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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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NEONATAL IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT NUTRITION; EARLY
DEVELOPMENT; PRETERM INFANTS
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Breast-feeding may reduce the incidence of infection in
infants.
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Biology &
Biochemistry
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PROTEASOME INHIBITORS; SUITABLE ANTINEOPLASTIC TARGET;
ANTICANCER DRUGS
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A proteasome inhibitor has shown efficacy as an anticancer
agent in the clinic.
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Chemistry
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HYBRID THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOFLUIDIC/MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES
USING MOLECULAR GATES; MULTILAYERED MICROFLUIDIC SEPARATION
SYSTEMS
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The extension of microfluidic devices to include
three-dimensional fluidic networks.
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Clinical
Medicine
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TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
PROGRESSION-DEVELOPMENT-TREATMENT; TYPE 2 DIABETES
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The progression of nephropathy from diagnosis of type 2
diabetes.
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Computer
Science
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PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL NETWORK
COMPARISON; MODELING CELLULAR MACHINERY
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Comparison of the protein-protein interaction networks of
Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, and
Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Economics &
Business
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS; INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION;
GLOBAL STRATEGIES; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
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Multi-national enterprises are the key drivers of
globalization.
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Engineering
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POTENTIAL INFINITIES; MATHEMATICAL SYSTEM
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An analysis of the concepts of potential and actual
infinities.
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Environment/
Ecology
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ERICA INTEGRATED APPROACH; DEFAULT CONCENTRATION RATIOS;
AQUATIC BIOTA; TERRESTRIAL BIOTA
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An integrated approach to assessing the radiological risk
to biota.
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Geosciences
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 ATMOSPHERIC ICE NUCLEI; ATMOSPHERIC
APPLICATIONS; AFRICAN DUST AEROSOLS
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Dust aerosols indirectly affect cloud properties and
climate.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Paul
J. DeMott
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Immunology
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NATURALLY OCCURRING CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) REGULATORY T
CELLS; DOMINANT SELF-TOLERANCE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
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The pathogenetic mechanism of autoimmune disease and the
development of novel methods of autoimmune disease
prevention and treatment.
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Materials
Science
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 MOLECULARLY INHERENT VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED
CONDUCTANCE SWITCHING; NANOSCALE THIOL-SUBSTITUTED
OLIGOANILINE MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; REVERSIBLE BISTABLE
SWITCHING
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Stochastic switching in the simplest of wired molecules.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Stuart
Lindsay
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Mathematics
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BAYESIAN INTERVAL MAPPING; EXPERIMENTAL CROSSES; QTL
MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI
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An extensible, interactive environment for mapping
quantitative trait loci.
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Microbiology
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 INTRACELLULAR PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR
REGULATORS; BACTERIAL-INDUCED INFLAMMATION
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Harmful microbes are mediated by a class of proteins called
innate immune receptors.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Gabriel
Nuñez
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Molecular Biology
& Genetics
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MAMMALIAN SOUR TASTE DETECTION; MAMMALIAN TASTE; DIFFERENT
RECEPTOR CELLS SHARING SIMILAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS; MOUSE
TASTE BUDS
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Mammals can taste a wide range of chemosensory stimuli.
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Neuroscience &
Behavior
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DOPAMINE D-3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; CORTICAL CHOLINERGIC
TRANSMISSION; CORTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING
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Attentional functions of cortical cholinergic inputs.
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Pharmacology &
Toxicology
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AGGREGATED ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN ACTIVATES MICROGLIA; NADPH
OXIDASE MEDIATES LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED NEUROTOXICITY;
INFLAMMATION-MEDIATED NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
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The involvement of microglia in the neurodegenerative
process of several degenerative neurological diseases.
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Physics
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MOLECULAR ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; CHARGE-TRANSPORT
PARAMETERS; ELECTRONIC POLARIZATION
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Processes taking place in pi-conjugated materials.
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Plant &
Animal Science
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BRAIN GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES PREDICT INDIVIDUAL HONEYBEE
BEHAVIOR; COMPLEX SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; MATERNAL REPRODUCTIVE
TRAITS
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The genome sequence of the honeybee Apis mellifera.
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Psychiatry/
Psychology
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DECONSTRUCTING SCHIZOPHRENIA; NEUROCOGNITIVE
ENDOPHENOTYPES; HIGH GATING LEVELS; STARTLE GATING DEFICITS
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The measurement and use of endophenotypes in schizophrenia.
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Social Sciences,
general
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HEALTH CARE DELIVERED; QUALITY; UNITED STATES; CQI STUDY
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The quality of health care for adults in the United States.
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Space
Science
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SUPERNOVA OBSERVATIONS; DARK ENERGY METAMORPHOSIS;
COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
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Dark energy appears to be the dominant form of
matter-energy in the universe.
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Fast Moving Front Comment (05/2007) by:
Ujjaini Alam, Varun Sahni, Tarun Deep
Saini, & Alexei A. Starobinsky
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2002-2008_5
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