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Fast Moving Fronts

ESI Special Topics, September 2006
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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 May 2000-April 30, 2006, and the previous period of March 2000-February 28, 2006 (sliding 6-year period).
 
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Agricultural Sciences OCHRATOXIN A-PRODUCING ASPERGILLUS; OCHRATOXIN A-PRODUCING FUNGI; FUNGI PRODUCING OCHRATOXIN; POTENTIAL OCHRATOXIN; SPANISH WINE GRAPES OTA contamination of wine.
Biology & Biochemistry NIEMANN-PICK C1 LIKE 1 (NPC1L1); NIEMANN-PICK C1 LIKE 1 PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION INHIBITOR EZETIMIBE; NIEMANN-PICK CL-LIKE 1 (NPC1L1); INTESTINAL CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION NPC1L1 protein plays a critical role in the absorption of intestinal cholesterol.
Chemistry REGIOREGULAR POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE) FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITY; ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; REGIOREGULAR POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE) FILM MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT The development of methods for depositing semiconducting polymer films with a high degree of interchain structural order can be expected to yield significantly higher mobilities.
Clinical Medicine The headphones icon indicates an audio interview from the author(s).The microscope image indicates that the author(s) of the fast moving fronts comments below have also sent along accompanying images/descriptions of their work.CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; DRUG-RESISTANT ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA CELLS; DISTINCT GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES DETERMINE MOLECULAR TREATMENT RESPONSE; FOLATE PATHWAY GENE EXPRESSION DIFFERS; INFLUENCES METHOTREXATE PHARMACODYNAMICS
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by William E. Evans & Monique L. den Boer 		Differential expression of a relatively small number of genes is associated with drug resistance and treatment outcome in childhood ALL.
Computer Science GENERALIZED FUZZY ROUGH SETS; FUZZY INDISCERNIBILITY RELATION; FUZZY APPROXIMATION OPERATORS; ROUGH SET METHODS; FUZZY-ROUGH ATTRIBUTE REDUCTION Applications of rough set methods for feature selection in pattern recognition.
Economics & Business AFFINE TERM STRUCTURE MODELS; TERM STRUCTURE DYNAMICS; AFFINE MODELS; TERM PREMIA; NO-ARBITRAGE VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION Structural differences and relative goodness-of-fits of affine term structure models (ATSMs).
Engineering VALIDATING CLEAR AIR ABSORPTION MODELS USING GROUND-BASED MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; ARM PROGRAM'S WATER VAPOR INTENSIVE OBSERVATION PERIODS; WATER VAPOR PROFILES; 22-GHZ WATER VAPOR LINE; 12-CHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER Correction methods are applied to Vaisala RS80 soundings collected during the Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment.
Environment/Ecology ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGEN BISPHENOL; NANOMOLAR CONCENTRATIONS TRIGGER MEMBRANE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-ALPHA-MEDIATED CA2+ FLUXES; EXTENSIVE NEW LITERATURE; NEW RISK ASSESSMENT; GH3/B6 PITUITARY TUMOR CELLS
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by Frederick S. vom Saal		 Acceleration in the rate of proliferation of prostate epithelium during fetal life by small amounts of estrogenic chemicals could predispose the prostate to disease in adulthood.
Geosciences ZIRCON (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOMETRY; APATITE (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOMETRY; LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOMETRY DATA; ZIRCON FISSION-TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY; (U-TH)/HE DATING (U-Th)/He dating is based on the accumulation and diffusive loss of Helium produced by alpha decay of Uranium and Thorium impurities within apatite grains.
Immunology TUMOR-SPECIFIC HUMAN CD4(+) REGULATORY T CELLS; FOXP3 EXPRESSING CD4(+)CD25(HIGH) REGULATORY T CELLS; REGULATORY CD4(+)CD25(+) T CELLS; LUNG CANCER PATIENTS DIRECTLY INHIBIT AUTOLOGOUS T CELL PROLIFERATION; INFILTRATING T CELLS Evidence for the contribution of regulatory T cells to immune dysfunction in cancer patients.
Materials Science NONCOVALENT PORPHYRIN-FUNCTIONALIZED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTING SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; NOVEL PHOTOACTIVE SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE-PORPHYRIN POLYMER WRAPS; CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES FORMED
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by Ya-Ping Sun		 The separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) into metallic and semiconducting fractions.
Mathematics TWO LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; TRIDIAGONAL; RESPECT; EIGENBASIS; COMMENTS Showing how Leonard systems correspond to q-Racah and related polynomials from the Askey scheme.
Microbiology HIV-1 EVADES ANTIBODY-MEDIATED NEUTRALIZATION; ANTIBODY NEUTRALIZATION; ENVELOPE-CONSTRAINED NEUTRALIZATION-SENSITIVE HIV-1; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY RESPONSE; HIV TYPE 1 INFECTION An evolving glycan shield represents a new mechanism contributing to HIV-1 persistence in the face of an evolving antibody repertoire.
Molecular Biology & Genetics SELECTIVE PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR DELTA AGONIST PROMOTES REVERSE CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR DELTA INDUCES FATTY ACID BETA-OXIDATION PPAR delta agonists may be effective drugs to increase reverse cholesterol transport and decrease cardiovascular disease associated with the metabolic syndrome X.
Multidisciplinary MALE GERM CELL SURVIVAL; INSL3/LEYDIG INSULIN-LIKE PEPTIDE ACTIVATES; MAMMALIAN OOCYTE MATURATION; LGR8 RECEPTOR IMPORTANT; RELAXIN'S PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES The wide and divergent distribution of the relaxin receptors implicates their role in reproductive, brain, renal, cardiovascular, and other functions.
Neuroscience & Behavior KAINATE RECEPTOR SUBUNIT GLUR6 AGONIST-BINDING DOMAIN COMPLEXED; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING KAINATE RECEPTOR SELECTIVITY; AMPA-SENSITIVE GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR DESENSITIZATION; GLUR6 LIGAND BINDING CORES The crystal packing of the ligand binding cores suggests modes for subunit-subunit contact in the intact receptor and mechanisms by which allosteric effecters modulate receptor activity.
Pharmacology & Toxicology PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES MEDIATE MIRROR-IMAGE NEUROPATHIC PAIN; SPINAL GLIA; PAIN MEDIATORS; PAIN FACILITATION; CLINICAL PAIN Evidence that ipsilateral and mirror-image inflammatory neuropathy pain are created both acutely and chronically through glial and proinflammatory cytokine actions.
Physics SMALL-WORLD NETWORKS; ENHANCING COMPLEX-NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION; WEIGHTED COMPLEX NETWORKS; OSCILLATOR NETWORKS; SMALL-WORLD SYSTEMS
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by Luis F. Lago-Fernández [late entry]		 Small-world topologies give rise to fast system response with coherent oscillations.
Plant & Animal Science LIVING PLANT CELLS USING BIMOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE COMPLEMENTATION; PLANTS USING BIMOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE COMPLEMENTATION; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN COMPLEX ISOLATION; ALTERNATIVE TANDEM AFFINITY PURIFICATION STRATEGY APPLIED A fast and reliable alternative to the cloning of sequences into large acceptor plasmids.
Psychiatry/Psychology CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE VAL(158)-MET GENOTYPE; COMT VAL(108/158) MET GENOTYPE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE VAL(158)MET POLYLMORPHISM; PREFRONTAL COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE VAL158MET GENOTYPE The COMT Val allele, because it increases prefrontal dopamine catabolism, impairs prefrontal cognition and physiology and slightly increases risk for schizophrenia.
Social Sciences, general EXTENDED-RELEASE ONCE-DAILY TOLTERODINE TREATMENT; SYMPTOMATIC OVERACTIVE BLADDER; TOLTERODINE ONCE-DAILY; OLDER PATIENTS; ONCE-DAILY ANTIMUSCARINIC AGENT SOLIFENACIN Tolterodine ER demonstrated an improved efficacy for reducing urge incontinence episodes and a lower frequency of dry mouth compared with the existing IR twice-daily formulation.
Space Science
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SWIFT GAMMA-RAY BURST MISSION; BRIGHT GAMMA-RAY BURST GRB 050525A; SWIFT X-RAY TELESCOPE; LONG GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS
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by Neil Gehrels		 SWIFT is a new multiwavelength observatory for observing the bright flashes of gamma radiation—called gamma-ray bursts—coming from distant galaxies.
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