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Alien Registration- Webb, Stella V. (Monroe, Waldo County)
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The framing and fashioning of therapeutic citizenship among people living with HIV taking Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda
In this article, we examine how people living with HIV (PLWH) were able to reconceptualize or “reframe” their understanding of HIV and enhance their capacity to self-manage the condition. Two in-depth interviews were held with 38 PLWH (20 women, 18 men) selected from three government and nongovernment antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery sites in Wakiso District, and the narratives analyzed. ART providers played an important role in shaping participants’ HIV self-management processes. Health workers helped PLWH realize that they could control their condition, provided useful concepts and language for emotional coping, and gave advice about practical self-management tasks, although this could not always be put into practice. ART providers in this setting were spaces for the development of a collective identity and a particular form of therapeutic citizenship that encouraged self-management, including adherence to ART. Positive framing institutions are important for many PLWH in resource-limited settings and the success of ART programs
Analysis of X-ray flares in GRBs
We present a detailed study of the spectral and temporal properties of the
X-ray flares emission of several GRBs. We select a sample of GRBs which X-ray
light curve exhibits large amplitude variations with several rebrightenings
superposed on the underlying three-segment broken powerlaw that is often seen
in Swift GRBs. We try to understand the origin of these fluctuations giving
some diagnostic in order to discriminate between refreshed shocks and late
internal shocks. For some bursts our time-resolved spectral analysis supports
the interpretation of a long-lived central engine, with rebrightenings
consistent with energy injection in refreshed shocks as slower shells generated
in the central engine prompt phase catch up with the afterglow shock at later
times.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures. Invited talk at the Swift-Venice 2006 meeting to
be published by "Il Nuovo Cimento
Extracellular matrix remodeling and TGF-β1/Smad signaling in diabetic colon mucosa
Diabetes is associated with metabolic and functional alterations in the gut. Using an experimental model of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in rodents, we analyzed the extracellular matrix (ECM) and TGF-β/Smad signaling in the colon mucosa. Male rats were divided into normal control, diabetic and insulin treated diabetic groups during 4 and 9 weeks. Sirius red staining showed marked increase in the extracellular matrix deposition in diabetic mucosa. High levels of fibrillar collagen (I and III) and fibronectin mRNAs were also detected with an imbalance between MMPs/TIMPs activities. Moreover, an increased mesenchymal cell proliferation together with an enhanced expression of myofibroblasts markers vimentin and α-SMA were observed. TGF-β/Smad signaling-related genes were determined using RT-PCR, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. Diabetic rats showed a significant up-regulation of TGF-β1, TGF-β receptors and the effectors p-Smad2/3 in the mucosa compared with control rats. Insulin treatment attenuated the stimulating effect of diabetes on colon ECM deposition and TGF-β/Smad signaling. In conclusion, the overall results showed a deregulation of the TGFβ1 pathway associated with the appearance of myofibroblasts and the accumulation of ECM in the mucosa of diabetic colon. These data provide the first in vivo evidence that TGF-β1/Smad is a key component of intestinal tissue remodeling in diabetes.Fil: D'arpino, MarĂa Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas; ArgentinaFil: Fuchs, Alicia Graciela. Universidad Abierta Interamericana. Facultad de Medicina. Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias de la Salud; ArgentinaFil: Sanchez, Sara Serafina del V.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas; ArgentinaFil: Honore, Stella Maris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de BioquĂmica, QuĂmica y Farmacia; Argentin
Anomalous scaling due to correlations: Limit theorems and self-similar processes
We derive theorems which outline explicit mechanisms by which anomalous
scaling for the probability density function of the sum of many correlated
random variables asymptotically prevails. The results characterize general
anomalous scaling forms, justify their universal character, and specify
universality domains in the spaces of joint probability density functions of
the summand variables. These density functions are assumed to be invariant
under arbitrary permutations of their arguments. Examples from the theory of
critical phenomena are discussed. The novel notion of stability implied by the
limit theorems also allows us to define sequences of random variables whose sum
satisfies anomalous scaling for any finite number of summands. If regarded as
developing in time, the stochastic processes described by these variables are
non-Markovian generalizations of Gaussian processes with uncorrelated
increments, and provide, e.g., explicit realizations of a recently proposed
model of index evolution in finance.Comment: Through text revision. 15 pages, 3 figure
Optimizing B2B Product Offers with Machine Learning, Mixed Logit, and Nonlinear Programming
In B2B markets, value-based pricing and selling has become an important
alternative to discounting. This study outlines a modeling method that uses
customer data (product offers made to each current or potential customer,
features, discounts, and customer purchase decisions) to estimate a mixed logit
choice model. The model is estimated via hierarchical Bayes and machine
learning, delivering customer-level parameter estimates. Customer-level
estimates are input into a nonlinear programming next-offer maximization
problem to select optimal features and discount level for customer segments,
where segments are based on loyalty and discount elasticity. The mixed logit
model is integrated with economic theory (the random utility model), and it
predicts both customer perceived value for and response to alternative future
sales offers. The methodology can be implemented to support value-based pricing
and selling efforts.
Contributions to the literature include: (a) the use of customer-level
parameter estimates from a mixed logit model, delivered via a hierarchical
Bayes estimation procedure, to support value-based pricing decisions; (b)
validation that mixed logit customer-level modeling can deliver strong
predictive accuracy, not as high as random forest but comparing favorably; and
(c) a nonlinear programming problem that uses customer-level mixed logit
estimates to select optimal features and discounts
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