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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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 PLANT ESSENTIAL OILS; BASIL ESSENTIAL
OILS; EUCALYPTUS ESSENTIAL OILS; OREGANO ESSENTIAL
OIL
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Antibacterial activity of essential oils and potential
applications in foods.
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 Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Sara Burt
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Biology &
Biochemistry
FEATURED
FRONT
with corresponding map:
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LIPID RAFTS"
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LIPID MEMBRANES CONTAINING CHOLESTEROL; LIPID RAFTS;
LIPID MODEL SYSTEMS
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Lipid domains are high in cholesterol and
sphingolipids, have a light buoyant density, and
function in both endocytosis and cell signaling.
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Chemistry
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MICROMACHINED DNA POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION CHIP;
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AMPLIFICATION;
CONTINUOUS-FLOW POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; INTEGRATED
PORTABLE GENETIC ANALYSIS MICROSYSTEM
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A cost-effective solution to direct sample-to-answer
genetic analysis.
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Clinical
Medicine
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DEFINING POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; METABOLIC SYNDROME;
HYPERANDROGENIC SYNDROME
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Polycystic ovary syndrome is a syndrome of ovarian
dysfunction along with the cardinal features
hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovary morphology.
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Computer
Science
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 MICROARRAY GENE EXPRESSION DATA; GENE
SET ENRICHMENT ANALYSIS; INTERPRETING GENOME-WIDE
EXPRESSION PROFILES
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An analytical method called Gene Set Enrichment
Analysis for interpreting gene expression data.
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Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Jill Mesirov & Eric Lander
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Economics &
Business
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 ADDRESSING MODERATED MEDIATION
HYPOTHESES; SIMPLE MEDIATION MODELS; TESTING
MEDIATIONAL MODELS
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An intervening variable (mediator) transmits the effect
of an independent variable to a dependent variable.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
David P. MacKinnon
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Engineering
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 3 MU M INAS
QUANTUM DOT LASER; 3 MU M
INGAAS QUANTUM DOT LASERS; 3 MU M INAS/GAAS
MULTILAYER QUANTUM-DOT LASER
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Data are presented on the influence of p-type
modulation doping on the gain characteristics of InAs
quantum dot lasers.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Oleg B. Shchekin
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Environment/
Ecology
FEATURED
FRONT
with corresponding map:
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ADVANCED OXIDATION
PROCESSES"
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 ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES;
SEQUENTIAL COAGULATION-FLOCCULATION PLUS CHEMICAL
OXIDATION PROCESS; CATALYTIC WET OXIDATION
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A comparison of available oxidation processes which are
used to remove an important group of pollutants from
water.
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Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Santiago Esplugas
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Geosciences
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ANTHROPOGENIC CO2; ANTHROPOGENIC OCEAN ACIDIFICATION;
GLOBAL SEA-AIR CO2 FLUX; ENHANCED OPEN OCEAN STORAGE
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Climatological pCO2 show the importance of
high-latitude northern and southern oceans as a sink
for atmospheric CO2.
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Immunology
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 ENDOGENOUS ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES;
MAMMALIAN DEFENSINS; INNATE IMMUNITY;
MULTIFUNCTIONAL PEPTIDES
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Defensins are members of a large family of
antimicrobial peptides, contributing to the
antimicrobial action of granulocytes, mucosal host
defence in the small intestine and epithelial host
defence in the skin.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Tomas Ganz
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Materials
Science
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 SN-AG-CU LEAD-FREE SOLDERS; SN-AG-CU
LEAD-FREE SOLDERED JOINTS; LEAD-FREE SOLDER ALLOYS
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Due to the trend in miniaturization and the increase in
functionality, the reliability of solder joints in
microelectronic devices is of concern.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
King-Ning Tu
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Mathematics
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PATTERN SEARCH FILTER METHOD; GLOBALLY CONVERGENT
PRIMAL-DUAL INTERIOR-POINT FILTER METHOD; LARGE-SCALE
NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; LARGE-SCALE CONSTRAINED
OPTIMIZATION
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Sequential quadratic programming methods have proved
highly effective for solving constrained optimization
problems with smooth nonlinear functions.
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Microbiology
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HIV-1 FUSION INHIBITOR; SMALL-MOLECULE CCR5 CHEMOKINE
RECEPTOR LIGANDS; BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTI-HUMAN
IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 ACTIVITY
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The addition of enfuvirtide to an optimized
antiretroviral regimen provided significant
antiretroviral and immunologic benefit in patients who
had multidrug-resistant HIV-1 infection.
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Molecular Biology
& Genetics
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 CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS GENOME;
CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS FAT REGULATORY GENES;
GENOME-WIDE RNAI ANALYSIS; IGF-1 RECEPTOR REGULATES
LIFESPAN
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The function of most genes in the roundworm
Caenorhabditis elegans were tested using a new genetic
technique called RNAi.
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Fast Moving Front Comment
by:
Julie Ahringer
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Multidisciplinary
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MARROW STROMAL OSTELOBLASTS; FLUID FLOW INCREASES
MINERALIZED MATRIX DEPOSITION; BONE MARROW STROMAL
CELLS CULTURED
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Flow perfusion culture permits the generation and study
of a 3D, actively modeled, mineralized matrix, and can
be a valuable tool for bone biology and tissue
engineering.
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Neuroscience &
Behavior
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ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX ENCODE ECONOMIC VALUE; PREFRONTAL
CORTEX INCREASES UTILITARIAN MORAL JUDGEMENTS; PRIMATE
FRONTAL CORTEX
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Specific histories of choice and reward lead to an
internal representation of the "value" of possible
actions at the neuronal level in the parietal cortex. .
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Pharmacology &
Toxicology
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 TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; GENE DELIVERY
SYSTEMS; NON-COVALENT DRUG INCLUSION COMPLEX;
DENDRITIC POLYMERS
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Dendrimers can be of use for medical applications, for
example, to obtain improved contrast agents for
diagnostic purposes or to encapsulate drugs.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Holger Frey
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Physics
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MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON
NANOTUBES; VACANCY DEFECTS; QUANTIZED FRACTURE
MECHANICS
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Bending experiments reveal the flexibility of nanotubes
and support their use as reinforcement fibers in
structural materials.
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Plant &
Animal Science
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ECOLOGICALLY SUCCESSFUL RIVER RESTORATION; STREAM
RESTORATION TECHNIQUES; AQUATIC ORGANISMS
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Patterns of regional genetic differentiation may often
reflect historical colonization of new habitats rather
than contemporary gene flow.
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Psychiatry/
Psychology
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 ACUTE PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS; WORK
STRESS; HPA AXIS RESPONSES; EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE
MODEL
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Psychological stressors increased cortisol levels;
however, effects varied widely depending whether tasks
involved uncontrollable threats or social-evaluative
elements.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Sally S. Dickerson & Margaret E.
Kemeny (from Sept. 2005)
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Social Sciences,
general
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 MARITAL STATUS; GENDERED LIFE COURSE
PERSPECTIVE; LATE-LIFE PARENTHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC
STATUS
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Marriage has undergone a process of
deinstitutionalization, and a weakening of the social
norms that define partners' behavior.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Andrew J. Cherlin
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Space
Science
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LONG GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; SWIFT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; MEAN
REDSHIFT; PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT
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Long-duration gamma-ray bursts are associated with the
most extremely massive stars and may be restricted to
galaxies of limited chemical evolution.
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