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| Agricultural
Sciences |
FREE-AIR
CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT (FACE); FREE-AIR CO2 ENRICHMENT (FACE); RISING
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; ELEVATED CO2 CONCENTRATION; META-ANALYTIC REVIEW
by Belinda Medlyn |
How
stomatal conductance is affected by the increasing level of atmospheric
carbon dioxide. |
| Biology
& Biochemistry |
POSTMENOPAUSAL
OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; OSTEOPOROSIS THERAPY; ONCE-WEEKLY
ALENDRONATE 70 MG COMPARED; ONCE-WEEKLY RISEDRONATE 35 MG |
Postmenopausal
women with osteoporosis were treated with alendronate for up to 10 years. |
| Chemistry |
1-(4-BROMOPHENYL)-3-(2;
3-BIS(4-BROMOPHENYL) PROP-2-EN-1-ONE;
5-DIMETHOXYPHENYL)-1-(4-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-PRO-PEN-1-ONE (0;
3-(4-BROMOPHENYL)-1-(4-NITROPHENYL)-PROP-2-EN-1-ONE;
1-(4-BROMOPHENYL)-3-(3-HYDROXYPHENYL)PROP-2-EN-1-ONE |
New
organic materials which exhibit large non-linear optical properties and have
applications in the field of opto-electronics and photonics. |
| Clinical
Medicine |
MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS LESION EVOLUTION;
MONITOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MONITORING; DIFFUSION
TENSOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING |
Clinical
aspects of central nervous system atrophy in multiple sclerosis. |
| Computer
Science |
MUTUALLY
UNBIASED BASES; DISCRETE PHASE SPACE ; FINITE HILBERT SPACE; FINITE FIELDS;
GENERALIZED SPIN MATRICES
by Vwani Roychowdhury & Somshubhro Bandyopadhyay
- [late entry] |
A
connection between maximally commuting bases of orthogonal unitary matrices
and mutually unbiased bases. |
| Economics
& Business |
LINKING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH; FIRM
PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW |
Firms
with high IT capability tend to outperform a control sample of firms on
profit and cost-based performance measures. |
| Engineering |
TWO
COPPER(I) IODIDE-BENZIMIDAZOLE COORDINATION POLYMERS; SOLVENT
POLARITY-INDUCED SUPRAMOLECULAR ISOMERISM; SUPRAMOLECULAR ISOMERISM ; IN
SITU LIGAND SYNTHESIS; HELICAL COORDINATION POLYMERS
by Xiao-Ming Chen |
A
new type of in situ metal/ligand led to the generation of new metal-organic
frameworks with molecular topologic nets. |
| Environment/Ecology |
FIRST
READILY BIODEGRADABLE IONIC LIQUIDS; IMIDAZOLIUM-BASED IONIC LIQUIDS; ACUTE
TOXICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY |
An
environmental risk assessment of chemicals, using a combination of
structure-activity relationships (SAR), toxicological and ecotoxicological
tests and modeling. |
| Geosciences |
SIMULATED
HURRICANE INTENSITY; ATLANTIC HURRICANE ACTIVITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE NUMBER;
WARMING ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONES |
The
shift in climate calls for a reevaluation of preparedness and mitigation
strategies to cope with the increase in North Atlantic hurricane activity. |
| Immunology |
MEMORY
CD8 T CELL SUBSETS; INITIAL T CELL FREQUENCY DICTATES MEMORY CD8(+) T CELL
LINEAGE COMMITMENT; MEMORY T CELLS IDENTIFIES EARLY CD40L-DEPENDENT
GENERATION; DISTINCT CD8(+) MEMORY T CELL SUBSETS; EFFECTOR MEMORY T CELLS
by Leo
Lefrancois, Ph.D. & David Masopust
(Nov. 2002) |
Activated
and memory antigen-specific CD8 T cells were present in a wide variety of
tissues following infection. |
| Materials
Science |
NON-VOLATILE
POLYMER MEMORY DEVICE; NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE; POLYANILINE NANOFIBER/GOLD
NANOPARTICLE NONVOLATILE MEMORY; POLYMER/SEMICONDUCTOR WRITE-ONCE
READ-MANY-TIMES MEMORY; REWRITABLE MEMORY CELLS
by Yang Yang |
An
organic electrical bistable device comprised of a thin metal layer embedded
within the organic material with application to data storage. |
| Mathematics |
COUPLED
CELL NETWORKS; TWO-COLOUR PATTERNS; SYNCHRONY; SYMMETRY GROUPOIDS; INTERIOR
SYMMETRY
by Ian Stewart |
A
general method for associating equations with networks, leading to ideas of
“synchrony,” where several systems behave identically at all times. |
| Microbiology |
PENTAVALENT
HUMAN-BOVINE (WC3) REASSORTANT ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; EFFECTIVE ROTAVIRUS
VACCINE; SEVERE ROTAVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS; SEROTYPE G5 PORCINE ROTAVIRUS
STRAIN; ROTAVIRUS DISEASE |
The
high incidence of rotavirus disease underscores the urgent need for
interventions, such as vaccines, particularly to prevent childhood deaths in
developing nations. |
Molecular Biology &
Genetics
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| HEMATOPOIETIC
STEM CELL NICHE COMPONENT; HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL NICHE; SYMPATHETIC
NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL EGRESS; TIE2/ANGIOPOIETIN-1
SIGNALING REGULATES HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL QUIESCENCE
|
Niche
constituent cells or signaling pathways provide pharmacological targets with
therapeutic potential for stem-cell-based therapies. |
| Multidisciplinary |
NATURAL
MICROBIAL BIOFILM; COMPLETE GENOME SEQUENCING; COMMUNITY PROTEOMICS;
POPULATION DYNAMICS; ADVENTURES DERIVED |
Partitioning
of metabolic functions in a natural acid mine drainage (AMD) microbial
biofilm community. |
| Neuroscience &
Behavior
|
ASTROCYTIC
GLUTAMATE; SUBSURFACE CORTICAL BLOOD VESSELS USING ULTRASHORT LASER PULSES;
CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; ASTROCYTIC BASIS; BRAIN GLUE
by Giorgio
Carmignoto |
Findings
show that neuron-to-astrocyte signaling is a key mechanism in functional
hyperemia. |
| Pharmacology
& Toxicology |
1994
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME RESEARCH CASE DEFINITION; CHRONIC UNEXPLAINED
FATIGUE; HIGH ALLOSTATIC LOAD; ALLOSTATIC LOAD INVOLVEMENT; INTEGRATING
DISPARATE HIGH-CONTENT DATA
by William C. Reeves |
Standardized
and validated criteria for measuring the clinical dimensions of CFS
(impairment, fatigue, and accompanying symptoms). |
| Physics |
DISORDERED
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CARBON; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ATOMIC CRYSTALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL
GAS; ATOMICALLY THIN CARBON FILMS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECT
by Andre Geim |
Monocrystalline
graphitic films are a few atoms thick but stable under ambient conditions. |
| Plant
& Animal Science |
ARABIDOPSIS
LEAF SENESCENCE; SENESCING ARABIDOPSIS LEAVES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;
DARK/STARVATION-INDUCED SENESCENCE; COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS
REVEALS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES
by Vicky
Buchanan-Wollaston |
The
current understanding of the mechanisms by which plants control senescence
and the molecular tools being used to analyze the process. |
| Psychiatry/Psychology |
COMPUTER-DELIVERED
PERSONALIZED NORMATIVE FEEDBACK INTERVENTION; MAILED PERSONALIZED NORMATIVE
FEEDBACK; DESCRIPTIVE DRINKING NORMS; COLLEGE DRINKING; REDUCE COLLEGE
STUDENTS' HEAVY ALCOHOL USE |
Support
for the efficacy of a brief motivational enhancement intervention in
reducing drinking within the high-risk population of college students. |
| Social
Sciences, general |
FACILITY-BASED
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; CHILDHOOD ILLNESS (IMCI); CHILD HEALTH; 10 MILLION
CHILDREN DYING EVERY YEAR; EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH |
A
better understanding of child health epidemiology could contribute to more
effective approaches to saving children's lives. |
| Space
Science |
SHORT
GAMMA-RAY BURST GRB 050709; SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURST GRB 050724; SHORT
GAMMA-RAY BURST APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED; SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; SHORT-HARD
GAMMA-RAY BURSTS |
The
detection of the X-ray afterglow from short gamma ray bursts, and their
origin through the merger of neutron-star or blackhole binaries. |
| 2000-2006-3 |
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