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Field
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Research Front Name
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Description
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Agricultural
Sciences
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 SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION RATES;
NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL DATA ANALYSIS
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Carbon sequestration rates used in spatial modeling analyses
can predict regional, national, and global carbon sequestration
potentials.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Tristram
O. West
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Biology &
Biochemistry
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LEPTIN ACTION; LEPTIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; CLINICAL
STUDIES
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Congenital leptin-receptor deficiency.
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Chemistry
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DYE REMOVAL; TEXTILE WASTEWATER USING WHOLE BACTERIAL CELLS;
NON-CONVENTIONAL LOW-COST ADSORBENTS
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Biological treatments are a removal process for some hazardous
organic compounds, although the products of biodegradation may
also be hazardous.
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Clinical
Medicine
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DENTAL PIPELINE PROGRAM; DENTAL SCHOOL RECRUITMENT; DENTAL
SCHOOL GRADUATING SENIORS
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A systematic assessment of changes in U.S. dental schools to
improve access to oral health care in underserved populations.
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Computer
Science
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 CONTINUOUS GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION TEST PROBLEMS;
POPULATION SET-BASED GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS;
NUMERICAL BENCHMARK PROBLEMS
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An evolutionary programming algorithm using adaptive as well as
nonadaptive Levy mutations.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Chang-Yong
Lee
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Economics &
Business
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CAPITAL ACCOUNT LIBERALIZATION; FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION SPUR
GROWTH; CAPITAL CONTROLS; FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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Equity market liberalizations lead to a 1% increase in annual
real economic growth.
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Engineering
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ENGINEERING STRUCTURALLY ORGANIZED CARTILAGE; BONE TISSUE
ENGINEERING; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE REPAIR
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Bone tissue engineering.
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Environment/
Ecology
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 INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE MODE EVENTS; TROPICAL
INDIAN OCEAN; OBSERVED TEMPERATURE TRENDS
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Impacts of Indian Ocean Dipole mode events on global climate.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Saji
N. Hameed & Toshio Yamagata
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Geosciences
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  NANOPARTICULATE IRON OXIDE MINERALS; TITANIUM
DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES; CONTAMINANT SCAVENGING MECHANISMS
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Modes of toxin/nutrient collection by nanoparticles, notably by
aggregation.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Glenn
A. Waychunas
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Immunology
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MAST CELLS PROMOTE HOMEOSTASIS; LIMITING ENDOTHELIN-1-INDUCED
TOXICITY; REGULATORY T-CELL TOLERANCE
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Tolerant allografts acquire a unique genetic signature
dominated by the expression of mast-cell-gene products.
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Materials
Science
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 ULTRATHIN GOLD NANOWIRE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;
ULTRAFINE SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE GOLD NANOWIRE ARRAYS; GOLD
NANOBELTS
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Ultrafine single-crystalline gold nanowires are synthesized by
oriented attachment of nanoparticles in the solution phase.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
N.
Ravishankar & Aditi Halder
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Fast Breaking Paper Comment by:
George C. Tseng & Wing H.
Wong (Aug. 2006)
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Mathematics
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GENE CLUSTERING METHODS; TIGHT CLUSTERING; REPLICATED
MICROARRAY DATA; BAYESIAN MIXTURE MODEL BASED CLUSTERING
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Cluster analysis is an important tool for information
extraction in data mining.
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Microbiology
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INFLUENZA VIRUS; EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; GENETIC EVOLUTION
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The antigenic evolution of influenza A (H3N2) virus as
quantified and visualized.
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Molecular Biology
& Genetics
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 OXIDATIVE DNA DAMAGE; DISEASE; MECHANISMS;
MUTATION; INDUCTION
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Examining the effects of oxidatively damaged DNA at a cellular
level.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Marcus
S. Cooke
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Neuroscience &
Behavior
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MAMMALIAN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ADULT NEUROGENESIS; FUNCTIONAL
PLASTICITY; NEURONAL CIRCUITS
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Adult neurogenesis is a striking example of structural
plasticity in the mature central nervous system.
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Pharmacology &
Toxicology
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THERAPEUTIC TARGETS; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR
AGONISTS
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New pharmacologic approaches to metabolic disease are emerging.
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Physics
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CHIRAL NIHILITY WAVES-ENERGY; GIANT OPTICAL GYROTROPY; NEGATIVE
REFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING
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Negative refraction offers the possibility of a lens whose
resolution is not limited by the wavelength
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Emerging Research Comment by:
John Pendry (Oct. 2007)
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Plant &
Animal Science
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HARLEQUIN DUCKS BREEDING; HARLEQUIN DUCK POPULATION STRUCTURE;
MOLTING SEA DUCKS
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The first confirmation of wintering male Harlequin Ducks from
eastern North America molting in Greenland.
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Psychiatry/
Psychology
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 COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY; INTRINSIC COGNITIVE
LOAD; INSTRUCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS
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Developments in Cognitive Load Theory are related to the view
in instructional design that real-life tasks should be the
driving force for complex learning.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Jeroen
J. G. van Merriënboer
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Social Sciences,
general
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COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING UPTAKE PATTERNS; COLORECTAL CANCER
TEST USE; ADULT US POPULATION
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Screening is effective in reducing the incidence and mortality
of colorectal cancer.
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Space
Science
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ASYMMETRIC SOLAR WIND TERMINATION SHOCK; TERMINATION SHOCK
REGION; UPSTREAM SOLAR WIND; COOL HELIOSHEATH PLASMA
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Voyager 1 crossed the termination shock of the supersonic flow
of the solar wind and became the first spacecraft to begin
exploring the heliosheath.
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