In this issue
p. 1148

Engine
p. 1149 | Dattagupta, Sushanta

Biofuels for energy security
p. 1151 | Babu, K. Lenin

CWUR Subject Rankings 2017
p. 1151 | Prathap, Gangan

Emerging trend of pharmacoeconomics and health outcomes
p. 1153 | Suhas, B. S.; Pavan, D.; Gaurav, K.; Ahawodzi, P. D.; Ligade, V. S.

Representation of physical process in weather and climate models
p. 1155 | Mukhopadhyay, P.; Nanjundiah, Ravi S.

Intrinsically disordered proteins
p. 1156 | Herlekar, Ipsita

Science Last Fortnight
p. 1157

Real-time monitoring of black carbon aerosols in the glaciated valley of Northwestern Indian Himalaya
p. 1161 | Negi, Pyar Singh

Effectiveness of amino acids for carbon storage and utilization applications
p. 1163 | Prasad, Pinnelli S. R.; Kiran, Burla Sai; Sain, Kalachand

Low phytic acid peanut: a potential tool to overcome mineral malnutrition in humans
p. 1165 | Ajay, B. C.; Kambiranda, D.; Bera, S. K.; Kumar, Narendra; Gangadhar, K.; Fiyaz, R. Abdul; Ramya, K. T.

Assessing the quality of higher education institutions in India: an alternative framework
p. 1167 | Mukhopadhyay, Pranab; Tapaswi, Murari P.; Sudarsan, P. K.; Sudarsan, Kavya
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1167-1173

Collaboration patterns of Indian scientists in organic chemistry
p. 1174 | Garg, K. C.; Kumar, S.; ., Bebi
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1174-1180

Policy as a driver of economic growth: historical evidence from the Indian pharmaceutical industry
p. 1181 | Chandran, Nisha; Brahmachari, Samir K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1181-1193

Breeding of new ornamental varieties: Rose
p. 1194 | Datta, S. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1194-1206

A comparative study to elucidate the inhibitory mechanism of a 6-mer fragment of amyloid-beta 42 peptide as a potential therapeutic in Alzheimer's disease: insights from molecular dynamic simulations
p. 1207 | Dutta, Mary; Mattaparthi, Venkata Satish Kumar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1207-1213

In vitro and in silico validation of anti-cobra venom activity and and identification of lead molecules in Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa
p. 1214 | Nisha, N. C.; Sreekumar, S.; Evans, D. A.; Biju, C. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1214-1221

Antioxidant and nutrient potential of some underutilized leafy vegetables consumed by tribals of Jharkhand
p. 1222 | ., Srivastava; Pann, R. S.; Bhatt, B. P.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1222-1233

Enhanced oil accumulation of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) leaves by ectopic overexpression of VgDGAT1a for renewable production of biofuels
p. 1234 | Gao, Chang-Yong; Mao, Xue; Shang, Hong-Qin; Li, Fang; Li, Run-Zhi
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1234-1240

A simplified soil nutrient information system: study from the North East Region of India
p. 1241 | Padua, Shelton; Chattopadhyay, T.; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Ramchandran, S.; Jena, R. K.; Ray, P.; Roy, P. Deb; Baruah, U.; Sah, K. D.; Singh, S. K.; Ray, S. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1241-1249

Effects of root properties and branching characteristics on soil reinforcement in Jinyun Mountain, China
p. 1250 | Song, Shuangshuang; Wang, Yunqi; Sun, Baoping; Li, Yunpeng
doi: 0.18520/cs/v114/i06/1250-1260

Isolation and selection of cellulose-degrading microorganisms for utilization along with earthworms in efficient conversion of municipality waste mix to compost
p. 1261 | Devi, Sanasam Shantibala; Devi, Nongthombam Grihalakshmi; Kalita, Mohan Chandra; Talukdar, Narayan Chandra
doi: 0.18520/cs/v114/i06/1261-1274

Socio-economic costing of road traffic accidents: evidence from Nagpur City, Maharashtra
p. 1275 | Bora, Bhaswati; Landge, Vishrut; Dalai, Bahuguna
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1275-1283

Impact of tropical volcanic eruptions on Hadley circulation using a high-resolution AGCM
p. 1284 | Dogar, Muhammad Mubashar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1284-1294

Electron density, interaction energy and hydrogen-bond radius of C–H...O interaction
p. 1295 | Parajuli, R.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1295-1298

A critical analysis of the UGC-approved list of journals'
p. 1299 | Patwardhan, Bhushan; Nagarkar, Shubhada; Gadre, Shridhar R.; Lakhotia, Subhash C.; Katoch, Vishwa Mohan; Moher, David
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1299-1303

Projection of climate change scenario in the Kabul river Basin, Afghanistan
p. 1304 | Sidiqi, Massouda; Shrestha, Sangam; Ninsawat, Sarawut
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1304-1310

Influence of open and polyhouse conditions on soil carbon dioxide emission from Amaranthus plots with different nutrient management practices under changing climate scenario
p. 1311 | Surendran, U.; Vijayan, Aswathy K.; Bujair, V.; Joseph, E. J.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1311-1317

Odd-even traffic rule implementation during winter 2016 in Delhi did not reduce traffic emissions of VOC's carbon dioxide, methane and carbon monoxide
p. 1318 | Chandra, B. P.; Sinha, V.; Hakkim, H.; Kumar, A.; Pawar, H.; Mishra, A. K.; Sharma, G.; ., Pallavi; Garg, S.; Ghude, Sachin D.; Chate, D. M.; Pithani, Prakash; Kulkarni, Rachana; Jenamani, R. K.; Rajeevan, M.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1318-1325

Effective weed control strategy in tomato kitchen garden-herbicides, mulching or manual weeding
p. 1325 | Awan, Daud Ahmad; Ahmad, Faheem; Ashraf, Sharmin
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1325-1329

Divergence studies of white willow (Salix alba L) germplasm
p. 1330 | Paray, P. A.; Gangoo, S. A.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1330-1333

Estimating net primary productivity of croplands in Indo-Gangetic Plains using GOME-2 sun-induced fluorescence and MODIS NDVI
p. 1333 | Patel, N. R.; Padalia, Hitendra; Devadas, R.; Huete, A.; Kumar, A. Senthil; Murthy, Y. V. N. Krishna
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1333-1337

Detection of coastal landforms in a deltaic area using a multi-scale object-based classification method
p. 1338 | Martha, Tapas R.; Vamsee, A. Mohan; Tripathi, Vikas; Kumar, K. Vinod
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1338-1345

Occupancy time-based passenger car equivalents at unsignalized intersections in India
p. 1346 | Mohan, Mithun; Chandra, Satish
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1346-1352

Annual Review of Public Health, Vol. 38. Jonathan E. Fielding, Ross C. Brownson and Lawrence W. Green (eds)
p. 1353 | Vaz, Mario

Finite Elements: Theory and Algorithms. Sashikumaar Ganesan and Lutz Tobiska (eds)
p. 1353 | Gudi, T.

Figs of Eastern Ghats, India. J. V. Sudhakar, N. Chandra Mohan Reddy and G. V. S. Murthy
p. 1355 | Udayan, P. S.

Tiruvalam Natarajan Krishnamurti (1932-2018)
p. 1356 | Rajeevan, M.; Srinivasan, J.

Shanti Lal Kayastha (1924-2018)
p. 1357 | Singh, R. B.

Medical stores in 1865, pharmacist training and pharmacopoeias in India until the launch of the India Pharmacopoeia in 1955
p. 1358 | Raman, Ramya; Raman, Anantanarayanan

Science Academies’ Refresher Course on ‘Molecules and Materials for Applications in Synthesis and in Devices’
p. 1367

Science Academies’ Refresher Course on ‘Quantum Mechanics’
p. 1368

PRL Junior Research Fellowships - July 2018
p. 1369

Admission to NIAS Doctoral Programme 2018–19 - National Institute of Advanced Studies
p. 1370

Invitation for Innovative Research Proposals 38th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica - National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research
p. 1371

Admission to Post-Graduate Programmes 2018-19 - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
p. 1371

Scientific Officer - Indo-German Science and Technology Centre
p. 1371

Director of Innovation, Incubation and Linkages - Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
p. 1372

Research Associate - Centre of Advanced Study in Geology
p. 1372

Finance and Accounts Officer- Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
p. 1372

Admission to the PhD Program of Manipal Academy of Higher Education
p. 1373

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships - Institute of Nano Science and Technology
p. 1373

Science Academies’ 98th Refresher Course in Experimental Physics
p. 1377