Boundaries of Being

Letters addressed to Ingrid Jenkner trace Sternberg's reflections as Critic-in-Residence and curator of an exhibition bringing together eight filmmakers and multimedia artists whose works bear a "spiritual" quality. With short comments by (or about) the artists. Biographical notes on artists and curator

The Films of Joyce Wieland

This anthology on the films of Wieland brackets her career, identifies the connections between her visual art and her films, and tracks the reception of her work in Canada and the U.S. Elder introduces her selection with a short biographical survey. Weiland’s contradictions (as formalist, feminist, and nationalist) are summarised by Zyrd’s essay: “There Are Many Joyces.” Wieland’s viewpoint is represented in interviews that address her artistic evolution, particularly from a feminine perspective. Indexes of authors and film titles; illustrated filmography; annotated bibl. 39 p. Biographical notes on contributors. 92 bibl. ref

HIV-1 populations in blood and breast milk are similar.

Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) through breast milk is a significant mechanism of infection in many regions of the world. We compared the HIV-1 populations in paired blood and breast milk samples using a heteroduplex tracking assay (HTA) for the V1/V2 regions of env (V1/V2-HTA). V1/V2-HTA patterns were similar in the eight pairs of samples for which adequate template sampling could be demonstrated. No unique variants existed in either compartment, and differences detected in the relative abundance of variants between compartments were small, occurred among low abundance variants, and were not statistically significant. We also documented the impact of template sampling as a limiting feature in comparing two viral populations. The absence of unique variants and the lack of significant differences in the relative abundance of variants between these compartments support the conclusion that viruses in the blood plasma and breast milk are well equilibrated