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Fast Moving Fronts

ESI Special Topics, January 2008
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This list of Fast Moving Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current period of September 2001-August 31, 2007, and the previous period of July 2001-June 30, 2007 (sliding 6-year period).

The Research Fronts onGECKO ADHESIVE SETAE from the field of Materials Science, and ORGANOCATALYTIC DOMINO REACTIONS from the field of Pharmacology & Toxicology, and  were selected for mapping from the list of Fast Moving Fronts for this period.
 
Field Name Description
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Agricultural Sciences MILK FATTY ACID COMPOSITION RESPONSES; MILK FATTY ACID CONTENT; CONJUGATED FATTY ACIDS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS; MILK TRANS OCTADECENOIC ACID The biohydrogenation theory proposes that under certain dietary conditions, typical pathways of rumen biohydrogenation are altered to produce unique fatty acid intermediates that inhibit milk fat synthesis.
Biology & Biochemistry FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-23 SIGNALING; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 23; FGF-23 TRANSGENIC MICE DEMONSTRATE HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC RICKETS; VITAMIN D SIGNALING RESCUES BONE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-23 RESULTS
Fast Moving Fronts Comments
  by Seiji Fukumoto		 The discovery of measures which can modify fibroblast growth factor-23 actions may become a new therapeutic means for modifying the effects of diseases.
Chemistry ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; CONTROLLED/LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; LIVING RING-OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION; LIVING POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; ATOM-TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION
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  by Krzysztof Matyjaszewski		 Macromolecular engineering focusing on how the emergence of controlled polymerization processes has expanded the ability to design and construct materials at the molecular level.
Clinical Medicine SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; MUTANT CAVEOLIN-3 INDUCES PERSISTENT LATE SODIUM CURRENT; COMMON CARDIAC SODIUM CHANNEL VARIANT; PERSISTENT LATE SODIUM CURRENT SECONDARY; SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH Prospective genetic testing of SIDS cases and screening with counseling for at-risk families.
Computer Science GENETIC NETWORKS USING GENETIC ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE COEVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; S-SYSTEM MODELS; DECOUPLING DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
  Fast Moving Fronts Comments
  by Shinichi Kikuchi		 Inference of the dynamics of a small genetic network constructed for network variables and feedback loops using only time-course data of gene expression.
Economics & Business DIFFERENT PREFERENCE-BASED INSTRUMENTS; PREFERENCE-BASED MEASURE; EMPIRICAL COMPARISON; ESTIMATION; SF-6D
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  by John E. Brazier		 A method for converting previously collected data on health-related quality of life into a tool for use in economic evaluation for researchers examining the cost-effectiveness of new healthcare technologies.
Engineering PLANAR NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX MEDIA; PERIODICALLY L-C LOADED TRANSMISSION LINES; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT HANDED TRANSMISSION LINE PHASE SHIFTER USING FERROELECTRIC VARACTORS; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED TRANSMISSION LINE METAMATERIALS Theoretical and experimental results for realizing "left-handed" metamaterials which support the phenomenon of negative refraction of electromagnetic waves.
Environment/Ecology IDENTIFYING LANDSCAPE SCALE PATTERNS; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE CHANGE; INDIVIDUAL SCALE PROCESSES; COMPARING METAPOPULATION MODELS; SUCCULENT PLANT COMMUNITIES Long-distance dispersal and colonization dynamics play an important role for the regional distribution in long-lived plants.
Geosciences OZONE RESPONSIVENESS; ADULT BEECH TREES (FAGUS SYLVATICA L); ADULT BEECH TREES (FAGUS SYLVATICA); EUROPEAN BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L; OLD-GROWTH BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L); ADULT BEECH TREES CHRONICALLY FUMIGATED Carbon sequestration to reduce excess CO2, global models of forest productivity and climate change.
Immunology TREATMENT-EXPERIENCED HIV-1-INFECTED PATIENTS; TREATMENT-EXPERIENCED HIV PATIENTS; TREATMENT-EXPERIENCED PATIENTS; 24-WEEK RESULTS; DURABLE EFFICACY Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the short-term and the long-term is crucial for treatment success in HIV-1-infected patients.
Materials Science
featured front 		GECKO ADHESIVE SETAE; MICROFABRICATED ADHESIVE MIMICKING GECKO FOOT-HAIR; HIERARCHICAL ADHESION STRUCTURES; BATCH FABRICATED BIOMIMETIC DRY ADHESIVE; GECKO SETAE
Fast Moving Fronts Comments
  by Kellar Autumn


on "GECKO ADHESIVE SETAE"

A van der Waals mechanism implies that the adhesive properties of gecko setae are a result of the size and shape of the tips, and are not strongly affected by surface chemistry.
Mathematics SOLVING NONLINEAR FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS IMPROVING NEWTON'S METHOD; MODIFIED ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION METHOD; MODIFIED HOMOTOPY PERTURBATION METHOD; IMPROVING NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD
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  by Marco Frontini		 A new interpretation of the classical Newton method, showing that it is a particular case of a general class of iterative methods obtained by the use of quadrature formulas.
Microbiology HIGHLY ATTENUATED SMALLPOX VACCINE; MICE; HIGHLY ATTENUATED MVA SMALLPOX VACCINE; CONVENTIONAL SMALLPOX VACCINE VIRUSES; SMALLPOX VACCINE-INDUCED ANTIBODIES; MONKEYPOX VIRUS
Emerging Research Fronts Comments
by Igor Belyakov - (from October 2006) 		Concern about bioterrorism with smallpox has raised the possibility of widespread vaccination, but the greater prevalence of immunocompromised individuals requires a safer vaccine.
Molecular Biology & Genetics AUTOPHAGY COUNTERBALANCES ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM EXPANSION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; AUTOPHAGY FORMATION; SELECTIVE AUTOPHAGY; INDUCES APOPTOTIC CELL DEATH A summary of current knowledge regarding the molecular events of pexophagy, the selective removal of peroxisomes by autophagy-like processes.
Multidisciplinary MAIZE INBREDS; MAIZE; LARGE INTRASPECIFIC HAPLOTYPE VARIABILITY; DNA SEQUENCE NONHOMOLOGIES; INTRASPECIFIC VIOLATION The general assumption that each gene in one individual will have an allelic counterpart in another individual of the same species does not hold true in maize.
Neuroscience & Behavior HIPPOCAMPAL AMNESIA CANNOT IMAGINE NEW EXPERIENCES; EPISODIC MEMORY RETRIEVAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; FUTURE; DISTINCT NEURAL SUBSTRATES Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of episodic retrieval have revealed a range of memory-related influences on activation in the lateral posterior parietal cortex.
Pharmacology & Toxicology
featured front 		ASYMMETRIC ORGANOCATALYTIC DOMINO REACTIONS; ORGANOCATALYTIC MULTICOMPONENT DOMINO ASYMMETRIC REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE ORGANOCATALYTIC TANDEM MICHAEL-ALDOL REACTIONS; ORGANOCATALYTIC ONE-POT ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS
on "ORGANOCATALYTIC DOMINO REACTIONS"

Fast Moving Fronts Comments
by David MacMillan - (from March 2007) 		Organo-cascade catalysis will be of benefit to practitioners of synthesis, both within the pharmaceutical industry and academia, who require rapid access to chemical diversity with predictable control of stereoselectivity.
Physics CENTRAL AU PLUS AU COLLISIONS; ROOT S(NN)=200 GEV; AU+AU COLLISIONS; HIGH-P(T) HADRON ANGULAR CORRELATIONS; CHARGED PARTICLE ELLIPTIC FLOW
New Hot Papers Comment
  by George V. Eleftheriades - (from March 2004) 		Charged hadrons associated with particles are reconstructed in pp and Au+Au collisions.
Plant & Animal Science LEAF INTERNAL DIFFUSION CONDUCTANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; MESOPHYLL LIMITATIONS; MESOPHYLL CONDUCTANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN-VIVO; INTERNAL CONDUCTANCE
Fast Moving Fronts Comments
  by Jaume Flexas		 Evidence for early drought-induced photosynthetic metabolism impairment came from the in-vivo analysis of photosynthesis responses to CO2.
Psychiatry/Psychology SELECTIVE SEROTONIN RE-UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR ANTIDEPRESSANTS; SELECTIVE SEROTONIN-REUPTAKE INHIBITORS; MATERNAL DEPRESSION USING POPULATION-BASED LINKED HEALTH DATA; FIRST TRIMESTER EXPOSURE A cohort study suggests a possible association between maternal use of the selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine late in the third trimester of pregnancy and the risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.
Social Sciences, general EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE MODEL; WORK; 45 EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; THREE COUNTRIES A psychometrically measure of work-related stress (effort-reward imbalance) grounded in sociological theory is available for comparative socioepidemiologic investigations.
Space Science TAURUS MOLECULAR CLOUD (XEST); T TAURI X-RAY EMISSION; CHANDRA ORION ULTRADEEP PROJECT; T TAURI STARS; X-RAY VARIABILITY
Fast Moving Fronts Comments
  by Thomas Preibisch		 The Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project provides the most comprehensive data set ever acquired on the X-ray emission of pre-main-sequence stars.
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