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ESI Special Topics, December 2003
Citing URL: http://www.esi-topics.com/erf/december2003.html

This list of Emerging Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for 1998-June 2003 and 1998-August 2003. Of the 4,868 Research Fronts in the 1998-August 2003 file, a total of 710 (.15%) were new compared to the prior period of the ISI Essential Science Indicators.

December 2003

Field Name Description
Agricultural Sciences VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; SERUM RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; PHYSIOLOGIC INDICATORS Vitamin A deficiency in high risk populations.
Biology & Biochemistry HUMAN HEART FAILURE; HUMAN PHOSPHOLAMBAN; HUMAN DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART FAILURE; LETHAL DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Roger J. Hajjar
Phospholamban in human heart failure.
Chemistry ARENE HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS; IONIC LIQUID (MOLTEN SALT) PHASE ORGANOMETALLIC CATALYSIS; BENZENE HYDROGENATION CATALYZED

by:
Jairton Dupont (from October 2003)
Molten salt organometallic catalysis.
Clinical Medicine SIROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION; NATIVE CORONARY ARTERY LESIONS TRIAL; SIROLIMUS-ELUTING VELOCITY BALLOON-EXPANDABLE STENT
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Patrick W. Serruys
Biological effects of the implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent.
Computer Science JAVA BYTECODE VERIFICATION; JAVA SMART CARDS; STANDARD FIXPOINT ITERATION; STATIC ACCESS CONTROL Verification of JAVA byte code for Internet security.
Economics & Business ONLINE RETAIL SHOPPING BEHAVIOR; SHOPPING ONLINE; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; STRUCTURAL MODELING APPROACH; CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Thomas P. Novak and Donna L. Hoffman
Measuring the customer experience on the Web.
Engineering MODEL PREFRONTAL CORTICAL CIRCUIT REPRESENTING MULTIPLE TARGET LOCATIONS; MULTI-TARGET SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY The multi-target representation of spatial working memory.
Environment/Ecology LARGE-SCALE CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; AGE-RELATED REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REINDEER (RANGIFER TARANDUS); DOMESTIC HERBIVORES Relation of climate to the sex ratio of deer offspring.
Geosciences SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGIONAL SCIENCE INITIATIVE (SAFARI 2000); BIOMASS BURNING AEROSOL OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS Sources of aerosol and trace gas emissions in Southern Africa.
Immunology HIV-INFECTED LONG TERM NONPROGRESSORS; SINGLE AMINO ACID CHANGE; MHC CLASS I MOLECULES; HETEROZYGOTE ADVANTAGE Increased heterozygosity of MHC in delayed AIDS onset.
Materials Science LIGHT EMITTING POLYACETYLENES; SILOLE-CONTAINING POLYACETYLENES; AMPHIPHILIC POLYPHENYL ACETYLENES CARRYING L-VALINE PENDANTS
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Ben Zhong Tang
Boosting catalytic activity by addition of C-60.
Mathematics NON-RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; GROUND STATES; CONFINED NONRELATIVISTIC PARTICLES; GENERALIZED SPIN-BOSON MODEL A novel renormalization transformation acting on Hamiltonians.
Microbiology HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 (HIV-1)-SPECIFIC T-CELL RESPONSES; BROAD CD8(+) T-CELL RESPONSES CONTAINING REPLICATION; HIV-1 SUPERINFECTION Lack of cross-protective immunity for closely related HIV-1 strains.
Molecular Biology & Genetics HISTONE H3 LYSINE-9 METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; PERICENTRIC HETEROCHROMATIN
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Robert Martienssen
Eukaryotic heterochromatin influences gene expression and chromosome segregation.
Neuroscience & Behavior PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE (PACAP); VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE (VIP)
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Rosa P. Gomariz
Vasoactive-intestinal-peptide as a modulator of homeostasis of the immune system.
Pharmacology & Toxicology FRAGRANCE MATERIAL REVIEW; FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS; LINALOOL; CONSUMER EXPOSURE Safety of exposure to fragrance ingredients.
Physics HIGH ENERGY HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS; NUCLEAR SYMMETRY ENERGY; NUCLEAR EQUATION; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEAR MULTIFRAGMENTATION Theoretical studies of isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter.
Plant & Animal Science PATUXENT RIVER ESTUARY; PATUXENT RIVER UPPER TROPHIC LEVELS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT Water quality reduction from nutrient over-enrichment in the Patuxent River.
Psychiatry/Psychology HINDSIGHT BIAS; RECEIVING SELF-RELEVANT HEALTH RISK INFORMATION; NEGATIVE SELF-RELEVANT OUTCOMES; ANCHOR DISTANCE Hindsight bias after receiving health risk information.
Social Sciences, general EUROPEAN PROSPECTIVE INVESTIGATION; NUTRITION (EPIC) PROJECT; NUTRITION (EPIC) COHORTS European food consumption data from the 24 hour diet recall interview.
Space Science SELF-SIMILAR ACCRETION FLOWS; CONVECTION-DOMINATED ACCRETION FLOWS Simulated advection-dominated accretion flows in stars.

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