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3 RESEARCH TRENDS IN AND SCITECH There is a significant body of dissertation publishing in the area of fuel cells, particularly for use in the automotive industry. Dissertations in this multidisciplinary domain tend to focus primarily on material science, chemical engineering, or manufacturing and process optimization. ELECTRICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE MECHANICAL MATHEMATICS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL MATERIALS SCIENCE CIVIL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS BIOMEDICAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY INORGANIC CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY STATISTICS INDUSTRIAL AEROSPACE PHYSICS OPTICS OTHER Dissertation publishing is active in alternative and renewable energy, including enhanced oil recovery, oil sands, oil field remediation, and seismic studies of the ocean floor. In the area of food science, phenolic compounds and antioxidants are hot topics, with blueberries widely studied in pursuit of the next super food. Shelf life improvement, storage, and packaging innovations are other active areas. RESEARCH TRENDS IN BIOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL A growing number of recent dissertations are focused on finding clues within nature that could support future pharmaceutical development. Common species under the microscope are marine sponges and cyanobacteria, with cancer drug development often the ultimate goal of the research. Another hot area for new dissertations is the development of cancer treatments, particularly breast and prostate cancer, and the continued pursuit of effective vaccines to prevent the disease. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY MICROBIOLOGY GENETICS PUBLIC HEALTH CELLULAR BIOLOGY ECOLOGY NEURO NURSING BIOLOGY ZOOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY MEDICINE PLANT BIOLOGY BIOPHYSICS NUTRITION ONCOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT OTHER Application of Information Communications Technology (ICT) to healthcare has the potential to provide a multitude of benefits to patients and service providers around the world, and this is reflected in the increasing number of dissertations recently published in this domain. Within health informatics, the subject of electronic health records is widely studied and represents another growing trend. PROQUEST S AND THESES PROFESSIONAL

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