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New Hot Papers

ESI Special Topics, September 2003
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In updating ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product from the first bimonthly period of 2003 to the second bimonthly period of 2003, a total of 1,607 hot papers were identified, of which 1,116 (69%) were new.

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Franco Benazzi and Hagop Souren Akiskal;
Psychology/
Psychiatry
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Samuel Burer;
Mathematics
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David R. Engelke;
Biology & Biochemistry
Dr. Bertrand M. Hochwald;
Computer Science
Richard E. Honrath;
Geosciences
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Darren S. Madgwick;
Space Science
Giampiero Muccioli;
Pharmacology & Toxicology
*LE
Geoffrey Ozin;
Material Sciences
Brian K. Shoichet;
Chemistry 
Donald M. Waller;
Environment/
Ecology
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Claus Wasternack and Ivo Feussner;
Plant & Animal Science
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SEPTEMBER 2003

Field: Agricultural Sciences
Article Title: Biodegradation of soil-derived dissolved organic matter as related to its properties
Authors: Kalbitz, K;Schmerwitz, J;Schwesig, D;Matzner, E
Journal: GEODERMA
Volume: 113
Page: 273-291
Year: MAY 2003
* Univ Bayreuth, Dept Soil Ecol, Bayreuth Inst Terr Ecosyst Res, POB 101251, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany.
* Univ Bayreuth, Dept Soil Ecol, Bayreuth Inst Terr Ecosyst Res, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany.


Field: Biology & Biochemistry
by: Engelke, DR
Article Title: Effective expression of small interfering RNA in human cells
Authors: Paul, CP;Good, PD;Winer, I;Engelke, DR
Journal: NAT BIOTECHNOL
Volume: 20
Page: 505-508
Year: MAY 2002
* Univ Michigan, Dept Biol Chem, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
* Univ Michigan, Dept Biol Chem, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
* Univ Michigan, Med Scientist Training Program, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.


Field: Chemistry
by: Shoichet, BK
Article Title: A common mechanism underlying promiscuous inhibitors from virtual and high-throughput screening
Authors: McGovern, SL;Caselli, E;Grigorieff, N;Shoichet, BK
Journal: J MED CHEM
Volume: 45
Page: 1712-1722
Year: APR 11 2002
* Northwestern Univ, Dept Mol Pharmacol & Biol Chem, 303 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.
* Northwestern Univ, Dept Mol Pharmacol & Biol Chem, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.
* Brandeis Univ, Rosenstiel Basic Med Res Ctr, Howard Hughes Med Inst, WM Keck Inst Cellular Visualizat, Waltham, MA 02454 USA.


Field: Clinical Medicine
Article Title: Treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis with infliximab: a randomised controlled multicentre trial
Authors: Braun, J;Brandt, J;Listing, J;Zink, A;Alten, R;Golder, W;Gromica-Ihle, E;Kellner, H;Krause, A;Schneider, M;Sorensen, H;Zeidler, H;Thriene, W;Sieper, J
Journal: LANCET
Volume: 359
Page: 1187-1193
Year: APR 6 2002
* Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Landgrafenstr 15, D-44652 Herne, Germany.
* Ctr Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, D-44652 Herne, Germany.
* Free Univ Berlin, Benjamin Franklin Hosp, Dept Rheumatol, D-1000 Berlin, Germany.
* Free Univ Berlin, Benjamin Franklin Hosp, Dept Radiol, D-1000 Berlin, Germany.
* German Rheumatism Res Ctr, Dept Epidemiol, Berlin, Germany.
* Schlosspk Clin, Berlin, Germany.
* Humboldt Univ, Charite, Dept Rheumatol, Berlin, Germany.
* Rheumatol Clin, Berlin, Germany.
* Univ Munich, Dept Rheumatol, Munich, Germany.
* Univ Dusseldorf, Dept Rheumatol, D-4000 Dusseldorf, Germany.
* Immanuel Hosp, Berlin, Germany.
* Hannover Med Sch, Dept Rheumatol, Hannover, Germany.
* Essex Pharma, Munich, Germany.


Field: Computer Science
by: Hochwald, BM
Article Title: High-rate codes that are linear in space and time
Authors: Hassibi, B;Hochwald, BM
Journal: IEEE TRANS INFORM THEORY
Volume: 48
Page: 1804-1824
Year: JUL 2002
* CALTECH, Dept Elect Engn, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA.
* CALTECH, Dept Elect Engn, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA.
* Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA.
•> See also Hochwald, BM
(from Oct. 2002 - different paper)


Field: Economics & Business
Article Title: Investor protection and corporate valuation
Authors: La Porta, R;Lopez-De-Silanes, F;Shleifer, A;Vishny, R
Journal: J FINAN
Volume: 57
Page: 1147-1170
Year: JUN 2002
* Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
* Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
* Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520 USA.
* Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.


Field: Engineering
Article Title: The BaBar detector
Authors: B. Aubert and 823 others (The BaBar Collaboration)
Journal: NUCL INSTRUM METH PHYS RES A
Volume: 479
Page: 1-116
Year: FEB 21 2002
* 88 institutions worldwide, based at the Stanford Linear Accelerator, CA
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Field: Environment/Ecology
by: Waller, DM
Article Title: Inbreeding effects in wild populations
Authors: Keller, LF;Waller, DM
Journal: TREND ECOL EVOLUT
Volume: 17
Page: 230-241
Year: MAY 2002
* Univ Glasgow, Div Environm & Evolut Biol, Inst Biomed & Life Sci, Graham Kerr Bldg, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland.
* Univ Glasgow, Div Environm & Evolut Biol, Inst Biomed & Life Sci, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland.
* Dept Bot, Madison, WI 53706 USA.


Field: Geosciences
by: Honrath, RE
Article Title: Vertical fluxes of NOx, HONO, and HNO3 above the snowpack at Summit, Greenland
Authors: Honrath, RE;Lu, Y;Peterson, MC;Dibb, JE;Arsenault, MA;Cullen, NJ;Steffen, K
Journal: ATMOS ENVIRON
Volume: 36
Page: 2629-2640
Year: MAY-JUN 2002
* Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, 1400 Townsend Rd, Houghton, MI 49931 USA.
* Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Houghton, MI 49931 USA.
* Univ New Hampshire, Inst Study Earth Oceans & Space, Climate Change Res Ctr, Durham, NH 03824 USA.
* Univ Colorado, CIRES, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.


Field: Immunology
Article Title: CD4(+)CD25(+) suppressor T cells: More questions than answers
Authors: Shevach, EM
Journal: NAT REV IMMUNOL
Volume: 2
Page: 389-400
Year: JUN 2002
* NIAID, Immunol Lab, NIH, Bldg 10, Room 11N315, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.
* NIAID, Immunol Lab, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.


Field: Materials Science
by: Ozin, GA
Article Title: Opal circuits of light - Planarized microphotonic crystal chips
Authors: Yang, SM;Miguez, H;Ozin, GA
Journal: ADV FUNCT MATER
Volume: 12
Page: 425-431
Year: JUN 2002
* Univ Toronto, Dept Chem, Mat Chem Res Grp, 80 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada.
* Univ Toronto, Dept Chem, Mat Chem Res Grp, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada.


Field: Mathematics
by: Burer, S
Article Title: Solving a class of semidefinite programs via nonlinear programming
Authors: Burer, S;Monteiro, RDC;Zhang, Y
Journal: MATH PROGRAM
Volume: 93
Page: 97-122
Year: JUN 2002
* Univ Iowa, Dept Management Sci, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.
* Univ Iowa, Dept Management Sci, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.
* Georgia Inst Technol, Sch ISyE, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA.
* Rice Univ, Dept Computat & Appl Math, Houston, TX 77005 USA.


Field: Microbiology
Article Title: Genome sequence and comparative microarray analysis of serotype M18 group A Streptococcus strains associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks
Authors: Smoot, JC;Barbian, KD;Van Gompel, JJ;Smoot, LM;Chaussee, MS;Sylva, GL;Sturdevant, DE;Ricklefs, SM;Porcella, SF;Parkins, LD;Beres, SB;Campbell, DS;Smith, TM;Zhang, Q;Kapur, V;Daly, JA;Veasy, LG;Musser, JM
Journal: PROC NAT ACAD SCI USA
Volume: 99
Page: 4668-4673
Year: APR 2 2002
* NIAID, Rocky Mt Labs, Lab Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, NIH, 903 S 4th St, Hamilton, MT 59840 USA.
* NIAID, Rocky Mt Labs, Lab Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840 USA.
* Geospiza Inc, Seattle, WA 98107 USA.
* Univ Minnesota, Ctr Biomed Genom, St Paul, MN 55108 USA.
* Primary Childrens Med Ctr, Salt Lake City, UT 84123 USA.


Field: Molecular Biology & Genetics
by: Hannon, GJ (from March 2003 - different paper)
Article Title: Short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) induce sequence-specific silencing in mammalian cells
Authors: Paddison, PJ;Caudy, AA;Bernstein, E;Hannon, GJ;Conklin, DS
Journal: GENE DEVELOP
Volume: 16
Page: 948-958
Year: APR 15 2002
* Watson Sch Biol Sci, POB 100, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 USA.
* Watson Sch Biol Sci, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 USA.
* Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 USA.
* SUNY Stony Brook, Grad Program Genet, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA.


Field: Multidisciplinary
Article Title: COX-3, a cyclooxygenase-1 variant inhibited by acetaminophen and other analgesic/antipyretic drugs: Cloning, structure, and expression
Authors: Chandrasekharan, NV;Dai, H;Roos, KLT;Evanson, NK;Tomsik, J;Elton, TS;Simmons, DL
Journal: PROC NAT ACAD SCI USA
Volume: 99
Page: 13926-13931
Year: OCT 15 2002
* Brigham Young Univ, Dept Chem & Biochem, E280 Benson Sci Bldg, Provo, UT 84602 USA.
* Brigham Young Univ, Dept Chem & Biochem, Provo, UT 84602 USA.


Field: Neuroscience & Behavior
Article Title: Dopamine neurons derived from embryonic stem cells function in an animal model of Parkinson's disease
Authors: Kim, JH;Auerbach, JM;Rodriguez-Gomez, JA;Velasco, I;Gavin, D;Lumelsky, N;Lee, SH;Nguyen, J;Sanchez-Pernaute, R;Bankiewicz, K;McKay, R
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 418
Page: 50-56
Year: JUL 4 2002
* NINCDS, Mol Biol Lab, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.
* NINCDS, Mol Biol Lab, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.


Field: Pharmacology & Toxicology
by: Muccioli, G
Article Title: Neuroendocrine and peripheral activities of ghrelin: implications in metabolism and obesity
Authors: Muccioli, G;Tschop, M;Papotti, M;Deghenghi, R;Heiman, M;Ghigo, E
Journal: EUR J PHARMACOL
Volume: 440
Page: 235-254
Year: APR 12 2002
* Univ Turin, Osped Molinette, Dept Internal Med, Div Endocrinol & Metab, Cso Dogliotti 14, I-10126 Turin, Italy.
* Univ Turin, Osped Molinette, Dept Internal Med, Div Endocrinol & Metab, I-10126 Turin, Italy.
* Europeptides, Argenteuil, France.
* Univ Turin, Dept Biomed Sci, Turin, Italy.
* Ely Lilly & Co, Lilly Res Labs, Indianapolis, IN USA.
* Univ Turin, Dept Anat, Turin, Italy.
* Univ Turin, Dept Pharmacol, Turin, Italy.
* Univ Turin, Dept Forens Med, Turin, Italy.


Field: Physics
Article Title: On Penrose limits and gauge theories - art. no. 010
Authors: Zayas, LAP;Sonnenschein, J
Journal: J HIGH ENERGY PHYS
Volume: (5) 10-10 MAY 2002
Page: 
Year: MAY 2002
* Univ Michigan, Michigan Ctr Theoret Phys, Randall Lab Phys, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
* Univ Michigan, Michigan Ctr Theoret Phys, Randall Lab Phys, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
* Inst Adv Study, Sch Nat Sci, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA.
* Tel Aviv Univ, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Fac Exact Sci, Sch Phys & Astron, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel.


Field: Plant & Animal Science
by: Feussner, I and Wasternack, C
Article Title: The lipoxygenase pathway
Authors: Feussner, I;Wasternack, C
Journal: ANNU REV PLANT BIOL
Volume: 53:
Page: 275-297
Year: 2002
* Inst Plant Genet & Crop Plant Res IPK, Dept Mol Cell Biol, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany.
* Inst Plant Genet & Crop Plant Res IPK, Dept Mol Cell Biol, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany.


Field: Psychiatry/Psychology
by: Benazzi, F and Akiskal, HS
Article Title: Delineating bipolar II mixed states in the Ravenna-San Diego collaborative study: the relative prevalence and diagnostic significance of hypomanic features during major depressive episodes
Authors: Benazzi, F;Akiskal, HS
Journal: J AFFECT DISORDERS
Volume: 67
Page: 115-122
Year: DEC 2001
* Via Pozzetto 17, I-48015 Castiglione Di Cervia, RA, Italy.
* Natl Hlth Serv, Dept Psychiat, Forli, Italy.
* Univ Calif San Diego, Int Mood Ctr, San Diego, CA 92103 USA.
* VA Psychiat Serv, San Diego, CA USA.


Field: Social Sciences, general
Article Title: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study: rationale, design and population characteristics
Authors: Slimani, N;Kaaks, R;Ferrari, P;Casagrande, C;Clavel-Chapelon, F;Lotze, G;Kroke, A;Trichopoulos, D;Trichopoulou, A;Lauria, C;Bellegotti, M;Ocke, MC;Peeters, PHM;Engeset, D;Lund, E;Agudo, A;Larranaga, N;Mattisson, I;Andren, C;Johansson, I;Davey, G;Welch, AA;Overvad, K;Tjonneland, A;van Staveren, WA;Saracci, R;Riboli, E
Journal: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTR
Volume: 5
Page: 1125-1145
Year: DEC 2002
* Int Agcy Res Canc, WHO, Unit Nutr & Canc, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, F-69372 Lyon 08, France.
* Int Agcy Res Canc, WHO, Unit Nutr & Canc, F-69372 Lyon 08, France.
* IARC, WHO, Hormones & Canc Grp, Lyon, France.
* Inst Gustave Roussy, INSERM, U521, F-94805 Villejuif, France.
* German Canc Res Ctr, Div Clin Epidemiol, D-6900 Heidelberg, Germany.
* German Inst Human Nutr, Potsdam, Germany.
* Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
* Univ Athens, Sch Med, Dept Hyg & Epidemiol, GR-10679 Athens, Greece.
* Civile MP Arezzo Hosp, Canc Registry, Ragusa, Italy.
* Natl Canc Inst, Epidemiol Unit, I-20133 Milan, Italy.
* Natl Inst Publ Hlth & Environm, Dept Chron Dis Epidemiol, NL-3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands.
* Univ Utrecht, Julius Ctr Gen Practice & Patient Oriented Res, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands.
* Univ Tromso, Inst Community Med, N-9001 Tromso, Norway.
* Catalan Inst Oncol, Dept Epidemiol, Barcelona, Spain.
* Dept Hlth Basque Govt, Publ Hlth Div Gipuzkoa, San Sebastian, Spain.
* Lund Univ, Dept Med Surg & Orthopaed, Malmo, Sweden.
* Umea Univ, Dept Nutr Res, S-90187 Umea, Sweden.
* Univ Oxford, Canc Res UK, Epidemiol Unit, Oxford OX1 2JD, England.
* Univ Cambridge, Sch Clin Med, Inst Publ Hlth, Cambridge CB2 1TN, England.
* Univ Aarhus, Inst Epidemiol & Social Med, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
* Danish Canc Soc, Inst Canc Epidemiol, Copenhagen, Denmark.
* Wageningen Univ Agr, Dept Human Nutr & Epidemiol, Wageningen, Netherlands.


Field: Space Science
by: Madgwick, DS
Article Title: The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: galaxy luminosity functions per spectral type
Authors: Madgwick, DS;Lahav, O;Baldry, IK;Baugh, CM;Bland-Hawthorn, J;Bridges, T;Cannon, R;Cole, S;Colless, M;Collins, C;Couch, W;Dalton, G;De Propris, R;Driver, SP;Efstathiou, G;Ellis, RS;Frenk, CS;Glazebrook, K;Jackson, C;Lewis, I;Lumsden, S;Maddox, S;Norberg, P;Peacock, JA;Peterson, BA;Sutherland, W;Taylor, K
Journal: MON NOTIC ROY ASTRON SOC
Volume: 333
Page: 133-144
Year: JUN 2002
* Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England.
* Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England.
* Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA.
* Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England.
* Anglo Australian Observ, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia.
* Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Astron & Astrophys, Weston, ACT 2611, Australia.
* Liverpool John Moores Univ, Astrophys Res Inst, Birkenhead L14 1LD, Merseyside, England.
* Univ New S Wales, Dept Astrophys, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
* Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 3RH, England.
* Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY6 9SS, Fife, Scotland.
* CALTECH, Dept Astron, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA.
* Univ Leeds, Dept Phys, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England.
* Univ Nottingham, Sch Phys & Astron, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England.
* Univ Edinburgh, Inst Astron, Royal Observ, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Midlothian, Scotland.

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