Vol 104, No 12 (2013)

Table of Contents

Vol 104, No 12 (2013)

In this Issue

In this Issue
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1589-1590 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1589-1590
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Editorial

Signing Off
P. Balaram
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1591-1592 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1591-1592
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Correspondence

Problems of Faculty Recruitment:A Case of New Central Universities
Naveen K. Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1593-1593 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1593-1593
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NET versus Ph D Holders in India
J. Dinakaran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1593-1593 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1593-1593
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Future of Taxonomy in the 21st Century-Whither or Wither
D. P. Abrol
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1594-1594 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1594-1594
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Lack of Efficacy of MVA85A TB Vaccine Candidate:Potential Outcomes
John Kenneth
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1594-1595 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1594-1595
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Standardization of family Cucurbitaceae
Bhagyashri B. Kumbhalkar, Anagha A. Rajopadhye, Anuradha S. Upadhye
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1595-1596 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1595-1596
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Prediction of the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall for 2013 Based on Past Rainfall Data
R. Kokila, R. N. Iyengar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1596-1597 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1596-1597
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Parkia Roxburghii:An Underutilized but Multipurpose Tree Species for Reclamation of Jhum Land
D. M. Firake, A. Venkatesh, P. D. Firake, G. T. Behere, N. S. Azad Thakur
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1598-1599 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1598-1599
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Pseudovivipary in Isachne globosa, Family Poaceae
Rinku J. Desai, Vinay M. Raole
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1599-1599 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1599-1599
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News

Genebank Standards-Revised Guidelines Adopted by FAO
R. K. Tyagi, Anuradha Agrawal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1600-1601 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1600-1601
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Research News

The Fascinating Story of Boron-Boron Triple Bond
Sanjoy Mukherjee, Pakkirisamy Thilagar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1601-1604 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1601-1604
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Opinion

The Cost of Instruction, the Value of Education
Gangan Prathap
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1605-1605 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1605-1605
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Commentary

Some Experiments with a Pre-Ph D Course at IISER Mohali
Anand K. Bachhawat
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1606-1608 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1606-1608
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Scientific Correspondance

Changing Climate in Antarctica
Nandita D. Ganguly
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1609-1613 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1609-1613
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Remote Sensing of Moving Objects
Aniruddha Ghosh, P. K. Joshi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1613-1615 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1613-1615
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General Article

Trading Zones, Peripheral Science and Contributory Expertise:A Framework for Exploring Science Outside the Western Contexts
Deepanwita Dasgupta, Alexander Levine
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1616-1618 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1616-1618
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Mapping Neuroscience Research in India-A Bibliometric Approach
Sheikh Mohammed Shahabuddin
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1619-1626 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1619-1626
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Special Section:Megha-Tropiques

Retrieval of the Vertical Rainfall Structure from the Madras Imager Data of the Megha-Tropiques Satellite
C. Balaji, K. Srinivasa Ramanujam
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1627-1634 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1627-1634
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Validation of Humidity Profiles Obtained from Saphir, On-Board Megha-Tropiques
T. Narayana Rao, K. Sunilkumar, A. Jayaraman
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1635-1642 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1635-1642
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MT-MADRAS Brightness Temperature analysis for Terrain Characterization and Land Surface Microwave Emissivity Estimation
C. Suresh Raju, Tinu Antony, Nizy Mathew, K. N. Uma, K. Krishna Moorthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1643-1649 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1643-1649
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Humidity Profile Retrieval from SAPHIR On-Board the Megha-Tropiques
A. K. Mathur, R. K. Gangwar, B. S. Gohil, Sanjib K. Deb, Prashant Kumar, Munn V. Shukla, B. Simon, P. K. Pal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1650-1655 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1650-1655
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Top of Atmosphere Flux from the Megha-Tropiques ScaRaB
V. Sathiyamoorthy, Bipasha Paul Shukla, Rajesh Sikhakolli, Sasmita Chaurasia, Baby Simon, B. S. Gohil, P. K. Pal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1656-1661 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1656-1661
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Engineering Challenges in the Megha-Tropiques Satellite
G. Raju
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1662-1670 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1662-1670
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Research Account

The Power of Gold Beyond Glitter:Homogeneous Catalysis with Au(I)-Complexes to Generate a Library of Privileged Scaffolds
Nitin T. Patil
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1671-1680 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1671-1680
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Research Articles

Noise Reduction in a Large Enclosure Using Single, Dual and Ensconced Helmholtz Resonators
Sukanta Biswas, Amit Agrawal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1681-1691 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1681-1691
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Satellite Images for Extraction of Flood Disaster Footprints and Assessing the Disaster Impact:Brahmaputra Floods of June-July 2012, Assam, India
C. M. Bhatt, G. Srinivasa Rao, Asiya Begum, P. Manjusree, S. V. S. P. Sharma, L. Prasanna, V. Bhanumurthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1692-1700 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1692-1700
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Research Communications

Efficacy and Safety of Herbal Spermicidal Contraceptive, Consap
Vivek V. Bhosale, O. P. Asthana, S. P. S. Gaur
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1701-1703 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1701-1703
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Massive Emissions of Carcinogenic Benzenoids from Paddy Residue Burning in North India
Chinmoy Sarkar, Vinod Kumar, Vinayak Sinha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1703-1709 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1703-1709
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Interpretation of Coastal Morphodynamics of Subarnarekha Estuary Using Integrated Cartographic and Field Techniques
Sabyasachi Maiti
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1709-1714 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1709-1714
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Book Reviews

Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell
Rahul Pandit
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1715-1715 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1715-1715
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In Conflict and Custody:Therapeutic Counselling for Women
Abha Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1716-1716 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1716-1716
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Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific-How can Countries Adapt?
Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi, N. H. Ravindranath
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1716-1717 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1716-1717
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Personal News

Sanjay Kumar Biswas (1945–2013)
M. S. Bobji, Satish V. Kailas, G. K. Ananthasuresh, Ganapathy Ayappa, Vikram Jayaram, Sandhya S. Visweswariah
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1718-1719 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1718-1719
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Historical Notes

Surgeon Senjee Pulney Andy’s Trials in Treating Smallpox using Leaves of Azadirachta indica in Southern India in the 1860s
Ramya Raman, Anantanarayanan Raman
DOI:10.18520/cs/v104/i12/1720-1722 ,  Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1720-1722
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