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ESI Special Topics, August 2002
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This list of Emerging Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for 1997-February 2002 and 1997-April 2002. Of the 4,270 Research Fronts in the 1997-April 2002 file, a total of 521 (.12%) were new compared to the prior period. From ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product.

August 2002

Field Name Description
Agricultural Sciences LEPTIN PRODUCTION; RELEASE; DUALLY IN VITRO PERFUSED HUMAN PLACENTA; THEMURINE FETUS Role of the hormone leptin in adaptation to fasting.
Biology & Biochemistry GENOMIC IMPRINTING DISRUPTED; MATERNAL GENOMIC IMPRINTS; MATERNAL EFFECT MUTATION; PATERNAL GENOME; ACTIVE DEMETHYLATION Genomic imprinting and gene modification during development.
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by: Dr. Wolf Reik
Chemistry NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CONJUGATED HELICAL METAL PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVES; CONJUGATED HELICAL MOLECULE; SYNTHESIS; SELF-ASSEMBLY Self-assembly of fibers from disk-shaped molecules and their use in sensors.
Clinical Medicine MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HYDROXAMATE-TYPE MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR BATIMASTAT PROMOTES LIVER METASTASIS; CANCER THERAPY; UNRESECTABLE PANCREATIC CANCER Increased tumor angiogenesis caused by metalloproteinase inhibition.
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Ambra Pozzi, Ph.D.
Computer Science PLASTIC WORK; STORED ENERGY; ADAPTIVE LAGRANGIAN MODELLING; ADAPTIVE MESHING; PARTITION Modeling ballistic penetration of metal targets.
Economics & Business STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; RELATIVE ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; INTERFIRM KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; INTERORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; CO-EVOLUTION Interfirm knowledge transfers in strategic alliances.
Engineering SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; COAL-DERIVED MATERIALS USING STANDARDS; HIGH MOLECULAR MASS MATERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY Interpretation of size-exclusion chromatograms of coal-derived materials.
Environment/Ecology EASTERN OREGON; WASHINGTON; WILDLAND FIRE; FISH HABITAT; MANAGEMENT Defoliating agents affecting forest health.
Geosciences SOUTHERN GREENLAND ICE SHEET; GREENLAND FULLY VALIDATED; RAPID THINNING; MASS BALANCE; HIGH-ELEVATION BALANCE Thinning of the Greenland ice sheet.
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by William B. Krabill
Immunology VASCULAR PERMEABILITY FACTOR VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS; MICROVASCULAR HYPERPERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR Vascular endothelial growth factor and vascular permeability in angiogenesis.
Materials Science ELECTROPHOTONIC APPLICATIONS USING CARBON NANOTUBE LINE EMITTERS DIRECTLY GROWN; MULTIPLE VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOFIBERS; SINGLE FREESTANDING MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBE; GATED FIELD EMITTERS Growing free standing carbon nanotubes for applications such as flat panel displays.
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by
Prof. Zhifeng F. Ren
Mathematics STATIONARY BRATTELI DIAGRAMS; SUBSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; CANTOR MINIMAL SYSTEMS; AF ALGEBRAS DEFINED; DIMENSION GROUPS Substitution minimal systems and Bratteli diagrams.
Microbiology COMPLETE GENOME SEQUENCE; MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANT SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI CT18; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM LT2; YERSINIA PESTIS; CAUSATIVE AGENT Gene transfer between strains of Salmonella in promoting new pathogenic variants.
Molecular Biology & Genetics INTEGRIN-LINKED KINASE (ILK) SUPPRESSES ACTIVATION; PROTEIN KINASE B/AKT; INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE (ILK) SUPPRESSES BETA-CATENIN-LEF/TCF-DEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTION; INTEGRIN-LINKED KINASE REGULATES PHOSPHORYLATION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 Integrin-linked kinase in cellular processes.
Multidisciplinary NEW LATE EOCENE ANTHROPOID PRIMATE; NEW PRIMATE; ANTHROPOID RELATIONSHIPS; ARCHAIC ANTHROPOID; SMALLEST FAYUM EGYPTIAN PRIMATES Evidence of a Southeast Asian evolutionary center for anthropoids.
Neuroscience & Behavior GLATIRAMER ACETATE (COPAXONE (R)); MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RELAPSE RATE; RELAPSING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENTS Clinical benefit of glatiramer acetate for relapsing MS patients.
Pharmacology & Toxicology LEVETIRACETAM; PHARMACOKINETIC PROFILE; PARTIAL SEIZURES; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL Levetiracetam in treatment of epileptic seizures.
Physics DISORDERED SYSTEMS; MESOSCOPIC SYSTEMS; DISORDERED CONDUCTORS; INTERACTION EFFECTS; PHASE RELAXATION Temperature dependence of phase coherence time in disordered conductors.
Plant & Animal Science TARGETED PROTEIN MOVEMENT; PHLOEM TRANSPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES; LONG-DISTANCE MOVEMENT; DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTAL; PLASMODESMATA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATES Phloem transport of macromolecules and long distance signaling in plants.
Psychiatry/
Psychology
PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTION; PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTIONS DERIVED; SLOPE BIAS; SAMPLING; BOOTSTRAP-BASED CONFIDENCE INTERVALS The psychometric function's slope and reliability of psychophysical thresholds.
Social Sciences, general FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES; DECLINING FEDERAL DRUG SENTENCES; INTER-JUDGE SENTENCING DISPARITY; PLEA BARGAINING'S TRIUMPH; GETTING PAST DEMOCRACY Importance of plea bargaining in American criminal justice.
Space Science 2001 US NAVAL OBSERVATORY DOUBLE STAR CD-ROM; WASHINGTON DOUBLE STAR CATALOG; PHOTOMETRIC MAGNITUDE DIFFERENCE CATALOG; VISUAL BINARY STARS; FIFTH CATALOG Database of astronomic double and multiple star systems.

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