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ESI Special Topics, September 2001
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SEPTEMBER 2001
Field Name Description
Agricultural Sciences DIETARY FAT Relationship of dietary fat to obesity.
Biology & Biochemistry FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (FGFR2) Role of fibroblast growth factor in embryonic development.
Chemistry HYDROPHOBICALLY MODIFIED URETHANE-ETHOXYLATE (HEUR) ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS Properties and behavior of associative polymers in aqueous solution.
Clinical Medicine CEREBRAL PALSY Relationship of CP to maternal or placental infection.
Computer Science RATE CONTROL IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Charging users for network services.
Economics & Business CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION Relationship of corporate diversification to return on investment.
Engineering TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION Designing shapes with optimal topology.
Environment/Ecology AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER USING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Tracing air pollutants to their sources.
Geosciences CONTROLLING SYNRIFT STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES Variations in the growth rates of geologic faults.
Immunology MANIPULATING IMMUNE RESPONSES Regulation of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) in the immune system.
Materials Science NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION Explaining the negative thermal expansion of certain materials in terms of their crystal structure.
Mathematics LATENT CLASS MODELS Improving the accuracy of diagnostic tests in medicine when the tests are not statistically independent.
Microbiology BACILLUS SUBTILIS Stress induced proteins in bacteria.
Molecular Biology & Genetics SPINDLE ASSEMBLY Role of "RAN" in stimulating assembly of microtubule spindles.
Multidisciplinary ICOS CO-STIMULATORY RECEPTOR How "ICOS" controls T-cells and the immune response.
Neuroscience & Behavior SPINAL CORD INJURY Embryonic stem cells and other agents in the regeneration of nerve tissue.
Pharmacology & Toxicology ANGIOTENSIN II The stimulation of vascular cell adhesion molecules in hypertension and kidney damage caused by angiotensin II.
Physics THERMAL DILEPTON RADIATION The significance of thermal dilepton radiation observed at CERN for the thermal fireball model of space-time evolution.
Plant & Animal Science MULTIPLE MATING Female mating frequencies in various insect species.
Psychiatry/
Psychology		 STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE TESTING PRACTICES Alternatives to statistical significance testing in the social sciences.
Social Sciences, general WEB IMPACT FACTORS Informetric measures of impact on the World Wide Web.
Space Science SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY Discovery of quasars using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

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