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ESI Special Topics, February 2002
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This list of Emerging Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for 1996-August 2001 and 1996-October 2001. Of the 4,713 Research Fronts in the 1996-October 2001 file, a total of 632 (.13%) were new compared to the prior period.

February 2002
Field Name Description
Agricultural Sciences SOY-BASED INFANT FORMULA; DIETARY ISOFLAVONES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; HUMAN HEALTH Possible adverse health effects due to bioactive phyto-estrogens.
Biology & Biochemistry MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR BIOSYNTHETIC PROTEIN CNX1 COMPLEMENTS MOLYBDATE-REPAIRABLE MUTANTS; NEWLY IDENTIFIED BRAIN-SPECIFIC GEF; MEMBRANE ACTIVATION MODEL Protein important for inhibitory post-synaptic membrane formation.
Chemistry AB INITIO DIPOLE MOMENT SURFACES; BAND INTENSITIES; INTERNAL COORDINATE FORCE FIELD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENT SURFACE Bending vibrations in dipole moment calculations.
Clinical Medicine CHRONIC HEART FAILURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ADVANCED HEART FAILURE; TARGETED ANTI-TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR THERAPY The inflammatory cytokine network in congestive heart failure.
Computer Science LOCO-I LOSSLESS IMAGE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM; HIGH PERFORMANCE SCALABLE IMAGE COMPRESSION; LOSSLESS IMAGE CODING Efficient coding of continuous-tone images using context modeling.
Economics & Business "HIGH PERFORMANCE" PARADIGM'S IMPLICATIONS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; STEEL FINISHING LINES; WORK REORGANIZATION Productivity effects of innovative employment practices.
Engineering NEUTRALIZATION-REIONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY APPLIED; MASS SPECTROMETRIC APPROACHES; COORDINATION CHEMISTRY Applications of new mass spectrometry method to neutral molecules.
Environment/Ecology DEER; IMPACT; WOODLAND DEER; MUNTJAC DEER (MUNTIACUS REEVESI) Effect of deer on forest ecology.
Geosciences AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL FORMATION; BOREAL FOREST; NUCLEATION MODE PARTICLES OBSERVED; ULTRAFINE AEROSOL PARTICLE FORMATION Continuous monitoring of submicron aerosol particles.
Immunology HIV INFECTION; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; FOUR AFRICAN URBAN POPULATIONS HIV infection through commercial sex and heterosexual transmission.
Materials Science TAILORING THERMOTROPIC CUBIC MESOPHASES; POLYCATENAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; CUBIC MESOPHASES; AMPHIPHILIC POLYHYDROXY DERIVATIVES New types of polycatenar liquid crystals containing metals.
Mathematics ADAPTIVE SAMPLE SIZE CALCULATIONS; ADAPTIVE INTERIM ANALYSES; GROUP SEQUENTIAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; MULTIPLE ENDPOINTS Interim adapting samples sizes in clinical trials.
Microbiology SALMONELLA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 2 TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; GENES ENCODING PUTATIVE EFFECTOR PROTEINS; TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEM SSRA-SSRB Salmonella genes expressed upon entry into the cell.
Molecular Biology & Genetics LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR-DEFICIENT MICE; MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN-1 REDUCES ATHEROSCLEROSIS; LDL RECEPTOR-DEFICIENT MICE Role of monocyte molecule MCP-1 in formation of atherosclerotic plaque.
Multidisciplinary ALLERGIC ASTHMA; EXPERIMENTAL ASTHMA; CENTRAL MEDIATOR; INTERLEUKIN-13 Interleukin-13 in allergen-induced asthma.
Neuroscience & Behavior MEDIAL GANGLIONIC EMINENCE DISPERSE; EMBRYONIC BRAIN; MOUSE TELENCEPHALON; CORTICAL NEURONES Dispersal of neuronal precursors in brain and possible repair of brain damage.
Pharmacology & Toxicology CHRONIC ANTIDEPRESSANT TREATMENT INCREASES NEUROGENESIS; ADULT RAT HIPPOCAMPUS; IGF-I SELECTIVELY INDUCES NEUROGENESIS; ANTIDEPRESSANTS ALTER CELL PROLIFERATION Increased neuronal cell proliferation due to antidepressant drug therapy.
Physics ELECTROWEAK HIGH ENERGY PROCESSES; HIGHER ORDER ELECTROWEAK SUDAKOV LOGARITHMS Sudakov double logarithms in massive boson exchanges.
Plant & Animal Science AUSTRALIA'S SOUTH EAST FISHERY; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF Management strategy evaluation of fisheries.
Psychiatry/
Psychology		 MOTIVATED CULTURAL COGNITION; IMPLICIT CULTURAL THEORIES; CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE; DISPOSITIONAL ATTRIBUTION VARIES Cross-cultural differences in rationalization of behaviors.
Social Sciences, general HIV AT-RISK ADOLESCENT FEMALES; HIV UNINFECTED ADOLESCENT FEMALES; HIV INFECTED ADOLESCENTS Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adolescents.
Space Science SOFT X-RAY WEAK QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS; SOFT X-RAY-WEAK ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; HEAVY X-RAY ABSORPTION Population of soft x-ray weak quasi-stellar objects.

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