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Impact of the top three exclusive medical journals of India
p. 1467 | Menezes, Ritesh G.; Shetty, B. Suresh Kumar; Kanchan, Tanuj; Lobo, Stany W.; Kumar, T. S. Mohan; Shetty, Mahabalesh

Tiger farms - How are they justifiable?
p. 1467 | Xavier, Nicky

Lack of motivation for quality research
p. 1468 | Arya, Arun

Lack of statistical confidence
p. 1468 | Bapat, Arun

Reviving quality in plant science education
p. 1469 | Dharmapalan, Biju

'No-charge' journals: A choice for low-quality science?
p. 1470 | Kozak, Marcin

Gene targeting in mice using embryonic stem cells: The 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
p. 1470 | Gupta, P. K.

Nutrition-secure India - How do we get there? Nutrition conclave discusses the way forward
p. 1473 | Bamji, Mahtab S.

Entomology Academy of India
p. 1476 | Ananthakrishnan, T. N.; Jesudasan, R. W. Alexander

The florigen mystery: A potential solution for an ancient riddle
p. 1477 | Jeyaraman, R.; Varghese, Susan Mary

Lessons from Japan in intellectual property reforms
p. 1479 | Paturu, Dileep K.; Aswal, Abhilasha; Imaduddin, H. Mohd

Mathematics phobia: Are the mathematical sciences a pothole in the road of life?
p. 1481 | Rameau, Pavlov; Louime, Clifford

Spreading fast yet unnoticed: Are we in for another invasion?
p. 1483 | Jaryan, Vikrant; Chopra, Sheetal; Uniyal, Sanjay Kr.; Singh, R. D.

Nuclear georeactor generation of the earth's geomagnetic field
p. 1485 | Herndon, J. Marvin

Software for DNA fingerprinting analyses
p. 1488 | Bala, Madhu

Population status of Gymnocladus assamicus, a critically endangered tree species in Arunachal Pradesh
p. 1489 | Choudhury, B. I.; Khan, M. L.; Arunachalam, A.; Das, A. K.

Biotechnological process for the treatment of fleshing from tannery industries for methane generation
p. 1492 | Vasudevan, N.; Ravindran, A. D.

The Thalakaadu phenomenon: A miracle or an ecological disaster?
p. 1495 | Ganeshaiah, K. N.

Vaccination strategies for tuberculosis
p. 1501 | Mehta, Abhinav; Tyagi, Rajeev K.; Goyal, Amit; Khatri, Kapil; Gupta, Prem N.; Vyas, S. P.

Gravitational lens systems to probe extragalactic magnetic fields
p. 1506 | Narasimha, D.; Chitre, S. M.

Missing data: A comparison of neural network and expectation maximization techniques
p. 1514 | Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V.; Mohamed, Shakir; Marwala, Tshilidzi

Precursory correlation dimensions for three great earthquakes
p. 1522 | Roy, P. N. S.; Nath, Sankar K.

Assessment of rhizobacterial diversity of Triticum aestivum and Eleusine coracana from Northern region of India
p. 1530 | Mittal, Shilpi; Johri, Bhavdish N.

Asia's tropics are the most intensively used: Contrasting conservation strategies between South and East
p. 1538 | Ashton, Peter

Forest destruction in tropical Asia
p. 1544 | Laurance, William F.

What's so special about Asian tropical forests?
p. 1551 | Corlett, Richard T.

Beyond mast-fruiting events: Community asynchrony and individual dormancy dominate woody plant reproductive behavior across seven Bornean forest types
p. 1558 | Cannon, Charles H.; Curran, Lisa M.; Marshall, Andrew J.; Leighton, Mark

A brief overview of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot
p. 1567 | Gunawardene, Nihara R.; Daniels, A. E. Dulip; Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N.; Gunatilleke, C. V. S.; Karunakaran, P. V.; Nayak, K. Geetha; Prasad, S.; Puyravaud, P.; Ramesh, B. R.; Subramanian, K. A.; Vasanthy, G.

Forest degradation in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot: Resource collection, livelihood concerns and sustainability
p. 1573 | Davidar, Priya; Arjunan, M.; Mammen, Pratheesh C.; Garrigues, J. P.; Puyravaud, J. P.; Roessingh, Krista

Managing dominance of invasive plants in wildlands
p. 1579 | Denslow, Julie S.

Fragmentation impacts caused by roads through rainforests
p. 1587 | Goosem, Miriam

An overview of techniques for the rehabilitation of degraded tropical forests and biodiversity conservation
p. 1596 | Kobayashi, Shigeo

Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change
p. 1604 | Ilyas, M.

Chlorination by-products and their discharge from the cooling water system of a coastal electric plant
p. 1608 | Rajamohan, R.; Vinnitha, E.; Venugopalan, V. P.; Narasimhan, S. V.

Chemolithotrophic oxidation of thiosulphate and tetrathionate by novel strains of Azospirillum and Pseudoxanthomonas isolated from the rhizosphere of an Indian tropical leguminous plant
p. 1613 | Ghosh, Wriddhiman; Roy, Pradosh

Temporal changes in groundwater quality in an industrial area of Andhra Pradesh, India
p. 1616 | Rao, K. V. Srinivasa; Rao, N. Subba; Krishna, B. Murali; Rao, P. Srinivasa; Subrahmanyam, A.; Devadas, D. John; Rao, B. Tirupathi

Geochronological constraints on the evolution of Meghalaya massif, northeastern India: An ion microprobe study
p. 1620 | Bidyananda, Maibam; Deomurari, M. P.

Ethnobotanical studies of Shompens - A critically endangered and degenerating ethnic community in Great Nicobar Island
p. 1623 | Sharief, M. U.; Rao, R. R.

Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods by Ananthanarayanan Raman, Carl W. Schaefer and Toni M. Withers (eds)
p. 1629 | Narendran, T. C.

Yash Pal: A Life in Science by Biman Basu
p. 1630 | Balasubramanian, D.

Department of Biotechnology INVITES NOMINATIONS FOR NATIONAL BIOSCIENCE AWARD FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT: 2007
p. 1632

Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad
p. 1634

Wiley-Blackwell
p. 1635

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY CALL FOR CONCEPT PAPER ON DEVELOPMENT OF RNAi TECHNOLOGY FOR APPLICATION IN AGRICULTURE AND MEDICINE
p. 1636

MISSION BIOFUELS INDIA PVT LTD
p. 1637

Goa University
p. 1637

Department of Genetic Engineering
p. 1638

'INNOVATIVE YOUNG BIOTECHNOLOGIST AWARD' (IYBA) INSTITUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
p. 1638

Department of Microbiology
p. 1639

Orissa Bigyan Academy
p. 1639

CENTRE FOR MARINE AND COASTAL STUDIES
p. 1640

Faculty positions at Indian Institute of Advanced Research (IIAR) Second Cover Fourth Cover Announcements
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