In this issue
p. 0472

Some Reflections on the Pursuit and Evaluation of Science
p. 0473 | Gadagkar, Raghavendra

Satellite altimetry
p. 0475 | Dinesh, A. C.; Maran, N.; Jayaprakash, C.

The jhumias of Tripura may be frustrated
p. 0475 | Paul, P. K.; Paul, P. P.

Satellite altimetry(Reply)
p. 0476 | Majumdar, T. J.; Bhattacharyya, R.

Is phytoremediation the solution for arsenic contamination of groundwater in India and Bangladesh?
p. 0476 | Mohan, B. S.; Agrawal, Pushpa

Emerging technologies in resistance dynamics in insect-plant interactions
p. 0477 | Ananthakrishnan, T. N.

International Symposium and IABMS Annual Conference 2005
p. 0480 | De, Minakshi

Integrating science and management of biodiversity in the Western Ghats
p. 0481 | Daniels, R. J. Ranjit

The source region of the solar wind
p. 0482 | Dwivedi, B. N.

Indian Institutes of Technology: Report of the review committee-2004
p. 0485 | Arakeri, Vijay H.

Taxonomy of rhizobia: Current status
p. 0486 | Sahgal, Manvika; Johri, Bhavdish N.

AMS facility at Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar: Inter-laboratory comparison of results
p. 0488 | Prasad, G. V. Ravi; Rajagopalan, G.; Choudhury, R. K.; Gopalan, K.; Somayajulu, B. L. K.

Fabrication of an inverse photoemission spectrometer to study unoccupied electronic states
p. 0490 | Shukla, A. K.; Banik, S.; Barman, S. R.

Microbial diversity at marine salterns near Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
p. 0497 | Dave, Shailesh R.; Desai, Harsha B.

Source of dissolved sulphate in the Alakananda-Bhagirathi rivers in the Himalayas
p. 0500 | Chakrapani, G. J.; Veizer, Jan

Bhuj earthquake of 26 January 2001: Tectonic inversion, lithospheric flexure and plate motion and comparison with Shillong and New Madrid earthquakes
p. 0504 | Mishra, D. C.; Rajasekhar, R. P.

2005 Kashmir earthquake: not a Kashmir Himalaya seismic gap event
p. 0507 | Gahalaut, Vineet K.

Leaf-colonizing lichens: their diversity, ecology and future prospects
p. 0509 | Pinokiyo, A.; Singh, K. P.; Singh, J. S.

NF-kB transcription factor: a key player in the generation of immune response
p. 0519 | Tripathi, Parul; Aggarwal, Amita

Rhododendron conservation in Sikkim Himalaya
p. 0532 | Tiwari, Onkar N.; Chauhan, U. K.

Fault classification in structures with incomplete measured data using autoassociative neural networks and genetic algorithm
p. 0542 | Marwala, Tshilidzi; Chakraverty, S.

Characterization of glycosylation in COS-7 cells using recombinant soluble Thy-1
p. 0549 | Devasahayam, Mercy

Parity in the number of atoms in residue composition in proteins and contact preferences
p. 0558 | Saha, Rudra Prasad; Chakrabarti, Pinak

Infestation of oak trees by the flowering parasite (Taxillus vestitus (Wall. ) Danser) at Nainital in Uttaranchal
p. 0562 | Ram, Jeet; Tewari, Beena; Pant, Chanda

Genetic diversity study of Cercospora canescens (Ellis & Martin) isolates, the pathogen of Cercospora leaf spot in legumes
p. 0564 | Joshi, A.; Souframanien, J.; Chand, R.; Pawar, S. E.

Cytochalasin B and taxol modulate cell surface ultrastructure in hydra
p. 0568 | Chaugule, Bhagyashri; Ghaskadbi, Saroj S.; Patwardhan, Vidya; Ghaskadbi, Surendra

Presence of illites in Bay of Bengal - An analysis of the sample obtained from GEODROME
p. 0574 | Sridhar, A. R.; Kumar, A. Pradeep; Shankar, Uma; Thakur, N. K.

Precambrian mega lineaments across the Indian sub-continent - preliminary evidence from offshore magnetic data
p. 0578 | Subrahmanyam, V.; Subrahmanyam, A. S.; Murthy, K. S. R.; Murty, G. P. S.; Sarma, K. V. L. N. S.; Rani, P. Suneetha; Anuradha, A.

Three dimensional attenuation structure of the central seismic gap region of Himalaya obtained from inversion of seismic intensity data
p. 0581 | Joshi, A.

The Expanded Quotable Einstein. Collected and Edited by Alice Calaprice
p. 0586 | Pasupathy, J.

India's Legendary Wootz Steel: An Advanced Material of the Ancient World by Sharada Srinivasan and Srinivasa Ranganathan
p. 0587 | Balasubramanian, A. V.

Heliothis/Helicoverpa Management: Emerging Trends and Strategy for Future Research. Hari C. Sharma(ed)
p. 0589 | Ananthakrishnan, T. N.

Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Hope - On-farm Conservation of Indigenous Genetic Resources: The Asian Experience by K. Vijayalakshmi and A. V. Balasubramanian
p. 0590 | Swaminathan, M. S.

T. V. Desikachary (1919-2005)
p. 0591 | Anand, N.

Publications received
p. 0594

DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY (DAE) DR K. S. KRISHNAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIP (KSKRA)
p. 0598

NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
p. 0601

Department of Biotechnology AWARD OF DBT-JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
p. 0602

BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY
p. 0603

INDIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
p. 0604

The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)
p. 0605

Regional Research Laboratory
p. 0606

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education - Research Scholarships
p. 0607

Postdoctoral Position Available at CERMAV-CNRS, France
p. 0607

Physical Research Laboratory Announcements Fourth Cover
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