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ESI Special Topics, November 2002
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NOVEMBER 2002

Field Name Description
Agricultural Sciences ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA-TOCOTRIENOL ANTIOXIDANT ACTION; MONOCYTE PROATHEROGENIC ACTIVITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS Antioxidant activity and other effects of tocotrienols and tocopherols, including vitamin E.
Biology & Biochemistry SERINE PROTEASE OMI/HTRA2 REGULATES APOPTOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL APOPTOTIC SERINE PROTEASE; NOVEL IAP BINDING PROTEIN; HTRA2 PROMOTES CELL DEATH Novel mitochondrial proteins smac and diablo promote apoptosis by activating caspases.
Chemistry POLYPYRROLE-COATED CAPILLARY IN-TUBE SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SLURRIES USING SOLID-PHASE MICROEXTRACTION COUPLED Analysis of air, water and soil by solid-phase microextraction (SPME), a unique microsampling technique.
Clinical Medicine ORAL POSTMENOPAUSAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT; POSTMENOPAUSAL HORMONE THERAPY; POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT Relation of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy to coronary heart disease.
Computer Science EXPERT ADVICE; EXPONENTIATED GRADIENT; GRADIENT DESCENT; LINEAR PREDICTORS; GAME Linear models for on-line predictions and expert advice.
Economics & Business ESTIMATING CONTINUOUS-TIME STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY MODELS; ESTIMATING STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS EFFICIENTLY; SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATE Volatility of short-term interest rates using the efficient method of moments.
Engineering ABSOLUTE REACTION RATES; KINETIC ANALYSIS; ICTAC KINETICS PROJECT-DATA; INTEGRAL ISOCONVERSIONAL METHOD Atomization in graphite furnaces using electrothermal atomic adsorption spectrometry.
Environment/Ecology PARTICLE-PHASE AIR POLLUTANTS USING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; C-1-C-29 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; AIR POLLUTION SOURCES; FINE ORGANIC AEROSOL; SYNTHETIC LOG COMBUSTION Contribution of synthetic log burning in fireplaces to fine organic aerosol in the urban atmosphere.
Geosciences SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC CARBON; ESTIMATING ORGANIC MASS; INCLUDING SEMI-VOLATILE SPECIES; "CARBON CONFERENCE" INTERNATIONAL AEROSOL CARBON ROUND ROBIN TEST Current state of particulate organic aerosol sampling, analysis and simulation.
Immunology HYPERMUTATION REQUIRE ACTIVATION-INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE (AID); AID ENZYME INDUCES CLASS SWITCH RECOMBINATION; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION AID (activation-induced cytidine deaminase) in regulation of class switching and hypermutation.
Fast Moving Fronts Commentsby:
Professor Tasuku Honjo
Materials Science THREE-DIMENSIONAL PHASE FIELD MODEL; NANOSCALE PHASE FIELD MICROELASTICITY THEORY; LOW-SYMMETRY MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION 3D computer simulation of martensitic transformations in crystals.
Mathematics TIME SCALES; SYMPLECTIC DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems on time scales.
Microbiology HOST CELL GENE EXPRESSION; CELLULAR GENE EXPRESSION ALTERED; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 31; HOST ANTIVIRAL RESPONSE; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS Monitoring mRNA levels in human cytomegalovirus infected cells using DNA array technology.
Molecular Biology & Genetics MAINTAINING SISTER CHROMATID COHESION; SISTER CHROMATID SEPARATION; MITOTIC SPINDLE CHECKPOINT INACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME COHESION The multisubunit complex cohesin and its role in connecting sister DNA molecules in mitosis.
Multidisciplinary EPHRIN LIGANDS; EPHRINB LIGANDS RECRUIT GRIP FAMILY PDZ ADAPTOR PROTEINS; EPH-RELATED RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE EPHB3; PDZ PROTEINS PDZ proteins in localizing receptor tyrosine kinases and Eph receptors at synapses.
Neuroscience & Behavior ACID-SENSING ION CHANNEL 3; DEG/ENAC ION CHANNEL BNAC1 ALPHA; PROTON-GATED CATION CHANNEL; DRASIC CATION CHANNEL; MAMMALIAN SODIUM CHANNEL BNC1 Cloning of an acid-sensing ionic channel and stimulation of sensory neurons by acid.
Pharmacology & Toxicology SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HSK1 CA2+-ACTIVATED K+ CHANNELS EXPRESSED Mechanism of calcium gating in neurotransmission and binding of calcium to calmodulin.
Physics STRING THEORY MELVIN BACKGROUNDS; CLOSED STRING TACHYONS; CLOSED SUPERSTRING THEORY; NON-SUPERSYMMETRIC HETEROTIC THEORIES; MELVIN GEOMETRY Creation of fluxbranes by self-gravity in a constant background form field.
Fast Moving Fronts Commentsby:
Dr. Paul Saffin
Plant & Animal Science ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA PRODUCES PARTIAL METHIONINE AUXOTROPHY; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-SYNTHASE MRNA STABILITY; METHIONINE BIOSYNTHESIS; THREONINE SYNTHASE GENE Biosynthetic pathways responsible for regulation of methionine and herbicide design.
Psychiatry/Psychology CLASSROOM GOAL STRUCTURE; GOAL ORIENTATIONS; GOAL THEORY; FIFTH-GRADE CLASSROOMS; AVOIDANCE ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION Mastery goals in the classroom fostered by achievement motivation and competence expectations.
Social Sciences, general PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSING PROBLEMS; AUDITORY TEMPORAL PROCESSING IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE CHANGE FOLLOWING COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION Perceptual confusion between phonetically similar syllables related to poor reading skills.
Space Science FAR ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPIC EXPLORER MISSION; FUSE MISSION; DEUTERIUM ABUNDANCE; INTERSTELLAR DEUTERIUM Results from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Satellite telescope.

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