In this issue
p. 1162

Gerontophobia, Ageing and Retirement
p. 1163 | Balaram, P.

On the selection procedure of lecturers in universities and degree colleges
p. 1165 | Shukla, S. K.; Singh, Vivek; Shukla, P. K.; Srivastava, G. K.

Trickle down research: Do we need to turn from top-down to bottom-up?
p. 1166 | Bachhawat, Anand K.

Yumthang: less-known valley of flowers in Sikkim Himalaya
p. 1166 | Husain, Tariq; Garg, Arti; Agnihotri, Priyanka

Perspectives in nonlinear dynamics 2004
p. 1167 | Gupte, Neelima; Ramaswamy, Ram

Riboswitch: A new mechanism of gene regulation in bacteria
p. 1168 | Ray, Suvendra Kumar

The row over earth's mantle plume concept
p. 1170 | Sankaran, A. V.

From the archives
p. 1173

Science and its applications to societal security
p. 1174 | Parthasarathi, Ashok

Chitosan: A potential biomaterial effective against typhoid
p. 1176 | Yadav, A. V.; Bhise, S. B.

Chromosomal studies in Aedes (Finlaya) niveus, a vector for filariasis
p. 1179 | Das, M. K.; Adak, T.; Subbarao, S. K.

Preconcentration and determination of mercury in natural waters using immobilized biosorbent of Aspergillus niger
p. 1180 | Karunasagar, D.; Krishna, M. V. Balarama; Mohan, P. Maruthi; Arunachalam, J.

Rapid detection of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, the bacterium associated with citrus Huanglongbing (Greening) disease using PCR
p. 1183 | Das, A. K.

Inducible expression of green fluorescence protein in Lactococcus lactis
p. 1185 | Varma, N. R. S.; Raha, A. R.; Ross, E.; Mariana, N. S.; Yusoff, K.

Frugivory of Phyllanthus emblica at Rajaji National Park, northwest India
p. 1188 | Prasad, Soumya; Chellam, Ravi; Krishnaswamy, Jagadish; Goyal, S. P.

Conserving the breeding habitat of the near threatened Oriental White ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
p. 1190 | Balakrishnan, Manoj; Thomas, Sabu K.

Microzonation of earthquake hazard in Greater Delhi area
p. 1193 | Iyengar, R. N.; Ghosh, S.

Dietary restriction and its multifaceted effects
p. 1203 | Sharma, R.

Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins in plant defence
p. 1211 | Gomathi, V.; Gnanamanickam, S. S.

Influence of reinforcement on microstructure and mechanical response of a magnesium alloy
p. 1218 | Jayamathy, M.; Seshan, S.; Kailas, S. V.; Kumar, K.; Srivatsan, T. S.

Coastal erosion and habitat loss along the Godavari delta front - a fallout of dam construc­tion(?)
p. 1232 | Malini, B. Hema; Rao, K. Nageswara

Laminar and turbulent forced convection in accelerating and decelerating curved flows
p. 1237 | Umur, H.; Ozalp, A. A.

Some characteristics of low pressure systems and summer monsoon rainfall over Orissa
p. 1245 | Mohapatra, M.; Mohanty, U. C.

Structural stabilization by Hoechst 33258 in ɣ-irradiated DNA: Evidenced by spectroscopic studies
p. 1256 | Chaudhury, N. K.; Bharadwaj, R.

Degradation of p-hydroxybenzoate via protocatechuate in Arthrobacter protophormiae RKJ100 and Burkholderia cepacia RKJ200
p. 1263 | Paul, Debarati; Chauhan, Ashwini; Pandey, Gunjan; Jain, Rakesh K.

ESR dating of interfault gypsum from Katrol hill range, Kachchh, Gujarat: Implications for neotectonism
p. 1269 | Mathew, George; Rao, T. K. Gundu; Sohoni, P. S.; Karanth, R. V.

A study on the growth of continuous culture cell lines embedded in Mebiol gel
p. 1275 | Madhavan, H. N.; Malathi, J.; Joseph, Patricia Rinku; Yuichi, Mori; Yoshioka, Hiroshi; Abraham, Samuel JK

Species determination and authentication of meat samples by mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene sequence analysis and conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis
p. 1278 | Rastogi, Gurdeep; Dharne, Mahesh; Bharde, Atul; Pandav, V. S.; Ghumatkar, S. V.; Krishnamurthy, R.; Patole, M. S.; Shouche, Yogesh S.

Diversity and management of wild mammals in tea gardens in the rain­forest regions of the Western Ghats, India: A case study from a tea estate in the Anaimalai Hills
p. 1282 | Kumara, H. N.; Kumar, M. Ananda; Sharma, A. K.; Sushma, H. S.; Singh, Mridula; Singh, Mewa

Thidiazuron-induced high-frequency shoot proliferation in Cineraria maritima Linn.
p. 1287 | Banerjee, Suchitra; Tripathi, Jyoti; Verma, Praveen Chandra; Dwivedi, Prem Dutt; Khanuja, Suman Preet Singh; Bagchi, G. D.

Accumulation of astaxanthin in flagellated cells of Haematococcus pluvialis - cultural and regulatory aspects
p. 1290 | Brinda, B. R.; Sarada, R.; Kamath, B. Sandesh; Ravishankar, G. A.

Fauna and palaeoenvironment of a Late Quaternary fluvio-lacustrine basin in Central Kumaun Himalaya
p. 1295 | Kotlia, B. S.; Sanwal, Jaishri

A History of Vector Analysis - The evolution of the idea of a vectorial system by Michael J. Crowe
p. 1300 | Shankar, P. N.

Photosynthesis in Algae by Anthony Larkum Et Al
p. 1301 | Mohanty, Prasanna

Story of the Oceans
p. 1302

T. A. Venkitasubramanian (1924-2003)
p. 1303 | Tyagi, Jaya Sivaswami

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INTERACTION MEETING IN ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
p. 1304

30th Mahableswar Seminar in Modern Biology
p. 1305

Department of Science and Technology Nanomaterials Science and Technology Initiative
p. 1306

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
p. 1307

REFRESHER COURSE ON PHOTONICS AND MATERIALS
p. 1308

Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany-WORKSHOP ON BIOPROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
p. 1309

Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany-WORKSHOP ON PHYTOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES and PLANT TISSUE CULTURE
p. 1309

Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre
p. 1310

Workshop on Techniques in Nuerobiology
p. 1310

Post-doctoral Position Available
p. 1310

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
p. 1311

IBAB Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology
p. 1311