This article seeks to reconcile the activities of several of the groups organized during the 2004 election cycle under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code with existing theories of party and interest group behavior. While 527 groups have frequently been categorized as extensions of traditional advocacy groups or party networks, I argue that existing theories do not account for the function...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of RC-527, a synthetic toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) agonist, on stimulating the immune response before acute Streptococcus pneumoniae sinusitis in a mouse model, and to determine the importance of TLR4 in modulating the response to S. pneumoniae. Toll-like receptor 4 agonists have been shown to induce protective innate immune responses when administered befor...

The potential of the method fluorescence spectroscopy for detection damage and diseases fruits vegetables was studied. For this purpose, spectra healthy rotten apples potatoes have been investigated. Excitation samples carried out using a continuous semiconductor laser with wavelength 405 nm pulsed solid-state 527 nm. Peaks in region 600–700 were shifted towards shorter wavelengths most both mo...

Susceptibility to tuberculosis is associated with variants in the ASAP1 gene encoding a regulator of dendritic cell migration Curtis J et al. (2015) Nature Genetics 47(5):523-527.

BACKGROUND It has been reported that carnosic acid (CA) exhibits a range of biological activities including hepatoprotective, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. However, the effect of carnosic acid in neuropathic pain remained elusive. METHODS A neuropathic pain model of chronic constriction injury (CCI) was established in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Mechanical withdrawal threshold (MWT) ...

Using a newly developed nonradioisotopic method of polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis combined with the direct sequencing using the fluorescence-labeled terminator, we identified seven missense mutations, 527 A-->G, 1003 G-->A, 1159 C-->T, 1160 G-->A, 1229 G-->A, 1246 G-->A, and 1361 G-->A, in eight Japanese patients with glucose-6-phosphate de...

Reseña de Homero, Odisea, introducción Begoña Ortega Villaro, traducción José Manuel Pabón, Madrid, RBA, Biblioteca Clásica, 2019, 527 páginas, ISBN 978-84-249-3907-6

This paper investigates multiwavelength retrievals of median equivolumetric drop diameter D0 suitable for drizzle and light rain, through collocated 355-/527-nm Micropulse Lidar Network (MPLNET) observations collected during precipitation occurring 9 May 2012 at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) project site. By applying a previously developed retrieval technique for infrared bands, the me...

Infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) has been causing a progressive disease in farm-reared shrimps in Brazil and Indonesia. Immunodiagnostic methods for IMNV detection, although reliable, are not employed currently because monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against this virus are not available. In this study, a fragment of the IMNV major capsid protein gene, comprising amino acids 300-527 (IMNV(300-52...