| Agricultural
Sciences |
DIETARY
PHYTOESTROGENS; DIETARY LIGNANS; POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; DUTCH WOMEN; INTAKE
by Yvonne T. van der Schouw |
The
daily dietary intake of phytoestrogens in healthy postmenopausal Caucasian
women |
| Biology
& Biochemistry |
AMP-ACTIVATED
PROTEIN KINASE SYSTEM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR LKB1 KINASE DIRECTLY ACTIVATES
AMP-ACTIVATED KINASE |
A
link between two protein kinases that are associated with human diseases |
| Chemistry |
REVERSED-PHASE
LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH CONCENTRATION BAND PROFILES; OVERLOADED BAND
PROFILES |
Chromatographic
data on Chromolith Performance liquid-chromatography and reversed-phase
columns. |
| Clinical
Medicine |
HAEMATOPOIETIC
STEM CELLS ADOPT MATURE HAEMATOPOIETIC FATES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; BONE
MARROW-DERIVED HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS GENERATE CARDIOMYOCYTES |
No
evidence found of myocardial regeneration from blood-borne partner-derived
cells. |
| Computer
Science |
MERGING
LIQUID DROPLETS; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC CIRCUITS; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC
SYSTEMS; ELECTROWETTING-BASED ACTUATION; MICROSCALE LIQUID HANDLING
by Junghoon
Lee |
Electrowetting
and electrowetting-on-dielectric principles applied to microfluidic devices. |
| Economics
& Business |
WORLD
TRADE ORGANIZATION; FERTILITY TRANSITION; DEVELOPED WORLD; LOWEST-LOW
FERTILITY; EUROPE
by Hans-Peter
Kohler |
Lowest-low
fertility in Europe during the 1990s. |
| Engineering |
MAGNETOELECTROELASTIC
COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ANISOTROPIC MAGNETOELECTROELASTIC SOLIDS; CRACK
PROBLEMS; MAGNETOELECTROELASTIC MULTI-INCLUSION |
Average
magnetoelectroelastic field in a multi-inclusion embedded in an infinite
matrix. |
| Environment/Ecology |
SOUTHERN
CALAMARY SEPIOTEUTHIS AUSTRALIS; SQUID GROWTH; SQUID LIFE HISTORY; SOUTHERN
AUSTRALIA
by George D.
Jackson |
The
effects of dramatic changes in oceanographic conditions on the size and
growth of squid. |
| Geosciences |
AERODYNE
AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; SINGLE ULTRAFINE PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETER;
AMBIENT AEROSOL SAMPLING; HIGH SPEED PARTICLE BEAM GENERATION |
An
aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) to measure the effect of aerosols in
regulating the Earth’s climate and air quality. |
| Immunology |
HUMAN
DENDRITIC CELLS EXPRESSING INDOLEAMINE 2; ALLOGENEIC T CELL PROLIFERATION;
MACROPHAGE TRYPTOPHAN CATABOLISM; 3-DIOXYGENASE-EXPRESSING DENDRITIC CELLS |
A
novel mechanism by which antigen-presenting cells can regulate T cell
activation via tryptophan catabolism. |
| Materials
Science |
FUEL
PROCESSING CATALYSTS; CERIA SUPPORTED METALLIC CATALYSTS; NANOSTRUCTURED
AU-CEO2 CATALYSTS; PEM FUEL CELL SYSTEMS; LOW-TEMPERATURE WATER-GAS SHIFT
by Raymond J.
Gorte |
Water-gas-shift
(WGS) reaction rates over ceria-supported metallic catalysts. |
| Mathematics |
TOPOLOGICAL
ASYMPTOTIC; TOPOLOGICAL DERIVATIVE; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SHAPE FUNCTIONALS |
A
topological derivative which can be used for solving shape optimization
problems in structural mechanics. |
| Microbiology |
CYTOPLASMIC
BODY COMPONENT TRIM5 ALPHA; HIV-1 INFECTION; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
TROPISM; HOST RESTRICTION FACTORS; PRIMATE LENTIVIRUS TROPISM |
The
existence of saturable inhibitors that are polymorphic in primates and
prevent HIV and SIV infection by targeting the capsid of the incoming
lentivirus particle. |
| Molecular
Biology & Genetics |
SPATIALLY
RESTRICTED MICRO-RNA DIRECTS LEAF POLARITY; ROLLED LEAF1 SPECIFIES MAIZE
LEAF POLARITY; ARABIDOPSIS FLOWER DEVELOPMENT |
Plant
miRNA172 acts in cell-fate specification as a translational repressor of
APETALA2 in Arabidopsis flower development. |
| Multidisciplinary |
GUSEV
CRATER; SPIRIT ROVER'S ATHENA SCIENCE INVESTIGATION; BASALTIC ROCKS
ANALYZED; PANCAM MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING RESULTS |
Analysis
of the textures of the soils and rocks at Gusev crater on Mars by Spirit’s
Microscopic Imager are consistent with weathering. |
| Neuroscience
& Behavior |
PSYCHOTROPIC
DRUGS; AMSP DRUG SAFETY PROGRAM; DRUG SURVEILLANCE; CARDIAC ADVERSE EFFECTS;
UNCOMMON INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT DISORDERS |
Systematic
and standardized assessment of adverse reactions to psychotropic drugs under
routine practice. |
| Pharmacology
& Toxicology |
SINGLE
ISOMER SSRI ESCITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM (10-20 MG/DAY); CLINICAL EFFICACY;
ACTION PREDICTED |
Escitalopram
is efficacious in depression and the effect occurs earlier than for
citalopram. |
| Physics |
LOCALIZED
SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE
MICROSCOPY; INTERACTING GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NANOSCALE OPTICAL BIOSENSOR |
The
optical properties of Ag nanoparticles chemically modified with alkanethiol
self-assembled monolayers. |
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SEPARATE
SUGAR-SIGNALLING PATHWAYS MODULATING POST-TRANSLATIONAL REDOX ACTIVATION;
NOVEL REGULATORY MECHANISM LINKING STARCH SYNTHESIS; ADP-GLUCOSE
PYROPHOSPHORYLASE
by Peter
Geigenberger
 |
Transcriptional
and allosteric regulation of ADP-Glc pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) plays a major
role in the regulation of starch synthesis. |
| Psychiatry/Psychology |
EVALUATING
PRIMARY CARE BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING INTERVENTIONS; MULTIPLE BEHAVIORAL RISK
FACTOR INTERVENTIONS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE RESEARCH |
A
systematic review of behavioral counseling interventions for risky
behaviors. |
| Social
Sciences, general |
FEDERAL
CLAIMS; FEDERAL COURTS IMPROVEMENT ACT; MONEY CLAIMS; STATUTORY WAIVERS |
The
empirical case for the Court of Federal Claims. |
| Space
Science |
ROTATING
STELLAR CORE COLLAPSE; REALISTIC CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVA MODELS; COLLAPSE
DYNAMICS; SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS |
Hydrodynamic
simulations of relativistic rotational supernova core collapse in
axisymmetry and computation of gravitational radiation. |
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