From the database of
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM, this list of Fast Moving Fronts
has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current period
of January 2002-February 29, 2008, and the previous period of January
2002-December 31, 2007 (sliding 6-year period).
Three Research Fronts were selected for mapping from the list of Fast
Moving Fronts from this period. They are:
HUMAN PHARMACEUTICALS; ORGANIC WASTEWATER
CONTAMINANTS; HUMAN USE CONTAMINATING; WASTEWATER
EFFLUENT
Improvements in water-treatment processes may benefit from
the response of organic wastewater-related contaminants to
specific physical and chemical treatments.
MANAGEMENT UNITS USING POPULATION GENETIC DATA; POPULATION
STRUCTURE USING MULTILOCUS GENOTYPE DATA; STANDARDIZED
GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION MEASURE
Self-reported ancestry can facilitate assessments of
epidemiological risks but does not obviate the need to use
genetic information in genetic association studies.
Geosciences
PALEOELEVATION RECONSTRUCTION USING PEDOGENIC CARBONATES;
RAPID LATE MIOCENE RISE; STABLE ISOTOPE PALEOALTIMETRY;
STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS
Crustal thickening models, combined with plate-kinematic
solutions of India - Asia convergence, are compatible with
palaeoelevation estimates across the Tibetan plateau.
Dendritic cells appear to be more and more important in the
general field of inflammation and immunization, and the
issue of monocyte heterogeneity becomes relevant.
The interface between biological molecules and novel
nanomaterials is important to developing new types of
miniature devices for biological applications.
OSTEOCLAST DEVELOPMENT; RANKL
MAINTAINS BONE HOMEOSTASIS; OSTEOCLAST
DIFFERENTIATION;
BREAST CANCER CELLS PROMOTES
OSTEOLYTIC BONE METASTASIS; BONE ANABOLIC ACTIVITY
The molecular basis for developing therapeutics to treat
osteoporosis
and other diseases of bone loss.