Determinants of Female Reentrant Unemployment

Examines the extent that women undergo a spell of unemployment upon reentering the workforce, and the factors that influence such a spell.https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1131/thumbnail.jp

The Problem

Examines the extent that women undergo a spell of unemployment upon reentering the workforce, and the factors that influence such a spell.https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1131/thumbnail.jp

Artificial color in food

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Chemistry, 1916. ; Includes bibliographical references

The South-Nonsouth Faculty Salary Differential

Faculty salaries at American educational institutions are often assumed to be lower in the South than in the non-South. This paper presents a model inclusive of faculty and job characteristics for estimating the regional differential at community colleges (local markets) and at institutions awarding the bachelor's degree and above (national market). Differentials are estimated at the end points (1975, 1985) of a decade of more rapid Southern than non-Southern faculty employment-growth. Nominal salaries in the South are lower at both dates in the two types of institutions. When model-adjusted and estimated in real terms, Southern salaries are higher in the national market at 1975 and 1985 and reach parity in the community colleges by 1985.Salaries; Salary

CD4 count recovery following initiation of HIV antiretroviral therapy in older childhood and adolescence.

OBJECTIVE To investigate CD4 cell count recovery following ART initiation in perinatally HIV-infected children diagnosed in later childhood. DESIGN Observational prospective cohort study of newly diagnosed children aged 6-15 in Harare, Zimbabwe. METHODS Participants were enrolled into a cohort at seven primary healthcare clinics between January 2013 and January 2015. ART was initiated according to national guidelines and CD4 counts were performed 6-monthly over 18 months. The relationship between CD4 count and time on ART was investigated using regression analysis with fixed (population) and random (individual) effects, and age at ART initiation as a covariate. RESULTS Of the 307 participants who initiated ART, the median age at initiation was 11.7 years (interquartile range 9.6-13.8). The addition of an individual intercept and slope as random effects significantly improved the model fit compared to a fixed effects-only model. CD4 response (using a square root transformation) was best modelled using a 2-knot linear spline, with significant effects of time on ART and age at ART initiation. Younger children had a higher CD4 count at ART initiation (-17.9 cells/mm per year of age), an accelerated increase during the first three months on ART (-38.9 cells/mm per year of age at day 84), and a sustained higher CD4 count. CONCLUSIONS Earlier ART initiation in older children is associated with accelerated CD4 count recovery and lasting immune reconstitution. Our findings support WHO guidance recommending ART initiation in all children, irrespective of disease stage and CD4 count