Current Science
A Fortnightly Journal of Research
ISSN 0011-3891
Volume 115 - Issue 10: 25 Nov, 2018
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In this issue
p. 1834

Guest Editorial
Cuba: a different kind of role model for biotechnology
p. 1835 | Saberwal, Gayatri

Correspondence
Challenges in the promotion of herbals as alternative and complementary medicine
p. 1837 | Rawat, Pooja; Singh, Pawan Kumar; Kumar, Vipin

News
Science Last Fortnight
p. 1839 | Mullasseri, Sileesh; Nagaleekar, Viswas Konasagara; Raj, Anup; Manjari, K. Sri; Lakshman, Kshama; Venkatesu, Pudi; Shakthi, A. Siva; Pal, Kavita; Naik, Pavithra

Infosys Prize 2018
p. 1843

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics: A gripping and extremely exciting tale of light
p. 1844 | Kumar, G. Ravindra

Meeting Report
Coming of age: Chitin chitosan research
p. 1849 | Madhu, K. P.

Commentary
The grand challenge and ethics of the ‘central science’
p. 1852 | Bhaduri, Sumit

Scientific Correspondence
Mitigating the male stereotype of science
p. 1854 | Malhotra, Charu; Joshi, Kirti

Ethulia gracilis Delile (Asteraceae), a new weed record for India
p. 1856 | Dalavi, Jagdish; Bramhadande, Sneha; Narayankar, Chirag; Patil, Suraj S; Yadav, Shrirang R.

General Articles
A decade of OSDD for TB: role and outcomes
p. 1858 | Chandran, Nisha; Brahmachari, Samir K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1858-1864

Expansion of boro rice in Meghalaya using space technology
p. 1865 | Das, Pratibha T.; Handique, B. K.; Raju, P. L. N.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1865-1870

Pivotal 20th century contributions to the development of the Anthropocene concept: overview and implications
p. 1871 | Correia, Ricardo A.; Correia, Zeynep C. H.; Malhado, Ana C. M.; Ladle, Richard J.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1871-1875

Review Articles
Modern technologies for sustainable food and nutrition security
p. 1876 | Kesavan, P. C.; Swaminathan, M. S.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1876-1883

Automation in transplanting: a smart way of vegetable cultivation
p. 1884 | Khadatkar, Abhijit; Mathur, S. M.; Gaikwad, B. B.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1884-1892

Research Articles
Synthesis and biological activities of some condensed oxazine and pyrimidine derivatives: cyclization, ring transformation and functionalization of oxazine
p. 1893 | Haggam, Reda A.; Soylem, Essam Abdelghani; Assy, Mohammed Gomaa; Arastiedy, Mariam Fikery
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1893-1903

Bubble size prediction in gas–solid fluidized beds using genetic programming
p. 1904 | Sonolikar, R. R.; Patil, M. P.; Mankar, R. B.; Tambe, S. S.; Kulkarni, B. D.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1904-1912

Application of the ecological footprint method for measuring sustainability of agricultural land use at a micro level in Barddhaman district, West Bengal, India
p. 1913 | Ghosh, Biswajit; Chakma, Namita
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1913-1920

Biological control of potato tuber soft rot using N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone-degrading endophytic bacteria
p. 1921 | Ha, Nguyen Thanh; Minh, Tran Quang; Hoi, Pham Xuan; Thuy, Nguyen Thi Thanh; Furuya, Naruto; Long, Hoang Hoa
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1921-1927

Analysis of in vitro and in silico anti-hyperglycaemic action of bioflavonoids isolated from different citrus peels
p. 1928 | Priya, E. Sanmuga; Selvan, P. Senthamil; Arshad, A. Syed
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1928-1937

Research Communications
Fusion of multispectral and panchromatic data using regionally weighted principal component analysis and wavelet
p. 1938 | Jayanth, J.; Kumar, T. Ashok; Koliwad, Shivaprakash
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1938-1942

Data visualization by alluvial diagrams for bibliometric reports, systematic reviews and meta-analyses
p. 1942 | Yeung, Andy Wai Kan
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1942-1947

Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among Mizo population: a population-based epidemiological study from North East India
p. 1947 | Borah, Prasanta K.; Paine, Suman K.; Kalita, Hem Ch; Biswas, Dipankar; Hazarika, Dilip; Bhattacharjee, Chandra K.; Mahanta, Jagadish
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1947-1949

Comparative expression analysis of defence-related genes in Bacillus-treated Glycine max upon challenge inoculation with selective fungal phytopathogens
p. 1950 | Jain, Shekhar; Vaishnav, Anukool; Varma, Ajit; Choudhary, Devendra Kumar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1950-1956

Soil microbial characteristics in sub-tropical agro-ecosystems of North Western Himalaya
p. 1956 | Singh, Rahul; Bhardwaj, D. R.; Pala, Nazir A.; Kaushal, Rajesh; Rajput, Bhalendra Singh
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1956-1959

Distribution pattern and population characteristics of Impatiens johnii E. Barnes, a stenotopic endemic and endangered Balsam in the mountain landscape of Munnar, Kerala, India
p. 1960 | Prasad, G.; Rajan, P.; Antony, V. T.; Shaji, P. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1960-1962

The host range of multi-host endophytic fungi
p. 1963 | Suryanarayanan, T. S.; Devarajan, P. T.; Girivasan, K. P.; Govindarajulu, M. B.; Kumaresan, V.; Murali, T. S.; Rajamani, T.; Thirunavukkarasu, N.; Venkatesan, G.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1963-1969

Monitoring and analysis of ground subsidence and backfill stress distribution in Jinchuan Mine, China
p. 1970 | Lu, Rong; Ma, Fengshan; Guo, Jie; Zhao, Haijun
doi: 10.18520/cs/v115/i10/1970-1977

Book Reviews
Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Joseph E. Aoun
p. 1978 | Kishore, Kamal

Nanotechnology. J. Menon
p. 1979 | Trivedi, Sneha

Historical Notes
Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science: the first thirty years (1971–2000)
p. 1980 | Vijayan, M.

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Science Academies’ Refresher Course on ‘Multiomic Applications in Medicinal Plant Research’
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Science Academies’ Refresher Course on Elementary Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy
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Junior Research Fellow - Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science
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Announcement of Opportunities - Indian Space Research Organisation
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Workshop on Science Writing - Current Science
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