140-145 |
| RESEARCH ARTICLE |
|
|
Expression of microinjected foreign DNA in silkworm,
Bombyx mori -- Omana Joy and K. P. Gopinathan
|
145-150 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
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|
Toroidal
vortex rings -- P. N. Shankar and Manoj Kumar
|
151-153
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| Magnetic properties of different rock types
associated with the manganese ore deposits of
Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh -- A.
Lakshmipatiraju and U. Kedareshwarudu
|
153-158 |
|
Occurrence of monazite in some alluvial soils of
North Bihar -- J. Mall and B. B. Mishra
|
158-160
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|
Nitrogen
dynamics of actinorhizal Casuarina forest stands
and its comparison with Alnus and Leucaena forests
-- R. S. Ambasht and Alok K. Srivastava
|
160-163 |
| PERSONAL
NEWS
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| A protagonist of plant sciences, An obituary of
Frederic Campion Steward by H. Y. Mohan Ram
|
164-165 |
| HISTORICAL
NOTES
|
|
|
Saha and Bose - Champions of a common cause -- Santimay Chatterjee
and Enakshi Chatterjee
|
166-170
|
| BOOK
REVIEWS
|
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|
Astrophysics:
Stars and Galaxies, reviewed by D. C. V. Mallik
|
171-172
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| India
and the Quality of Life, reviewed by G. P.
Glasby and G. S. Roonwal
|
172-173 |
|
A Skeptical Biochemist, reviewed by P. S.
Ghaswala
|
173-174
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10
February 1994. 3
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In
this issue
|
179
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| CORRESPONDENCE |
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Comments on the Draft paper for a New Technology
Policy -- Sukh Dev
|
181
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| SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE
|
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|
Inconsistencies
in the long term Indian total ozone data -- J.
Chattopadhyay
|
181-183
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|
Comments on 'A computer simulation model for action
potential in an excitable membrane', (P. Mujumdar and C.
K. Mitra, Current Science, 1990,59,920-925)
-- Rohit Manchanda and K. Venkateswarlu
|
183
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| NEWS
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|
Conserving the biodiversity of the Western Ghats as
if people matter Pew award to Prof. Madhav Gadgil
|
184-185
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| COMMENTARY
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|
Student-faculty ratio at IITs and its impact --
Pankaj Jalote
|
185-187 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLES |
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| Science
as service --M. S. Valiathan |
188-193 |
|
The
ubiquitous radon -- A. Nagaratnam
|
194-199
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| Electronic databases, networks and information
support for scientific research -- T. B.
Rajashekar and A. A. Sreenivasa Ravi
|
199-212
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|
REVIEW
ARTICLE
|
|
|
Single-bubble sonoluminescence -- Vijay H.
Arakeri
|
213-218
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| RESEARCH
ARTICLE |
|
| Modelling
of coseismic and postseismic crustal deformations
associated with strike-slip faulting -- Sarva lit
Singh and Sunita Rani
|
219-223
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|
RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS
|
|
| A note on the Kaladungar phosphorite occurrence,
Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan -- V. P. Laul and
Virendra Kumar
|
224-225 |
|
Signals
of the change in monsoonal precipitation at around 2,000
years BP in a sediment core off central west coast of
India -- R. Nigam and N. Khare
|
226-228
|
| Record
of microgastropod from the Arenaceous Member of the
Tal Formation, Garhwal Syncline, Lesser Himalaya,
India -- V. K. Mathur and M. C. Srivastava
|
228-229
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|
Protein folding by ribosome and its RNA -- Aloke
Kumar Bera, Biswadip Das, Subrata Chattopadhyay and
Chanchal Das Gupta
|
230-232 |
| Myoinositol trisphosphate sensitive calcium stores
in Entamoeba histolytica -- Sanghamitra
Raha, Basudeb Dalal, Susweta Biswas and Birendra B.
Biswas
|
232-235 |
|
DAHP synthase of phenylalanine non-producing and
phenylalanine producing mutant strains of Arthrobacter
globiformis -- T. K. Maiti and S. P. Chatterjee
|
235-237 |
| Observations
on fungal infection of Chela laubuca Ham. with
special reference to deep mycoses -- G. C. Srivastava,
S. K. Sinha and S. K. Prabhuji
|
237-239 |
|
Endocrine sex reversal in fishes: Masculinization
evokes greater stress and mortality -- T. J. Pandian, S.
G. Sheela and S. Kavumpurath
|
240-243 |
| BOOK REVIEWS
|
|
|
Thermostability of Enzymes, reviewed by R. K.
Saxena, Rani Gupta and P. Sharmila
|
244
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| Pollination
in Tropics (Proceedings of the International Symposium
on Pollination in Tropics) reviewed by Anantanarayanan
Raman
|
245 |
|
HISTORICAL
NOTES
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|
|
Ray-Dutt Twist-A milestone in mechanistic chemistry
-- Pradyot Banerjee and Animesh Chakravorty
|
246-247
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| PERSONAL
NEWS |
|
|
John Bolton - Astronomer extraordinary, An
obituary by V, Radhakrishnan
|
248-250
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25
February 1994. 4
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| In
this issue |
255
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|
CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
|
What
ails our universities -- Mrs. S. John
|
257-258
|
| Split second and Olympics -- Parashu R. Uniyal and
Rajendra P. Oobhal
|
258 |
|
SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
| DNA-binding
monitoring made easy -- Joy T. Kunjappu, S. R.
Venkatachalam and C. K. K. Nair
|
258-259
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|
OPINION
|
|
| On
the recentness of current researches in earth science
in India -- Salil Agrawal and Vinod Agrawal
|
259-260
|
|
Constraints affecting development of an integrated
strategy for environment and development issues -- Alok
K. Srivastava
|
260-261
|
| COMMENTARY
|
|
|
Technology
development: The role of the State -- R. Narasimhan
|
261-265
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|
Survey
of Indian computer professionals/students in USA about
taking up employment in India --
Pankaj Jalote |
265-267 |
|
GENERAL
ARTICLES
|
|
| Detection
of dark matter in the galactic halo -- Pijushpani
Bhattacharjee
|
268-270
|
|
Profiles of insect diversity -- T. N.
Ananthakrishnan
|
271-281
|
| Inter-University Consortium for Department of Atomic
Energy Facilities -- A. V.
Pimpale and R. Srinivasan
|
281-286 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE
|
|
|
The
DNA-binding domain of c-Myb: Overexpression and NMR
characterization -- P. K. Radha, Anup Madan, L. C. padhy
and R. V. Hosur
|
287-294
|
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
|
Crystallization
of Azadirachtin-A -- T. R. Govindachari, Geetha
Gopalakrishnan, R. Raghunathan and S. S. Rajan
|
295-297 |
|
Temperature fields of Pune city -- Alaka S. Gadgil
and Vrishali Oeosthali
|
297-299 |
|
Diurnal
and seasonal variations in air pollutant concentrations
in a
seasonally dry tropical urban environment -- J.
Pandey and M. Agrawal
|
299-303 |
| Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis of
Kushan period coins -- C. K. Bhat, B. R. Singh and C.
L. Bhat
|
303-306 |
| Significance
of bank material at Tilakwada in Lower Narmada Valley
-- L. S. Chamyal, Bindu Sharma, S. S. Merh and Hassan
Karami
|
306-307 |
| Stable
isotopic evidence for the pedogenic origin of calcitic
rocks of AndamanNicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal,
India -- S. M. Ahmad and S. H. Jafri |
307-309 |
|
A
new graphical representation and analysis of DNA
sequence structure: I. Methodology and application to
globin genes -- A. Nandy
|
309-314 |
| Comparative study of some methods of oxid,iltion of
plant materials for elemental analysis -- C. L. Arora
and M. S. Bajwa
|
314-317
|
|
Introduction of Puccinia polysora, Polysora
rust of maize in India -- M. M. Payak
|
317-318
|
| BOOK
REVIEWS
|
|
| Vikram Sarabhai: The Man and the Vision, reviewed
by Y. S. Rajan
|
319-320
|
| State of India's Health, reviewed by H. V.
Wyatt
|
320-321 |
|
Annual
Review of Immunology 1993, reviewed by J. S.
Virdi |
321-322
|
| HISTORICAL NOTES
|
|
| The astronomical code of the Rigveda -- Subhash
C. Kak
|
323-326
|
| Publications received
|
327-328 |
|
10
March 1994. 5 |
|
| In
this issue
|
331 |
| NEWS |
|
| Remembering Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar -- Srinivas
Bhogle
|
333
|
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Is
it time to retire FORTRAN? -- K. Neelakantan and D.
Krishna Kumar
|
334
|
| Indian Science Congress-Need to make it a
stock-taking affair -- N. C. Jain
|
334-335 |
| SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
| A modified alkaline lysis procedure for isolation of
plasmid from Escherichia coli -- Shaik Yazdani
Basha and P. Palanivelu
|
335-336
|
| COMMENTARY
|
|
| Paradoxes
in the evolution of introns and genes -- G. Naresh
Kumar
|
336-339
|
| GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Oil sardine and Indian mackerel: their fishery,
problems and coastal oceanography -- M. Madhupratap,
S. R. Shetye, K. N. V. Nair and S. R. Sreekumaran Nair
|
340-348
|
| REVIEW
ARTICLE |
|
| Active and adaptive optics for the new generation of
large telescopes -- Gordon Love and A. K. Saxena
|
349-355 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLES
|
|
| Appulses of faint stars by fragments of Comet
Shoemaker-Levy 9 -- R. Vasundhara
|
355-361
|
| Crystal
and molecular structure of Azadirachtin-A -- V.
Kabaleeswaran, S. S. Rajan, T. R. Govindachari and
Geetha Gopalakrishnan
|
362-364 |
| Modulation
of constitutive, benz[a]anthracene- and phenobarbital-inducible
cytochromes P450 activities in rat hepatoma H4IIEC3/G-
cells by piperine -- Jaswant Singh and Rashmeet K.
Reen |
365-369 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS
|
|
|
Alternating
field demagnetization of manganese ores and related
rock types of Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh --
A. Lakshmipatiraju and U. Kedareshwarudu
|
370-372
|
| Identification
of NRM carriers in chromite ores by alternating field
and thermal demagnetization studies -- I. V.
Radhakrishna Murthy and S. K. G. Krishnamacharyulu
|
372-375 |
|
Temporal
changes in the chemical quality of groundwater in
Ludhiana area, Punjab, India -- K. P. Singh
|
375-378
|
|
Potential of wastelands for sequestering carbon by
reforestation -- Raj K. Gupta and D. L. N. Rao
|
378-380 |
| Mineralogical studies on calcareous algae -- Vijaya
Kerkar
|
381-382 |
| Chemoheterotrophy in the mangrove environment -- C.
S. V. Ramachandra Rao and K. Krishnamurthy
|
382-385
|
| Importance
of immigrant alatae on the population development of
mustard aphid Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) --
B. K. Agarwala and S. Bhattacharya
|
385-386 |
| BOOK
REVIEWS
|
|
| Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds, reviewed by D.
Nasipuri
|
387-388 |
| Annual Review of Biochemistry 1993, reviewed by D.
N. Rao
|
388-389 |
| ACADEMY
NEWS
|
|
| Indian Academy of Sciences elects new Fellows
|
390-392 |
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25
March 1994. 6
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| In
this issue
|
395
|
| NEWS
|
|
|
Medicinal and aromatic plants -- Rajendra Dobhal
|
397-398
|
|
SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
| Declining trend in M Sc and Ph D manpower: Modelling
and forecasting -- S. C. Bhargava, Ashok Jain and
Lalitha Sharma
|
398-400
|
| COMMENTARY
|
|
| Inventorying, monitoring and conserving India's
biological diversity -- Madhav Gadgil
|
401-406
|
| OPINION
|
|
|
Earthquakes
of peninsular India and plate tectonics -- Parashu R.
Uniyal and Janardan G. Negi
|
406-407 |
|
What should India be doing in the human genome? --
S. S. Agarwal
|
407-408 |
| TECHNICAL
NOTES |
|
| Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) -- M. B.
Reddy and M. S. R. Dev
|
408-416 |
|
GENERAL
ARTICLE |
|
| Fossils
in amber -- George O. Poinar, Jr.
|
417-421
|
|
REVIEW
ARTICLE
|
|
| In vitro nucleic
acid amplification systems -- S. K. Nanda and S. K.
Jain
|
421-429
|
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE
|
|
| Effect
of global warming on Indian monsoon simulated with a
coupled ocean atmosphere general circulation model
-- M. Lal, U. Cubasch and B. D. Santer
|
430-438
|
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS
|
|
| Transformation
of tropical grain legumes using particle bombardment
-- S. C. Bhargava and A. C. Smigocki
|
439-442
|
| Detection and role of chlorotic toxin and
phytohormones in the pathogenesis of Alternaria blight
in Brassica napus -- A. Agarwal, G. K. Garg,
U. S. Singh and D. P. Mishra
|
442-443 |
|
Calcium
uptake by cowpea as influenced by mycorrhizal
colonization and water stress -- G. Pai, D. J.
Bagyaraj, T. Padmavathi Ravindra and T. G. Prasad
|
444-445
|
| Morphological variations, qualitative and
quantitative changes in alkaloid pool in the
protoclone progenies of Hyoscyamus muticus (Egyptian
henbane) -- C. C. Giri and P. S. Ahuja
|
445-448 |
| BOOK
REVIEWS
|
|
|
Biological
perspectives on Human Pigmentation (Cambridge Studies in
Biological Anthropology), reviewed by R. N.
Sharma
|
449-451 |
| An Ecological History of India, reviewed by P.
S. Ramakrishnan
|
451 |
| PERSONAL
NEWS
|
|
| J. R. D. Tata and Indian aviation -- Satish Dhawan
|
452-454 |
|
HISTORICAL NOTES
|
|
|
The
story of Indian transport (The Sixteenth British
Commonwealth Lecture) -- J. R. D. Tata
(Reprinted
from J. R. Aeron. Soc., 1961, Vol. 65, pp.
1-25) |
455-479 |
|
10
& 25 April 1994. 7-8 |
|
|
Special issue on Inner Planets
|
|
| Preface
|
483
|
| The solar EUV and X-rays as ionizing source for
planetary atmospheres --
B. N. Dwivedi
|
485-492 |
| Solar wind as causative and coupling source of
planetary atmospheres -- R. N.
Singh
|
493-500
|
| Space physics: Achievements and prospects -- Bengt
Hultqvist
|
501-511
|
| The atmospheres of the inner planets -- F. W. Taylor
|
512-524 |
| Planet Mercury -- Audouin Dollfus
|
525-537 |
| Venus
and its ionosphere -- Hari Om Upadhyay and R. N. Singh
|
538-546
|
| The ionosphere of Venus based on pioneer Venus
measurements -- L. H. Brace
|
547-549 |
| Lightning on Venus confirmed -- R. N. Singh and C.
T. Russell
|
550-561
|
| The
wave and plasma environments of Mars -- Rejean Grard |
562-576
|
|
Comparative study of electron fluxes, ionization
rates, ion and electron densities due to photoelectron
and magnetospheric electron interaction with the
atmosphere of Mars -- S. A. Haider
|
577-582
|
| Elements of cometary aeronomy -- J. F. Crifo
|
583-602
|
| Results of the space missions to comet Halley -- H.
U. Keller
|
603-611
|
|
10
May 1994. 9
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| ln
this issue
|
615 |
|
NEWS
|
|
|
Emerging frontiers in corneal transplantation and
keratoplasty -- C. S. H. N. Murthy
|
617-618 |
| CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
|
Kalinga awardees - An
analysis -- N. C. Jain
|
618-620 |
|
SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
|
Comment
on 'Quaternary sedimentation in the Indo-Gangetic
Basin: A review' [Curro Sci., 1993, 64,
855-862] -- D. K. Ghosh, Cham C. Pant and A. K. Sharma
|
620-621 |
|
Indian strain of HCV
[Curro Sci., 1993,65,477-483] -- Dilip Bhattacharya; M. R. Das
et al.
|
621-622 |
|
BUDGET
EXTRACTS
|
|
| Union Budget 1994-95: Extracts from Finance
Minister's Speech and Finance Bill relevant to Science
and Technology
|
623
|
| OPINION
|
|
|
Improper
fish breeding practices and their impact on aquaculture
and fish biodiversity -- B. K. Padhi and R. K. Mandal
|
624-626 |
| SPECIAL SECTION
|
|
| The pufferfish genome: Small is beautiful? -- Philip
Mileham and Stephen D. M. Brown
|
627-628
|
| Development of the zebrafish nervous system:
Mechanisms of cellfate specification and axonal
pathfinding in the central nervous system and
periphery -- Sudipto Roy
|
629-633
|
| Need
for genetic and molecular biological research in
Indian fish -- T. J. Pandian, S. Mathavan and L. A.
Marian
|
633-634 |
| Problems
and prospects of transgenic fish production -- T. J.
Pandian and L. A. Marian |
635-649 |
GENERAL ARTICLE
|
|
| Cytochrome
c oxidase: The unique enzyme at the terminal step of
electron transfer in the respiratory chain --
Shyamalava Mazumdar
|
650-655 |
| REVIEW
ARTICLES
|
|
| Epidemiological
analysis of epizootic ulcerative syndrome of fresh and
brakish. water fishes of Karnataka, India -- C. V.
Mohan and K. M. Shankar
|
656-658 |
| RESEARCH
ARTICLES
|
|
| Radiolarian
abundance and geochemistry of the surface-sediments
from the Central Indian Basin: Inferences to Antarctic
bottom water current -- Shyam M. Gupta and Pratima
Jauhari |
659-663
|
|
Cloning and sequenee analysis of DNA gyrase genes
from Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- K.
Madhusudan, V. Ramesh and V. Nagaraja
|
664-667
|
|
Root-shoot communication in drying soil is mediated
by the stress hormones abscisic acid and cytokinIn
synthesized in the roots -- P. S. Abida, V. R.
Sashidhar, R. V. Manju, T. G. Prasad and L.
Sudharshana
|
668-672 |
| RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS |
|
| Low
temperature susceptibility of manganese ores from the
Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh -- A.
Lakshmipatiraju and U. Kedareshwarudu
|
673-675
|
| Magnetic susceptibility and mineralogical studies of
the beach placer deposits, central
east coast of India -- B. Nagamalleswara Rao
|
675-677
|
| Influence of oxidative and non-oxidative pathways of
radiation damage on peroxidase activity in barley
seeds -- Ashu Bhan Tiku, S. P. Singh, P. C. Kesavan
|
677-680 |
| Tertiary structural categories of leiurotoxin and
some other scorpion venom toxins -- P. Narayanan
|
680-682 |
| pH in the
digestive system of some gastropod mollusks -- Kumud
Misra and Minakshi Shrivastava
|
682-683 |
| Courtship, amplexus and advertisement call of the
frog, Microhyla rubra -- R. D. Kanamadi, C. R.
Hiremath and Hans Schneider
|
683-684 |
| HISTORICAL
NOTES
|
|
|
Role of entropy in Einstein's thoughts on
constitution of radiation -- Amar Nath Nigam
|
685-689 |
|
25 May 1994. 10
|
|
| In this issue
|
695-696 |
| CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Popper and the naked emperor -- R. M. Girji
|
697
|
| NEWS
|
|
|
A novel method for the structural characterization
of biopolymers
|
697-699
|
| A report on National Seminar on Recent Developments
in Mathematics -- N. M. Bujurke
|
699-700 |
|
COMMENTARY
|
|
| Crisis in undergraduate medical education in India
-- Om Prakash
|
700-702
|
|
SPECIAL
SECTION: CHEMICAL ROUTES FOR TRAPPING SOLAR ENERGY
|
|
| Outlook for Chemtrapse -- Balu Venkataraman
|
703-706
|
| Artificial
photosynthesis: Efficient dye-sensitized
photoelectrochemical cells for direct conversion of
visible light to electricity -- M. Gratzel and K.
Kalyanasundaram
|
706-714
|
| Photoelectrochemical solar cells: Present status --
K. S. Chandra Babu, O. N. Srivastava and G. V. Subba
Rao
|
715-729 |
| Molecular
assemblies for solar energy conversion - Biomimetic
approach -- V. Krishnan
|
729-735 |
| Multielectron transfer water oxidation catalysts as
models for photosynthetic oxygen evolving center --
Ramasamy Ramaraj and Masao Kaneko
|
735-741 |
| Particulate models in heterogeneous photocatalysis
-- N. Nageswara Rao and P. Natarajan
|
742-752
|
| GENERAL
ARTICLE
|
|
| Space and physical sciences -- K. Kasturirangan
|
753-762
|
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE
|
|
| Spectral
characteristics of the blood of streptozotocin
diabetic rats using photoacoustic technique -- T. T.
Shreedevi, P. S. Padayatti, M. S. Kala, J. Philip and
C. S. Paulose
|
763-765
|
|
RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS
|
|
| A
covalent way to stuff fullerenes -- Eluvathingal D.
Jemmis and B. Kiran
|
766-767
|
| Direct numerical simulation of a complex turbulent
flow -- M. D. Deshpande and P. N. Shankar
|
767-770
|
| Luminescence
chronology of a fossil dune at Budha Pushkar, Thar
Desert: Palaeoenvironmental and archaeological
implications -- A. K. Singhvi, D. Banerjee, S. N.
Rajaguru and V. S. Kishan Kumar
|
770-773 |
| Fluorescence microscopy in estimation of organic
matter maturation -- P. N. Kapoor
|
773-775
|
| Evidence
for the role of wavelengths of light on the
reproduction of wild male bird, black-headed munia Munia
Malacca -- Malabika Sikdar and Anand Kar
|
775-777 |
| Colletotrihumfalcatum race
designation - A methodology -- Narendra Singh and Vijai Singh
|
777-779
|
|
Sex
modification in Kartoli (Momordica dioica Roxb.)
by foliar sprays of silver nitrate (AgNO3)
-- J. C. Rajput, Y. R. Parulekar, S. S. Sawant and B.
M. Jamadagni
|
779 |
| PERSONAL
NEWS
|
|
| A multi-faceted personality, An obituary of Y. T.
Thathachari -- K. Venkatesan and A. Jayaraman
|
780
|
| PEDAGOGICAL
NOTES
|
|
|
The Aharonov-Bohm effect -- Joseph Samuel
|
781-783 |
| HISTORICAL
COMMENTARY AND NOTES
|
|
| Modification
of the earlier Indian planetary theory by the Kerala
astronomers (c. 1500 AD) and the implied heliocentric
picture of planetary motion -- K. Ramasubramanian, M.
D. Srinivas and M. S. Sriram
|
784-790 |
| N. I. Vavilov, Martyr to genetic truth -- James F.
Crow
|
790-792 |
| HISTORICAL
REMINISCENCES
|
|
| My first sixty years - The spread of biology down to
the level of the gene -- John Tyler Bonner
|
793-797 |
| BOOK
REVIEWS
|
|
| Life Cycles: Reflections of an Evolutionary
Biologist, reviewed by Stuart A. Neuman
|
798-800 |
|
Comparative
Embryology of Angiosperms, reviewed by M. A.
Rau
|
801-803
|
| The
Golem: What Everyone Should Know About Science, reviewed
by Subbiah Arunachalam
|
803-804
|
|
Research Directions in Computer Science: An MIT
Perspective, reviewed by P. S. Ghaswala
|
804
|
|
10
June 1994. 11 |
|
| In
this issue
|
811
|
| CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
| Technology
development: The role of the State -- G. Prathap, M.
R. Chandrasekhara
|
813-814 |
| New technology policy -- S. C. Tiwari
|
814 |
| The astronomical code of the Rigveda -- S. G. Dani
|
814 |
| NEWS
|
|
|
Palaeobiochemistry-Bridging
the gap between the living and dead -- S. C. Lakhotia
|
815-816 |
| Solid state physics meet -- V. C. Sahni
|
816-818
|
RESEARCH NEWS
|
|
| Genetic defects in hereditary motor sensory
neuropathies -- Asha Vijayaraghavan
|
818-819
|
| COMMENTARY
|
|
| New drug research-A medicinal chemist's perceptions
-- K. Nagarajan
|
820-821
|
| SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
| Graphical
representation of long DNA sequence -- A. Nandy
|
821
|
| Selection-A valuable method for bamboo improvement
-- C. K. John, M. S. Joshi, R. S. Nadgauda and A. F.
Mascarenhas
|
822-824 |
| Mineralogy
of polymetallic sulphide mineralization in Archaean
grenstones at TISK-USGAO, Goa, India -- A. G. Dessai,
D. French and D. B. Arolkar
|
824-825 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLE
|
|
|
Energy: Outlook for India by 2000 AD -- Kotur S.
Narasimhan
|
826-832 |
| REVIEW
ARTICLE
|
|
| Modern concepts and strategies in synthesis of
biaryl compounds -- K. Durairaj
|
833-838
|
|
RESEARCH
ARTICLES
|
|
| Investigations
of carbon nanotubes -- Ram Seshadri, A. Govindaraj,
Hemantkumar N. Aiyer, Rahul Sen, G. N. Subbanna, A. R.
Raju and C. N. R. Rao
|
839-847
|
|
Analysis of the effects of amino acid sequence on
the structure of proteins -- S. Baranidharan and M. R.
N. Murthy
|
847-856 |
|
RESEARCH
COMMUNICATIONS
|
|
| Carbon
and oxygen isotopic compositions of the regionally
metamorphose Archaean carbonate rocks of the Dharwar
craton: A preliminary appraisal -- S. Das Sharma, R.
Srinivasan, S. M. Ahmad and D. J. Patil
|
857-860 |
| Chromosomal damage by low doses of radiation:
protection by combinations of dietary antioxidants --
Lakshmi Sarma, Suresh K. Abraham and P. C. Kesavan
|
861-862
|
| Tree
ring evidences of the 1991 earthquake of Uttarkashi,
Western Himalay -- R. R. Yadav and A. Bhattacharyya
|
862-864
|
| Biological
control of damping-off disease of cotton seedling --
C. Alagesaboopathi |
864-868 |
| Surface
morphology of some articulated corallines from India
-- Vijaya Kerkar and S. D. Iyer
|
868-870 |
|
Protein polymorphism in muscle myogens of Heteropneustes
fossilis -- Rakesh B. Pandey and Absar-ul Hasnain
|
870-871
|
|
BOOK
REVIEWS
|
|
| Advances in Materials and their Applications, reviewed
by C. V. Sundaram
|
872-874
|
| The
C-DOT Story, reviewed by H. N. Mahabala
|
874-875 |
| Textbook
of Modern Biochemistry (Volume 1), reviewed by T.
Ramasarma
|
875 |
| Ghani-The Traditional Oil Mill of India, reviewed
by K. K. G. Menon
|
875-876
|
| PERSONAL
NEWS |
|
| Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902-September 2, 1992)
-- Nina V. Fedoroff
|
877-884 |
|
25
June 1994. 12
|
|
| In
this issue.
|
887-888
|
| CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
| Scientific
information -- N. N. Dastur
|
889-890 |
| Computer
professionals/students in USA -- S. C. Dutta Roy and
S. Prasad
|
890 |
| Amber -- C. Srinivasan
|
890
|
| Nobel's
centenaries and their significance -- M. B. S. Char |
890-891 |
| SCIENTIFIC
CORRESPONDENCE
|
|
| Sugarcane: A renewable natural agricultural resource
-- Gururaj Hunsigi and M. A. Singlachar
|
891-892
|
|
NEWS
|
|
| Developing a biodiversity information system --
Janardanan Pillai
|
892-893
|
| COMMENTARY
|
|
| Rural development through education -- S. S. Kalbag
|
894-896
|
| TECHNICAL
NOTES
|
|
| ASLV-D4/SROSS-C2 Mission -- V. Manoharan and D.
Narayana Moorthi
|
897-904 |
| GENERAL
ARTICLES |
|
| Accountability in medical research -- A. S. Paintal
|
905-907
|
| Science in India -- P. N. Srivastava
|
907-917 |
| REVIEW
ARTICLE
|
|
| Complex
cyclic ketones via oxy-Cope rearrangement - Studies
relevant to stereocontrolled synthesis -- K. Durairaj
|
917-922
|
| RESEARCH
ARTICLE
|
|
|
A
study of seismicity of Northeast India and adjoining
areas based on statistical analyses -- V.
P. Singh, D. Shanker and K. Hamada
|
922-926 |
|
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
|
|
|
Simultaneous
observations of ionospheric scintillations at VHF and
GHz frequencies over Kolhapur -- Smrutika Patil, R. V.
Bhonsle and P. T. Patil
|
927-928
|
Magma mixing in plutonic environment: Geochemical
and isotopic evidence from the Closepet Batholith,
Southern India -- M. Jayananda, J-J. Peucat, H. Martin
and B. Mahabaleswar
|
928-933
|
|
Extraordinary
helium anomaly over surface rupture of September 1993
Killari earthquake, India --
G. V. Rao, G. K. Reddy, R. U. M. Rao and K. Gopalan
|
933-936 |
| Action potential - A possible signal in root to
shoot communication caused by water deficit around
roots of sunflower seedling -- K. B. Hebbar, Sanjay
Kumar and Suresh K. Sinha
|
936-938
|
| Methane budget from paddy fields in India -- D. C.
Parashar et al.
|
938-941 |
| In
vitro seed
germination and plantlet establishment of two wild
relatives of sweet potato (Ipomoea trifida and I.
amnicola) -- Archana Mukherjee and B. Vimala
|
941-942
|
| HISTORICAL
COMMENTARY AND NOTES
|
|
| Planck's
law and the light quantum hypothesis -- [Satyendranath]
Bose
|
943-944 |
| Correlation
between photons in two coherent beams of light -- R.
Hanbury Brown and R. Q. Twiss
|
945-947 |
| Letter to the Editor -- E. M. Purcell
|
947-949 |
|
Bose
statistics and the stars -- R. Hanbury Brown
|
950-954
|
| Bose
statistics - Before and after -- N. Mukunda
|
954-964 |
| Shipbuilding at Bombay -- R. K. Kochhar
|
965-969
|
| BOOK
REVIEWS |
|
| Computational Algebraic Number Theory, reviewed
by Kirti Joshi
|
970-974
|
| Boffin: A Personal Story of the Early Days of Radar,
Radio Astronomy and Quantum Optics, reviewed by Joanna
M. Rankin
|
974-976 |
