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ESI Special Topics, October 2004
Citing URL: http://www.esi-topics.com/erf/october2004.html

This list of Emerging Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for 1999-April 30, 2004 to 1999-June 30, 2004. Of the 4,435 Research Fronts in the 1999-June 30, 2004 file, a total of 675 (.14%) were new compared with the prior period of ISI Essential Science Indicators.

October 2004

Field Name Description
Agricultural Sciences LACTATING DAIRY COWS; CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACIDS; MILK TRANS OCTADECENOIC ACID; MILK FAT SYNTHESIS Lactating dairy cows fed a milk fat-depressing diet.
Biology & Biochemistry HUMAN PRION PROTEIN; HUMAN CYSTATIN C; AMYLOIDOGENIC PROTEIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOMAIN SWAPPING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE The crystal structure of the human prion protein involved in the pathogenesis of encephalopathies.
Chemistry NEW PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PROTON CONDUCTING COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PROTON-CONDUCTING POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES

by Masahiro Rikukawa - [late entry]
Fuel cell applications of proton-conducting polymer electrolyte membranes.
Clinical Medicine CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE; QUALITY MEASURES; PEDIATRIC QUALITY INDICATORS; RISK ADJUSTMENT Quality measures for children’s health care
Computer Science OPTIMAL MODE SELECTION; ROBUST VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS; OPTIMAL INTER/INTRA-MODE SWITCHING; VIDEO CODING; PACKET LOSS RESILIENCE Predictive video coding for transmission over packet-switched networks.
Economics & Business SELECTION PROCEDURES; APPLICANT REACTIONS; SELECTION FAIRNESS INFORMATION; RECRUITER REACTIONS Applicant perceptions of selective procedures, and implications for their design.
Engineering CORAL REEF REMOTE SENSING; CORAL REEF HABITAT MAPPING; CORAL REEF BOTTOM-TYPES WORLDWIDE; CLASSIFY CORAL; MAPPING MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Peter J. Mumby and Alasdair J. Edwards
Mapping marine environments with IKONOS satellite imagery.
Environment/Ecology LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT; GLOBALLY CONSISTENT RICHNESS-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIP; BROAD-SCALE GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS; SPECIES RICHNESS
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
Spatial autocorrelation in geographical ecology.
Geosciences MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; SURFACE-NESTING SEABIRDS BREEDING; CONSERVING SURFACE-NESTING SEABIRDS; POPULATION NUMBERS
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Valdon R. Smith
Effects of climate change and invasive organisms in the sub-antarctic.
Immunology MEASLES SURVEILLANCE; SECOND-DOSE MEASLES IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENT; UNITED STATES; DETECT ENDEMIC MEASLES; MEASLES ELIMINATION National measles surveillance data in the United States.
Materials Science STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; MESOPOROUS ACTIVATED CARBON FIBERS (ACFS); CARBON ADSORBENTS USING REGULARISATION PROCEDURE; ENERGETIC HETEROGENEITY A new method for the characterization of porous materials.
Mathematics LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; CLASS-KL ESTIMATE INVOLVING TWO POSITIVE SEMIDEFINITE FUNCTIONS; SEMICONCAVE CONTROL-LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; FEEDBACK STABILIZATION Feedback stabilization and Lyapunov functions.
Microbiology PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; CELL-TO-CELL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; QUINOLONE SIGNALING; GENES CONTROLLED; QUORUM SENSING The number and types of bacterial genes controlled by quorum sensing.
Molecular Biology & Genetics HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FOUR CELL LINES MAINTAINED; FEEDER-FREE CULTURE SYSTEM; HEPATOCYTE-LIKE CELLS; LONG-TERM CULTURE

by Melissa K. Carpenter - [late entry]
Human embryonic stem cells induced to differentiate into hepatocyte-like cells.
Multidisciplinary ACIDIC-CLUSTER DILEUCINE SEQUENCE; ACIDIC-CLUSTER-DILEUCINE SORTING-SIGNAL RECOGNITION; LYSOSOMAL ENZYME SORTING MOTIF; MANNOSE 6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR GGA2 as a possible link between cargo molecules and clathrin-coated vehicle assembly.
Neuroscience & Behavior CHRONIC SLEEP RESTRICTION; FATIGUE MODELS; MODELING FATIGUE; MODELING PERFORMANCE; PREDICT WORK-RELATED FATIGUE

by David F. Dinges
Cognitive deficits from chronic sleep restriction and total sleep deprivation
   Pharmacology & Toxicology
   
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CYTOCHROME P450 CYP2C9; CYTOCHROME P-450CYP2C9 POLYMORPHISMS; CYP2C9 GENETIC VARIANTS; WARFARIN DOSE REQUIREMENT


by Ann K. Daly - [late entry]
Warfarin dose requirement and risk of bleeding associated with polymorphisms in cytochrome P450.
Physics HIGH ENERGY ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; NEW ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FUZZY SET THEORY
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Mohamed El Naschie
A new space-time theory with application to high energy particle physics.
Plant & Animal Science GREAT LAKES SEA LAMPREY MANAGEMENT; MARYS RIVER SEA LAMPREY CONTROL STRATEGY; OBSERVERS CLASSIFYING LARVAL SEA LAMPREY (PELROMYZON MARINUS) HABITAT Great lakes sea lamprey management in reducing the reliance on pesticides..
Psychiatry/Psychology THALAMIC NUCLEAR VOLUMES; SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM; FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMIC MEDIODORSAL NUCLEUS MRI and PET analysis of the thalamus in unmedicated patients with schizophrenia.
Social Sciences, general MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATE IMPROVE NURSING HOME QUALITY; FEDERAL NURSING HOME STANDARDS; NURSING HOME STAFFING; REGULATION; ENFORCEMENT Nursing home staffing and its relationship to deficiencies.
Space Science FINAL GALILEO SSI OBSERVATIONS; GALILEO PHOTOPOLARIMETER-RADIOMETER (PPR) INSTRUMENT; GALILEO IMAGING DATA; GALILEO NIMS; GALILEO MISSION Galileo solid state imaging of Io.

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