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Current Issue Vol 81 No 1 10th July 2001
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Contents IN THIS ISSUE 4 In this issue EDITORIAL 5 Origins of life P. Balaram CORRESPONDENCE 7 Science and Astrology N. S. Narasimhan 8 Astrology, navratnas and gemmology R. V. Karanth 8 Astrology – Hype, hope and future S. Seshadri and K. Kathiravan 9 Research impact vs economic impact Eugene Garfield 9 Facts that are ignored in academic recognition- making Y. K. Gupta 10 Improving research in India H. S. Virk 11 Need for popular science books Kaustav Nag 12 Shrimping footprints in the sands of time M. Michael Babu, M. R. Kitto and M. Peter Marian Click here to view / download this section NEWS 13 PubMed Central: A phenomenal advance in electronic publishing C. Anil Kumar and V. Vishnu 14 Techno Market Survey Reports from TIFAC Nirupa Sen Click here to view / download this section MEETING REPORT 15 Herbal drugs Harish Padh 15 From the archives COMMENTARY 17 Nuclear energy needs and proliferation misconceptions R. Chidambaram SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE 22 Paternal parents enhance dispersal ability of their progeny in a wind-dispersed species, Tecoma stans L. B. Mohan Raju, K. N. Ganeshaiah and R. Uma Shaanker GENERAL ARTICLE 25 Peering into the hearts of galaxies Kulinder Pal Singh REVIEW ARTICLE 32 Shift work: Consequences and management Atanu Kumar Pati, Arti Chandrawanshi and Alain Reinberg RESEARCH ACCOUNT 53 Toward the design of peptide mimics of antiatherogenic apolipoproteins A-I and E G. M. Anantharamaiah, G. Datta and D. W. Garber RESEARCH ARTICLE 66 Application of magnetic fabric studies in an ancient fluvial sequence of NW Himalaya S. J. Sangode, Rohtash Kumar and Sumit K. Ghosh RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 72 The yields of the Indian nuclear tests of 1998 and their relevance to Test Ban verification A. Douglas, P. D. Marshall, D. Bowers, J. B. Young, D. Porter and N. J. Wallis 75 Current transport mechanisms in a layered semiconductor D. N. Bose and Sarbari Pal 76 Enhancement of the energy and quantum conversion efficiencies of a photoelectrochemical cell sensitized with a combination of cationic and anionic dyes K. Tennakone, G. K. R. Senadeera and P. V. V. Jayaweera 78 Molecular mechanism of the contractile cycle of muscle Sunil Nath and Divya Khurana 83 Filarial infection in chest disease patients from Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic areas of Uttar Pradesh, India P. K. Murthy, S. Sarin, P. K. Mukherjee, A. R. Sircar and J. C. Katiyar 87 Three-dimensional structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis chaperonin-10 reveals a partially stable conformation of its mobile loop Bhupesh Taneja and Shekhar C. Mande 91 Antibiosis-mediated necrotrophic effect of Pseudomonas GRC2 against two fungal plant pathogens C. P. Gupta, R. C. Dubey, S. C. Kang and D. K. Maheshwari 95 Regeneration strategy and plant diversity status in degraded sal forests S. K. Pandey and R. P. Shukla 102 Nature and composition of pyrite framboids and organic substrate from degraded leaf cuticles of Late Tertiary sediments, Mahuadanr Valley, Palamu, Bihar Usha Bajpai, Madhav Kumar, Manoj Shukla, Anand-Prakash and G. P. Srivastava 106 A new approach to the analysis of transverse river valley profiles and implications for morphotectonics: A case study in Rajasthan S. Sinha-Roy BOOK REVIEWS 113 Shoemaker by Levy – The Man who Made an Impact reviewed by B. S. Shylaja 114 Renewable Energy and Environment –A Policy Analysis for India reviewed by C. L. Gupta 115 Making Water Everybody’s Business – Practice and Policy of Water Harvesting reviewed by B. P. Radhakrishna Click here to view / download this section PERSONAL NEWS 116 A link with the past: Divya Darshan Pant (1919–2001) Pradeep Chandra Srivastava ADVERTISEMENTS 119 Instructional School on Linear Algebra, Indian Academy of Sciences 120 Refresher Course in Theoretical Physics, Indian Academy of Sciences 121 Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 122 International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 123 JSPS Ronpaku (Dissertation Ph.D.) Programme, DST 124 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers and JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, DST 124 Fredrick Institute of Plant Protection and Toxicology, Padappai 125 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 125 The Institute of Science, Mumbai 126 University of Mumbai 126 Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Parangipettai 126 Electronics Research & Development Centre of India, Kolkata
IN THIS ISSUE
4
In this issue
EDITORIAL
5
CORRESPONDENCE
7
N. S. Narasimhan
8
R. V. Karanth
S. Seshadri and K. Kathiravan
Click here to view / download this section
NEWS
MEETING REPORT
COMMENTARY
SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE
Paternal parents enhance dispersal ability of their progeny in a wind-dispersed species, Tecoma stans L.
B. Mohan Raju, K. N. Ganeshaiah and R. Uma Shaanker
GENERAL ARTICLE
REVIEW ARTICLE
RESEARCH ACCOUNT
RESEARCH ARTICLE
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
The yields of the Indian nuclear tests of 1998 and their relevance to Test Ban verification
Current transport mechanisms in a layered semiconductor
Enhancement of the energy and quantum conversion efficiencies of a photoelectrochemical cell sensitized with a combination of cationic and anionic dyes
Molecular mechanism of the contractile cycle of muscle
Filarial infection in chest disease patients from Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic areas of Uttar Pradesh, India
Three-dimensional structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis chaperonin-10 reveals a partially stable conformation of its mobile loop
Antibiosis-mediated necrotrophic effect of Pseudomonas GRC2 against two fungal plant pathogens
Regeneration strategy and plant diversity status in degraded sal forests
Nature and composition of pyrite framboids and organic substrate from degraded leaf cuticles of Late Tertiary sediments, Mahuadanr Valley, Palamu, Bihar
A new approach to the analysis of transverse river valley profiles and implications for morphotectonics: A case study in Rajasthan
BOOK REVIEWS
Shoemaker by Levy – The Man who Made an Impact
Renewable Energy and Environment –A Policy Analysis for India
PERSONAL NEWS
ADVERTISEMENTS
Instructional School on Linear Algebra, Indian Academy of Sciences
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi
JSPS Ronpaku (Dissertation Ph.D.) Programme, DST
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers and JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, DST
Fredrick Institute of Plant Protection and Toxicology, Padappai
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
The Institute of Science, Mumbai
University of Mumbai
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Parangipettai
Electronics Research & Development Centre of India, Kolkata
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