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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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HEALTHY VEGETARIAN DIET;
SOY-BREAST CANCER RELATION; CANCER RISK;
REDUCED BREAST CANCER EVENTS
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From a health and environmental perspective, whether one
chooses to be a vegetarian or non-vegetarian can make a
difference.
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Biology &
Biochemistry
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MICRORNA ANNOTATION; MICRORNA REGISTRY
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A comprehensive and searchable database of published miRNA
sequences is accessible via a web interface.
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ESI Special Topics Interview with:
Sam Griffiths-Jones
(Feb.
2007)
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Chemistry
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SHELX system
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The development of the SHELX system of computer programs from
SHELX-76 to the present day.
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Clinical
Medicine
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OVERWEIGHT;
OBESITY; PREVALENCE; US CHILDREN
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The prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents and
obesity among men increased significantly during the period
1999 to 2004.
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Computer
Science
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MOLECULAR DOCKING USING POLYNOMIAL EMPIRICAL SCORING FUNCTIONS;
DRUG DISCOVERY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION MODELS
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Ligand energetic modeling, ring flexibility, and
knowledge-based search using Surflex.
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Economics &
Business
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 CADAVERIC ORGAN DONATION; POTENTIAL ORGAN
DONORS; PRESUMED CONSENT LEGISLATION; CROSS-COUNTRY STUDY
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The performance of organ-procurement organizations can be
assessed through the comparison of the number of actual donors
with the number of potential donors.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Ellen
Sheehy
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Engineering
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IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROBING BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;
IMPEDIMETRIC IMMUNOSENSOR; RAPID BIOMOLECULAR SCREENING
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Impedance spectroscopy allows analysis of interfacial changes
originating from biorecognition events at electrode surfaces.
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Environment/
Ecology
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ISOLATING MICROSATELLITE DNA LOCI; MICROSATELLITE REPEAT
ARRAYS; LOCUS-SPECIFIC PRIMER DESIGN; PATERNITY ASSIGNMENT
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Genotypes are frequently used to identify parentage, but such
analysis is notoriously vulnerable to genotyping error.
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Geosciences
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  COMMERCIAL ROTATIONAL MOTIONS SENSOR;
ROTATIONAL GROUND-MOTION MEASUREMENTS; COMMERCIAL
ROTATIONAL SEISMOMETERS
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Rotational observations might provide an important source of
new information for monitoring seismicity in volcanic areas.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Paul
Spudich & Jon B. Fletcher
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Immunology
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MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS; MEDICAL PROGRESS; IMMUNOLOGY; PLAQUE;
PATHOGENESIS
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MS is not just a disease of the immune system, but other
factors contributed by the central nervous system are equally
important.
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Materials
Science
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 WATER SOLUBLE
NANOCRYSTALS; AMPHIPHILIC POLYMER
SHELL; HYDROPHOBIC NANOCRYSTALS COATED; NONAGGREGATED
NANOCRYSTALS
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Colloidal nanoparticles have the potential for use in many
different disciplines ranging from electronics to the life
sciences.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Wolfgang
J. Parak & Liberato Manna
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Mathematics
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 CONTINUOUS-TIME RANDOM WALKS; INFINITE MEAN
WAITING TIMES; LIMIT THEOREMS; FRACTIONAL DYNAMICS;
ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT
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Fractional and anomalous dynamics has experienced an upswing
during the past few years and has been forged into a mature
framework in the theory of stochastic processes.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Ralf
Metzler & Joseph Klafter
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Microbiology
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NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS KILL BACTERIA; PLATELET TLR4
ACTIVATES NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS; SEPTIC BLOOD
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Neutrophil extracellular traps appear to be a form of innate
response that binds microorganisms, prevents them from
spreading, and ensures a high local concentration of
antimicrobial agents to degrade virulence factors and kill
bacteria.
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Molecular Biology
& Genetics
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 CELL-CYCLE CHECKPOINTS-CANCER ASSOCIATION; DNA
DAMAGE; S PHASE
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Highly conserved DNA-repair and cell-cycle checkpoint pathways
allow cells to deal with both endogenous and exogenous sources
of DNA damage.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Michael
B. Kastan
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Neuroscience &
Behavior
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ADDICTION; MEMORY; SHARED NEURAL CIRCUITRY; MOLECULAR
MECHANISMS
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The process of drug addiction shares striking commonalities
with neural plasticity associated with natural reward learning
and memory.
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Pharmacology &
Toxicology
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 DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; RECENT ADVANCES;
PHARMACEUTICAL CARRIERS
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Drug delivery systems such as lipid- or polymer-based
nanoparticles can be designed to improve the pharmacological
and therapeutic properties of drugs administered parenterally.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Terry
M. Allen & Pieter Cullis
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Physics
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X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY USING IFEFFIT; MICROFOCUS SOFT
XAS BEAMLINE
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A software package for the analysis of X-ray absorption
spectroscopy data is based on the IFEFFIT library of numerical
and XAS algorithms.
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Plant &
Animal Science
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MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR BIOSYNTHESIS; MOLYBDENUM ENZYMES;
SOLID-STATE PROPERTIES; DITHIOLENE COMPLEX-BASED COMPOUNDS
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Synthetic analogues and reaction systems relevant to the
molybdenum and tungsten oxotransferases.
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Psychiatry/
Psychology
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SEXUAL HOMICIDAL YOUTH; HOMICIDAL YOUTH USING VICTIMIZATION;
CHILDREN LATER HOMICIDAL; YOUTH ABUSED
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To study risks for abuse and later homicidal behavior, abused
infants and non-abused infants were matched on demographics and
examined.
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Social Sciences,
general
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INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE (IPAQ)
CONCURRENT-CONSTRUCT VALIDITY STUDY
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The International Physical Activity Questionnaire was developed
as an instrument for cross-national monitoring of physical
activity and inactivity.
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Space
Science
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 DIFFUSE GALACTIC CONTINUUM
GAMMA RAY
EGRET DATA COMPATIBLE MODEL-COSMIC-RAY MEASUREMENTS;
COSMIC-RAY PROPAGATION
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A study of the compatibility of some current models of the
diffuse Galactic continuum gamma-rays with Energetic Gamma-Ray
Experiment Telescope data.
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Emerging Research Comment by:
Andrew
W. Strong, Igor V. Moskalenko & Olaf Reimer
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