SGDB: A Sugarcane Germplasm Database - K. Praveen; M. Hemanth Kumar; A. Umamaheshwari; D. M. Reddy; P. Sudhakar; M. Munikumar; D. Pradhan; N. Sabita (Sugar Tech, 2015)

Validation of Seasonal Forecast of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall - Sukanta Kumar Das; Sanjib Kumar Deb; C. M. Kishtawal; Pradip Kumar Pal (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2015)

Immunohistochemical Localization of Gastrin Cells (G-Cells) in the Alimentary Canal of a Skipper Frog, Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, Schiedner, (Anura; Ranidae) - Ritesh Kumar Shukla; Balarko Chakraborty; Venkat Appa Rao Namballa; M. Firoz Ahmad (Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 2015)

Survival and Growth of Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in Inland Saline Water Supplemented with Potassium - Sudhir Raizada; C. S. Purushothaman; V. K. Sharma; V. Harikrishna; M. Rahaman; R. K. Agrahari; J. Hasan; G. Venugopal; A. Kumar (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2015)

Statistical Modeling of Extreme Drought Occurrence in Bellary District of Eastern Karnataka - N. M. Alam; A. Raizada; C. Jana; Rakesh Kumar Meshram; N. K. Sharma (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2015)

Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the South America and their relationship to rainfall - H. A. Barbosa; T. V. Lakshmi Kumar; L. R. M. Silva (Natural Hazards, 2015)

Drought assessment in the Dhar and Mewat Districts of India using meteorological, hydrological and remote-sensing derived indices - R. N. Sahoo; Dipanwita Dutta; M. Khanna; N. Kumar; S. K. Bandyopadhyay (Natural Hazards, 2015)

Modeling of kinetics approach on the removal in methyl ethyl ketone using pressmud based biofilter systems - S. Ashok Kumar; Aprana S. Nair; V. Saravanan; M. Rajasimman (Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2015)

Habitat Characteristics and Their Effects on the Density of Groups of Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India - Parimal Chandra Ray; Awadhesh Kumar; Ashalata Devi; Murali C. Krishna; M. L. Khan; W. Y. Brockelman (International Journal of Primatology, 2015)

Early infectious acute respiratory distress syndrome is characterized by activation and proliferation of alveolar T-cells - K. Risso; G. Kumar; M. Ticchioni; C. Sanfiorenzo; J. Dellamonica; F. Guillouet-de Salvador; G. Bernardin; C.-H. Marquette; P.-M. Roger (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2015)

Isolation and characterization of a Lecanicillium psalliotae isolate infecting cardamom thrips (Sciothrips cardamomi) in India - C. M. Senthil Kumar; T. K. Jacob; S. Devasahayam; Sharon D’Silva; N. K. Krishna Kumar (BioControl, 2015)

Genetic Relatedness of WNIN and WNIN/Ob with Major Rat Strains in Biomedical Research - Kiran Kumar Battula; Giridharan Nappanveettil; Satoshi Nakanishi; Takashi Kuramoto; Jeffry M. Friedman; Rajender Rao Kalashikam (Biochemical Genetics, 2015)

Erratum to: Optimization and evaluation of fly ash composite properties for geotechnical application - Harinandan Kumar; M. K. Mishra (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Optimization and evaluation of fly ash composite properties for geotechnical application - Harinandan Kumar; M. K. Mishra (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

The relationship between alloying elements and biologically produced ennoblement in natural waters - M. Eashwar; A. Lakshman Kumar; R. Hariharasuthan; G. Sreedhar (Biofouling, 2015)

Livestock Wastewater Treatment in Batch and Continuous Photocatalytic Systems: Performance and Economic Analyses - Raju C. Asha; M. A. Vishnuganth; Neelancherry Remya; N. Selvaraju; Mathava Kumar (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2015)

QTL for fatty acid composition and yield in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) - Santosh Kumar; Frank M. You; Scott Duguid; Helen Booker; Gordon Rowland; Sylvie Cloutier (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2015)

Impact of Kalpana-1 retrieved atmospheric motion vectors on mesoscale model forecast during summer monsoon 2011 - Inderpreet Kaur; Prashant Kumar; S. K. Deb; C. M. Kishtawal; P. K. Pal; Raj Kumar (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2015)

Impact of Kalpana-1 retrieved multispectral AMVs on Mahasen tropical cyclone forecast - Inderpreet Kaur; Prashant Kumar; S. K. Deb; C. M. Kishtawal; P. K. Pal; Raj Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2015)

The M w 6.9 Sikkim–Nepal earthquake of September 2011: a perspective for wrench faulting in the Himalayan thrust zone - N. Purnachandra Rao; V. M. Tiwari; M. Ravi Kumar; Pinki Hazarika; Dipankar Saikia; R. K. Chadha; Y. J. Bhaskar Rao (Natural Hazards, 2015)

Complexity in hydro-seismicity of the Koyna–Warna region, India - D. V. Ramana; J. Pavan Kumar; Asha Chelani; R. K. Chadha; M. Shekar; R. N. Singh (Natural Hazards, 2015)

Apigenin inhibits PMA-induced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and AP-1 factors in A549 cells - Rajeshwari H. Patil; R. L. Babu; M. Naveen Kumar; K. M. Kiran Kumar; Shubha M. Hegde; Govindarajan T. Ramesh; S. Chidananda Sharma (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2015)

Synthesis and anticancer activity evaluation of some acridine derivatives - Surbhi Arya; Anuj Kumar; Nikhil Kumar; Partha Roy; S. M. Sondhi (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015)

Synthesis, antibacterial evaluation, and SAR study of some novel 3-aryl/heteroaryl-9-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo-[4,3-a]-quinoline derivatives - M. Kumar; V. Kumar; G. K. Gupta (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015)

The RIG-I-like helicase receptor MDA5 (IFIH1) is involved in the host defense against Candida infections - M. Jaeger; R. van der Lee; S.-C. Cheng; M. D. Johnson; V. Kumar; A. Ng; T. S. Plantinga; S. P. Smeekens; M. Oosting; X. Wang; W. Barchet; K. Fitzgerald; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2015)

Contemporary and historic population structure of Abies spectabilis at treeline in Barun valley, eastern Nepal Himalaya - Parveen Kumar Chhetri; David M. Cairns (Journal of Mountain Science, 2015)

Comparative evaluation of nucleic acid-based assays for detection of Japanese encephalitis virus in swine blood samples - H. Dhanze; K. N. Bhilegaonkar; G. V. P. P. S. Ravi Kumar; P. Thomas; H. B. Chethan Kumar; M. Suman Kumar; S. Rawat; P. Kerketta; D. B. Rawool; A. Kumar (Archives of Virology, 2015)

NF-κB in cancer therapy - Feng Li; Jingwen Zhang; Frank Arfuso; Arunachalam Chinnathambi; M. E. Zayed; Sulaiman Ali Alharbi; Alan Prem Kumar; Kwang Seok Ahn; Gautam Sethi (Archives of Toxicology, 2015)

A study on marine notches between Rameswaram and Kanyakumari and their implication on the sea level changes, East coast of India - J. Dajkumar Sahayam; S. Krishna Kumar; M. Suresh Gandhi; N. Chandrasekar; G. Victor Rajamanickam (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

6-Benzylaminopurine affects lipid peroxidation and membrane permeability and thereby preserves curd quality and antioxidants during storage of cauliflower - Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui; J. P. Singh; Md. Abu Nayyer; Kalyan Barman; M. S. Ahmad; Vinod Kumar (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2015)

Genetic diversity of steno endemic and critically endangered Monoon tirunelveliense (Annonaceae) from India as revealed by ISSRs - M. B. Viswanathan; C. Rajasekar; P. Sathish Kumar (Trees, 2015)

Pea p68 Imparts Salinity Stress Tolerance in Rice by Scavenging of ROS-Mediated H2O2 and Interacts with Argonaute - Mst. Sufara Akhter Banu; Kazi Md. Kamrul Huda; Ranjan Kumar Sahoo; Bharti Garg; Suresh Tula; S. M. Shahinul Islam; Renu Tuteja; Narendra Tuteja (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2015)

Numerical modelling on fate and transport of petroleum hydrocarbons in an unsaturated subsurface system for varying source scenario - M Berlin; M Vasudevan; G Suresh Kumar; Indumathi M Nambi (Journal of Earth System Science, 2015)

Denitrification kinetics in biomass- and biochar-amended soils of different landscape positions - Rajesh Chintala; Rachel K Owen; Thomas E Schumacher; Kurt A Spokas; Louis M McDonald; Sandeep Kumar; David E Clay; Douglas D Malo; Bruce Bleakley (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

Induction of Osmoadaptive Mechanisms and Modulation of Cellular Physiology Help Bacillus licheniformis Strain SSA 61 Adapt to Salt Stress - Sangeeta Paul; Chetana Aggarwal; Jyoti Kumar Thakur; G. S. Bandeppa; Md. Aslam Khan; Lauren M. Pearson; Gyorgy Babnigg; Carol S. Giometti; Andrzej Joachimiak (Current Microbiology, 2015)

North Indian heavy rainfall event during June 2013: diagnostics and extended range prediction - Susmitha Joseph; A. K. Sahai; S. Sharmila; S. Abhilash; N. Borah; R. Chattopadhyay; P. A. Pillai; M. Rajeevan; Arun Kumar (Climate Dynamics, 2015)

Predominance and Sources of Alkane and Fatty Acid Biomarkers in the Surface Sediments of Chitrapuzha River (South India) - K. S. Sanil Kumar; S. M. Nair (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015)

Impairment of DNA in a Freshwater Gastropod (Lymnea luteola L.) After Exposure to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles - Daoud Ali; Huma Ali; Saud Alarifi; Sudhir Kumar; M. Serajuddin; Agha P. Mashih; Mukhtar Ahmed; Mujeeb Khan; Syed Farooq Adil; M. R. Shaik; Anees A. Ansari (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015)

Biomonitoring of Airborne Platinum Group Elements in Urban Traffic Police Officers - C. T. Kamala; V. Balaram; M. Satyanarayanan; A. Kiran Kumar; K. S. V. Subramanyam (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015)

Oldenlandia dineshii (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae), a new species from the Palakkad Gap region of Western Ghats, India - Sojan Jose; Maya C. Nair; K. M. Prabhukumar; V. V. Asha; R. Prakash Kumar; P. V. Madhusoodanan; V. Suresh (Kew Bulletin, 2015)

Design and Optimization of Curcumin–HPβCD Bioadhesive Vaginal Tablets by 23 Factorial Design: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation - Umme Hani; H. G. Shivakumar; Atul Srivastava; Nawaz Mahammed; Shailesh Thirumaleshwar; Naga Sravan kumar Varma; Rudra Vaghela; Chetan G. Shinde; M. P. Gowrav (Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 2015)

Effects of geological structures on groundwater flow and quality in hardrock regions of northern Tirunelveli district, southern India - M Senthilkumar; R Arumugam; D Gnanasundar; D S C Thambi; E Sampath Kumar (Journal of Earth System Science, 2015)

Dynamics of effluent treatment plant during commissioning of activated sludge process unit - Amit Bafana; Gulshan Kumar; Sanjay M. Kashyap; Gajanan S. Kanade; Vilas M. Shinde (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

Characterization of the Effluents from Leather Processing Industries - Manjushree Chowdhury; M. G. Mostafa; Tapan Kumar Biswas; Abul Mandal; Ananda Kumar Saha (Environmental Processes, 2015)

Application of geo-microbial prospecting method for finding oil and gas reservoirs - M. A. Rasheed; Syed Zaheer Hasan; P. L. Srinivasa Rao; Annapurna Boruah; V. Sudarshan; B. Kumar; T. Harinarayana (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2015)

Remote Ischemic Postconditioning: Harnessing Endogenous Protection in a Murine Model of Vascular Cognitive Impairment - Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan; Md Nasrul Hoda; Kumar Vaibhav; Shailendra Giri; Philip Wang; Jennifer L. Waller; Adviye Ergul; Krishnan M. Dhandapani; Susan C. Fagan; David C. Hess (Translational Stroke Research, 2015)

Association of Papaya leaf curl virus with the leaf curl disease of grain amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.) in India - A. Srivastava; M. Jaidi; S. Kumar; S. K. Raj; S. Shukla (Phytoparasitica, 2015)

Synthesis and evaluation of antimicrobial activity of 2-aminobenzothiazolomethyl naphthol derivatives - Pramod Kumar Sahu; Praveen Kumar Sahu; D. Thavaselvam; Ahmed M. Alafeefy; Dau D. Agarwal (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015)

Bacopa monniera ameliorates cognitive impairment and neurodegeneration induced by intracerebroventricular-streptozotocin in rat: behavioral, biochemical, immunohistochemical and histopathological evidences - M. Badruzzaman Khan; Muzamil Ahmad; Saif Ahmad; Tauheed Ishrat; Kumar Vaibhav; Gulrana Khuwaja; Fakhrul Islam (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2015)

Ultraviolet and 5′Fluorodeoxyuridine Induced Random Mutagenesis in Chlorella vulgaris and Its Impact on Fatty Acid Profile: A New Insight on Lipid-Metabolizing Genes and Structural Characterization of Related Proteins - Josephine Anthony; Vijaya Raghavan Rangamaran; Dharani Gopal; Kumar T. Shivasankarasubbiah; Mary Leema J. Thilagam; Magesh Peter Dhassiah; Divya Shridhar M. Padinjattayil; VinithKumar N. Valsalan; Vijayakumaran Manambrakat; Sivakumar Dakshinamurthy; Sivaraman Thirunavukkarasu; Kirubagaran Ramalingam (Marine Biotechnology, 2015)

Toxicological impacts of a botanical pesticide, azadirachtin on corpuscles of Stannius of stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis - A. Kumar; M. Prasad; S. K. Srivastav; N. Suzuki; A. K. Srivastav (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2015)

Male biased gene flow in banana pseudostem weevil (Odoiporus longicollis Oliver) as revealed by analysis of the COI-tRNALeu COII region - Pallavi Shankar; Vishvas M. Kulkarni; Lalitha Sunil Kumar (Genetica, 2015)

QTL analysis for phytonutrient compounds and the antioxidant molecule in mustard (Brassica juncea L.) - Shilpa Gupta; M. K. Sangha; Gurpreet Kaur; Shashi Banga; Mehak Gupta; Hitesh Kumar; S. S. Banga (Euphytica, 2015)

Synthesis, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of novel mannich bases of benzimidazoles - Neeraj Kumar; C. S. Sharma; M. S. Ranawat; H. P. Singh; L. S. Chauhan; N. Dashora (Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 2015)

Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one - Pierre Martre; Daniel Wallach; Senthold Asseng; Frank Ewert; James W. Jones; Reimund P. Rötter; Kenneth J. Boote; Alex C. Ruane; Peter J. Thorburn; Davide Cammarano; Jerry L. Hatfield; Cynthia Rosenzweig; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2015)
Crop models of crop growth are increasingly used to quantify the impact of global changes due to climate or crop management. Therefore, accuracy of simulation results is a major concern. Studies with ensembles of crop models can give valuable information about model accuracy and uncertainty, but such studies are difficult to organize and have only recently begun. We report on the largest ensemble study to date, of 27 wheat models tested in four contrasting locations for their accuracy in simulating multiple crop growth and yield variables. The relative error averaged over models was 24–38% for the different end‐of‐season variables including grain yield ( GY ) and grain protein concentration ( GPC ). There was little relation between error of a model for GY or GPC and error for in‐season variables. Thus, most models did not arrive at accurate simulations of GY and GPC by accurately simulating preceding growth dynamics. Ensemble simulations, taking either the mean (e‐mean) or median (e‐median) of simulated values, gave better estimates than any individual model when all variables were considered. Compared to individual models, e‐median ranked first in simulating measured GY and third in GPC . The error of e‐mean and e‐median declined with an increasing number of ensemble members, with little decrease beyond 10 models. We conclude that multimodel ensembles can be used to create new estimators with improved accuracy and consistency in simulating growth dynamics. We argue that these results are applicable to other crop species, and hypothesize that they apply more generally to ecological system models.

CTFS ‐Forest GEO : a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change - Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira; Stuart J. Davies; Amy C. Bennett; Erika B. Gonzalez‐Akre; Helene C. Muller‐Landau; S. Joseph Wright; Kamariah Abu Salim; Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano; Alfonso Alonso; Jennifer L. Baltzer; Yves Basset; Norman A. Bourg; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2015)
Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest conservation and climate protection. This review describes an international network of 59 long‐term forest dynamics research sites ( CTFS ‐Forest GEO ) useful for characterizing forest responses to global change. Within very large plots (median size 25 ha), all stems ≥1 cm diameter are identified to species, mapped, and regularly recensused according to standardized protocols. CTFS ‐Forest GEO spans 25°S–61°N latitude, is generally representative of the range of bioclimatic, edaphic, and topographic conditions experienced by forests worldwide, and is the only forest monitoring network that applies a standardized protocol to each of the world's major forest biomes. Supplementary standardized measurements at subsets of the sites provide additional information on plants, animals, and ecosystem and environmental variables. CTFS ‐Forest GEO sites are experiencing multifaceted anthropogenic global change pressures including warming (average 0.61 °C), changes in precipitation (up to ±30% change), atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur compounds (up to 3.8 g N m −2 yr −1 and 3.1 g S m −2 yr −1 ), and forest fragmentation in the surrounding landscape (up to 88% reduced tree cover within 5 km). The broad suite of measurements made at CTFS ‐Forest GEO sites makes it possible to investigate the complex ways in which global change is impacting forest dynamics. Ongoing research across the CTFS ‐Forest GEO network is yielding insights into how and why the forests are changing, and continued monitoring will provide vital contributions to understanding worldwide forest diversity and dynamics in an era of global change.

PCR-based RAPD technique to determine induced salinity tolerance in vitro in Acacia auriculiformis - B. R. Nagashree; H. S. Santosh Kumar; B. R. Gurumurthy; N. Nataraja Karaba; M. B. Shivanna (Plant Biosystems, 2015)

Atmospheric motion vector retrieval using improved tracer selection algorithm - Inderpreet Kaur; S. K. Deb; C. M. Kishtawal; P. K. Pal; Raj Kumar (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2015)

Synthesis of 3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl-3,4-dichlorophenyl substituted thiocarbamide derivatives as potential antitubercular agents - M. Faiz Arshad; Suresh Kumar; Abdulmohsen H. Al Rohaimi; Allam A. Hassan; Ahmed Elkerdasy; Neeraj Upmanyu (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015)

Characterization and 3D structure prediction of chitinase induced in sugarcane during pathogenesis of Colletotrichum falcatum - P. R. Rahul; V. Ganesh Kumar; M. Sathyabhama; R. Viswanathan; A. Ramesh Sundar; P. Malathi (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2015)

Refinement of schizophrenia GWAS loci using methylome-wide association data - Gaurav Kumar; Shaunna L. Clark; Joseph L. McClay; Andrey A. Shabalin; Daniel E. Adkins; Linying Xie; Robin Chan; Srilaxmi Nerella; Yunjung Kim; Patrick F. Sullivan; Christina M. Hultman; Patrik K. E. Magnusson; et al. (Human Genetics, 2015)

Panoramic Radiomorphometric Indices of Mandible: Biomarker for Osteoporosis - Poornima Govindraju; T. S. Mahesh Kumar; Poornima Chandra; P. Balaji; M. B. Sowbhagya (Exposure and Health, 2015)

Potential of Native Shrubs Haloxylon salicornicum and Calligonum Polygonoides for Restoration of Degraded Lands in Arid Western Rajasthan, India - V. S. Rathore; J. P. Singh; S. Bhardwaj; N. S. Nathawat; Mahesh Kumar; M. M. Roy (Environmental Management, 2015)

Distribution and neurochemical characterization of neurons in the rat ventrolateral medulla activated by glucoprivation - Lindsay M. Parker; Natasha N. Kumar; Tina Lonergan; Simon McMullan; Ann K. Goodchild (Brain Structure and Function, 2015)

Genetic Predisposition to Diabetic Nephropathy: Evidence for a Role of ACE (I/D) Gene Polymorphism in Type 2 Diabetic Population from Kutch Region - Deepak N. Parchwani; Kamlesh M. Palandurkar; D. Hema Chandan Kumar; Darshan J. Patel (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2015)

Calcium transport from source to sink: understanding the mechanism(s) of acquisition, translocation, and accumulation for crop biofortification - Anil Kumar; Uma M. Singh; M. Manohar; Vikram S. Gaur (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2015)

Molecular characterization of Setaria digitata from Mithun (Bos frontalis) - Jayanta Kumar Chamuah; Aseno Sakhrie; Sanjeevini Lama; Subhas Chandra; Gajanan M. Chigure; Ram Krishna Bauri; Siju S. Jacob (Acta Parasitologica, 2015)
Mithun is a strongly built hill animal of Southeast Asia and plays an important role in the socio-economic and cultural life of the tribal population. Setaria digitata isolated from peritoneal cavity of mithun both from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland were characterized based on conserved region of 12SrDNA, 28SrDNA and ITS-2 and mitochondrial gene CoxI. Based on sequence analysis, it was found to be 99% similarity with Srilankan isolate of S. digitata.

Sensitivity analysis of high-resolution Oceansat-2 scatterometer winds on Thane cyclone simulation - Prashant Kumar; C. M. Kishtawal; P. K. Pal (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Hydrogeologically controlled freshwater dynamics in the coastal sand dune aquifer of Ongole coast (AP), India - D.V. Reddy; P. Nagabhushanam; T. Madhav; M. Anita; M. Sudheer Kumar (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2014)

Cadmium Induced Lipid Peroxidation and Effects on Glutathione Dependent Enzymes in Tissues of Labeo rohita - Anurag Dabas; N. S. Nagpure; R. M. Mishra; Ravindra Kumar; Basdeo Kushwaha; Rashmi Srivastava; Pavan Kumar (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Structural requirements for imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine derivatives as Aurora A kinase inhibitors and validation of the model - Ashish M. Kanhed; Vishal P. Zambre; Vijay A. Pawar; Mayank Kumar Sharma; Rajani Giridhar; Mange Ram Yadav (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) studies as strategic approach in drug discovery - Harun M. Patel; Malleshappa N. Noolvi; Poonam Sharma; Varun Jaiswal; Sumit Bansal; Sandeep Lohan; Suthar Sharad Kumar; Vikrant Abbot; Saurabh Dhiman; Varun Bhardwaj (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Generation of Vegetation Fraction and Surface Albedo Products Over India from Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) Data Onboard Oceansat-2 - A. Senthil Kumar; T. Radhika; P.K. Saritha; V. Keerthi; R. N. Anjani; M. Suresh Kumar; K. S. Sekhar; P. Satyanarayana; M. S. Naga Sudha; M. V. R. Sesha Sai; V. K. Dadhwal (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2014)

High rates of intestinal colonisation with fluoroquinolone-resistant ESBL-harbouring Enterobacteriaceae in hospitalised patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhoea - J. Vervoort; M. Gazin; M. Kazma; T. Kotlovsky; C. Lammens; Y. Carmeli; H. Goossens; S. Malhotra-Kumar (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2014)

Dry spell characteristics over India based on IMD and APHRODITE datasets - L. Sushama; S. Ben Said; M. N. Khaliq; D. Nagesh Kumar; R. Laprise (Climate Dynamics, 2014)

Erratum to: Phenotypic and molecular confirmation of durable adult plant leaf rust resistance (APR) genes Lr34 +, Lr46 + and Lr67 + linked to leaf tip necrosis (LTN) in select registered Indian wheat ( T. aestivum ) genetic stocks - M. Sivasamy; M. Aparna; J. Kumar; P. Jayaprakash; V.K. Vikas; P. John; R. Nisha; K. Srinivasan; J. Radhamani; S.R. Jacob; S. Kumar; Satyaprakash; et al. (Cereal Research Communications, 2014)

Role of MTA1 in head and neck cancers - Hezlin Marzook; S. Deivendran; Rakesh Kumar; M. Radhakrishna Pillai (Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2014)

Outer membrane protein assembly factor Y ae T (omp85) and G ro EL proteins of E dwardsiella tarda are immunogenic antigens for L abeo rohita ( H amilton) - G Kumar; G Rathore; M El‐Matbouli (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2014)

Concentration Dependent Viscosity of Monoclonal Antibody Solutions: Explaining Experimental Behavior in Terms of Molecular Properties - Li Li; Sandeep Kumar; Patrick M. Buck; Christopher Burns; Janelle Lavoie; Satish K. Singh; Nicholas W. Warne; Pilarin Nichols; Nicholas Luksha; Davin Boardman (Pharmaceutical Research, 2014)

Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of the Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor R406 after Ocular Delivery for Retinoblastoma - Eleanor M. Pritchard; Elizabeth Stewart; Fangyi Zhu; Cori Bradley; Lyra Griffiths; Lei Yang; Praveen Kumar Suryadevara; Jiakun Zhang; Burgess B. Freeman; R. Kiplin Guy; Michael A. Dyer (Pharmaceutical Research, 2014)

Trigonelline and diosgenin attenuate ER stress, oxidative stress-mediated damage in pancreas and enhance adipose tissue PPARγ activity in type 2 diabetic rats - M. Tharaheswari; N. Jayachandra Reddy; R. Kumar; K. C. Varshney; M. Kannan; S. Sudha Rani (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2014)

Docking, CoMFA, and CoMSIA analyses of phenoxy triazole derivatives as enoyl-ACP reductase inhibitors for Escherichia coli - Shrinivas D. Joshi; Devendra Kumar; Uttam A. More; Tejraj M. Aminabhavi (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Informal Institutional Responses to Government Interventions: Lessons from Madhupur National Park, Bangladesh - H. M. Tuihedur Rahman; Swapan Kumar Sarker; Gordon M. Hickey; M. Mohasinul Haque; Niamjit Das (Environmental Management, 2014)

Processes of interannual mixed layer temperature variability in the thermocline ridge of the Indian Ocean - B. Praveen Kumar; J. Vialard; M. Lengaigne; V. S. N. Murty; G. R. Foltz; M. J. McPhaden; S. Pous; C. de Boyer Montégut (Climate Dynamics, 2014)

Numerical study on kinetic/equilibrium behaviour of dissolution of toluene under variable subsurface conditions - M. Vasudevan; G. Suresh Kumar; Indumathi M. Nambi (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2014)

Influence of carbon-dioxide on the growth of Spirulina sp. (MCRC-A0003) isolated from Muttukadu backwaters, South India - M. Sivakumar; R. Ranjith Kumar; V. Shashirekha; S. Seshadri (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014)

Construction of a dense SNP map of a highly heterozygous diploid potato population and QTL analysis of tuber shape and eye depth - Ankush Prashar; Csaba Hornyik; Vanessa Young; Karen McLean; Sanjeev Kumar Sharma; M. Finlay B. Dale; Glenn J. Bryan (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2014)

Evaluation of Noah-LSM for soil hydrology parameters in the Indian summer monsoon conditions - M. N. Patil; Manoj Kumar; R. T. Waghmare; T. Dharmaraj; N. C. Mahanty (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2014)

Skin Colonization by Malassezia spp. in Hospitalized Neonates and Infants in a Tertiary Care Centre in North India - Prerna Gupta; Arunaloke Chakrabarti; Sunit Singhi; Praveen Kumar; Prasanna Honnavar; Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy (Mycopathologia, 2014)

Polymorphism of CYP3A4*2 and eNOS genes in the diabetic patients with hyperlipidemia undergoing statin treatment - Kaiser Jamil; Vidya Kandula; Ramoji Kandula; M. Asimuddin; Sindu Joshi; Shiva Kumar Yerra (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Recyclable CuO nanoparticles-catalyzed synthesis of novel-2,5-disubstituted 1,3,4-oxadiazoles as antiproliferative, antibacterial, and antifungal agents - M. S. R. Murty; Raju Penthala; Sudheer Kumar Buddana; R. S. Prakasham; Pompi Das; Sowjanya Polepalli; N. Jain; Sreedhar Bojja (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Cu(I)Cl-promoted synthesis of novel N-alkylated isatin analogs with an extension toward isatin-4-aminoquinoline conjugates: in vitro analysis against Trichomonas vaginalis - Nisha; Richard Tran; Donald Yang; Dominique Hall; Melissa J. Hopper; Lisa A. Wrischnik; Kirkwood M. Land; Vipan Kumar (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Overview of the potential of microalgae for CO2 sequestration - V. Bhola; F. Swalaha; R. Ranjith Kumar; M. Singh; F. Bux (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2014)

Evaluating factors responsible for contrasting signature of wasteland development in northern and southern Ganga Plains (Bihar State, India) with focus on waterlogging - Suraj Kumar Singh; A. C. Pandey; V. S. Rathore; M. S. Nathawat (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Influence of Agrobacterium rhizogenes strains on hairy root induction and ‘bacoside A’ production from Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. - Mahima Bansal; Anil Kumar; M. Sudhakara Reddy (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014)

Stainless steel in coastal seawater: sunlight counteracts biologically enhanced cathodic kinetics - M. Eashwar; A. Lakshman Kumar; G. Sreedhar; J. Kennedy; R.H. Suresh Bapu (Biofouling, 2014)

The influence of mesoscale eddies on a commercial fishery in the coastal waters of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India - Anand Arur; P. Krishnan; Grinson George; M. P. Goutham Bharathi; M. Kaliyamoorthy; K. Hareef Baba Shaeb; A. S. Suryavanshi; T. Srinivasa Kumar; A. K. Joshi (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Utilization of deletion bins to anchor and order sequences along the wheat 7B chromosome - Tatiana Belova; Lars Grønvold; Ajay Kumar; Shahryar Kianian; Xinyao He; Morten Lillemo; Nathan M. Springer; Sigbjørn Lien; Odd-Arne Olsen; Simen R. Sandve (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2014)

Small Molecule Specific Run Acceptance, Specific Assay Operation, and Chromatographic Run Quality Assessment: Recommendation for Best Practices and Harmonization from the Global Bioanalysis Consortium Harmonization Teams - Eric J. Woolf; Stuart McDougall; Douglas M. Fast; Maristela Andraus; Matthew Barfield; Michael Blackburn; Ben Gordon; David Hoffman; Noriko Inoue; Gabriel Marcelin-Jimenez; Amy Flynn; Richard LeLacheur; et al. (The AAPS Journal, 2014)

Long-term effect of pulse crops inclusion on soil–plant nutrient dynamics in puddled rice (Oryza sativa L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping system on an Inceptisol of Indo-Gangetic plain zone of India - K. K. Hazra; M. S. Venkatesh; P. K. Ghosh; A. N. Ganeshamurthy; N. Kumar; N. Nadarajan; A. B. Singh (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2014)

Efficient synthesis of heterocyclic compounds derived from 2,6-dioxopiperazine derivatives and their evaluation for anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities - Sandeep Kumar; Nikhil Kumar; Partha Roy; Sham M. Sondhi (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Real-time PCR technique for detection of arecanut yellow leaf disease phytoplasma - Smita Nair; O. M. Roshna; V. P. Soumya; Vinayaka Hegde; M. Suresh Kumar; Ramaswamy Manimekalai; George V. Thomas (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2014)

A Farming System Model to Leverage Agriculture for Nutritional Outcomes - Prasun Kumar Das; R. V. Bhavani; M. S. Swaminathan (Agricultural Research, 2014)

Determination of calcium responsiveness towards exogenous application in two genotypes of Eleusine coracana L. differing in their grain calcium content - Uma M. Singh; Dinesh Pandey; Anil Kumar (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014)

Barcoding of Asian seabass across its geographic range provides evidence for its bifurcation into two distinct species - Shubha Vij; Kathiresan Purushothaman; G. Gopikrishna; Doreen Lau; Jolly M. Saju; K. V. Shamsudheen; K. Vinaya Kumar; V. S. Basheer; A. Gopalakrishnan; Mohammad S. Hossain; Sridhar Sivasubbu; Vinod Scaria; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014)

Dendroclimatological approach to evaluate Tectona grandis L. for moisture stress response - N. Praveen Kumar; A. S. Devakumar; M. S. Sheshshayee; M. V. Mohankumar (Trees, 2014)

De Novo Expression of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter SGLT2 in Bowman’s Capsule Coincides with Replacement of Parietal Epithelial Cell Layer with Proximal Tubule-like Epithelium - Niloofar M. Tabatabai; Paula E. North; Kevin R. Regner; Suresh N. Kumar; Christine B. Duris; Amy B. Blodgett (The Journal of Membrane Biology, 2014)

Synthesis and preliminary in vitro activity of mono- and bis-1H-1,2,3-triazole-tethered β-lactam–isatin conjugates against the human protozoal pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis - Raghu Raj; Vaishali Sharma; Melissa J. Hopper; Neal Patel; Dominique Hall; Lisa A. Wrischnik; Kirkwood M. Land; Vipan Kumar (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Synthesis and biological evaluation of fatty imidazolines - T. Satyavani; Y. Mohini; M. S. L. Karuna; R. B. N. Prasad; C. Ganesh Kumar; M. Poornima; P. Sujitha (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Cadmium and copper toxicity in three marine macroalgae: evaluation of the biochemical responses and DNA damage - M. Yokesh Babu; L. Palanikumar; N. Nagarani; V. Janaki Devi; S. Ramesh Kumar; C. M. Ramakritinan; A. K. Kumaraguru (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Numerical Modeling on the Effect of Dissolved Oxygen on Nitrogen Transformation and Transport in Unsaturated Porous System - M. Berlin; G. Suresh Kumar; Indumathi M. Nambi (Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2014)

Evaluation of groundwater quality in Madurai City, South India for drinking, irrigation and construction purposes - V. Sivasankar; Kiyoshi Omine; T. A. M. Msagati; M. Senthil kumar; A. Chandramohan (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Characteristics During Contrasting Monsoon Years - Hamza Varikoden; M. R. Ramesh Kumar; C. A. Babu (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2014)

Assessment of cell cycle phase-specific effects of zerumbone on mitotically synchronous surface cultures of Physarum polycephalum - Iyyappan Rajan; Remitha Rabindran; N. Nithya; T. Lakshmipriya; P. R. Jayasree; P. R. M. Kumar (Protoplasma, 2014)

Molecular cloning and characterization of genistein 4′-O-glucoside specific glycosyltransferase from Bacopa monniera - Ruby; R. J. Santosh Kumar; Rishi K. Vishwakarma; Somesh Singh; Bashir M. Khan (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

DNA methyltransferase 1(DNMT1) induced the expression of suppressors of cytokine signaling3 (Socs3) in a mouse model of asthma - M. Verma; B. D. Chattopadhyay; S. Kumar; K. Kumar; D. Verma (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Erratum to: Solar eclipse-induced variations in solar flux, j(NO2) and surface ozone at Kannur, India - T. Nishanth; K. M. Praseed; M. K. Satheesh Kumar (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2014)

Studies on fertility restoration of A4 cytoplasm in pigeonpea - K. B. Saxena; R. V. Kumar; M. Bharathi (Euphytica, 2014)

Effect of Fly Ash Deposition on Photosynthesis, Growth and Yield of Rice - R. Raja; A. K. Nayak; K. S. Rao; Chandrika Puree; Mohammad Shahid; B. B. Panda; Anjani Kumar; R. Tripathi; P. Bhattacharyya; M. J. Baig; B. Lal; Sangita Mohanty; et al. (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2014)

Piperlongumine, an alkaloid causes inhibition of PI3 K/Akt/mTOR signaling axis to induce caspase-dependent apoptosis in human triple-negative breast cancer cells - Shweta Shrivastava; Prasad Kulkarni; Dinesh Thummuri; Manish Kumar Jeengar; V. G. M. Naidu; Mallika Alvala; G. Bhanuprakash Redddy; Sistla Ramakrishna (Apoptosis, 2014)

Antioxidant Activity of Coated Probiotic Lactobacillus casei on Chromium(VI) Induced Oxidative Stress in Rats - R. Balakrishnan; C. S. V. Satish Kumar; K. Kondal Reddy; M. Usha Rani; M. K. Srikanth; K. Kavitha; G. Boobalan; A. Gopala Reddy (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Hierarchical Approach for Developing Baseline Soil Organic Carbon Database and Its Distribution in India - A. V. Murugan; Suresh Kumar; V. K. Dadhwal; M. K. Gupta (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Estimation of Wheat/Rice Residue Burning Areas in Major Districts of Haryana, India, Using Remote Sensing Data - Manoj Yadav; M. P. Sharma; R. Prawasi; Rajeev Khichi; Pavan Kumar; V. P. Mandal; Abdul Salim; R. S. Hooda (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2014)

Contemporary deformation in the Kashmir–Himachal, Garhwal and Kumaon Himalaya: significant insights from 1995–2008 GPS time series - Sridevi Jade; Malay Mukul; V. K. Gaur; Kireet Kumar; T. S. Shrungeshwar; G. S. Satyal; Rakesh Kumar Dumka; Saigeetha Jagannathan; M. B. Ananda; P. Dileep Kumar; Souvik Banerjee (Journal of Geodesy, 2014)

Spatial heterogeneity in near surface aerosol characteristics across the Brahmaputra valley - Binita Pathak; Arup Borgohain; Pradip Kumar Bhuyan; Shyam Sundar Kundu; S Sudhakar; Mukunda M Gogoi; Toshihiko Takemura (Journal of Earth System Science, 2014)

Post tsunami mangrove evaluation in coastal vicinity of Andaman Islands, India - Apurba Kumar Das; Dilip Kumar Jha; M. Prashanthi Devi; Biraja Kumar Sahu; N. V. Vinithkumar; R. Kirubagaran (Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2014)

Phenotypic and molecular confirmation of durable adult plant leaf rust resistance (APR) genes Lr34 +, Lr46 + and Lr67 + linked to leaf tip necrosis (LTN) in select registered Indian wheat (T. aestivum) genetic stocks - M. Sivasamy; M. Aparna; J. Kumar; P. Jayaprakash; V. Vikas; P. John; R. Nisha; Satyaprakash; K. Sivan; E. Punniakotti (Cereal Research Communications, 2014)

Lead and Trace Element Levels in Milk and Blood of Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from Hyderabad, India - M. Shailaja; Yathapu Srinivasa Reddy; B. D. P. Kalakumar; S. A. Brinda; Gottimukkula Manohar; B. Dinesh Kumar (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2014)

Spectral wave characteristics off Gangavaram, Bay of Bengal - V. Sanil Kumar; K. K. Dubhashi; T. M. Balakrishnan Nair (Journal of Oceanography, 2014)

An updated assessment of trends and variability in total and extreme rainfall in the western Pacific - S. McGree; K. Whan; D. Jones; L. V. Alexander; A. Imielska; H. Diamond; E. Ene; S. Finaulahi; K. Inape; L. Jacklick; R. Kumar; V. Laurent; et al. (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)

Trends and variability of temperature extremes in the tropical Western Pacific - K. Whan; L. V. Alexander; A. Imielska; S. McGree; D. Jones; E. Ene; S. Finaulahi; K. Inape; L. Jacklick; R. Kumar; V. Laurent; H. Malala; et al. (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)

H alomonas sulfidaeris ‐dominated microbial community inhabits a 1.8 km‐deep subsurface C ambrian S andstone reservoir - Yiran Dong; Charu Gupta Kumar; Nicholas Chia; Pan‐Jun Kim; Philip A. Miller; Nathan D. Price; Isaac K. O. Cann; Theodore M. Flynn; Robert A. Sanford; Ivan G. Krapac; Randall A. Locke; Pei‐Ying Hong; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2014)
Summary A low‐diversity microbial community, dominated by the γ ‐proteobacterium H alomonas sulfidaeris , was detected in samples of warm saline formation porewater collected from the C ambrian Mt. S imon S andstone in the I llinois B asin of the N orth A merican M idcontinent (1.8 km/5872 ft burial depth, 50° C , pH 8, 181 bars pressure). These highly porous and permeable quartz arenite sandstones are directly analogous to reservoirs around the world targeted for large‐scale hydrocarbon extraction, as well as subsurface gas and carbon storage. A new downhole low‐contamination subsurface sampling probe was used to collect in situ formation water samples for microbial environmental metagenomic analyses. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that this H . sulfidaeris ‐dominated subsurface microbial community is indigenous and not derived from drilling mud microbial contamination. Data to support this includes V 1‐ V 3 pyrosequencing of formation water and drilling mud, as well as comparison with previously published microbial analyses of drilling muds in other sites. Metabolic pathway reconstruction, constrained by the geology, geochemistry and present‐day environmental conditions of the Mt . S imon S andstone, implies that H . sulfidaeris ‐dominated subsurface microbial community may utilize iron and nitrogen metabolisms and extensively recycle indigenous nutrients and substrates. The presence of aromatic compound metabolic pathways suggests this microbial community can readily adapt to and survive subsurface hydrocarbon migration.

Effect of a Previous Washing Step with Tannic Acid on the Quality of Minced Horse Mackerel ( Trachurus trachurus ) During Frozen Storage - Faisal Rashid Sofi; S. M. Zofair; Vijay Kumar Reddy Surasani; K. K. Sabha Nissar; Rajkumar Ratankumar Singh (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2014)

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-(1-(4(sulphanilamide)phenyl)-3-(methyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)dine urea and N-acyl derivatives as a soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors - Vijaykumar D. Nimbarte; Hadianawala Murtuza; Sahishna Phaniraj; Shweta Shrivastava; V. G. M. Naidu; N. Satheesh Kumar; Krishnam Raju Atcha (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Synthesis, Characterization, DNA Binding, Light Switch “On and Off”, Docking Studies and Cytotoxicity, of Ruthenium(II) and Cobalt(III) Polypyridyl Complexes - M. Rajender Reddy; Putta Venkat Reddy; Yata Praveen Kumar; A. Srishailam; Navaneetha Nambigari; S. Satyanarayana (Journal of Fluorescence, 2014)

Anatomical substrates for direct interactions between hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex, and the thalamic nucleus reuniens - C. Varela; S. Kumar; J. Y. Yang; M. A. Wilson (Brain Structure and Function, 2014)

River sinuosity in a humid tropical river basin, south west coast of India - B. Ajay Kumar; Girish Gopinath; M. S. Shylesh Chandran (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Diversity among wild accessions of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. and their morphogenetic potential - Mahima Bansal; Anil Kumar; M. Sudhakara Reddy (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014)

In vitro cultivation model for H eterosporis saurida ( M icrosporidia) isolated from lizardfish, S aurida undosquamis (Richardson) - G Kumar; M Saleh; A‐A S Abdel‐Baki; S Al‐Quraishy; M El‐Matbouli (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2014)
H eterosporis saurida is a microsporidian that infects lizardfish, S aurida undosquamis ( R ichardson, 1848), in the A rabian S ea. Spores were isolated from infected lizardfish and used to infect derived fish cell lines: common carp brain ( CCB ), epithelioma papulosum cyprinid ( EPC ), fathead minnow epithelial ( FHM ), rainbow trout gonad ( RTG ), bluegill fry ( BF ‐2) and chinook salmon embryo ( CHSE ). Non‐fish cell lines were also tested that include: insect ( SF ‐9), rabbit ( RK ‐13) and A frican green monkey ( V ero E6). No growth of H . saurida was observed in any fish cell line, SF ‐9 or V ero E6 cell lines. H . saurida spores grew only in RK ‐13 cell line and were detected by immunofluorescence. Developmental stages of H . saurida were seen in RK ‐13 cells by light and transmission electron microscopy, and species identification was confirmed by sequencing. This study demonstrated that H . saurida was able to proliferate in the mammalian RK ‐13 cell line, which thus represents an in vitro model for conducting molecular genetics and cell–pathogen interaction studies of H eterosporis .

On the spatial structure and time evolution of shamal winds over the Arabian Sea – a case study through numerical modelling - K. Vinod Kumar; M. Seemanth; P. Vethamony; V. M. Aboobacker (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)
Shamal events are extra‐tropical weather systems which occur in winter (cold and dry winds) as well as summer (hot and humid winds) with strong northwesterly or northerly winds blowing over the Arabian Peninsula. We have used Weather Research and Forecasting ( WRF ) model to simulate a major winter shamal event (having duration of 3–5 days), which occurred in 2008 and analysed the spatial structure and time evolution of shamal winds over the Arabian Sea ( AS ). The study reveals that horizontally, shamal winds extend upto 14°N and bring out significant changes in the atmospheric temperature—longitudinally from Arabian coast to west coast of India; its vertical extension is upto to approximately 8 km near Oman and approximately 3 km near Ratnagiri coast. Along the Arabian coast a temperature drop of 12 °C is observed and along west coast of India a drop of 5 °C. It gets dissipated when northeast monsoon winds dominate. Its speed reduces from 15 m s −1 (Oman coast) to 9 m s −1 (central AS ) as it propagates into AS . However, it must be noted that the present work is limited to a case study and hence, the southerly extension of the phenomenon and the associated changes in air temperature should not be considered a climatological reference. The shamal events may influence the wind induced circulation, heat flux and stratification in the AS , and these need to be analysed further.

Farming practices and genetic characterization of Nicobari pig, an indigenous pig germplasm of Nicobar group of islands, India - Arun Kumar De; S. Jeyakumar; Madhu Sudan Kundu; Anandamoy Kundu; Jai Sunder; M. Ramachandran (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2014)

Differential expression analysis of transcripts related to oil metabolism in maturing seeds of Jatropha curcas L. - Divya Chandran; H. M. Sankararamasubramanian; M. Ashok Kumar; Ajay Parida (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2014)

Estimation of sedimentary thickness in the Godavari basin - K. Sushini; G. Srijayanthi; P. Solomon Raju; M. Ravi Kumar (Natural Hazards, 2014)

CAAT box- derived polymorphism (CBDP): a novel promoter -targeted molecular marker for plants - Amit Kumar Singh; M K Rana; Sonika Singh; Sundeep Kumar; Rajesh Kumar; Rakesh Singh (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2014)

Fruit-specific over-expression of human S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase gene results in polyamine accumulation and affects diverse aspects of tomato fruit development and quality - P. Madhulatha; Aarti Gupta; Saaraj Gupta; Anuj Kumar; R. K. Pal; M. V. Rajam (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2014)

Revisiting the stratigraphy of the Mesoproterozoic Chhattisgarh Supergroup, Bastar craton, India based on subsurface lithoinformation - Arunangshu Mukherjee; Ranjan Kumar Ray; Dinesh Tewari; Vijay Kumar Ingle; Bikram Kumar Sahoo; M W Y Khan (Journal of Earth System Science, 2014)

Optimized height of noise barrier for non-urban highway using artificial neural network - K. Kumar; M. Parida; V. K. Katiyar (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2014)

Stem and leaf rust resistance in wild relatives of wheat with D genome (Aegilops spp.) - V. K. Vikas; M. Sivasamy; J. Kumar; P. Jayaprakash; Sundeep Kumar; R. Parimalan; Arun Kumar; Kalyani Srinivasan; J. Radhamani; Sherry Rachel Jacob; Mamata Yadav; Jyotisna Rani; et al. (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2014)

Passive immunity in tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) fed with monoclonal antibody to white spot syndrome virus - Omkar V. Byadgi; K. M. Shankar; B. T. Naveen Kumar; Rajreddy Patil; Iqlas Ahmed (Aquaculture International, 2014)

Effects of carbohydrate supplementation on water quality, microbial dynamics and growth performance of giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) - Sujeet Kumar; P. S. Shyne Anand; D. De; J. K. Sundaray; R. Ananda Raja; G. Biswas; A. G. Ponniah; T. K. Ghoshal; A. D. Deo; A. Panigrahi; M. Muralidhar (Aquaculture International, 2014)

Impact of climate change on rainfall in Northwestern Bangladesh using multi‐ GCM ensembles - Dipak Kumar; D. S. Arya; A. R. Murumkar; M. M. Rahman (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)
Teesta River basin, located in the northwest of Bangladesh, is more vulnerable to floods if compared to other parts of the country. In this context, daily rainfall data of ten raingauge stations located in the catchment of the Jamuneswari River, part of the Teesta River basin, were analysed to study the impact of climate change on rainfall. Length of wet and dry series and mean monthly rainfalls along with their variances were used for validating Long Ashton Research Station Weather Generator ( LARS‐WG ). The analysis was carried out for A1B , A2 and B1 emission scenarios using 15 Global Climate Models GCMs simulations for the periods 2011–2030 centred at 2020, 2046–2065 centred at 2055 and 2080–2099 centred at 2090. The analysis of the data shows that the uncertainty in the prediction increases with the timescale. It was also found that the variability in the predictions is smaller in annual values followed by seasonal. Ensemble of seasonal analysis shows that most of the GCM are in agreement for changes in monsoon season. The LARS‐WG has reasonable skill to downscale the point rainfall data and the results obtained so are useful to analyse the impact of climate change on the hydrology of the basin.

Integrated Effect of Bio-methanated Distillery Effluent and Bio-compost on Soil Properties, Juice Quality and Yield of Sugarcane in Entisol - S. K. Sinha; C. K. Jha; Vipin Kumar; Geeta Kumari; M. Alam (Sugar Tech, 2014)

Treatment of Sugar Industry Wastewater in Anaerobic Downflow Stationary Fixed Film (DSFF) Reactor - N. V. Pradeep; S. Anupama; J. M. Arun Kumar; K. G. Vidyashree; P. Lakshmi; K. Ankitha; J. Pooja (Sugar Tech, 2014)

Haemato-biochemical Responses in Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) Fry Exposed to Sub-lethal Concentration of a Phenylpyrazole Insecticide, Fipronil - S. K. Gupta; A. K. Pal; N. P. Sahu; N. Saharan; Chandra Prakash; M. S. Akhtar; Sikendra Kumar (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2014)

Development and molecular characterization of genic molecular markers for grain protein and calcium content in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) - M. Nirgude; B. Kalyana Babu; Y. Shambhavi; U. M. Singh; H. D. Upadhyaya; Anil Kumar (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Response of various target genes to diet-delivered dsRNA mediated RNA interference in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera - R. Asokan; G. Sharath Chandra; M. Manamohan; N. K. Krishna Kumar; T. Sita (Journal of Pest Science, 2014)

Analytical solutions for transient temperature distribution in a geothermal reservoir due to cold water injection - Sayantan Ganguly; M. S. Mohan Kumar (Hydrogeology Journal, 2014)

Translational genomics in Brassica crops: challenges, progress, and future prospects - Rehna Augustine; Gulab C. Arya; Deepti M. Nambiar; Roshan Kumar; Naveen C. Bisht (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2014)

Production and purification of a hyperthermostable chitinase from Brevibacillus formosus BISR-1 isolated from the Great Indian Desert soils - Savita Meena; Raj Kumar Gothwal; M. Krishna Mohan; Purnendu Ghosh (Extremophiles, 2014)

Evaluation of object-based image analysis techniques on very high-resolution satellite image for biomass estimation in a watershed of hilly forest of Nepal - Yousif Ali Hussin; Hammad Gilani; Louise van Leeuwen; M. S. R. Murthy; Rachna Shah; Srijana Baral; Nandin-Erdene Tsendbazar; Saurav Shrestha; Shyam Kumar Shah; Faisal Mueen Qamer (Applied Geomatics, 2014)

The Tendon Injury Response is Influenced by Decorin and Biglycan - Andrew A. Dunkman; Mark R. Buckley; Michael J. Mienaltowski; Sheila M. Adams; Stephen J. Thomas; Lauren Satchell; Akash Kumar; Lydia Pathmanathan; David P. Beason; Renato V. Iozzo; David E. Birk; Louis J. Soslowsky (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2014)

A natural plant growth promoter, calliterpenone, enhances growth and biomass, carbohydrate, and lipid production in cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 - Vikas Kumar Patel; Deepamala Maji; Anil Kumar Singh; M. R. Suseela; Shanthy Sundaram; Alok Kalra (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2014)

Sub-hourly changes in biogeochemical properties in surface waters of Zuari estuary, Goa - S. Subha Anand; K. J. Anju; Dayana Mathew; M. Dileep Kumar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Solubilization of municipal sewage waste activated sludge by novel lytic bacterial strains - M. Veera Lakshmi; J. Merrylin; S. Kavitha; S. Adish Kumar; J. Rajesh Banu; Ick-Tae Yeom (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Nanocellulose fibers for biosorption of cadmium, nickel, and lead ions from aqueous solution - Abhishek Kardam; Kumar Rohit Raj; Shalini Srivastava; M. M. Srivastava (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2014)

Prediction and optimisation of seismic drift demands incorporating ground motion frequency content - A. Y. Elghazouli; M. Kumar; P. J. Stafford (Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2014)

Crustal deformation revealed by GPS in Kumaun Himalaya, India - Rakesh K. Dumka; Bahadur S. Kotlia; Kireet Kumar; Gokul S. Satyal; Lalit M. Joshi (Journal of Mountain Science, 2014)

Reoxidation of Biogenic Reduced Uranium: A Challenge Toward Bioremediation - Gursharan Singh; S. Sevinç Şengör; Aditya Bhalla; Sudhir Kumar; Jaysankar De; Brandy Stewart; Nicolas Spycher; Timothy M. Ginn; Brent M. Peyton; Rajesh K. Sani (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2014)

Ionospheric disturbances with the time of occurrence, magnitude and location of the earthquake (M6.5) near the Indian subcontinent - C. P. Simha; G. Pavan Kumar; P. Mahesh; A. Navaneeth; K. M. Rao; B. K. Rastogi; V. N. Sridhar; A. K. Shukla (Natural Hazards, 2014)

DNA-binding and cleavage, cytotoxicity properties of Ru(II) complexes with 2-(4′-chloro-phenyl) imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline, ligand and their “light switch” on–off effect - Nazar Mohammed Gabra; Bakheit Mustafa; Yata Praveen Kumar; C. Shobha Devi; M. Shilpa; Kotha Laxma Reddy; S. Satyanarayana (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Identification of fusarium head blight resistance related metabolites specific to doubled-haploid lines in barley - Sivakumar K. Chamarthi; Kundan Kumar; Raghavendra Gunnaiah; Ajjamada C. Kushalappa; Yves Dion; Thin M. Choo (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2014)

Potential use of Caulerpa fastigiata biomass for removal of lead: kinetics, isotherms, thermodynamic, and characterization studies - B. Sarada; M. Krishna Prasad; K. Kishore Kumar; Ch. V. R. Murthy (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

In-situ water conservation in upland paddy field to improve productivity in north-west Himalayan region of India - M. Kumar; K. P. Singh; K. Srinivas; K. S. Reddy (Paddy and Water Environment, 2014)

Carboxyl terminus heterogeneity of type IV fimbrial subunit protein of Pasteurella multocida isolates - Sathish Bhadravati Shivachandra; Abhinendra Kumar; Revanaiah Yogisharadhya; M. A. Ramakrishnan; K. N. Viswas (Veterinary Research Communications, 2013)

Development of Duplex-Immunocapture (Duplex-IC) RT-PCR for the Detection of Sugarcane streak mosaic virus and Sugarcane mosaic virus in Sugarcane - R. Viswanathan; V. Ganesh Kumar; R. Karuppaiah; M. Scindiya; C. Chinnaraja (Sugar Tech, 2013)

Integrated Effect of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Yield, Quality Parameter and Nutrient Availability of Sugarcane in Calcareous Soil - U. N. Umesh; Vipin Kumar; M. Alam; S. K. Sinha; Khusboo Verma (Sugar Tech, 2013)

Exploring Agrobiodiversity on Farm: A Case from Middle–Hills of Nepal - Tarit Kumar Baul; Krishna Raj Tiwari; K. M. Atique Ullah; Morag A. McDonald (Small-scale Forestry, 2013)

Cross-species transferability of microsatellite markers from Fusarium oxysporum for the assessment of genetic diversity in Fusarium udum - Sudheer Kumar; Shalini Rai; Deepak Kumar Maurya; Prem Lal Kashyap; Alok K. Srivastava; M. Anandaraj (Phytoparasitica, 2013)

Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers and genetic diversity in wild bronze featherback, Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769) - Arti Gupta; Kuldeep K. Lal; Peyush Punia; Rajeev K. Singh; Vindhya Mohindra; Rama S. Sah; Rajesh Kumar; Rupesh K. Luhariya; Arvind K. Dwivedi; Prachi Masih; R. M. Mishra; J. K. Jena (Molecular Biology Reports, 2013)

First-principles DFT study of some acyclic nucleoside analogues (anti-herpes drugs) - Vipin Kumar; Shyam Kishor; Lavanya M. Ramaniah (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Synthesis and anticancer activity of some new s-triazine derivatives - G. Jagadeesh Kumar; H. V. S. Sriramkumar Bomma; E. Srihari; Shweta Shrivastava; V. G. M. Naidu; Kolupula Srinivas; V. Jayathirtha Rao (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Modified Dubois Model for Estimating Soil Moisture with Dual Polarized SAR Data - S. Srinivasa Rao; S. Dinesh kumar; S. N. Das; M. S. S. Nagaraju; M. V. Venugopal; Prashant Rajankar; Pankaj Laghate; M. Sivaprasad Reddy; A. K. Joshi; J. R. Sharma (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2013)

Geospatial Technologies for National Geomorphology and Lineament Mapping Project – A Case Study of Goa State - Tapas R. Martha; Deepshikha Ghosh; K. Vinod Kumar; A. Lesslie; M. V. Ravi Kumar (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2013)

Physicochemical properties of the modeled structure of astacin metalloprotease moulting enzyme NAS-36 and mapping the druggable allosteric space of Heamonchus contortus, Brugia malayi and Ceanorhabditis elegans via molecular dynamics simulation - Om Prakash Sharma; Sonali Agrawal; M. Suresh Kumar (Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2013)

Erratum to: Early-season agricultural drought: detection, assessment and monitoring using Shortwave Angle and Slope Index (SASI) data - Prabir Kumar Das; Srirama C. Murthy; M. V. R. Seshasai (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013)

Early-season agricultural drought: detection, assessment and monitoring using Shortwave Angle and Slope Index (SASI) data - Prabir Kumar Das; Srirama C. Murthy; M. V. R. Seshasai (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013)

Design and characterization of diclofenac diethylamine transdermal patch using silicone and acrylic adhesives combination - Dandigi M Panchaxari; Sowjanya Pampana; Tapas Pal; Bhavana Devabhaktuni; Anil Kumar Aravapalli (DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2013)
Background and purpose of the study The objective of the study was to develop and characterize Diclofenac Diethylamine (DDEA) transdermal patch using Silicone and acrylic adhesives combination. Methods Modified solvent evaporation method was employed for casting of film over Fluoropolymer coated polyester release liner. Initial studies included solubilization of drug in the polymers using solubilizers. The formulations with combination of adhesives were attempted to combine the desirable features of both the adhesives. The effect of the permeation enhancers on the drug permeation were studied using pig ear skin. All the optimized patches were subjected to adhesion, dissolution and stability studies. A 7-day skin irritancy test on albino rabbits and an in vivo anti-inflammatory study on wistar rats by carrageenan induced paw edema method were also performed. Results The results indicated the high percent drug permeation (% CDP-23.582) and low solubility nature (1%) of Silicone adhesive and high solubility (20%) and low% CDP (10.72%) of acrylic adhesive. The combination of adhesives showed desirable characteristics for DDEA permeation with adequate % CDP and sufficient solubility. Release profiles were found to be dependent on proportion of polymer and type of permeation enhancer. The anti-inflammatory study revealed the sustaining effect and high percentage inhibition of edema of C4/OLA (99.68%). The acute skin irritancy studies advocated the non-irritant nature of the adhesives used. Conclusion It was concluded that an ideal of combination of adhesives would serve as the best choice, for fabrication of DDEA patches, for sustained effect of DDEA with better enhancement in permeation characteristics and robustness.

Effect of Actin Polymerization Inhibitor During Oocyte Maturation on Parthenogenetic Embryo Development and Ploidy in Capra hircus - R. Ranjan; R. K. Singh; T. Yasotha; Manish Kumar; Gopal Puri; Kuldeep Kumar; Renu Singh; Sanjeev Bhure; D. Malakar; S. K. Bhanja; M. Sarkar; B. C. Das; et al. (Biochemical Genetics, 2013)

Effects of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria and NPK Fertilizers on Biochemical and Microbial Properties of Soils Under Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Cultivation - R. Dinesh; M. Anandaraj; A. Kumar; V. Srinivasan; Y. K. Bini; K. P. Subila; R. Aravind; S. Hamza (Agricultural Research, 2013)

Synthesis, anti-inflammatory, and antiproliferative activity evaluation of isoindole, pyrrolopyrazine, benzimidazoisoindole, and benzimidazopyrrolopyrazine derivatives - Sandeep Kumar; Nikhil Kumar; Partha Roy; Sham M. Sondhi (Molecular Diversity, 2013)

Hybrid necrosis in wheat: evolutionary significance or potential barrier for gene flow? - V. K. Vikas; S. M. S. Tomar; M. Sivasamy; Jagdish Kumar; P. Jayaprakash; Arun Kumar; John Peter; R. Nisha; E. Punniakotti (Euphytica, 2013)

Attenuation of oxidative damage-associated cognitive decline by Withania somnifera in rat model of streptozotocin-induced cognitive impairment - Md. Ejaz Ahmed; Hayate Javed; Mohd. Moshahid Khan; Kumar Vaibhav; Ajmal Ahmad; Andleeb Khan; Rizwana Tabassum; Farah Islam; Mohammed M. Safhi; Fakhrul Islam (Protoplasma, 2013)

Functional Characterization of a Glucosyltransferase Specific to Flavonoid 7-O-Glucosides from Withania somnifera - R. J. Santosh Kumar; Ruby; Somesh Singh; Prashant D. Sonawane; R. K. Vishwakarma; B. M. Khan (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2013)

Waves off Puducherry, Bay of Bengal, during cyclone THANE - V. Sanil Kumar; Glejin Johnson; K. K. Dubhashi; T. M. Balakrishnan Nair (Natural Hazards, 2013)

Synthesis, anticancer, and molecular docking studies of pyranone derivatives - P. M. Gurubasavaraja Swamy; B. Ramya Sri; D. Giles; B. V. Shashidhar; Amit Kumar Das; Y. S. Agasimundin (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Efficient synthesis of piperazine-2,6-dione and 4-(1H-indole-2-carbonyl)piperazine-2,6-dione derivatives and their evaluation for anticancer activity - Sandeep Kumar; Nikhil Kumar; Partha Roy; Sham M. Sondhi (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Factors affecting genetic transformation and shoot organogenesis of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst - Diwakar Aggarwal; Neha Jaiswal; Anil Kumar; M. Sudhakara Reddy (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2013)

Seasonal prediction of Indian summer monsoon: Sensitivity to persistent SST - SUKANTA KUMAR DAS; SANJIB KUMAR DEB; C M KISHTAWAL; PRADIP KUMAR PAL (Journal of Earth System Science, 2013)

Characterization of released and elite genotypes of guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.] from India proves unrelated to geographical origin - Sandeep Kumar; U. N. Joshi; Vikram Singh; J. V. Singh; M. L. Saini (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2013)

An anthraquinone derivative, emodin sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to TRAIL induced apoptosis through the induction of death receptors and downregulation of cell survival proteins - Aruljothi Subramaniam; Ser Yue Loo; Peramaiyan Rajendran; Kanjoormana A. Manu; Ekambaram Perumal; Feng Li; Muthu K. Shanmugam; Kodappully Sivaraman Siveen; Joo-In Park; Kwang Seok Ahn; Kam M. Hui; Alan P. Kumar; et al. (Apoptosis, 2013)