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July
10, 1996 (1)
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In this issue |
3-4 |
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CORRESPONDENCE |
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Herbal medicines -
M. K. Chattopadhyay |
5 |
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Global warming and forest fires in
tropical Himalaya -
S. K. Vats; R. L. Semwal |
5-6 |
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RESEARCH NEWS |
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Classifying the kiwi -
Kartik Shanker |
6-8 |
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COMMENTARY |
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Patenting and commercializing biotechnology
inventions - Suresh Chandran |
9-10 |
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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
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A non-radioactive method for detection
of Tn5 Kanamycin phospho-transferase
activity in cyanobacteria -
S. Suguna, C. Thangavel, C. R. Marutharavindran
and S. Shanmugasundaram |
11 |
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REVIEW ARTICLES |
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Gene identification
in silico -
Shrish Tiwari, Alok Bhattacharya, Sudha
Bhattacharya and Ramakrishna
Ramaswamy |
12-24 |
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Record of prolific and indubitable
acritarchs from the Lower Paleozoic strata
of the Tethyan Garhwal Himalaya and age implication -
H. N. Sinha, S. S. Srivastava and B.
Prasad |
24-31 |
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RESEARCH ACCOUNT |
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Tumour-promoting diterpene esters of
the plant family Euphorbiaceae -
Rajiv R. Upadhyay |
32-36 |
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RESEARCH ARTICLES |
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Submarine terrace limestones from the
continental slope off Saurashtra-Bombay: Evidence of Late Quaternary neotectonic
activity -
V. Purnachandra Rao and V. Veerayya |
36-41 |
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Petrogenesis of granitic rocks of
low- to high-grade transition zone of
Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri District, Tamil
Nadu -
C. G. Chandrasekaran and S. Subramanian |
42-48 |
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
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Possibility of proton oscillations
through the benzene ring -
R. S. Shresth, R. Manickavasagam, S.
Mahapatra and N. Sathyamurthy |
49-50 |
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Nucleotide frequency map:A new technique
for pictorial representation of
dinucleotide frequencies -
Archana Pan, Soumalee Basu, Chitra Dutta,
Debi Prasad Burma and Ranjana
Mukherjee |
50-53 |
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Differences in energy metabolism in
cells of neuronal and glial origin - 31P
NMR
spectroscopic study -
Archana Singh and Nanda B. Joshi |
53-56 |
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Anomalous helium emission: Precursor
to earthquakes -
Debasis Ghose, Nishith Kr. Das and Bikash
Sinha |
56-58 |
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Modelling of aeromagnetic anomaly and
its implication on age of emplacement
of ultramafic-mafic-alkaline complex
at Jasra, Assam -
D. Atchuta Rao, G. D. J. Sivakumar Sinha
and H. V. Ram Babu |
58-60 |
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Further evidences of homeotic transformation
in anuran tadpoles -
Kakoli Das and S. K. Dutta |
61-65 |
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How does the nocturnal animal, Mus
booduga, programme its activity in
response to varying durations of light
and darkness? -
L. Geetha |
65-68 |
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Potent amoebicides from plant extracts
-An in vitro assessment with the
gum-oleo-resin of
Commiphora wightii -
Poonam Kumari Sharma and Jayashri Devi
Sharma |
68-70 |
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Determination of hypoglycemic activity
in Morus indica L. (mulberry) shoot
cultures -
S. M. Kelkar, V. A. Bapat, T. R. Ganapathi,
G. S. Kaklij, P. S. Rao and
M. R. Heble |
71-72 |
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Use of revegetated coal mine spoil
as source of arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculum
for nursery inoculations -
V. S. Mehrotra |
73-77 |
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BOOK
REVIEWS |
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The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein
- Volumes 1-3,
reviewed by
N. Mukunda |
78-80 |
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Wild Edible Plants of India: Diversity,
Conservation and Use,
reviewed by
T. N. Khoshoo |
80-81 |
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July
25, 1996 (2)
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In this issue |
87-88 |
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CORRESPONDENCE |
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The Crest of the Peacock -
S. Raghavan |
89 |
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Nobel prizes in X-ray and NMR -
V. B. Sapre |
89 |
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NEWS |
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Anti-hydrogen -
S. Ramaseshan |
90 |
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The 1996 Crafoord Prize |
90 |
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The 1996 Blue Planet Prize |
91 |
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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
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Comments on the 'Principle of maximum
physical hardness -
K. L. Sebastian |
92 |
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Biobatteries to utilize bioenergy from
fruit and vegetable wastes -
G. Prashant Kumar, K. V. Raju and
G. Rajendrudu |
92-93 |
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RESEARCH NEWS |
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REMI: A novel method for tagging genes
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A. Prakash |
94 |
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A new tool for plant gene isolation -
Transposon traps -
C. Santhosh Kumar and K. K. Narayanan |
95-96 |
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GENERAL ARTICLE |
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Fishery genetics: An emerging discipline
-
B. K. Padhi and R. K. Mandal |
97-99 |
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RESEARCH ACCOUNT |
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Protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions
in λ-repressor/operator system:
A review -
Siddhartha Roy |
100-106 |
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REVIEW ARTICLE |
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Oxidative phenol coupling: A key step
for the biomimetic synthesis of many
important natural products -
Tarasankar Pal and Anjali Pal |
106-108 |
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SPECIAL SECTION:
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS |
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High Energy Physics in the 21st century
- An overview -
G. Rajasekaran |
109-110 |
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The standard model of fundamental particles
-
D.P.Roy |
111-115 |
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Theoretical scenarios for 103
GeV to 1019 GeV - Romesh K. Kaul |
116-121 |
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New ideas on acceleration to Planckian
energies -
Abhijit Sen |
121-125 |
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High Energy Physics in the 21st century
- A summary -
R. Ramachandran |
125-127 |
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
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A new technique for visualization of
shock shapes in hypersonic shock tunnel -
G. Jagadeesh, B. R. Srinivasa Rao, K.
Nagashetty, N. M. Reddy and K. P. J. Reddy |
128-130 |
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Steric enhancement of resonance: An
electron localization perspective -
Shridhar R. Gadre, Libero J. Bartolotti
and C. H. Suresh |
130-134 |
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Quantum chaos in Rydberg atoms: A quantum
potential approach - P. K. Chattaraj and S. Sengupta |
134-139 |
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Reduced uptake based zinc resistance
in Azospirillum brasilense sp7 - P. Mangala
Gowri and Sheela Srivastava |
139-142 |
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Ammonia volatilization and denitrification
losses from nitrogen fertilized
flooded soil as affected by the addition
of iron pyrites -
D. Blaise, A. Amberger and S. von Tucher |
142-144 |
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Biological control of blast disease
of fingermillet (Eleusine coracana L.)
and an analysis of fertility of
Magnaporthe
grisea -
Viji Sitther and S. S. Gnanamanickam |
144-147 |
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GENERALIA
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Discovery and invention -
Sir Martin Rees |
148-154 |
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BOOK REVIEWS |
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Essentials of Nuclear Chemistry,
reviewed by
P.
S. Groel |
155-156 |
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Wheat Revolution - A Dialogue,
reviewed by
S. K. Sinha |
156-157 |
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August
10, 1996 (3)
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In this issue |
167 |
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CORRESPONDENCE |
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Merit and mockery -
B. K. Padhi |
169 |
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Biotechnology -
P. Tauro; M. V. Nayudu |
169-170 |
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OPINION |
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Global errors in science: Traps of chance
and prejudice -
K. N. Ganeshaiah |
170-172 |
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COMMENTARY |
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A survey of Himalayan resources -
David A. Spencer and Rasoul B. Sorkhabi |
172-174 |
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RESEARCH NEWS |
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Optical astronomy using radio techniques:
Imaging Capelia with unprecedented
resolution -
P. Venkatakrishnan |
175-177 |
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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
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Volatile oil constituents and wilt resistance
in cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) -
Sanjeev Agrawal |
177-178 |
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GENERAL ARTICLES |
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Heavy rainfall during monsoon season:
Point and spatial distribution -
P. R. Rakhecha and P. R. Pisharoty |
179-186 |
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Linking technology development with
production: A methodology and case
histories -
S. C. Gupta |
187-192 |
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REVIEW ARTICLES |
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Viral cell recognition and entry -
Michael G. Rossmann |
193-204 |
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Multidrug resistance: An emerging threat
-
Rajendra Prasad, S. Krishna Murthy, Ramasare
Prasad, Vinita Gupta and Sneh
Lata |
205-213 |
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RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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Evidences of Late Quaternary neotectonic
activity and sea-level changes along
the western continental margin of India
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V. Purnachandra Rao, M. Veerayya, M.
Thamban and B. C. Wagle |
213-219 |
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
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Aerodynamic performance of SUNYA and
OSHO airfoils -
P. Ramamoorthy |
220-223 |
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Application of equalized molar refraction
of zeolites and its correlation with
the equalized electronegativity and hardness
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N. V. K. Dutt, S. J. Kulkarni and Y.
V. L. Ravi Kumar |
223-225 |
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Azadirachtin-induced changes in ecdysteroid
titres of Spodoptera litura (Fabr.) -
C. Mani, B. Subrahmanyam and P. J. Rao |
225-227 |
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Isozyme polymorphism in diploid and
heat shock-induced tetraploid Indian
major carp, Labeo rohita (Hamilton)
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N. Sarangi and A. B. Mandal |
227-230 |
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Molecular genetic diversity among soybean
plant introductions with resistance
to Heterodera
glycines -
A. P. Rao Arelli and D. M. Webb |
230-233 |
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Aeolian deposition of Arabia and Somalia
sediments on the southwestern
continental margin of India -
Onkar S. Chauhan |
233-236 |
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Microstructural evidence for the formation
of crenulation cleavage in rocks - Manish A. Mamtani
and R. V. Karanth |
236-240 |
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Relict coral reef and evidence of Pre-Holocene
sea level stand off Mahabalipuram, Bay of Bengal -
G. Gaitan Vaz |
240-242 |
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BOOK REVIEWS |
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Resonance - Journal of Science Education,
reviewed by
K. Sudha Medapa and
G. Venkatesh |
243 |
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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary
Sciences 1994 and 1995, reviewed by
C.
P. Rajendran |
244-245 |
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Biology of the Fungi,
reviewed by M. C. Srinivasan |
245-246 |
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August 25, 1996 (4)
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In this issue |
251-252 |
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CORRESPONDENCE |
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Patterns of creativity in arts and sciences
-
S. Sengupta |
253 |
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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
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The Pipliya meteor shower: A preliminary
study -
V. K. Vaya, D. S. Mehta, P. C. Bafna,
M. S. Sisodia and K. L. Shrivastava |
253-257 |
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The expanding world of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline
-
R. L. Brahmachary |
257-258 |
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Somatic embryogenesis and plant
regeneration in Aegle marmelos - a multi-purpose social tree -
R. Islam, M. Hossain, A. Hoque and O. I. Joarder |
259-260 |
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GENERAL ARTICLE |
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Norbert Wiener and the development
of mathematical engineering -
Thomas Kailath |
261-274 |
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REVIEW ARTICLES |
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Heat shock proteins - Role in thermotolerance
of crop plants -
C. Viswanathan and Renu Khanna-Chopra |
275-284 |
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Slower-chemical or faster-electrical
signalling under stress in plants: Is it the
hare and tortoise story of a slower
signal winning the race? - G. Rekha, L. Sudarshana,
T. G. Prasad, Mahesh J. Kulkarni and V. R. Sashidhar |
284-289 |
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RESEARCH ACCOUNT |
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Application of ion-solvent interaction
parameter in interpreting the kinetic
profiles of Diels-Alder reactions
and thermal stability of DNA duplexes in
ionic solutions -
Anil Kumar |
289-297 |
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RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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Electrical resistivity imaging of Mohand
anticline of Siwalik range: A tectonic
appraisal -
Ch. Sivaji, B. R. Arora, R. Kalra and
A. K. Pandey |
297-303 |
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
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Interstratified low-Ti and high-Ti
volcanics in arc-related Khairagarh Group of
Central India -
Deepanker Asthana, Manas R. Dash, Anil
M. Pophare and Sunil K. Khare |
304-306 |
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Unusual aspects of pressure-induced
phase transitions in CuGeO3 - A. Jayaraman,
S. K. Sharma, S. Y. Wang and S-W. Cheong |
306-312 |
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Synthesis and anticancer activity of
new derivatives of podophyllotoxin -
Wang Yan-guang, Pan Jian-lin and Chen
Yao-Zu |
312-314 |
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Contributions of oxide film and bacterial
metabolism to the ennoblement process:
Evidence for a novel mechanism -
S. Maruthamuthu, G. Rajagopal, S. Sathiyanarayanan,
S. Angappan, M. Eashwar
and K. Balakrishnan |
315-320 |
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Defective neurulation in frog embryos
exposed to dilute sea water -
H. V. Ghate, A. D. Padhye and Surendra
Ghaskadbi |
320-326 |
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BOOK REVIEWS |
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The Many Faces of Science: An Introduction
to Scientists, Values and Society,
reviewed by
Binny Cherayil |
327 |
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Symmetry Orbits,
reviewed by
Harjinder Singh |
327-328 |
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Genetics and Evolution of Aquatic Organisms,
reviewed by
A. H. Parulekar |
328-329 |
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HISTORICAL NOTES |
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Some earthquakes of Kashmir from historical
sources -
R. N. lyengar and Devendra Sharma |
330-331 |
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ERRATUM |
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Metallization of hydrogen - Everest
conquered? -
S. Ramaseshan [Curr. Sci., 1996,
70, 876-877] |
331 |
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September
10, 1996 (5)
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In this issue |
339-340 |
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CORRESPONDENCE |
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Herbal drugs -
P. C. Bhattacharyya |
341 |
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Let us salute the old guards -
K. C. Subhash Chandra |
341-342 |
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NEWS |
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Uncommon opportunities for a food secure
world - Ruchi Bhandari and Subbiah Arunachalam |
342-344 |
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Madras Declaration of the Science Academies
Summit |
344-346 |
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The 11th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop:
Conference report -
Rasoul B. Sorkhabi |
346-349 |
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Chaos - A new paradigm for comprehending
nature -
T. R. Krishna Mohan |
349-352 |
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OPINION |
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Monsoon: A bioclimatologist's point
of view -
V. M. Meher-Homji |
352-357 |
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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
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Peroxidase activity in relation to in
vitro rhizogenesis and precocious flowering
in
Bambusa arundinacea -
S. A. Ansari, S. Kumar and K. Palanisamy |
358-359 |
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REVIEW ARTICLES |
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Gene therapy: Principles, practice,
problems and prospects -
P. N. Rangarajan and G. Padmanaban |
360-368 |
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Micelles: Self-organized surfactant assemblies
-
S. P. Moulik |
368-376 |
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Immunodiagnostic approaches to detect
bovine tuberculosis -
S. N. Joardar and A. Sikdar |
376-378 |
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RESEARCH ARTICLES |
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Assessment of plant biodiversity at a
mid-elevation evergreen forest of
Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve,
Western Ghats, India -
T. Ganesh, R. Ganesan, M. Soubadra
Devy, P. Davidar and K. S. Bawa |
379-392 |
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Managing the impact of seasonal rainfall
variability through response farming
at a semi-arid tropical location -
U. S. Victor, N. N. Srivastava, A.
V. M. Subba Rao and B. V. Ramana Rao |
392-397 |
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
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Ultrasonic agitation of Kevlar fibres
-
R. V. Iyer and Kalyani Vijayan |
398-400 |
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Spontaneous regeneration of pancreatic
β-cells in EMC-D virus induced diabetic mice and reversion from diabetic
to normal state -
R. R. Bhonde |
401-404 |
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Ascorbic acid counteracts the prooxidant
effect of alloxan in erythrocytes
in
vitro -
Poonam Yadav, S. Sarkar, Nisha Rathore,
Susan John, Manisha Kale and D. Bhatnagar |
404-406 |
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Plant extracts: A non-chemical approach
to control Fusarium diseases of mulberry -
V. P. Gupta, Govindaiah and R. K. Datta |
406-409 |
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Geochemical analysis of iron oxide/hydroxide
coated and uncoated non-magnetic component of the bulk sample:
Possible utility of the coated component in a stream sediment survey for
gold -
K. Bheemalingeswara |
410-411 |
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Chitinozoa and melaiiosclerite from
the Lower Paleozoic sequence of the Tethyan
Garhwal Himalaya - A note on their identification
and distinction -
H. N. Sinha, S. S. Srivastava, P. N.
Kapoor and Rajesh Chauhan |
412-416 |
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Gas-charged sediments in shallow waters
off Redi along the Central west coast
of India -
L. V. Subba Raju and B. G. Wagle |
416-419 |
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PERSONAL NEWS |
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The inventor of the jet engine,
an obituary of Sir Frank Whittle by
P. N. Shankar |
420 |
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BOOK REVIEWS |
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Annual Review of Microbiology 1994,
reviewed by
Umesh Varshney |
421-422 |
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Dyke Swarms of Peninsular India,
reviewed by
M. Raza |
422-423 |
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
1994,
reviewed by
D. C. V. Mallik |
423-424 |
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September
25, 1996 (6)
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In this issue |
427 |
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CORRESPONDENCE |
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Indian journals: To start or scrap? -
S. S. Vasan |
429 |
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Microbes, molecular biology and the final
assault -
J. S. Virdi |
429-430 |
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The aroma of Bassia flower -
S. Midya and R. L. Brahmachary |
430 |
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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
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Praneem polyherbal cream for contraception
- Safety in malaria endemic
countries -
V. P. Sharma; reply by G. P.
Talwar |
430-431 |
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GENERAL ARTICLES |
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A new international order on oceans
- Indian perspective -
M. Sudhakar and B. V. Kumar |
432-438 |
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Breeding for rice improvement: Where
do we stand? -
K. Muralidharan, G. S. V. Prasad and
C. S. Rao |
438-448 |
|
REVIEW ARTICLE |
|
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PCR-based detection of Listeria monocytogenes
in dairy foods -
S. K. Sood and Jasjit Kaur |
449-456 |
|
RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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Comparative sequence analysis and expression
in E. coli of the subgroup 1-specific antigen VP6 from a G2 serotype
human rotayirus IS2 -
Saima Aijaz and C. Durga Rao |
456-464 |
|
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
|
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Undernutrition and aging: Effects on
DNA repair in human peripheral
lymphocytes -
Kalluri Subba Rao, Surekha Ayyagari,
N. S. Raji and K. J. R. Murthy |
464-469 |
|
A simple technique to expose tree seedlings
to elevated CO2 for increased
initial growth rates -
A. S.
Devakumar, M. Udayakumar and T. G. Prasad |
469-472 |
|
Studies on molluscan diversity in Kaveri
river system (Tiruchirappalli, India)
with special reference to vector snails
of trematode parasites -
B.
Amanullah and P. Shahul Hameed |
473-475 |
|
Evidence of Archaean crustal shortening
from deformed pillow lavas: An exam-pie from Sandur greenstone belt, Dharwar
craton -
C. Manikyamba and S. M.
Naqvi |
476-479 |
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Palaeotectonic implication of Lamayurulake
(Ladakh) - T. N. Bagati, R. K. Mazari and G. Rajagopalan |
479-482 |
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Chemical age of detrital zircons from
the basal quartz-pebble conglomerate of
Dhanjori Group, Singbhum craton, Eastern
India -
T. S. Sunilkumar, R. Parthasarathy,
M. M. Palrecha, V. L. Shah, K. K. Sinha and
N. Krishna Rao |
482-486 |
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BOOK REVIEWS |
|
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Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
1995, reviewed by S. Vasudevan and
Puspendu Kumar Das |
487-488 |
|
Oxidative Stress and Aging,
reviewed by
T. Ramasarma |
489 |
|
HISTORICAL NOTES |
|
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The cakravala method -
S. Raghavan |
490-493 |
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ADDENDUM |
|
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Fifty years of the exact solution of
the two-dimensional Ising model by Onsager -
Somendra M. Bhattacharjee and Avinash
Khare
[Curr. Sci.,
1995, 69, 816-821] |
493 |
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October
10, 1996 (7)
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In this issue |
499-500 |
|
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
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Science education for the poor -
M. Periasamy |
501 |
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RESEARCH NEWS |
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Vitamin A analogues and cancer -
P. C. Bhattacharyya |
501-502 |
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RESEARCH SNIPPETS |
|
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A feast for the pharaoh |
502 |
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Finicky flights of fancy |
503 |
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'Y' are we so hungry? |
503 |
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COMMENTARY |
|
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India - Economic liberalization and
biomedical and health sciences research -
V. Ramalingaswarni |
504-505 |
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OPINION |
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India needs a National Biodiversity Conservation
Board -
T. N. Khoshoo |
506-513 |
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Indian cycads cry for protection -
D. D. Pant |
513-515 |
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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
|
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Evolution of the nasuta-albomicans complex
of Drosophila -
N. B. Ramachandra and H. A. Ranganath |
515-517 |
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Evidence for positive assortative mating
within Drosophila bipectinata -
B. N. Singh and Seema Sisodia |
517-518 |
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Inhibition of filarial proteases by
antibodies from human filariasis - M. S. Bal and
M. K. Das |
519 |
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GENERAL ARTICLE |
|
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Contribution of fluid mechanics to recent
developments in meteorology -
J. C. R. Hunt |
520-526 |
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SPECIAL SECTION:
PERSPECTIVES IN ASTRONOMY |
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Planetary motions and the birth of classical
mechanics -
N. Mukunda |
527-532 |
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Origin of the highest energy cosmic rays
-
Pijushpani Bhattacharjee |
532-541 |
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Is the Hubble flow a result of inverse
cascade? -
V. Krishnan |
541-546 |
|
New measurements of the Hubble constant
and its implications -
D. C. V. Mallik |
547-552 |
|
REVIEW ARTICLE |
|
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Elucidation of secondary structures of
peptides using high resolution NMR -
L. Gomathi and S. Subramanian |
553-567 |
|
RESEARCH ARTICLE |
|
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Patterns of distribution of macrolichens
in western parts of Nanda Devi
Biosphere Reserve -
Hans Raj Negi and Madhav Gadgil |
568-575 |
|
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
|
|
Transformation of Streptococcus sp.
by cholera toxin gene -
Swadesh R. Biswas, Sukanya Pal,
Sukanta K. Sen and Sushil C. Pal |
576-577 |
|
Occurrence of a 'mariner' element in
the silkworm
Bombyx mori -
S. Mathavan, S. Mayilvahanan and A.
Jeyaprakash |
577-579 |
|
Methane production by Indian ruminant
livestock -
G. P. Singh and Madhu Mohini |
580-582 |
|
Mutants resistant to foliar diseases
in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea
L.) - B. N. Motagi, M. V. C. Gowda and R. Sheshagiri |
582-584 |
|
Visual evidence of nitrate reductase
exudation from plant roots -
Praveen-Kumar and Uday Burman |
585-586 |
|
BOOK REVIEWS |
|
|
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India:
Vol. 1, Archaeological Evidence; vol.
2, Literary Evidence,
reviewed by C.
V. Sundaram |
587-588 |
|
Parasitic Infections of Domestic Animals:
A Diagnostic Manual,
reviewed
by
B. S. Gill |
588-589 |
|
The State of Food and Agriculture,
reviewed by
M. S. Swaminathan |
589-590 |
|
October
25, 1996 (8)
|
|
|
In this issue |
595-596 |
|
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
Biotechnology - M. C. Srinivasan |
597 |
|
SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
In situ pollen germination and selective ovular abortion in Trifolium
dubium
Sibth - Namrata Sharma and A. K. Koul |
598 |
|
GENERAL ARTICLES |
|
|
Discotic liquid crystals - Self-organizing
molecular wires -
Neville Boden, Richard Bissell, Jonathan
Clements and Bryan Movaghar |
599-601 |
|
Modelling of industrial flow processes: Opportunities for per-formance
enhancement -
V. V. Ranade |
602-612 |
|
REVIEW ARTICLE |
|
|
Transforming growth factor
beta (TGF-β) in bone remodelling -
S. K. Maiti and G. R. Singh |
613-617 |
|
RESEARCH ACCOUNT |
|
|
Bile acids in asymmetric synthesis and
molecular recognition - Uday Maitra |
617-624 |
|
RESEARCH ARTICLE |
|
|
Molecular band polarization in Comet
Hyakutake C/1996 B2 - U. C. Joshi, S. Ganesh, K.
S. Baliyan and M. R. Deshpande |
624-627 |
|
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
|
|
Organochlorine pesticides and preterm
labour in human beings -
Mamta Sharma and Pradeep Bhatnagar |
628-631 |
|
Transfer factors of radionuclides
137Cs and 65Zn from soil to pearimillet
and sorghum -
P. Sachdev, M. S. Sachdev and D. L. Deb |
631-633 |
|
Stylar length variation in Caesalpinia
pulcherrima (Caesalpiniaceae) -
Basic patterns -
R. Lokesha, R. Vasudeva, B. S. Sarala,
P. Palakonda Reddy and S. N. Nayak |
633-636 |
|
Trondhjemite of
the Alwar basin, Rajasthan:
Implications of late Proterozoic
rifting in the North Delhi Fold Belt - M. K. Pandit,
Maher Khaled Khatatneh and Rakesh Saxena |
636-641 |
|
BOOK REVIEW |
|
|
Quantum Biology,
reviewed by
V. Kothekar |
642 |
|
PERSONAL NEWS |
|
|
Tadeus Reichstein (1897-1996) - An obituary
-
G. S. R. SubbaRao |
643 |
|
GENERALIA |
|
|
Chandrasekhar - some reminiscences -
S. Ramaseshan |
644-649 |
|
November
10, 1996 (9)
|
|
|
In this issue |
655-656 |
|
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
Gene therapy -
Rustom Roy; P. N. Rangarajan and G.
Padmanaban |
657-658 |
|
NEWS |
|
|
Report and recommendations of the panel
to assess the NIH investment
in research on gene therapy |
658-659 |
|
Asteroids and Earth's evolution - A
new perception -
A. V. Sankaran |
659-660 |
|
RESEARCH NEWS |
|
|
The manganese hide out in the photosynthetic
reaction centre -
M. K. Raval |
660-661 |
|
RESEARCH SNIPPETS |
|
|
Giant magnetoresistance: New-concepts |
661-662 |
|
Hi Once upon
a (Jurassic) time... |
662 |
|
Small is beautiful |
662 |
|
Turmeric - the goldern spice |
663 |
|
SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
Comments on 'The end phase of sedimentation
of Krol Belt succession in
Nainital syncline - Stratigraphic analysis
and fossil levels' (D. K. Bhatt,
Curr. Sci.,
1996, 70, 772-774)
- Ravi Shankar and V. K. Mathur; Reply by D. K.
Bhatt |
663-664 |
|
Association of transglutaminase-like
antigen with cytoskeletal proteins -
P. D. Gupta and V. Vijayalakshmi |
665-666 |
|
Role of animals in the spread of human
ringworm disease in Madras -
S. Ranganathan, Thangam Menon and S.
Arun Mozhi Balajee |
666 |
|
COMMENTARY |
|
|
Human influence on global climate -
J. Srinivasan |
667-669 |
|
GENERAL ARTICLES |
|
|
Biotechnology: Its global impact and
relevance to India -
Harish Padh |
670-676 |
|
The non-organic theory of the genesis
of petroleum -
Samar Abbas |
677-684 |
|
SPECIAL SECTION |
|
|
Salim Ali -
Madhav Gadgil |
685-686 |
|
Salim Ali - A tribute -
J. C. Daniel |
686-687 |
|
Deploying student power to monitor India's
lifescape -
Madhav Gadgil |
688-697 |
|
REVIEW ARTICLES |
|
|
Common mechanism of secretory diarrhoea
-
Nirmal Kumar Ganguly and Tanvir Kaur |
698-702 |
|
Molecular biology and biotechnology of
higher plant nitrate reductases - H. S. Srivastava
and Niharika Shankar |
702-709 |
|
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
|
|
3' Non-templated 'A' addition by Taq
DNA polymerase: An advantage
in the construction of single and double mutants
- J. Jagath-Reddy, N. Appaji Rao and H. S. Savithri |
710-712 |
|
Direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis
in teak (Tectona grandis
L.) -
Rijuta Kushalkar and Madhuri Sharon |
712-715 |
|
Onset of an arid climate at 3.5 ka in
the tropics: Evidence from monsoon
upwelling record -
Pothuri Divakar Naidu |
715-718 |
|
Precambrian-Cambrian
boundary microbiota from the Chert Phosphorite
Member of Tal Formation in
the Korgai Syncline, Lesser Himalaya,
India -
Meera Tiwari |
718-720 |
|
Potential threat to
reservoir fishery by fungi
in Kumaun Himalaya,
India -
G. S. Bisht, Deepa Bisht, Chandra Joshi
and R. D. Khulbe |
720-723 |
|
November
25, 1996 (10)
|
|
|
In this issue |
727-728 |
|
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
Role of DST -
R. L. Brahmachary |
729 |
|
Long-range forecasts of the total monsoon
rainfall of India -
P. R. Pisharoty |
729 |
|
RESEARCH SNIPPETS |
|
|
Oldest emergent continental
crust |
730 |
|
Earthquake precursors |
730-731 |
|
Herbivorous crocodile fossil |
732 |
|
OPINION |
|
|
Food security in 2020 and beyond — Will
the developing countries be
dependent on the developed world? -
Suresh K. Sinha |
732-734 |
|
REVIEW ARTICLES |
|
|
Biosynthesis of selenoproteins -
P. Sreenivasula Reddy |
735-737 |
|
Hormones, cytoskeletal proteins and cell
shape -
P. D. Gupta and Nandini Rangaraj |
737-745 |
|
RESEARCH ARTICLES |
|
|
Implications of increasing greenhouse
gases and aerosols on the diurnal
temperature cycle of the Indian subcontinent
- M. Lai, G. Srinivasan and U. Cubasch |
746-752 |
|
Forcing mechanisms of the Bay of Bengal
circulation -
P. N. Vinayachandran, Satish R. Shetye,
Debasis Sengupta and Sulochana
Gadgil |
753-763 |
|
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
|
|
Comparison of three different tests for
detection of cucumber mosaic
cucumovirus in banana (Musa paradisiaca)
-
G. Kiranmai, P. Sreenivasulu and M. V.
Nayudu |
764-767 |
|
Thin layer problems in geoelectrics
-
I. B. Ramaprasada Rao, Ram Raj Mathur
and S. Srinivas |
767-771 |
|
Geohydrology of springs in a mountain
watershed: The need for problem
solving research -
G. C. S. Negi and Varun Joshi |
772-776 |
|
Recent crustal adjustments in Dehra
Dun valley, western Uttar Pradesh,
India -
Piyoosh Rautela and D. Sati |
776-780 |
|
SPECIAL SECTION: THE
PLAGUE EPIDEMIC OF 1994 |
|
|
The plague outbreaks of India, 1994
- A prologue -
V. Ramalingaswami |
781-782 |
|
An overview of the work carried out by the Technical
Advisory Committee
on plague |
783-786 |
|
Isolation and identification of
Yersinia pestis
responsible for the recent
plague outbreaks in India -
H. V. Batra, Urmil Tuteja and G. S. Agarwal |
787-791 |
|
Passive haemagglutination tests for
Y. pestis infection
in Surat pneumonic
patients -
G. S. Agarwal and H. V. Batra |
792-793 |
|
The 1994 plague epidemic of India:
Molecular diagnosis and characterization of Yersinia pestis isolates
from Surat and Beed -
S. K. Panda, S. K. Nanda, A. Ghosh, C.
Sharma, S. Shivaji, G. Seshu Kumar,
K. Kannan, H. V. Batra, U. Tuteja, N.
K. Ganguly, A. Chakrabarty and
H. Sharat Chandra |
794-799 |
|
Ecology of flea-transmitted zoonotic
infection in village Mamla, District
Beed -
Vijay K. Saxena and T. Verghese |
800-802 |
|
Observations on urban ecology of Surat
and bubonic plague transmission in the city - Vijay
K. Saxena and T. Verghese |
803-805 |
|
Epilogue - What next? -
V. Ramalingaswami |
805-806 |
|
BOOK REVIEW |
|
|
Plagues: Their Origin, History and Future,
reviewed by
J.
Gowrishankar |
807-808 |
|
December
10, 1996 (11)
|
|
|
In this issue |
811-812 |
|
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
Need to integrate science communication
initiatives - N. C. Jain |
813 |
|
NEWS |
|
|
Light and the future -
C. Srinivasan |
813-815 |
|
RESEARCH NEWS -
A. V. Sankaran |
|
|
Anomalous diamonds |
815-816 |
|
Ediacaran fossils - lichens?
|
816-817 |
|
Paucity of
preserved old crust |
817 |
|
SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
Caution on the use of oxygen electrode-based
assay for superoxide dismutase
activity in crude preparations - Sanjay
Kumar, Pradip Kumar Kundu and Paramvir
Singh Ahuja |
818-819 |
|
Response
- D. Bhatnagar |
819 |
|
GENERAL ARTICLE |
|
|
Vision 2005: Earth Sciences |
820-823 |
|
RESEARCH ACCOUNT |
|
|
On the black hole trail...: A personal
journey -
C. V. Vishveshwara |
824-830 |
|
SPECIAL SECTION: JGOFS
(INDIA) |
|
|
JGOFS (India): Introduction - S.
Krishnaswami and R. R. Nair |
831-833 |
|
Winter cooling in the northern Arabian
Sea - S. Prasanna Kumar and T. G. Prasad |
834-841 |
|
Arabian Sea upwelling - A comparison
between coastal and open ocean regions -
P. M. Muraleedharan and S. Prasanna Kumar |
842-846 |
|
Seasonal variability in oxygen and nutrients
in the central and eastern Arabian
Sea -
S. N. de Sousa, M. Dileep Kumar, S,
Sardessai, V. V. S. S. Sarma and P. V.
Shirodkar |
847-851 |
|
Seasonal variations in inorganic carbon
components in the central and eastern
Arabian Sea -
V. V. S. S. Sarma, M. Dileep Kumar,
M. D. George and A. Rajendran |
852-856 |
|
Phytoplankton production and chlorophyll
distribution in the eastern and central Arabian
Sea in 1994-1995 -
P. M. A. Bhattathiri, Aditi Pant, Surekha
Sawant, M. Gauns, S. G. P. Matondkar and
R. Mohanraju |
857-862 |
|
Lack of seasonal and geographic variation
in mesozooplankton biomass in the
Arabian Sea and its structure in the
mixed layer -
M. Madhupratap, T. C. Gopalakrishnan, P. Haridas, K.
K. C. Nair, P. N.
Aravinda-kshan, G.
Padmavati and Shiney Paul |
863-868 |
|
Seasonality and composition of phytoplankton
in the Arabian Sea -
Surekha Sawant and M. Madhupratap |
869-873 |
|
Studies on the microzooplankton from
the central and eastern Arabian Sea - Mangesh Gauns,
R. Mohanraju and M. Madhupratap |
874-877 |
|
Bacterial abundance and production in
the central and eastern Arabian Sea - N. Ramaiah,
S. Raghukumar and Mangesh Gauns |
878-882 |
|
Photosyntheticaly available radiation
in the central and eastern Arabian Sea -
T. Suresh, Elgar Desa, R. G. P. Desai,
A. Jayaraman and P. Mehra |
883-887 |
|
234Th scavenging and particle export fluxes
from the upper 100 m of the Arabian
Sea -
M. M. Sarin, R. Rengarajan and V. Ramaswamy |
888-893 |
|
Distribution of nitrous oxide and methane
in the Arabian Sea -
Shyam Lai, Prabir K. Patra, S. Venkataramani
and M. M. Sarin |
894-899 |
|
Manganese mobilization from the Western
Continental margin of India -
D. N. Yadav |
900-905 |
|
RESEARCH ARTICLE |
|
|
Conformation of ATPMg(II) bound at the
specific site on bovine serum albumin: 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance study -
Hari Pada Maity and Gotam K. Jarori |
906-914 |
|
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
|
|
Patterns of large multilamellar vesicular
clusters - T. Lahiri, A. K. Dasgupta and A. Chakrabarti |
915-918 |
|
The plant Banjauri (Vicoa indica)
exhibits antifertility
activity in adult female
bonnet monkeys (Macaca radiata)
-
A.
J. Rao, N. Ravindranath and N. R. Moudgal |
918-921 |
|
Plantlet regeneration from leaf explants
of oil palm seedlings -
Anita Karun and K. K. Sajini |
922-926 |
|
Differentiating conductive and resistive
inhomogeneities: A new approach in
groundwater exploration - P. N. Ballukraya |
926-931 |
|
PERSONAL NEWS |
|
|
Bimal Kumar Bachhawat, an obituary by Avadhesha Surolia, A. S.
Bala-subramanian, A. N. Bhaduri, Asis
Datta, C. M. Gupta and Sandip Basu |
932-933 |
|
BOOK REVIEWS |
|
|
Advancements in Iron Nutrition Research,
reviewed by
Prasanna Mohanty |
934 |
|
The Archaean and Proterozoic Terrains
of Southern India within East
Gondwana - Textbook and Field Guide,
reviewed by
M. Ramakrishnan |
934-935 |
|
Annual Review of Physiology 1996,
reviewed by
M. Devanandan |
935 |
|
December
25, 1996 (12)
|
|
|
In this issue |
939 |
|
CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
Observation on urban rhesus monkeys -
Jayashree Datta |
941 |
|
NEWS |
|
|
Technological advances in the biological
control of insects -
T. N. Anantha-krishnan |
941-945 |
|
RESEARCH NEWS |
|
|
Discovery of a new effect: CFM effect
-
S. K. Ghosh |
946 |
|
RESEARCH SNIPPETS |
|
|
The parting of Indo-Australian plate
|
947 |
|
Archaeopteryx -
No more oldest known bird |
947 |
|
SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
|
|
Yellow fever threat? -
N. L. Kalra and V. P. Sharma |
948 |
|
Occurrence of a 'fossil' crocodilian vertebra from
Hassan District,
Karnataka State - A preliminary report
-
K. R. Prasad and T. Upendra |
948-951 |
|
Agnostic trilobites from the Cambrian
Sequence of Zanskar and their
stratigraphic significance -
S. K. Shah, Ashok Kumar and C. S. Sudan |
951-954 |
|
Gas emanations and subterranean sounds/microearthquakes in
Marathwada, Maharashtra, India -
R. D. Kaplay, D. B. Panaskar and A.
M. Rakhe |
954-957 |
|
Uranium mineralization in the Palnad
sub-basin Cuddapah Basin, Andhra
Pradesh, India -
A. V. Jeyagopal, Prakhar Kumar and
R. M. Sinha |
957-959 |
|
GENERAL ARTICLE |
|
|
Science education in Indian universities:
Proposal for a 5-year integrated
M Sc course in life science -
Sohan P. Modak |
960-967 |
|
REVIEW ARTICLE |
|
|
Progress towards malaria vaccine -
V. S. Chauhan |
967-975 |
|
RESEARCH ARTICLES |
|
|
What's the essence of royalty - one
keto group? -
Raghavendra Gadagkar |
975-980 |
|
Realtime kinetic analysis of antigen-antibody
interaction using solid phase
binding: Transformation of hCG-monoclonal
antibody complex -
G. S. Murthy |
981-988 |
|
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS |
|
|
Liquid drops in rise against gravity
through a viscous medium: Drag force
by the method of dimensions and comparison
with liquid drops in fall under
gravity -
G. J. Srinivasan, P. Satyanarayana and
G. Thirunavukkarasu |
989-995 |
|
Inter-conversion of chemiosmotic parameters and its inhibition in
Thiobacillus ferrooxidans -
Niladri S. Kar, Tapas Kr. Datta and Anjan
Kr. Dasgupta |
996-1001 |
|
Visualization in biodiversity research:
A case study of Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal
Pradesh, north-east India -
S. Narendra Prasad, B. Prabakaran and
C. Jeganathan |
1001-1005 |
|
Transient expression of (3-glucuronidase reporter gene in
embryogenic
callus cultures of an elite indica basmati
rice (Oryza saliva
L.) - D. Minhas, S. Bajaj, A. Grover and M. V. Rajam |
1005-1007 |
|
Impact of magnesium-aspartate hydrochloride
on gluco-regulatory system
of two avian species - Madhusudan Das,
Santasri Sengupta and Bandana Guha |
1008-1009 |
|
BOOK REVIEWS |
|
|
Stereochemistry and Mechanism
through Solved Problems, reviewed
by
M. K. Raval |
1010 |
|
State of the Art in Polymer Science
and Engineering in India,
reviewed by
B. M. Mandal |
1010-1011 |
|
PERSONAL NEWS |
|
|
A pioneer in X-ray crystallography,
electron microscopy and biophysics -
An
obituary of R.W.G.Wyckoff
(1897-1995)
by
S. Ramaseshan |
1012-1013 |
