Table of Contents (363)  |  Contents    DjVu | PDF

In this issue (366)  |  In this Issue    DjVu | PDF

Sediment management of the Himalayan rivers: a challenge for river managers (367)  |  Editorial    DjVu | PDF
    Sinha, Rajiv

Late Professor V. Radhakrishnan (369)  |  Correspondence    DjVu | PDF
    Swarup, Govind

Eighteen National Institutes of Technology in the top 100 NIRF engineering ranking (369)  |  Correspondence    DjVu | PDF
    Prathap, Gangan

Is quantification of parameters essential for scientific substantiation? (371)  |  Correspondence    DjVu | PDF
    Bapat, Arun

Science Last Fortnight (372)  |  News    DjVu | PDF

Science, technology and innovation policy research (376)  |  News    DjVu | PDF
    Sheth, Bhavisha P.; Chagun Basha, B.; Roy, Ipsita

Connecting researchers for transformation in research culture (377)  |  News    DjVu | PDF
    Giri, Lalit; Hareesh Chandra, P.; Chandra Sekar, K.; Tiwari, Ashutosh; Verma, Ravindra Kumar; Kumar, Kireet

Geogenic groundwater pollution (379)  |  News    DjVu | PDF
    Kaushik, Aditya; Gangopadhyay, Anusuya; Iqbal, Sarah; Priya, S.

Weakened magnetic field, cosmic rays and Zika virus outbreak (382)  |  Opinion    DjVu | PDF
    Qu, Jiangwen; Chandra Wickramasinghe, N.

CRISPR-Cas: the molecular scissors for genetic disease surgeries? (383)  |  Opinion    DjVu | PDF
    Selokar, Naresh L.

CO₂ emissions – drivers across time and countries (386)  |  Commentary    DjVu | PDF
    Desai, B. G.

Nationwide soil erosion assessment in India using radioisotope tracers ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb: the need for fallout mapping (388)  |  Commentary    DjVu | PDF
    Sankar, M.; Green, S. M.; Mishra, P. K.; Snöälv, J. T. C.; Sharma, N. K.; Karthikeyan, K.; Somasundaram, J.; Kadam, D. M.; Dinesh, D.; Kumar, Suresh; Kasthuri Thilagam, V.; Quine, T. A.

Do extreme precipitation intensities linked to temperature over India follow the Clausius–Clapeyron relationship? (391)  |  Scientific Correspondence    DjVu | PDF
    Nayak, Sridhara

Inhibition spectrum, purification and kinetic study of alpha-amylase inhibitor from Murraya koenigii endophytic actinobacterium (Streptomyces koyangensis strain B025) (393)  |  Scientific Correspondence    DjVu | PDF
    Saini, P.; Gangwar, M.

Reactivation of minor scars to major landslides – a satellite-based analysis of Kotropi landslide (13 August 2017) in Himachal Pradesh, India (395)  |  Scientific Correspondence    DjVu | PDF
    Roy, Priyom; Martha, Tapas R.; Jain, Nirmala; Vinod Kumar, K.

Science and engineering research in India (1985–2016): insights from two scientometric databases (399)  |  General Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Jaya Kumar, A.; Pandit, Rahul

Collaborative characteristics and networks of national, institutional and individual contributors using highly cited articles in environmental engineering in Science Citation Index Expanded (410)  |  General Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Fu, Hui-Zhen; Ho, Yuh-Shan

Updating India’s National Biodiversity Action Plan: the process and way forward (422)  |  General Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Onial, Malvika; Jasmine, Biba; Singh, Yashaswi; Pande, Anant; Ramesh, Chinnasamy; Sivakumar, Kuppusamy; Mathur, Vinod. B.

Plant diversity in cities: call for assessment and conservation (428)  |  General Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Singh, Ashutosh Kumar; Singh, Hema; Singh, J. S.

Electrode materials for supercapacitors synthesized by sol–gel process (436)  |  Review Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Dhere, Sunetra

Comparison of bioinspired computation and optimization techniques (450)  |  Review Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Hanif, Muhammad Kashif; Talib, Ramzan; Awais, Muhammad; Saeed, Muhammad Yahya; Sarwar, Umer

An optimal algorithm based on kinetic-molecular theory with artificial memory to solving economic dispatch problem (454)  |  Research Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Fan, Chaodong; Li, Jie; Yi, Lingzhi; Xiao, Leyi; Zhu, Biaoming; Ren, Ke

Experimental study on the hydraulic fracture propagation in shale (465)  |  Research Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Heng, Shuai; Yang, Chunhe; Wang, Lei; Daemen, J. J. K.

Microwave-assisted synthesis and characterization of oxime derivative of substituted chalcone and its nickel(II) complex (476)  |  Research Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Dangwal, Kusum Lata; Semwal, A. R.

Soil quality and fibrous mineral in black soils of Maharashtra (482)  |  Research Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Bhattacharyya, T.; Ray, S. K.; Chandran, P.; Karthikeyan, K.; Pal, D. K.

Portfolio mean-variance approach modifications: modulus function, principles of compromise, and ‘min–max’ approach (493)  |  Research Articles    DjVu | PDF
    Karpovich, Alexey; Rymanov, Alexander

Molecular interaction studies of phosphatidylcholine as drug delivery substrate for asenapine maleate (499)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Harani, A.; VijayaRatnam, J.; Dipankar, B.; Sathis Kumar, D.; Bhagya Lalitha, M.; Kumar, S. P. N.

Optimization of factors affecting decolourization of sulphonated azo dye Red HE7B in vitro by Bacillus sp. Azo1 (505)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Thakur, Jyoti Kumar; Paul, Sangeeta; Sinha, Nishant K.; Rathi, Maheshwar Singh

Forest cover monitoring and prediction in a Lesser Himalayan elephant landscape (510)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Kushwaha, S. P. S.; Nandy, S.; Shah, M. A.; Agarwal, R.; Mukhopadhyay, S.

Bt-cotton–vegetable-based intercropping systems as influenced by crop establishment method and planting geometry of Bt-cotton in Indo-Gangetic plains region (516)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Rajpoot, Sudhir K.; Rana, R. S.; Choudhary, Anil K.

Changes in water stability of soil aggregates in a solar greenhouse in different planted years and their relationship to iron oxide (523)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Yan, Yin; Zhong-Jian, Pei; Feng-Ming, Xi; Cheng-Hua, Liang; Jiao-Yue, Wang; Long-Fei, Bing

Toxic aqueous discharge of iron and sulphur from spoiled coal mined lands and its control by phytostabilization process (529)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Singh, A. K.

Diversity and conservation status of mangrove communities in two areas of Mesocaribea biogeographic region (534)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Ortiz, Ana Cano; Musarella, Carmelo M.; Piñar Fuentes, José C.; Pinto Gomes, Carlos J.; González, Sara Del Río; Cano, Eusebio

Development of a model for detection of saline blanks amongst mangrove species on hyperspectral image data (541)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Chakravortty, Somdatta; Ghosh, Dipanwita

Contrasting observation in culturable aerobic and micro-aerophilic heterotrophic fish gut-bacteria: intestine-breathing Lepidocephalichthys guntea (Hamilton Buchannan) versus gill-breathing Labeo rohita (548)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Roy, Rudra Prasad; Saha, Tilak; Chakraborty, Ranadhir

Response of fast ice to ground penetrating radar and backscattering coefficient from scatterometer in Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica (552)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Bothale, Rajashree Vinod; Anoop, S.; Gopaiah, Manne; Sherief, Mehanaz

A damage constitutive model for the intermittent cracked rock mass under the planar complicated stress condition (559)  |  Research Communications    DjVu | PDF
    Liu, Hongyan; Zhu, Fengjin

Leading Science and Technology: India Next? by Varun Aggarwal (566)  |  Book Reviews    DjVu | PDF
    Ghosh, Amitabha

The African and Arabian Moringa Species: Chemistry, Bioactivity and Thera¬peutic Applications by Solomon Habtemariam (567)  |  Book Reviews    DjVu | PDF
    Sanjappa, M.; Venu, P.

Lalji Singh (1947–2017) (568)  |  Personal News    DjVu | PDF
    Panda, Amrita Kumari; Kumar, Ashish; Kerketta, Aseem; Bisht, Satpal Singh

Observational records of stars in Indian astronomical texts (570)  |  Historical Notes    DjVu | PDF
    Shylaja, B. S.; Venketeswara Pai, R.

Indo US Genome Engineering/Editing Technology Initiative (GETin) Programme (574)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy Fellowship Program (575)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Nano for a Better World - Department of Science and Technology (576)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Project Staff (Post-Doctoral Fellows, Research Fellows and Project Assistants) - National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru (577)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Science Academies’ Refresher Course in Statistical Physics (578)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Science Academies’ Refresher Course in ‘Experimental Physics’ (579)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Junior Research Fellow - National Research Centre for Banana (580)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Admission to Ph.D. Program - Indrashil University (581)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

1st Call for Poster Presentation - S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (581)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Assistant Professor - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru (582)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Senior Research Fellow - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (582)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Junior Research Fellow - SRM Institute of Science and Technology (582)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Junior Research Fellow - Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (583)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Junior Research Fellow - GLA University (583)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Junior Research Fellow - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (583)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

B.V. Patel Pharmaceutical Education and Research Development (PERD) Centre, Thaltej, Ahmedabad (584)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Inter University Accelerator Centre, Delhi (584)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF

Prior Approval of NBA (588)  |  Advertisements    DjVu | PDF