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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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 FAVORABLE SERUM LDL CHOLESTEROL; LOW
SERUM HDL CHOLESTEROL; FRUCTOSE-SWEETENED
BEVERAGES; LONG TERM CONSUMPTION
 Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Maureen Storey
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Research recommendations to improve our understanding
of the association of high fructose corn syrup and
weight gain.
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Biology &
Biochemistry
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  COLD-ACTIVATED BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE;
FUNCTIONAL BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT HUMANS
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Jan Nedergaard
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The development of brown adipose tissue was important
for the evolutionary success of mammals.
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Chemistry
Research Front
Map:
"BIOMASS PRETREATMENT AND LOW-COST CELLULOSIC
ETHANOL"
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LEADING BIOMASS PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; UNLOCKING
LOW-COST CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; ACID-BASED HYDROLYSIS
PROCESSES
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Michael R. Ladisch (May 2009)
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Cellulosic plant material represents an untapped source
of fermentable sugars with significant industrial
application.
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Clinical
Medicine
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REAL-TIME CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING; REAL-TIME
CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE SENSOR; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING
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Continuously measured glucose levels can significantly
improve glycemic excursions by reducing exposure to
hyperglycemia without increasing the risk of
hypoglycemia.
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Computer
Science
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ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY; ROBOTIC
RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL
HYSTERECTOMY CASES
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Laparoscopy and robotics are preferable to laparotomy
for patients requiring radical hysterectomy.
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Economics &
Business
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 MANAGING IDENTITY; IDENTITY WORK; OPEN
SOCIETY; LIBERAL WORKPLACES
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
David L. Collinson
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An examination of the analytical importance of
insecurity for understanding the subjective power
relations and survival strategies within organizations.
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Engineering
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 LOW ACTIVATION MARTENSITIC STEEL;
REDUCED ACTIVATION FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEEL
DEVELOPMENT; 8CR TEMPERED MARTENSITIC STEELS
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Ronald L. Klueh
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Oxide dispersion-strengthened steels are being
developed and investigated for nuclear fission and
nuclear fusion applications.
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Environment/
Ecology
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 RICE GRAIN ARSENIC; ARSENIC
SPECIATION; ELEVATED ARSENIC; INORGANIC ARSENIC
CONTENT
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Andrew A. Meharg
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Even at background levels, the arsenic in rice
contributes considerably to arsenic ingestion in
subsistence rice diets.
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Geosciences
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 GLOBAL ISOPRENE EMISSIONS ESTIMATED
USING MEGAN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM ISOPRENE
EMISSIONS; ISOPRENE PHOTOOXIDATION
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Alex Guenther
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The sensitivity of isoprene emissions to earth system
changes, such as climate and land-use, demonstrates the
potential for large future changes in emissions.
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Immunology
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 T FOLLICULAR HELPER (T-FH) CELLS; T
FOLLICULAR HELPER CELLS DIFFERENTIATE;
CYTOKINE-SECRETING FOLLICULAR T CELLS;
IL-4-PRODUCING CD4(+) T CELLS
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Roza I. Nurieva & Chen Dong
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Follicular helper T cells have been found to be
localized in germinal centers and are specialized in
providing help for beta cells.
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Materials
Science
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 FUNCTIONAL NANOSCALE COORDINATION
POLYMERS; NANOSCALE METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS;
VALENCE-TAUTOMERIC METAL-ORGANIC NANOPARTICLES
Fast Moving Front by:
Chad A. Mirkin
(Commentary added in
Mar. 2010 for
Nov.
2009 entry.)
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Micrometer- and nanometre- sized particles play
important roles in many applications, including
catalysis, optics, biosensing and data storage.
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Mathematics
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ROBUST LINEAR MATRIX INEQUALITY PROBLEM RELAXATIONS
EXACTNESS VERIFICATIONS; UNCERTAIN LINEAR SYSTEMS;
ROBUST SEMI-DEFINITE PROGRAMS
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Robust H-2 and H-infinity filtering problems for linear
discrete-time systems with polytopic parameter
uncertainty.
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Microbiology
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INTERFERON-INDUCIBLE ANTIVIRAL EFFECTORS; INTERFERON
ANTIVIRAL RESPONSE; 5 '-OLIGOADENYLATE SYNTHETASE
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The interferon system is an extremely powerful
antiviral response that is capable of controlling virus
infections in the absence of adaptive immunity.
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Molecular Biology
& Genetics
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HETEROCHROMATIC GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN
ASSEMBLY; RNA INTERFERENCE GUIDES HISTONE MODIFICATION;
CENTROMERIC REPEAT TRANSCRIPTION
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The formation of heterochromatin serves as a model for
the role of histone modifications and chromatin
assembly in the
epigenetic control of the genome.
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Multidisciplinary
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 TIME COURSE MICROARRAY EXPERIMENTS;
ANALYZING TIME SERIES GENE EXPRESSION DATA;
DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
John D. Storey
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A method for analyzing time course microarray studies
that can be applied to the typical types of comparisons
and sampling schemes to study the dynamic regulation of
gene expression.
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Neuroscience &
Behavior
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 CONCURRENT TMS-FMRI-PSYCHOPHYSICS
REVEAL HUMAN RETINOTOPIC VISUAL CORTEX FRONTAL
INFLUENCES; HUMAN VISUAL CORTEX
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Christian C. Ruff
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Circuits originating in the human frontal eye-field can
modulate activity in the retinotopic visual cortex.
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Pharmacology &
Toxicology
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CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; INJECTABLE
BIODEGRADABLE HYDROGEL COMPOSITES; DEGRADABLE
OLIGO(POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) FUMARATE) HYDROGEL
SCAFFOLDS
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A non-invasive means of simultaneously delivering
insulin-like growth factor-1 and transforming growth
factor-beta 1 to injured cartilage tissue in a
controlled manner.
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Physics
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GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS; REVERSIBLE
BASAL PLANE HYDROGENATION; LOCAL DEFECTS
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Oleg V.Yazyev
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Studying from first principles the magnetism in
graphene induced by single carbon atom defects.
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Plant &
Animal Science
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 ARABIDOPSIS SUBCELLULAR
DATABASE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PROTEIN TARGETING;
DUAL TARGETING; MITOCHONDRIA
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Joshua Heazlewood
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Analysis of the Arabidopsis mitochondrial proteome has
led to the development of a publicly accessible
database containing ongoing proteomics data.
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Psychiatry/
Psychology
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 FUNCTIONAL MRI LIE DETECTION;
FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; NEUROETHICS CHALLENGE
INFORMED; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Judy Illes & Eric Racine
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The social and ethical implications of neuroimaging
research.
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Social Sciences,
general
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 YOUNG CHILDREN'S ACADEMIC SKILLS;
CLASSROOM QUALITY; PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS SERVING
AT-RISK PUPILS; PREKINDERGARTEN IMPROVE SCHOOL
PREPARATION
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Bridget Hamre
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Understanding the ways in which classrooms and teachers
can contribute to positive outcomes for students.
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Space Science
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 EVOLUTIONARY POPULATION SYNTHESIS
HIGH-Z GALAXIES; STELLAR POPULATION SYNTHESIS;
SUBSTELLAR INITIAL MASS FUNCTION
Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Gustavo Bruzual & Stéphane Charlot
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Recent progress in stellar evolution theory and an
observationally motivated prescription for thermally
pulsing stars on the asymptotic giant branch.
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