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Field
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Research Front Name
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Description
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Agricultural
Sciences
Research Front Map:
"BIODIESEL
PRODUCTION"
(Aug. 2008)
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BIODIESEL
FUEL PROPERTIES; ANALYZING BIODIESEL; BIODIESEL
CONTENT; MIERAL DIESEL FUEL; FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTERS
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The properties of individual fatty esters which
comprise biodiesel determine the overall properties of
biodiesel fuel.
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Biology &
Biochemistry
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CATION-SELECTIVE TIGHT JUNCTION COMPLEX; TIGHT JUNCTION
COMPONENTS; CLASSIC CLAUDINS
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Adherens junctions and Tight junctions comprise two
modes of cell–cell adhesion that provide
different functions.
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Chemistry
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EFFICIENT DOMINO SYNTHESIS; HIGHLY FUNCTIONALIZED
INDOLES; ONE-POT MULTICOMPONENT SYNTHESIS; HIGHLY
SELECTIVE TANDEM CROSS-COUPLING
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Various aspects of palladium catalysis applied to the
preparation of fine chemicals and pharmaceutical
products.
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Clinical
Medicine
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FREE FATTY ACIDS REGULATE INSULIN SECRETION; FREE FATTY
ACIDS REGULATE GUT INCRETIN GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1
SECRETION; FATTY ACID SIGNALING; INSULIN SECRETION
IN-VIVO
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Free fatty acids provide an important energy source as
nutrients, also acting as signalling molecules in
various cellular processes, including insulin
secretion.
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Computer
Science
Research Front Map:
"DNA
AND RNA SEQUENCING"
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ARABIDOPSIS GENOME REVEALS DNA
METHYLATION PATTERNING; SHORT DNA SEQUENCES USING
SSAKE; DNA METHYLATION PROFILING
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Using an immunocapturing approach followed by DNA
microarray analysis to generate methylation profiles of
all human chromosomes.
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Economics &
Business
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 CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP PROCESS; SOCIAL
IDENTITY PERSPECTIVE; GROUP PERFORMANCE; MOOD
CONTAGION
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Theoretical implications and practical ramifications of
emotional contagion within groups and organizations.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Sigal Barsade
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Engineering
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  CO2-FREE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANE
DECOMPOSITION; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED CATALYTIC
DECOMPOSITION; HYDROGEN ECONOMY
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Technological, environmental and economical aspects of
large-scale production of hydrogen and carbon by the
catalytic dissociation of natural gas.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Nazim Muradov
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Environment/
Ecology
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STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE RATIO
MONITORING LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY;
HYDROGEN ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION
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Laboratory and field studies assessing biodegradation
of contaminants in aquifers using stable isotope
analysis.
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Geosciences
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SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUXES; RECENT SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;
DENSE WATER CASCADING; TET INNER SHELF; NW
MEDITERRANEAN
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The role of southward-flowing bottom-hugging shelf
currents in causing the redistribution of sediment
along the Adriatic inner shelf.
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Immunology
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INTERLEUKINS 27-6 INDUCE INTERLEUKIN 10 STAT3-MEDIATED
T CELL PRODUCTION; GENERATING INTERLEUKIN 10-PRODUCING
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY T CELLS
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Findings suggest that full acquisition of pathogenic
function by effector T-H-17 cells is mediated by IL- 23
rather than by TGF-beta and IL-6.
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Materials
Science
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 LITHIUM ION BATTERIES; HIGH-CAPACITY
LITHIUM STORAGE; MESOPOROUS CO3O4 NANOWIRE ARRAYS;
LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ELECTRODES; NEEDLELIKE CO3O4
NANOTUBES
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Further improvement of lithium ion batteries requires
the development of second generation cathode and anode
materials with higher capacity.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Masaki Yoshio
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Mathematics
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BLOCH TYPE SPACES; WEIGHTED COMPOSITION OPERATORS;
BERGMAN TYPE SPACES
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Boundedness and compactness of composition operators
followed by multiplication as operators between
Bloch-type spaces of analytic functions on the unit
disk..
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Microbiology
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 LEADING BIOMASS PRETREATMENT
TECHNOLOGIES; NONCOMPLEXED CELLULASE SYSTEMS;
LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS
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Cellulosic plant material represents an untapped source
of fermentable sugars for significant industrial use.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Michael R. Ladisch
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Molecular Biology
& Genetics
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MICRORNA EXPRESSION; MICRORNA MIR-124 PROMOTES NEURONAL
DIFFERENTIATION; SPORADIC
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; MICRORNA
FEEDBACK CIRCUIT
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The expression of numerous miRNAs is cell- and
tissue-specific, which strongly suggests that miRNAs
may modulate lineage differentiation of cells from
different origins.
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Multidisciplinary
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HUMAN MICROBIOME PROJECT; GUT MICROBES; EVOLUTIONARY
PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN-MICROBE MUTUALISM
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Understanding the microbial components of the human
genetic and metabolic landscape and how they contribute
to normal physiology and predisposition to disease.
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Neuroscience &
Behavior
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 DROSOPHILA CIRCADIAN CONTROL CIRCUIT
ORGANIZATION; DROSOPHILA CIRCADIAN CLOCK; LIGHT
ACTIVATES OUTPUT; MORNING NEURONS
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Genetic analysis promises to reveal the logic of the
neural circuits in complex brains that guide behaviors.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Edward M. Callaway
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Pharmacology &
Toxicology
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MOUSE ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE 2 (NAT2)
EXPRESSION; HUMAN N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE TYPE 1
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Results suggest that cholesterol metabolism is central
to M. tuberculosis's unusual ability to survive in
macrophages.
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Physics
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NOX STORAGE/REDUCTION CATALYSTS; IDENTIFYING SURFACE
SPECIES; MODEL CATALYSTS; SURFACE REACTION; NOX
ADSORPTION
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Nitrogen oxide(s) storage/reduction catalysts have been
developed as an aftertreatment technology to reduce
nitrogen oxide emissions from lean-burn power sources.
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Plant &
Animal Science
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GRAPEVINE GENOME SEQUENCE; ANCESTRAL HEXAPLOIDIZATION;
TRANSGENIC TROPICAL FRUIT TREE PAPAYA; MINING SEGMENTAL
GENOME DUPLICATIONS
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Genomic variants represent a rich reservoir of
molecular resources useful in biotechnological
applications, development of alternative energy
sources, and mitigation of anthropogenic environmental
problems.
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Psychiatry/
Psychology
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 PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS' SHARED
DECISION-MAKING INTERVENTION; SHARED TREATMENT
DECISION-MAKING APPROACH; PATIENT ACTIVATION
MEASURE (PAM)
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Factors which influence patients' preference for
involvement in medical decision making.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Richard Thomson
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Social Sciences,
general
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 RESTRUCTURING BEIJING'S SOCIAL SPACE;
REMAPPING CHINA'S REGIONAL INEQUALITIES; CHINA'S
CITIES; REGIONAL INEQUALITY
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Which of China’s cities is the largest, how large
is its population, and which city has the highest per
capita GDP?
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Kam Wing Chan
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Space Science
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HIGH ENERGY
GAMMA-RAY
EMISSION; COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA-RAY PROPAGATION; NEW LIGHT
SPIN-ZERO BOSON; EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT
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Intergalactic space is more transparent to gamma-rays
than previously thought.
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