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New Hot Papers

ESI Special Topics, November 2002
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In updating ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product from the second bimonthly period of 2002 to the third bimonthly period of 2002, a total of 1,473 hot papers were identified, of which 1,030 (70%) were new.

"Comments/Mini-interviews," from the author(s) of the paper!
Lufen Chang;
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Dr. Shaun Cole;
Space Science
Dr. Patrice Courvalin, MD, FRCP ;
Microbiology
Lester F. Eastman;
Engineering 
Dr. Tatsuo Kakimoto;
Plant & Animal Science
Seeman Dr. Shitij Kapur and Dr. Philip Seeman;
Psychology/ Psychiatry
Dr. Prof. Dr. Norbert Krause;
Chemistry 
Leo Lefrancois, Ph.D. and David Masopust;
Immunology
Frederick C. Nucifora Jr., Ph.D.;
Neuroscience & Behavior
Professor Luke O'Neill;
Multidisciplinary
Victoria J. Orphan & Christopher H. House;
Geosciences
Dr. Kenneth D. R. Setchell;
Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Klement Tockner, PhD;
Environment/ Ecology
Rosemarie Ham Ziedonis;
Economics & Business

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NOVEMBER 2002

Field: Agricultural Sciences
New Hot Papers Comment by Setchell, KDR
Article Title: Bioavailability of pure isoflavones in healthy humans and analysis of commercial soy isoflavone supplements
Authors: Setchell, KDR;Brown, NM;Desai, P;Zimmer-Nechemias, L;Wolfe, BE;Brashear, WT;Kirschner, AS;Cassidy, A;Heubi, JE
Journal: J NUTR
Volume: 131
Page: 
Year: APR 2001
* Childrens Hosp, Med Ctr, Div Clin Mass Spectrometry, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA.
* Childrens Hosp, Med Ctr, Div Clin Mass Spectrometry, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA.
* Childrens Hosp, Med Ctr, Div Gastroenterol & Nutr, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA.
* Childrens Hosp, Med Ctr, Dept Pediat, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA.
* Univ Cincinnati, Coll Med, Coll Pharm, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA.
* Univ Surrey, Dept Nutr, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England.

Field: Biology & Biochemistry
Article Title: Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placental mammals
Authors: Murphy, WJ;Eizirik, E;Johnson, WE;Zhang, YP;Ryderk, OA;O'Brien, SJ
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 409
Page: 614-618
Year: FEB 1 2001
* NCI, Lab Genom Divers, Frederick, MD 21702 USA.
* NCI, Lab Genom Divers, Frederick, MD 21702 USA.
* Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Zool, Key Lab Cellular & Mol Evolut, Kunming, Peoples R China.
* Zool Soc San Diego, Ctr Reprod Endangered Species, San Diego, CA 92112 USA.
* Univ Maryland, Dept Biol, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.

Field: Chemistry
New Hot Papers Comment by Krause, N
Article Title: Recent advances in catalytic enantioselective Michael additions
Authors: Krause, N;Hoffmann-Roder, A
Journal: SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART
Volume: (2) 171-196 FEB 2001
Page: 
Year: FEB 2001
* Univ Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany.
* Univ Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany.

Field: Clinical Medicine
Article Title: Effects of ramipril and vitamin E on atherosclerosis - The study to evaluate carotid ultrasound changes in patients treated with ramipril and vitamin E (SECURE)
Authors: Lonn, EM;Yusuf, S;Dzavik, V;Doris, CI;Yi, QL;Smith, S;Moore-Cox, A;Bosch, J;Riley, WA;Teo, KK
Journal: CIRCULATION
Volume: 103
Page: 919-925
Year: FEB 20 2001
* Hamilton Hlth Sci Corp, Gen Site, 237 Barton St E, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada.
* McMaster Univ, Dept Med, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
* McMaster Univ, Dept Radiol, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
* Univ Alberta Hosp, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
* Wake Forest Univ, Bowman Gray Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Winston Salem, NC 27103 USA.

Field: Computer Science
Article Title: The capacity of low-density parity-check codes under message-passing decoding
Authors: Richardson, TJ;Urbanke, RL
Journal: IEEE TRANS INFORM THEORY
Volume: 47
Page: 599-618
Year: FEB 2001
* Flar Technol, Bedminster, NJ 07921 USA.
* Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA.

Field: Economics & Business
New Hot Papers Comment by Ziedonis, RH
Article Title: The patent paradox revisited: an empirical study of patenting in the US semiconductor industry, 1979-1995
Authors: Hall, BH;Ziedonis, RH
Journal: RAND J ECON
Volume: 32
Page: 101-128
Year: 2001
* Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
* Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
* Univ Oxford, Nuffield Coll, Oxford OX1 2JD, England.
* Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
* Inst Fiscal Studies, London, England.
* Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.

Field: Engineering
New Hot Papers Comment by Eastman, LF
Article Title: Undoped AlGaN/GaN HEMTs for microwave power amplification
Authors: Eastman, LF;Tilak, V;Smart, J;Green, BM;Chumbes, EM;Dimitrov, R;Kim, H;Ambacher, OS;Weimann, N;Prunty, T;Murphy, M;Schaff, WJ;Shealy, JR
Journal: IEEE TRANS ELECTRON DEVICES
Volume: 48
Page: 479-485
Year: MAR 2001
* Cornell Univ, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA.
* Cornell Univ, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA.

Field: Environment/Ecology
New Hot Papers Comment by Tockner, K
Article Title: An extension of the flood pulse concept
Authors: Tockner, K;Malard, F;Ward, JV
Journal: HYDROL PROCESS
Volume: 14
Page: 2861-2883
Year: NOV-DEC 2000
* ETH Zurich, EAWAG, Dept Limnol, Uberlandstr 133, CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland.
* ETH Zurich, EAWAG, Dept Limnol, CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland.
* Univ Lyon 1, ESA CNRS 5023, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.

Field: Geosciences
New Hot Papers Comment by Orphan, VJ and
Article Title: Methane-consuming archaea revealed by directly coupled isotopic and phylogenetic analysis
Authors: Orphan, VJ;House, CH;Hinrichs, KU;McKeegan, KD;DeLong, EF
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 293
Page: 484-487
Year: JUL 20 2001
* Monterey Bay Aquarium Res Inst, Moss Landing, CA 95039 USA.
* Monterey Bay Aquarium Res Inst, Moss Landing, CA 95039 USA.
* Penn State Univ, Dept Geosci, University Pk, PA 16802 USA.
* Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Dept Geol & Geophys, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA.
* Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Earth & Space Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.

Field: Immunology
New Hot Papers Comment by Masopust, D and Lefrancois, L
Article Title: Preferential localization of effector memory cells in nonlymphoid tissue
Authors: Masopust, D;Vezys, V;Marzo, AL;Lefrancois, L
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 291
Page: 2413-2417
Year: MAR 23 2001
* Univ Connecticut, Ctr Hlth, Dept Med, Div Immunol, Farmington, CT 06030 USA.
* Univ Connecticut, Ctr Hlth, Dept Med, Div Immunol, Farmington, CT 06030 USA.

Field: Materials Science
Article Title: Fabrication and performance of GaN electronic devices
Authors: Pearton, SJ;Ren, F;Zhang, AP;Lee, KP
Journal: MAT SCI ENG R
Volume: 30
Page: 55-212
Year: DEC 1 2000
* Univ Florida, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA.
* Univ Florida, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA.
* Univ Florida, Dept Chem Engn, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA.

Field: Mathematics
Article Title: The distribution of realized exchange rate volatility
Authors: Andersen, TG;Bollerslev, T;Diebold, FX;Labys, P
Journal: J AMER STATIST ASSN
Volume: 96
Page: 42-55
Year: MAR 2001
* Northwestern Univ, JL Kellogg Grad Sch Management, Dept Finance, Evanston, IL 60208 USA.
* Northwestern Univ, JL Kellogg Grad Sch Management, Dept Finance, Evanston, IL 60208 USA.
* Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
* Duke Univ, Dept Econ, Durham, NC 27706 USA.
* Duke Univ, Dept Finance, Durham, NC 27706 USA.
* Univ Penn, Dept Econ, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.
* Univ Penn, Dept Stat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.

Field: Microbiology
New Hot Papers Comment by Courvalin, P
Article Title: Two new mechanisms of macrolide resistance in clinical strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Eastern Europe and North America
Authors: Tait-Kamradt, A;Davies, T;Appelbaum, PC;Depardieu, F;Courvalin, P;Petitpas, J;Wondrack, L;Walker, A;Jacobs, MR;Sutcliffe, J
Journal: ANTIMICROB AGENTS CHEMOTHER
Volume: 44
Page: 3395-3401
Year: DEC 2000
* Pfizer Inc, Global Res & Dev, Dept Infect Dis, RAIID, Eastern Point Rd, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
* Pfizer Inc, Global Res & Dev, Dept Infect Dis, RAIID, Groton, CT 06340 USA.
* Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA.
* Penn State Univ, Milton S Hershey Med Ctr, Hershey, PA 17033 USA.
* Inst Pasteur, Unite Agents Antibacteriens, F-75724 Paris, France.

Field: Molecular Biology & Genetics
New Hot Papers Comment by Chang, LF
Article Title: Mammalian MAP kinase signalling cascades
Authors: Chang, LF;Karin, M
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 410
Page: 37-40
Year: MAR 1 2001
* Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Pharmacol, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.
* Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Pharmacol, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.

Field: Multidisciplinary
New Hot Papers Comment by O'Neill, LA
Article Title: Mal (MyD88-adapter-like) is required for Toll-like receptor-4 signal transduction
Authors: Fitzgerald, KA;Palsson-McDermott, EM;Bowie, AG;Jefferies, CA;Mansell, AS;Brady, G;Brint, E;Dunne, A;Gray, P;Harte, MT;McMurray, D;Smith, DE;Sims, JE;Bird, TA;O'Neill, LAJ
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 413
Page: 78-83
Year: SEP 6 2001
* Univ Dublin Trinity Coll, Dept Biochem, Dublin 2, Ireland.
* Univ Dublin Trinity Coll, Dept Biochem, Dublin 2, Ireland.
* Immunex Res & Dev Corp, Seattle, WA 98101 USA.

Field: Neuroscience & Behavior
New Hot Papers Comment by Nucifora, FC
Article Title: Interference by Huntingtin and atrophin-1 with CBP-mediated transcription leading to cellular toxicity
Authors: Nucifora, FC;Sasaki, M;Peters, MF;Huang, H;Cooper, JK;Yamada, M;Takahashi, H;Tsuji, S;Troncoso, J;Dawson, VL;Dawson, TM;Ross, CA
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 291
Page: 2423-2428
Year: MAR 23 2001
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Div Neurobiol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Div Neurobiol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Program Cellular & Mol Med, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurosci, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neuropathol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
* Niigata Univ, Brain Res Inst, Dept Pathol & Neurol, Niigata 9518585, Japan.

Field: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Article Title: Antioxidant therapy: A new pharmacological approach in shock, inflammation, and ischemia/reperfusion injury
Authors: Cuzzocrea, S;Riley, DP;Caputi, AP;Salvemini, D
Journal: PHARMACOL REV
Volume: 53
Page: 135-159
Year: MAR 2001
* Univ Messina, Torre Biol Policlin Univ, Sch Med, Inst Pharmacol, Via C Valeria Gazzi, I-98100 Messina, Italy.
* Univ Messina, Torre Biol Policlin Univ, Sch Med, Inst Pharmacol, I-98100 Messina, Italy.
* Metaphore Pharmaceut, St Louis, MO USA.

Field: Physics
Article Title: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy in MgB2
Authors: Karapetrov, G;Iavarone, M;Kwok, WK;Crabtree, GW;Hinks, DG
Journal: PHYS REV LETT
Volume: 86
Page: 4374-4377
Year: MAY 7 2001
* Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, 9700 S Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439 USA.
* Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USA.
* Univ Naples Federico II, INFM, Dipartimento Sci Fis, I-80125 Naples, Italy.

Field: Plant & Animal Science
New Hot Papers Comment by Kakimoto, T
Article Title: Identification of CRE1 as a cytokinin receptor from Arabidopsis
Authors: Inoue, T;Higuchi, M;Hashimoto, Y;Seki, M;Kobayashi, M;Kato, T;Tabata, S;Shinozaki, K;Kakimoto, T
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 409
Page: 1060-1063
Year: FEB 22 2001
* Osaka Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Biol, Osaka 5600043, Japan.
* Osaka Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Biol, Osaka 5600043, Japan.
* RIKEN, Tsukuba Inst, Plant Mol Biol Lab, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050074, Japan.
* Kazusa DNA Res Inst, Chiba 2920812, Japan.

Field: Psychiatry/Psychology
New Hot Papers Comment by Kapur, S and Seeman, P
Article Title: Does fast dissociation from the dopamine D-2 receptor explain the action of atypical antipsychotics?: A new hypothesis
Authors: Kapur, S;Seeman, P
Journal: AMER J PSYCHIAT
Volume: 158
Page: 360-369
Year: MAR 2001
* CAMH, Clarke Div, 250 Coll St, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada.
* Univ Toronto, Dept Pharmacol, Toronto, ON, Canada.
* Univ Toronto, Dept Psychiat, Toronto, ON, Canada.
* CAMH, Clarke Div, PET Ctr, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada.
* CAMH, Schizophrenia Program, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada.

Field: Social Sciences, general
Article Title: Health spending growth up in 1999; Faster growth expected in the future
Authors: Heffler, S;Levit, K;Smith, S;Smith, C;Cowan, C;Lazenby, H;Freeland, M
Journal: HEALTH AFFAIR
Volume: 20
Page: 193-203
Year: MAR-APR 2001
* US Hlth Care Financing Adm, Off Actuary, Natl Hlth Stat Grp, Baltimore, MD 21207 USA.
* US Hlth Care Financing Adm, Off Actuary, Natl Hlth Stat Grp, Baltimore, MD 21207 USA.

Field: Space Science
New Hot Papers Comment by Cole, S
Article Title: Hierarchical galaxy formation
Authors: Cole, S;Lacey, CG;Baugh, CM;Frenk, CS
Journal: MON NOTIC ROY ASTRON SOC
Volume: 319
Page: 168-204
Year: NOV 21 2000
* Univ Durham, Sci Labs, Dept Phys, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, England.
* Univ Durham, Sci Labs, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England.
* Theoret Astrophys Ctr, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
* SISSA, I-34014 Trieste, Italy.

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