Parenting Practices of Resident Fathers: The Role of Marital and Biological Ties

This paper uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine differences in the parenting behaviors of resident biological and social fathers on measures of engagement, shared responsibility, and cooperation in parenting. Regression, difference-in-difference, and decomposition techniques are used. Results suggest that biological and social fathers differ significantly on most parenting measures (and in some unexpected ways), but that a considerable portion of these differences can be explained by differences in the background characteristics of the individuals and families in each group. Additionally, the analyses reveal a stronger link between marriage and higher-quality parenting behaviors for social-father families than for biological-father families.

Timeliness in the Unemployment Compensation Appeals Process: The Need for Increased Federal Oversight

Anecdotal evidence suggests that during the recession of 1989-1992, unemployment insurance claimants suffered unprecedented delays in the receipt of their benefits. Advocates reported that claimants who were initially denied benefits suffered delays of months, and even years, before the state administrative appeals process resolved their claims. Although federal law establishes timeliness standards for processing appeals, many states did not meet those standards. In this Article, the Authors discuss and analyze the results of a nationwide review of state compliance with federal timeliness standards. They then assess the state and federal responses to the increased number of unemployment insurance claims and identify trends that result in significant delays in processing unemployment insurance appeals. The Authors argue that the reporting system required by federal law (1) is inadequate as a tool to project increases in workload which will inevitably result in delays; (2) actually penalizes states who are successful in resolving high numbers of old claims; and (3) ineffectively enforces compliance with timeliness standards. They suggest changes to the reporting requirements and to the relationship between the United States Department of Labor and the states, which they believe will enable states to effectively anticipate increased appeals and to implement plans for dealing with increased workload before serious backlogs and delays occur

Timeliness of Appeals: Improved Federal Oversight Is Needed

Abstract for a piece in the 1995 Unemployment Compensation: Continuity and Change symposium presented by the Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation and the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The Ursinus Weekly, June 3, 1963

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A Detailed Comparison of Hubble Space TelescopeFaint Object Spectrograph andIUEUltraviolet Spectra of Selected Seyfert Nuclei

Despite the contributions of the Hubble Space Telescope Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) to the archive of UV observations of active galactic nuclei, the vast majority of UV reference data were obtained using the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite. These data remain important since they provide historical information about the intensities of the UV continua and emission lines that is needed to constrain models of the active nucleus. A detailed comparison of the FOS and IUE data is critical to understanding how the measurable quantities depend on the individual instrumental calibrations, and how any conclusions derived from modeling the observations may vary depending on the source of the UV data. Rigorous comparison of FOS and IUE spectra have so far been performed only for spectrophotometric standard star observations that are acquired accurately and have high signal-to-noise ratios. We compare typical FOS spectra that were not acquired and observed with the strict regimen that is used for standard-star observations, especially in the pre-COSTAR era. All nonproprietary UV FOS spectrophotometric archival data for the Seyfert 1 galaxies Mrk 509, NGC 3783, and NGC 5548 that have near-simultaneous (within 24 hr) IUE observations are used in the analysis. These data demonstrate that the absolute photometric calibrations of the FOS and IUE agree within ~5% in absolute flux for two of the objects. For NGC 5548, the FOS and IUE flux data disagree by ~50% in the 1200-2000 Å region. In this object there may be evidence for flux nonlinearity of the IUE detector and a contribution from the host galaxy redward of 2800 Å. Cross-correlation of the FOS and IUE spectra reveals no zero-point wavelength shift larger than the IUE wavelength calibration errors. Comparison of line flux measurements from both the FOS and IUE spectra show that for strong emission lines (e.g., Lyα, C IV, and Mg II) the measured intensities always agree within 15%, while for moderately strong lines (e.g., N V, Si IV/O IV, He II, and C III]) the agreement is ~30% (1 σ). Weak lines (e.g., O I, C II, N IV], O III], and N III]) may not even be detected in the IUE spectra, and when they are detected the disagreement between the measured fluxes can be very large

Development of a Community Based Screening Program for Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease in a Rural Community in Kaniyambadi Block.

INTRODUCTION : Non communicable diseases now cause 45% of the burden of disease in low and Middle income countries. Among them, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are major and Growing contributors to mortality and disability in South Asia.1 Deaths from coronary Heart disease in India rose from 1.17 million in 1990 to 1.59 million in 2000 and are Expected to rise to 2.03 million in 2010.2 In the South East Asia Region, cardiovascular Diseases are responsible for about 25% of the dalys lost due to non-communicable Diseases.3 As per estimates, the middle and low income countries are at the midpoint of The emerging epidemic and will face its full impact in the coming years.4 Based on these Facts, there is a need to evolve effective strategies to control the epidemic of Cardiovascular diseases. One of the approaches for control of cardiovascular diseases which is shown to be Effective in developed countries is to identify and modify the risk factors of Cardiovascular disease. In India, screening for risk factors of cardiovascular disease has largely been part of Population based epidemiological studies done mostly in urban areas. Currently, the National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) is planned for implementation during the Eleventh Five year Plan 2010-12.5 Tertiary care centers in cities provide several screening Packages for non communicable diseases. However these can be accessed only by a Very small subset of the population and is not feasible to be implemented in a large Scale in the country. OBJECTIVES : 1. To train volunteers to identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the 30 to 60 yrs age group in a rural population. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of training volunteers to screen for risk factors of Cardiovascular disease in a rural population. 3. To estimate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the 30 to 60 yrs age Group in a rural population through a community based screening program. CONCLUSIONS : This study was carried out with the objectives of training volunteers and assessing the effectiveness of a community based screening program for risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and also to estimate the prevalence of the CVD risk factors. The training program for volunteers was completed successfully in the village with significant (45%) improvement in the knowledge level of the volunteers after the training. With this, the first training objective, which was to improve the knowledge level about cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors, was fulfilled. Therefore, in conclusion, the study was successful in training volunteers and using them to screen the members of the village for cardiovascular risk factors. The volunteers’ screening procedure showed adequate validity except in BP measurement. The screening program was effective in identifying those individuals who are at risk of cardio vascular diseases

Melatonin Signaling a Key Regulator of Glucose Homeostasis and Energy Metabolism

Melatonin, a hormone synthesized by both the pineal gland and retina, functions as an important modulator of a number of physiological functions. In addition to its rather well-established roles in the regulation of circadian rhythms, sleep, and reproduction, melatonin has also been identified as an important regulator of glucose metabolism. Recent genomic studies have also shown that disruption of melatonin receptors signaling may contribute to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, although the exact mechanisms underlying its action remain unclear. Additionally, a large number of animal studies have highlighted a role for melatonin in the regulation of both glucose metabolism and energy balance. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the role that melatonin and its associated receptors play in the regulation of metabolism

Reversible disruption of XPO1-mediated nuclear export inhibits respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) replication

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the primary cause of serious lower respiratory tract disease in infants, young children, the elderly and immunocompromised individuals. Therapy for RSV infections is limited to high risk infants and there are no safe and efficacious vaccines. Matrix (M) protein is a major RSV structural protein with a key role in virus assembly. Interestingly, M is localised to the nucleus early in infection and its export into the cytoplasm by the nuclear exporter, exportin-1 (XPO1) is essential for RSV assembly. We have shown previously that chemical inhibition of XPO1 function results in reduced RSV replication. In this study, we have investigated the anti-RSV efficacy of Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compounds, KPT-335 and KPT-185. Our data shows that therapeutic administration of the SINE compounds results in reduced RSV titre in human respiratory epithelial cell culture. Within 24 h of treatment, RSV replication and XPO1 expression was reduced, M protein was partially retained in the nucleus, and cell cycle progression was delayed. Notably, the effect of SINE compounds was reversible within 24 h after their removal. Our data show that reversible inhibition of XPO1 can disrupt RSV replication by affecting downstream pathways regulated by the nuclear exporter

Prospectus Magazine, July 1980

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Cost effectiveness of school-located influenza vaccination programs for elementary and secondary school children.

BackgroundStudies have noted variations in the cost-effectiveness of school-located influenza vaccination (SLIV), but little is known about how SLIV's cost-effectiveness may vary by targeted age group (e.g., elementary or secondary school students), or vaccine consent process (paper-based or web-based). Further, SLIV's cost-effectiveness may be impacted by its spillover effect on practice-based vaccination; prior studies have not addressed this issue.MethodsWe performed a cost-effectiveness analysis on two SLIV programs in upstate New York in 2015-2016: (a) elementary school SLIV using a stepped wedge design with schools as clusters (24 suburban and 18 urban schools) and (b) secondary school SLIV using a cluster randomized trial (16 suburban and 4 urban schools). The cost-per-additionally-vaccinated child (i.e., incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER)) was estimated by dividing the incremental SLIV intervention cost by the incremental effectiveness (i.e., the additional number of vaccinated students in intervention schools compared to control schools). We performed deterministic analyses, one-way sensitivity analyses, and probabilistic analyses.ResultsThe overall effectiveness measure (proportion of children vaccinated) was 5.7 and 5.5 percentage points higher, respectively, in intervention elementary (52.8%) and secondary schools (48.2%) than grade-matched control schools. SLIV programs vaccinated a small proportion of children in intervention elementary (5.2%) and secondary schools (2.5%). In elementary and secondary schools, the ICER excluding vaccine purchase was $85.71 and$86.51 per-additionally-vaccinated-child, respectively. When additionally accounting for observed spillover impact on practice-based vaccination, the ICER decreased to $80.53 in elementary schools -- decreasing substantially in secondary schools. (to$53.40). These estimates were higher than the published practice-based vaccination cost (median = $25.50, mean =$45.48). Also, these estimates were higher than our 2009-2011 urban SLIV program mean costs ($65) due to additional costs for use of a new web-based consent system ($12.97 per-additionally-vaccinated-child) and higher project coordination costs in 2015-2016. One-way sensitivity analyses showed that ICER estimates were most sensitive to the SLIV effectiveness.ConclusionsSLIV raises vaccination rates and may increase practice-based vaccination in primary care practices. While these SLIV programs are effective, to be as cost-effective as practice-based vaccination our SLIV programs would need to vaccinate more students and/or lower the costs for consent systems and project coordination.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02227186 (August 25, 2014), updated NCT03137667 (May 2, 2017)