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ESI Special Topics, December 2001
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This list of Emerging Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for 1996-June 2001 and 1996-August 2001. Of the 4,486 Research Fronts in the 1996-August 2001 file, a total of 667 (.15%) were new compared to the prior period.

DECEMBER 2001
Field Name Description
Agricultural Sciences LEPTIN; LEPTIN PRODUCTION; VITRO PERFUSED HUMAN PLACENTA; PLACENTAL LEPTIN; THEMURINE FETUS The leptin system in fetal development.
Biology & Biochemistry SRC HOMOLOGY 2 DOMAIN-CONTAINING INOSITOL 5 '-PHOSPHATASE (SHIP); AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE CAUSED; CLATHRIN-MEDIATED SYNAPTIC VESICLE ENDOCYTOSIS Regulation of endocytosis and phagocytosis.
Chemistry STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; PALLADIUM-CATALYZED ANNULATION; HIGHLY REGIO-; SYNTHESIS; INTERNAL ALKYNES Synthesis of heterocyclic and carbocyclic compounds.
Clinical Medicine RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPORTING RANDOMIZED TRIALS; PUBLISHED RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS; CONSORT STATEMENT Standards for improving the quality of metaanalyses.
Computer Science SCALING OPTOELECTRONIC-VLSI CIRCUITS; TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION Rationale for optical interconnections between chips.
Economics & Business INNOVATION; PRODUCTION; COMPANY-SCIENTIST LOCATIONAL LINKS; R&D SPILLOVERS; GEOGRAPHY Collaboration between academia and industry.
Engineering PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; DETERMINATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES Techniques for separation of platinum group elements.
Environment/Ecology FLOOD PLAIN FORESTS; PERUVIAN AMAZON; PERUVIAN FLOOD PLAIN FORESTS; FLOOD PLAIN COMMUNITIES; FLOOD PLAIN HOUSEHOLDS Flood plains in the Peruvian Amazon.
Geosciences SOUTHERN OCEAN IRON RELEASE EXPERIMENT (SOIREE); SOUTHERN OCEAN IRON ENRICHMENT PROMOTES INORGANIC CARBON DRAWDOWN; SOUTHERN OCEAN CARBON EXPORT; SOUTHERN OCEAN ORGANIC CARBON Fertilization of phytoplankton with iron to increase biomass.
Immunology STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BOVINE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ENCODING MULTIPLE SUPERANTIGENS; PUTATIVE PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; HIGHLY PREVALENT OPERON Genetic analysis of staphylococcus toxins.
Materials Science SYMMETRIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMER THIN FILMS; ORIENTED BLOCK COPOLYMER FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILMS; ORGANIC-ORGANOMETALLIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS Controlling the structure of block polymer thin films.
Mathematics ESTIMATING CONTINUOUS-TIME STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY MODELS; ESTIMATING STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS EFFICIENTLY; SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATE; REPROJECTING PARTIALLY OBSERVED SYSTEMS Efficient method of moments applied to economic data.
Microbiology FUNCTIONALLY INERT HIV-SPECIFIC CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)-SPECIFIC CD4 T-HELPER CELLS FAILS; CHRONIC HIV TYPE 1 INFECTION; HLA-B27-RESTRICTED CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE RESPONSES Benefit of immunization in early stages of HIV-1 infection.
Molecular Biology & Genetics GENERAL MEMBRANE INSERTION MACHINERY; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE PATHWAY; EVOLUTIONARILY RELATED INSERTION PATHWAYS Mechanism of protein insertion into inner membranes of cells.
Multidisciplinary YEAST CELL-CYCLE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS SBF; DNA BINDING PROTEINS; GENOMIC BINDING SITES; GENOME-WIDE LOCATION Genome-wide protein location analysis
Neuroscience & Behavior GLIA; ASTROCYTES MEDIATES GLIAL CALCIUM WAVES; SNARE PROTEIN-DEPENDENT GLUTAMATE RELEASE; GLIAL CELLS; SYNAPSE NUMBER Calcium wave communication between glial cells and neurons.
Pharmacology & Toxicology HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXERT ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM SHOW ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPERICUM EXTRACT (LI 160) Mechanism of antidepressant activity of hyperforin extract of St. John's Wort
Physics BILAYER QUANTUM HALL FERROMAGNETS; BILAYER QUANTUM HALL SYSTEMS; DOUBLE LAYER QUANTUM HALL FERROMAGNET; DOUBLE-LAYER QUANTUM HALL PSEUDOFERROMAGNETS Interlayer tunneling conductance between parallel electron systems.
Plant & Animal Science NITROGEN-FIXING SYMBIOTIC BACTERIUM MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; POTENTIAL SYMBIOSIS-SPECIFIC GENES UNCOVERED; METHYLOTROPHIC METHYLOBACTERIUM BACTERIA NODULATE; SYMBIOTIC PROMISCUITY Genes controlling symbiosis between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Psychiatry/
Psychology		 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL PRACTICE; COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS' TREATMENT; GENERAL POPULATION SURVEY; AUSTRALIA'S MENTAL HEALTH Prevalence and morbidity of common mental disorders in Australia.
Social Sciences, general NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION SURVEY; UNITED STATES; CHILDREN AGED 19-35 MONTHS; VACCINATION SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM Survey results for vaccination of children in the USA.
Space Science BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE GRS 1915+105; MERLIN OBSERVATIONS; RXTE OBSERVATIONS; RELATIVISTIC EJECTIONS Observations of a possible binary black hole.

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