Fast Moving Fronts> September 2010
September 2010
From the database of Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Clarivate, this list of Fast Moving Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current period of May 2004-April 30, 2010, and the previous period of March 2004-February 28, 2010 (sliding 6-year period).
As part of this bimonthly processing, Special Topics identifies the Research Fronts that are growing most rapidly in each of the 22 major fields covered by Essential Science Indicators. Fast Moving Fronts are those having the largest percentage increase in number of core papers from one period to the next in their respective fields. Some fronts may have been mapped. This symbol indicates that the author(s) of the comments below have also sent along accompanying images/descriptions of their work.
Field | Research Front Name |
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Agricultural Sciences |
PROBIOTIC CULTURES; FUNCTIONAL CULTURES;
PROBIOTIC CELLS; MICROENCAPSULATION Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Claude P. Champagne |
Biology & Biochemistry | CELL SURFACE MECHANICS; CELL SHAPE; MECHANICAL SIGNALS TRIGGER MYOSIN II REDISTRIBUTION; TENSILE FORCES GOVERN GERM-LAYER ORGANIZATION |
Chemistry |
INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE SOLID OXIDE
FUEL CELLS; SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYTE
CERAMICS; SELECTED OXIDE ELECTROLYTES Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Dan Brett |
Clinical Medicine | ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE IMPROVES SUCCESS RATE; MULTIPLE INJECTION AXILLARY BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK; ULTRASOUND-GUIDED REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE STIMULATION GUIDANCE |
Computer Science | GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; IDENTIFYING UNAPPROVED GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOOD INGREDIENTS; GMO DETECTION METHODS |
Economics & Business |
MARKET LIQUIDITY-FUNDING LIQUIDITY; FOREIGN
EXCHANGE MARKET ARBITRAGE; CREDIT CRUNCH 2007-2008;
FINANCIAL CRISES Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Carmen M. Reinhart |
Engineering | HIGHER ORDER RATIONAL DIFFERENCE EQUATION; (K+1)TH ORDER DIFFERENCE EQUATION; LINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS MOD 2; NONLINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS |
Environment/ Ecology |
NON-POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER FLAME
RETARDANTS;
POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS
(PBDES); E-WASTE RECYCLING REGION; GREAT LAKES HERRING
GULLS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Robert J. Letcher |
Geosciences |
SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA COLD WATER
CORAL PROVINCE (NORTHERN IONIAN
SEA-APULIAN CONTINENTAL SLOPE); "SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA"
COLD-WATER CORAL MOUNDS; DEEP-WATER SML CORAL PROVINCE
(MEDITERRANEAN) Fast Moving Front Commentary by: J. Murray Roberts |
Immunology |
IL-17-PRODUCING HUMAN PERIPHERAL REGULATORY T CELL
SUPPRESSIVE FUNCTION RETENTION; HUMAN T HELPER 17 CELLS;
HUMAN CD25(HIGH)FOXP3(POS) REGULATORY T CELLS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Richard A. O'Connor |
Materials & Science | ACID MILD STEEL CORROSION; EFFECTIVE ACID CORROSION INHIBITOR; HYDROCHLORIC ACID CORROSION; EFFECTIVE CORROSION INHIBITOR |
Mathematics |
NONLINEAR TIME-DELAY STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; DISCRETE
NONLINEAR STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR H-INFINITY
FILTERING; UNCERTAIN STOCHASTIC TIME-DELAY SYSTEMS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Weihai Zhang |
Microbiology | GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HLA GENES; ANRS GENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION; WHOLE-GENOME ASSOCIATION; DISTINCT GENETIC LOCI CONTROL PLASMA HIV-RNA |
Molecular Biology & Genetics | EMBRYONIC STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; PLURIPOTENT EPIBLAST STEM CELLS; GROUND STATE PLURIPOTENCY; NEW CELL LINES |
Multidisciplinary | REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT GENE KNOCKOUT PROCEDURE; HIGHLY EFFICIENT GENE REPLACEMENTS; IMPROVED GENE TARGETING |
Neuroscience & Behavior |
NEURONAL CALCIUM MISHANDLING; BETA PLAQUES;
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; CALCIUM
HOMEOSTASIS IN-VIVO; INTERCELLULAR CALCIUM WAVES Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Ilya Bezprozvanny & Mark P. Mattson |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
CELLULAR MEMBRANES; RED BLOOD CELLS VISUALIZED;
INDUCE CELLULAR TOXICITY; MANUFACTURED NANOPARTICLES;
CULTURED CELLS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Andre Nel |
Physics |
SINGLE SOLID CHIRAL STATE; COMPLETE CHIRAL PURITY
INDUCED; RACEMIC AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEINOGENIC AMINO
ACID; AMINO ACID CATALYSIS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Cristobal Viedma (Commentary added in Jan. 2011.) |
Plant & Animal Science |
DNA PHOTOLYASE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE-MECHANISM;
CPD-LIKE DNA LESION; WIND ENERGY FACILITIES; EARTH'S
MAGNETIC FIELD Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Bridget Stuchbury |
Psychiatry/ Psychology | COGNITIVE CONTROL NETWORK TRIANGULATION DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)-FUNCTIONAL MRI METHOD; STOP SIGNAL RESPONSE INHIBITION; MONKEY MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX |
Social Sciences, general |
NATIONAL TOBACCO CESSATION COLLABORATIVE'S
CONSUMER DEMAND; TOBACCO CESSATION QUITLINES;
EVIDENCE-BASED CESSATION TREATMENT; PILOT SMOKING-CESSATION
MEDIA CAMPAIGN Fast Moving Front Commentary by: K. Michael Cummings |
Space Science |
LOW LUMINOSITY Z SIMILAR; HUBBLE ULTRA DEEP FIELD;
SUB-L* Z SIMILAR; SUBARU DEEP FIELD PROJECT; DEEP HUBBLE
SPACE TELESCOPE ACS FIELDS Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Xiaohui Fan |
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A colony of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa from the Mingulay Reef Complex west of Scotland. Lophelia pertusa is the most widespread reef framework-forming cold-water coral producing elaborate deep-sea coral reefs and coral carbonate mounds. Image courtesy of JM Roberts. From the Emerging Research Front commentary: J. Murray Roberts Discusses Cold-Water Coral Ecosystems.