SINCE ITS DISCOVERY over a decade ago, the NLRP3 inflammasome has been the focus of intense investigation. Although much has been learned about the molecular regulation of this potent inflammatory complex, there are several unanswered questions about what drives its assembly. At its simplest, the inflammasome is a cytosolic complex of proteins that functions to cleave and release the cytokines ...

The in f luence o f d imer ic (As2) vs te t ramer ic (As4) arsenic vapour spec i e s on the e l e c t r i c a l and o p t i c a l p roper t ies o f undoped and of Ge-doped GaAs grown by molecular beam ep i taxy (MBE) has been studied by using H a l l e f f e c t , photoluminescence (PL) and DLTS measurements. The arsenic molecular beam was obtained from separate As2 and AS+ sources, resp., and ...

By the late nineteenth century, the United States had emerged as a major industrial nation and an increasingly important force in world politics. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, books set in countries outside the United States proliferated. In particular, books as part of a series, both fiction and nonfiction, were selected for inclusion in public library collections. It is ...