Emerging Research Fronts

Field	Name	Description
Agricultural Sciences	SOY ISOFLAVONES; PHYSIOLOGICALLY TYPICAL DIETARY INTAKES; HEALTHY WOMEN; DOSE-RESPONSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL IMPORTANCE	The health effects of soy isoflavones and the potential importance of equol.
Biology & Biochemistry	MITOCHONDRIAL REMNANT ORGANELLES; BETA-TUBULIN GENE PHYLOGENIES; GENE COMPACTION; EUKARYOTE PARASITE ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; IRON-SULPHUR PROTEIN MATURATION by Christian P. Vivarčs - [late entry]	DNA sequences of the 11 chromosomes of the genome of Encephalitozoon cuniculi.
Featured Front: Chemistry	WELL-DEFINED N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE SILVER(I) COMPLEXES; PINCER-TYPE BIS(BENZIMIDAZOLIN-2-YLIDENE) PALLADIUM COMPLEXES; HIGHLY STABLE CP-IR(III) COMPLEXES; FIRST BIS(BENZIMIDAZOLIN-2-YLIDENE) COMPLEXES; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE GENERATION on: "N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEXES"*	The chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbenes and their metal complexes.
Clinical Medicine	AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE (ADPKD); RAPAMYCIN MARKEDLY SLOWS DISEASE PROGRESSION; SIROLIMUS SLOWS DISEASE PROGRESSION; RECESSIVE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; MTOR PATHWAY by Charles L. Edelstein	Cyst formation and expansion in polycystic kidney disease.
Computer Science	SKINNING MESH ANIMATIONS; MESH EDITING; TRIANGLE MESHES; POISSON-BASED GRADIENT FIELD MANIPULATION; REAL-TIME FREEFORM MODELING	Mesh editing with the Poisson equation as the theoretical foundation.
Economics & Business	LIFE-CYCLE INVENTORIES USING HYBRID APPROACHES; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; SYSTEM BOUNDARY SELECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL-ECONOMIC MODEL	Hybrid input-output analysis-based life-cycle assessment methods for evaluating environmental impacts of products are implemented.
Engineering	EDGE PLANE PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; EDGE PLANE PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE ELECTRODE STUDY; CARBON BASED ELECTRODES; CARBON ELECTRODES; CARBON NANOTUBES CONTAIN METAL IMPURITIES by Richard Compton	The electrocatalytic properties of multi-walled carbon nanotube modified electrodes are evaluated.
Environment/ Ecology	SAMPLING VARIATION USING NATIONAL MACROINVERTEBRATE SAMPLING PROTOCOLS; ASSESSMENT METHODS USING BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; ECOLOGICAL CHANGE USING MULTIPLE ORGANISM GROUPS; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE PHYSICAL TYPOLOGY	Framework for an assessment system for streams in Europe based on benthic macroinvertebrates.
Geosciences	COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL VERSION 3 (CCSM3); CCSM COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL VERSION 3 (CAM3); COMMUNITY LAND MODEL; CCSM-CAM3 CLIMATE SIMULATION SENSITIVITY; ATLANTIC CLIMATE VARIABILITY	Version 2 of the Community Climate System Model is described and used to carry out a 1000 year simulation of present day climate..
Immunology	SPONTANEOUS ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPIC SKIN INFLAMMATION; ATOPIC ECZEMA; CUTANEOUS LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN-POSITIVE SKIN HOMING T CELLS; ECZEMA HERPETICUM	Transgenic mice demonstrate that the cytokine thymic stromal lymphopoietin can initiate a cascade of allergic inflammation in the skin.
Materials Science	ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES; ZNO NANOWIRES HYDROTHERMALLY GROWN; VERTICAL ZNO NANOWIRES; ZINC OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; EPITAXIAL ZNO BUFFER LAYER by Jia G. Lu	Review of current research activities that focus on zinc oxide nanostructure materials and their physical properties.
Mathematics	LINEAR LAYOUTS; TRACK LAYOUTS; GRAPHS; BOUNDED TREE-WIDTH; GRAPH SUBDIVISIONS	A characterization of k-arch graphs as almost colorable graphs.
Microbiology	HUMAN RED BLOOD CELL DEFORMATION; HUMAN DISEASE STATES; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; DEFORMABLE CAPSULES ROLLING; OPTICAL TWEEZERS	A discussion of the deformation of single cells and biomolecules.
Molecular Biology & Genetics	NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; SYSTEMIC BEVACIZUMAB (AVASTIN) THERAPY; INTRAVITREAL BEVACIZUMAB (AVASTIN); BEVACIZUMAB (AVASTIN (R)); VERTEPORFIN THERAPY COMBINED	An intravitreal injection of bevacizumab may provide an effective, safe, and inexpensive option for patients with age-related macular degeneration who are losing vision secondary to macular neovascularization.
Multidisciplinary	NEOTROPICAL AMPHIBIAN COMMUNITY; WIDESPREAD AMPHIBIAN EXTINCTIONS; NEOTROPICAL HARLEQUIN FROGS (BUFONIDAE; EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE; EPIDEMIC DISEASE DRIVEN	A survey of the recent catastrophic declines of the Neotropical toad genus Atelopus, which are more severe than previously reported for any amphibian genus.
Neuroscience & Behavior	CULTURED HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD (HUCB) CELLS; HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD CELLS PROTECT; IMMORTALIZED HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS PROTECTS; CLONAL "REPORTER" NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURAL STEM CELLS MAY	Clonal neural stem cells may be capable of the replacement of cells, genes, and non-diffusible factors in both a widespread or more circumscribed manner.
Pharmacology & Toxicology	LIGAND-DEFICIENT MICE RESTORES B CELL RECEPTOR SIGNALING; REGULATES B LYMPHOCYTE SURVIVAL; MULTIFUNCTIONAL RECEPTOR; SIGLECS; CD22	Siglecs provide portals of entry for certain viral and bacterial pathogens, as well as therapeutic opportunities for targeting innate immune cells in disease.
Physics	DIPOLE BLACK RING SOLUTIONS; D=5 EINSTEIN-MAXWELL-CHERN-SIMONS BLACK HOLES; ROTATING BLACK HOLES; MAGNETIZED BLACK HOLES; FIVE DIMENSIONAL EINSTEIN EQUATIONS GENERATED by Dumitru Astefanesei - [late entry]	The thermodynamical properties of a dipole black ring are derived using the quasilocal formalism.
Plant & Animal Science	PERMINERALIZED LOWER CRETACEOUS FILICALEAN; OSMUNDA VANCOUVERENSIS SP NOV ( OSMUNDACEAE); PARALYGODIUM VANCOUVERENSIS SP NOV (SCHIZAEACEAE); GLEICHENIA APPIANENSIS SP NOV (GLEICHENIACEAE); SP NOV (ATHYRIACEAE)	An anatomically preserved leptosporangiate filicalean that combines characters of the Pteridaceae and tree ferns has been discovered in the Lower Cretaceous Apple Bay flora on Vancouver Island, Canada.
Psychiatry/ Psychology	MINDFULNESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY; WELL-BEING THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL RELAPSE PREVENTION EFFECTS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER	Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy offers a cost-efficient psychological approach to preventing relapse/recurrence in recovered recurrently depressed patients.
Social Sciences, general	ASIAN ECONOMIES; ASIA; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH; POVERTY REDUCTION; INVESTMENT CLIMATE	Governance is likely to be central in the next phase of Asia's growth and poverty reduction.
Space Science	HARD X-RAY ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; HARD X-RAY LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; HARD X-RAY-SELECTED ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; HARD X-RAY BACKGROUND; MASSIVE STAR-FORMING GALAXIES by Yoshihiro Ueda - [late entry]	An investigation of the cosmological evolution of the hard X-ray luminosity function of active galactic nuclei as a function of redshift.
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