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ESI Special Topics, December 2002
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This list of Emerging Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for 1997-June 2002 and 1997-August 2002. Of the 4,542 Research Fronts in the 1997-August 2002 file, a total of 669 (.15%) were new compared to the prior period of the ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product.

December 2002

Field Name Description
Agricultural Sciences ORANGE JUICE; GRAPEFRUIT JUICE; BLACK TEA; SMALL INTESTINE; PLASMA KINETICS Absorption and metabolism of flavonoids in the diet.
Biology & Biochemistry SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; PARP; POLY (ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE 1; GENOMIC STABILITY New role for the PARP enzyme in telomere replication and cellular transport.
Chemistry CAMBRIDGE STRUCTURAL DATABASE; INORGANIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DATABASE (ICSD); VISUALIZING CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; MILLION CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE Survey of the small-molecule crystal structures in the Cambridge Structural Database.
Clinical Medicine DIETARY INTAKE ASSESSMENT; CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INDIVIDUAL FOOD CONSUMPTION SURVEYS; EUROPEAN FOOD CONSUMPTION SURVEY METHODS (EFCOSUM) PROJECT; FUTURE FOOD CONSUMPTION SURVEYS Diet indicators for health monitoring in Europe.
Computer Science DNA SEQUENCE SEGMENTATION; DNA SEQUENCES; IDENTIFYING COMPOSITIONAL DOMAINS; STATISTICAL METHODS; BAYESIAN INFERENCE Method of organizing DNA base sequences into homogeneous segments.
Economics & Business ASSET PRICES; HABIT PERSISTENCE; ASSET RETURNS; AGGREGATE STOCK MARKET BEHAVIOR; CONSUMPTION-BASED EXPLANATION Consumption-based model of asset pricing and the predictability of stock returns.
Engineering HIGH-CURRENT CU- IMPLANTATION; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CU NANOPARTICLES EMBEDDED; CU NANOPARTICLES FABRICATED; HIGH-FLUX CU- IONS Implantation of copper ions into silica glasses at high-current and low energy.
Environment/Ecology PROCESSING FOREST INVENTORY DATA; SIMULATED FOREST GROWTH; GERMAN FOREST PRODUCTS MARKETS Effect of experimental ecosystem warming on soil respiration and plant growth.
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Lindsey Rustad
Geosciences 16 OCTOBER 1999 HECTOR MINE EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PROCESS; 1992 LANDERS EARTHQUAKE Upper mantle rheology and the continuing deformation of the earth's crust following earthquakes.
Immunology BEHAVIORAL HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS; HIV/AIDS PREVENTION RESEARCH SYNTHESIS PROJECT; HIV RISK REDUCTION Comparisons of behavioral interventions aimed at reducing the risk of HIV infection.
Materials Science SHORT-RANGE VELOCITY CORRELATIONS; UNIFORMLY HEATED GRANULAR FLUIDS; FLUIDIZED GRANULAR MEDIA; SCALAR GRANULAR GASES Monte Carlo simulation of heating of granular fluids modeled as smooth inelastic spheres.
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Andres Santos
Mathematics STABILIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; VARIATIONAL MULTISCALE METHOD; GENERALIZED STATIONARY INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOWS Equivalence between variational multiscale and residual-force bubble concepts.
Microbiology SOLUBLE HEPATITIS C VIRUS RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE EXPRESSED; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS C VIRUS RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS NS5B RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of hepatitis C virus essential for enzymatic activity.
Molecular Biology & Genetics CENTROSOME DEFECTS; CENTROSOME AMPLIFICATION DRIVES CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16 E7 ONCOPROTEIN-INDUCED ABNORMAL CENTROSOME SYNTHESIS Genetic instability of human cancers due to centrosome defects and missegregation during mitosis.
Multidisciplinary AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN POTENTLY INHIBIT HIPPOCAMPAL LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; COPPER CHAPERONE-MEDIATED COPPER LOADING; DIRECTING AMYLOID FIBER FORMATION; PROTEIN MISFOLDING DISEASES Cytotoxicity of protein aggregates such as amyloid fibrils associated with protein deposition diseases.
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Professor Christopher M. Dobson
Neuroscience & Behavior ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SIGNALS; MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; DESERT GOLDEN MOLE (EREMITALPA GRANTI) Multiple environmental components in the use of vocal signals in species communication.
Pharmacology & Toxicology APOPTOSIS AFFECT CLINICAL RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; CELL KILLING; ANTICANCER AGENTS; ANTITUMOR DRUGS Apoptosis and the clinical response to anticancer drugs.
Physics TRIANGULAR LATTICE QUANTUM DIMER MODEL; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; RESONATING VALENCE BOND PHASE; SHORT-RANGED RESONATING VALENCE BOND PHYSICS Study of the quantum dimer model on a triangular lattice.
Plant & Animal Science STREAM MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; SWISS GLACIAL STREAM; TWO GLACIER-FED NEW ZEALAND RIVERS; TWO CONTRASTING NORWEGIAN GLACIAL RIVERS; GLACIAL STREAM ECOSYSTEM Zonation of the chironomid community in glacier-fed rivers.
Psychiatry/
Psychology
BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; COST-EFFECTIVENESS METHODOLOGIES; BIOBEHAVIORAL APPROACHES; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; SMOKING CESSATION Cognitive-behavioral interventions to promote physical activity and exercise for disease prevention.
Social Sciences, general NORTH/SOUTH IRELAND FOOD CONSUMPTION SURVEY; SURVEY DESIGN; ENERGY INTAKES; MINERAL INTAKES; 18-64-YEAR-OLD ADULTS Survey of food and drink consumption in Ireland.
Space Science ATOMIC TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; IMPROVED LABORATORY TRANSITION PARAMETERS; SOLAR EUROPIUM ELEMENTAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION Atomic transition probabilities for spectral lines of dysprosium.

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