Tropa: Masculinity and Power in Sexual Health-Seeking Behaviors among Male Youth Gangs

A research brief on health-seeking behaviors of male youth gangs in the Philippines

Meanings, Preferences, and Power among Men Having Sex with Men in Manila

This study explores the meanings, preferences, and power relations ascribed to sexual roles. One hundred and seventy-eight men having sex with men (MSM) participated in an online survey in 2010, seven of whom participated in a faceto- face in-depth interview in order describe the scripts attached to sexual roles, preferences for sexual partners, and perceptions of HIV risks. Sexual identities do not dictate sexual roles, which depends on choice based on experience, negotiation, emotional attachment, and power relations. No significant difference was found between sexual roles and physical traits, which suggest that physical characteristics are not a gauge in looking for a potential sexual partner. Power dynamics between men also implicate reciprocity. There is a need to integrated masculinity, power dynamics, and sex in HIV education programs toward the demystification of misconceptions about sex roles and risks to HIV

The Aeta's Relocation and their Struggle for Survival

This article argues the negative impacts of relocation among Aeta communities' survival and sustainability

Meanings, Preferences, and Power among Men Having Sex with Men in Manila

This study explores the meanings, preferences, and power relations ascribed to sexual roles. One hundred and seventy-eight men having sex with men (MSM) participated in an online survey in 2010, seven of whom participated in a face-to-face in-depth interview in order describe the scripts attached to sexual roles, preferences for sexual partners, and perceptions of HIV risks. Sexual identities do not dictate sexual roles, which depends on choice based on experience, negotiation, emotional attachment, and power relations. No significant difference was found between sexual roles and physical traits, which suggest that physical characteristics are not a gauge in looking for a potential sexual partner. Power dynamics between men also implicate reciprocity. There is a need to integrated masculinity, power dynamics, and sex in HIV education programs toward the demystification of misconceptions about sex roles and risks to HIV

The Sama Indigenous Group

This blog post describes Sama indigenous peoples' culture and lifeways

Track D Social Science, Human Rights and Political Science

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138414/1/jia218442.pd

Love in the Time of HIV: Narratives of Filipino HIV Serodiscordant Gay Couples in Metro Manila, Philippines

There is little understanding about how relationships work in the context of HIV. In particular, little is known among serodiscordant relationships (where one is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative) and how gay men and gay men living with HIV in these relationships negotiate their individual experiences of homophobia and HIV-related stigma and discrimination with regards to sex, taking care of each other, and in confronting homophobia and HIV-related stigma and discrimination as part of a serodiscordant relationship. In this paper, I argue that gay men’s and gay men living with HIV’s experience of homophobia and perceptions and experience with regards to HIV are mediated when they engage in a serodiscordant setup. Unpacking these dynamics within these relationships will help understand local information about social situations so that we can better provide recommendations about interventions that may have meaningful impact in the HIV epidemic locally and will provide how best to design and modify HIV interventions to curb the HIV epidemic

Primary Sediment Production from Granitic Rocks in Southeastern Arizona

Isolated granitic rock bodies (granites, granodiorites, quartz monzonites) in the vicinity of Benson in southeastern Arizona were studied to trace the behavior of rock weathering. Thin sections of fresh granites were examined to characterize the original mineralogy which consisted mainly of quartz, feldspars, and micas. The weathering products show up on the granites as grus and soil profiles as well as down slope in the basin deposits. X -ray diffraction studies of the < 2 micrometers fraction of the weathering products proved illite, smectite, illite-smectite mixed layer, and kaolinite to be the dominant clays; quartz and feldspar also persisted into this size fraction. Silt sized material produced similar results. The quartz monzonite of Texas Canyon afforded a special study of the initial weathering stages of feldspars and micas. In the < 2 micrometers fraction obtained from granitic material placed in an ultra sonic bath, the feldspars weathered to a Na-montmorillinite while biotite weathered to vermiculite.Antevs LibraryThis item is part of the Geosciences Theses collection. It was digitized from a physical copy provided by the Antevs Library, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please email the Antevs Library, [email protected]

Long-Term Outcomes of Same Patient Eyes Treated with Pars Plana Vitrectomy in One Eye and Conventional Treatment in the Other for Complications of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term, real-world outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. A retrospective review involving 64 patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy that underwent PPV in their worse-seeing eye were followed for a minimum of 8 years. The fellow eye underwent conventional treatment. Patients were divided into two groups by age: patients younger than 50 years of age and patients older than 50. In the younger than 50 group, 89% of vitrectomized eyes had improved visual acuity (VA) while 3.6% had decreased VA. A total of 14% of vitrectomized eyes required additional laser and 11% required reoperations. In the conventional treatment eyes, 25% had improved VA while 68% had decreased VA (p p < 0.05). Additional procedures required included laser in 70% and PPV in 17%. In both age groups, eyes that underwent PPV had better final visual outcomes than eyes that received conventional treatment for PDR