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Field
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Research Front Name
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Description
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Agricultural
Sciences
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 HEALTH BEHAVIOR RESEARCH USING ITEM
RESPONSE MODELING; HEALTH PROMOTION INTERVENTION
TRIALS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE CONSORTIUM; HEALTH
BEHAVIOR-CHANGE RESEARCH
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Evaluating the effectiveness of health related behavioral
intervention programs and behavior change research.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Marcia Ory, Patricia Jordan & Terry
Bazarre
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Biology &
Biochemistry
FEATURED FRONT
with
corresponding map:
"
MAGNETIC QUANTUM
DOTS"
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CULTURED HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES; PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES;
CYTOKINESIS-BLOCK MICRONUCLEUS CYTOME ASSAY; HUMAN
BIOMONITORING
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Involvement of folate in colorectal neoplasia and role of
polymorphisms suggesting the possibility of gene-gene
interactions.
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Chemistry
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  IMAGING TUMOR VASCULATURE; PEPTIDE-LABELED
NEAR-INFRARED QUANTUM DOTS; COLOR-TUNABLE MN-DOPED ZNSE
NANOCRYSTAL EMITTERS; BIMODAL MOLECULAR IMAGING PROBE
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New perspectives for integrin-targeted near-infrared
optical imaging.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Xiaoyuan
Chen
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Clinical
Medicine
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SMALL-DIAMETER HIGH-VOLTAGE IMPLANTABLE
CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR LEAD; DELAYED DEFIBRILLATOR LEAD
PERFORATION; TRANSVENOUS DEFIBRILLATION LEAD DEFECTS
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The long-term reliability of implantable
cardioverter-defibrillator leads has become an increasing
concern.
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Computer
Science
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FT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS
SPECTROMETRY; LABEL-FREE PROTEIN QUANTIFICATION USING
LC-COUPLED ION TRAP; QUANTITATIVE PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS
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A new method for quantifying proteomic and metabolomic
profile data by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
with electrospray ionization.
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Economics &
Business
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MACROECONOMIC FORECASTING USING DIFFUSION INDEXES;
FORECASTING USING PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; GENERALIZED DYNAMIC
FACTOR MODEL
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Forecasting a macroeconomic time series variable using a
large number of predictors which are summarized using a
small number of indexes constructed by principal component
analysis.
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Engineering
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QUANTIFYING SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; SUBMARINE
GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE ESTIMATES; UBATUBA BRAZIL SGD
ASSESSMENT INTERCOMPARISON
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New methods for studying the flow of water on continental
margins from the seabed to the coastal ocean, regardless of
fluid composition or driving force.
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Environment/
Ecology
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 ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS; ARCTIC MARINE
MAMMAL HEALTH; ARCTIC MARINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE
CHANGE
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As sea ice thins, polar bears will need to walk or swim
more and thus use greater amounts of energy to maintain
contact with their remaining preferred habitats.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Andrew
E. Derocher
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Geosciences
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 SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE LARRY; RAINFOREST
HABITATS FOLLOWING CYCLONE LARRY; TROPICAL RAINFOREST
TREE SPECIES; CYCLONE DAMAGE
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Light demand and adult tree stature affect wood properties,
tree architecture and plant performance, contributing to
the coexistence of rain forest species.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Lourens
Poorter
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Immunology
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ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUG RESISTANCE SURVEILLANCE; TRANSMITTED
HIV DRUG RESISTANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION/HIVRESNET
DRUG RESISTANCE LABORATORY STRATEGY
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Patients starting highly active antiretroviral therapy in
resource-poor settings have increased mortality rates in
the first months on therapy, compared with those in
developed countries.
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Materials
Science
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CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; FLUOROUS METAL-ORGANIC
FRAMEWORKS; DYNAMIC POROUS MAGNET EXHIBITING REVERSIBLE
GUEST-INDUCED MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR MODULATION
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A breathing behavior is induced in aluminum
1,4-benzenedicaroxylate during CO2 adsorption.
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Mathematics
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ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION THEORY; CAPACITATED VEHICLE ROUTING
PROBLEM; HYBRIDIZING ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; NEW
BRANCH-AND-CUT ALGORITHM
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Ant colony optimization is a metaheuristic approach
belonging to the class of model-based search algorithms.
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Microbiology
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HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-ENCODED MICRORNA REGULATES
EXPRESSION; MICRORNA EXPRESSION; VIRALLY ENCODED RNA
REGULATES MITOCHONDRIA-INDUCED CELL DEATH
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A micro-RNA-based immunoevasion mechanism appears to be
exploited by human cytomegalovirus.
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Molecular Biology
& Genetics
FEATURED
FRONT
with corresponding map:
"SUDDEN
INFANT DEATH SYNDROME"
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SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; POSTMORTEM LONG QT SYNDROME
GENETIC TESTING; LONG-QT SYNDROME GENE VARIANTS; CONGENITAL
LONG-QT SYNDROME
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A new mechanism is identified for cardiac arrhythmia due to
abnormal coordination of multiple functionally related ion
channels and transporters.
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Multidisciplinary
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 EARLY CRETACEOUS TRIBOSPHENIC MAMMAL;
EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED LOWER CRETACEOUS ECOSYSTEM;
EARLY MAMMALS; EARLIEST KNOWN CROWN-GROUP SALAMANDERS
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Detailed soft-tissue preservation of the organisms from the
Jehol Biota is providing palaeobiological insights that
would not normally be accessible from the fossil record.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Zhonghe
Zhou
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Neuroscience &
Behavior
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 BOLD FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
SIGNAL; FRONTAL THETA EEG ACTIVITY; HEMODYNAMIC SIGNALS
CORRELATE TIGHTLY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging has brought together
a broad community of scientists interested in measuring the
neural basis of the human mind.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Nikos K. Logothetis & Brian A. Wandell
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Pharmacology &
Toxicology
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SEROTONIN/GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR COMPLEX IDENTIFICATION;
PSYCHOSIS IMPLICATION; METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR
LIGANDS; GLUTAMATERGIC SYSTEM
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Period genes are involved in regulation of the circadian
clock and are thought to modulate several brain functions.
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Physics
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ULTRACOLD RYDBERG GAS MECHANICAL EFFECT; COHERENT
COLLECTIVE RYDBERG EXCITATION; INTERACTING RYDBERG GAS;
RYDBERG ATOMS
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Important steps towards using ultracold Rydberg atoms in
quantum information processing.
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Plant &
Animal Science
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 GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS; DIATOM-BASED
WATER QUALITY MODEL; GREAT LAKES WETLAND INDICATORS;
NORTHERN GREAT LAKES MARSHES; US GREAT LAKES BASIN
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Use of ecological indicators requires clearly stated
objectives: recognition of spatial and temporal scales,
assessment of statistical variability, precision, accuracy,
and coupling with economic and social indicators.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
Gerald J. Niemi & Michael E. McDonald
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Psychiatry/
Psychology
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CONSCIOUSNESS; DISTINCT BRAIN PROCESSES; NEURAL CORRELATES;
VISUAL ATTENTION
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A coherent scheme for explaining the neural correlates of
visual consciousness in terms of competing cellular
assemblies.
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Social Sciences,
general
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 NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FREE
NICOTINE MEDICATION GIVEAWAY PROGRAMS; TOBACCO
CESSATION QUITLINES; CONTACT QUITLINES
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Over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy is
pharmacologically efficacious and produces modest quit
rates similar to that seen in real world prescription
practice.
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Fast Moving Front Comment by:
John
R. Hughes
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Space
Science
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COMET 81P/WILD 2 NUCLEUS SAMPLE MINERALOGY-PETROLOGY; COMET
81P/WILD 2 SAMPLES COLLECTED; DEEP IMPACT EJECTA;
EXCAVATING COMET TEMPEL 1
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The spacecraft Deep Impact collided with comet Tempel 1,
excavating a crater controlled by gravity.
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2002-2008_3
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