Introduction Pertussis is re-emerging worldwide, despite effective immunization programs for infants and children. Epidemiological studies show a more limited duration of protection against clinical pertussis in adolescents primed with acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines during infancy than those who have been primed with whole-cell pertussis (wP) vaccines. This study aimed to determine whether m...

Current literature accepts 17 species in Penicillium section Sclerotiora. Several produce colonies in bright yellow to orange colours and have monoverticillate conidiophores, apart from P. herquei, P. malachiteum and P. nodositatum, which are biverticillate. The focus of this paper is to refine the concepts of the species currently accepted in the section and introduce five new species, named a...

An intramolecular Prins macrocyclization reaction was successfully employed in the synthesis of polycavernoside A.

This article summarizes the main results of a research conducted by the University of Bologna, Department of Architecture, within the framework of the Research Program PRIN 2008, «Renovation, regeneration and valorisation of social housing settlements built in the suburban areas in the second half of last century». Once quantified the residential stock, a methodology for multidisciplinary analy...

In this note we show how the anomalies of both pure and matter coupled N = 1, 2 supersymmetric gauge theories describing the low energy dynamics of fractional branes on orbifolds can be derived from supergravity. Work partially supported by the European Community’s Human Potential Programme under contract HPRN-CT-2000-00131 Quantum Spacetime and by MIUR under contract PRIN-2001025492.

Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers, Simone I. van Santen de Hoog, Sipke E. van Wieren, Ronald C. Ydenberg, and Herbert H.T. Prins Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands and Department of Biological Sciences, Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnab...

Priming of legume seeds before sowing was performed by Roman farmers in order to increase the germination rate and synchronize germination, as reported naturalist Gaius Plinius Secundus. Several centuries later, this technique is still used for a wide range species. However, measure be successfully production, it necessary find solution successful storage primed seeds. The potential soybean det...

Dendritic cells (DC) play a pivotal role in the initiation of T-cell-mediated immune responses, making them an attractive cellular adjuvant for use in cancer vaccines. The interaction of T cells with DC is crucial for directing T cell differentiation towards the Th1, Th2 or Th17 type, and several factors determining the direction of the T cell polarization. IL-12 plays a central role in the imm...