The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment

Abstract: This paper studies whether the increase in government transfers, induced by an old-age pension program for individuals age 70 and older in Mexico, affects co-residing children's school enrollment, using a regression discontinuity analysis. Results suggest that while household composition and other household-level characteristics do not change significantly at the cutoff age for program eligibility, co-residing children's school enrollment increases significantly. This suggests that public resources for older adults might generate benefits for other age groups. An additional finding is that the increase in school enrollment takes places mostly at the program eligibility cutoff and not before. Given that the program transfer is known and potentially anticipated by individuals who are only a few years away from being eligible, this suggests that households might have credit constraints -- Resumen: Este artículo estudia si el incremento en las transferencias gubernamentales, inducido por un programa de pensiones de vejez para individuos con 70 y más años de edad en México, afecta la inscripción escolar de los niños co-residentes, usando un análisis de regresión discontinua. Los resultados sugieren que mientras la composición y otras características a nivel de hogar no cambian significativamente en la edad de corte para elegibilidad del programa, la inscripción de los niños coresidentes aumenta significativamente. Esto sugiere que los recursos públicos para los adultos mayores podrían generar beneficios para otros grupos de edad. Un resultado adicional es que el aumento en la inscripción escolar tiene lugar mayormente en el corte de elegibilidad y no antes. Dado que la transferencia del programa es conocida y potencialmente anticipada por los individuos que están a sólo unos pocos años de ser elegibles, esto sugiere que los hogares podrían tener restricciones de crédito

El Centro de Estudios Avanzados: Investigación de posgrado

Fundado en 1990, durante el rectorado de Francisco Delich, la historia del Centro de Estudios Avanzados puede leerse en tres registros distintos: el institucional, el intelectual y el de las investigaciones propiamente dichas.En el primer sentido, configuró un capítulo de la historia institucional de la UNC que implicó una suerte de revolución en el posgrado, en el campo de las humanidades y las ciencias sociales. A partir de 1991 comenzaron agestarse de modo sistemático maestrías escolarizadas –cada una con su programa de cursos y seminarios- cuyo sesgo distintivo fue su carácter interdisciplinario y multidisciplinario (como las que asociaban investigación educativa con sociología y antropología, ciencia política con historia política, o las de socio-semiótica y comunicación y cultura), o bien desarrollaban áreas de vacancia como las de Relaciones Internacionales y Demografía.Hoy, más de dos décadas después, ese escenario primigenio aparece enriquecido y complejizado.Fil: Tcach, Cesar Eduardo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; ArgentinaFil: Boria, Adriana. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Bologna, Eduardo León. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Carbonetti, Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Casarin, Marcelo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Dalmasso, Maria Teresa. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Garay, Zenaida. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Juarez Centeno, Carlos Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Liponetzky, Tamara. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Mata, Maria Cristina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Philp, Maria Marta. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Vagni, Juan José. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Estudios Avanzados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentin

Public Field Trial of a Multi-RAT (60 GHz 5G/LTE/WiFi) Mobile Network

A public field trial showcasing an operational multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) mobile network that was implemented in one of the largest shopping mall in Warsaw, Poland. The network supports novel 60 GHz 5G mobile access as well as legacy LTE and WiFi services All mobile access services of the network are interconnected via optical fiber to the data centers of a mobile network operator and an internet service provider. Fronthauling for the 60 GHz 5G hotspot radio access unit (RAU) and for LTE is realized by analog Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) via a fiber-optic distributed antenna system (DAS). The 60 GHz 5G radio access units (RAUs) for the enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) use case and the WiFi access point (AP) are both backhauled via optical Gigabit Ethernet. The 60 GHz RAUs for the eMBB and hotspot use case feature 2D beam-switching and 1D beam-steering, respectively. Inter-RAT switching between the different mobile services with seamless user experience is achieved using a Mobile IP system with Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS)

Multi RAT (WiFi/ LTE/ 5G) Mobile Network featuring RoF Fronthaul, 60 GHz Beam-Switching and Mobile IP

We report on a public field trial demonstrating seamless handover in a multi Radio Access Technology mobile network supporting WiFi, LTE, and new 5G radio access in the 60 GHz band for full-duplex enhanced mobile broadband and 5G broadcast hotspots

2000-2001 Born in the U.S.A. - Chamber Music Concert

Born in the U.S.A. April 18, 2001 - Chamber Music April 20, 2001 - The Faculty\u27s Choice April 21, 2001 - American Favorites Composers featured in this festival Vincente Avella Dana Wilson Judith Shatin David MacBride Dr. Adrian Childs Terry Winter Owens Arthur Weisberghttps://spiral.lynn.edu/conservatory_otherseasonalconcerts/1105/thumbnail.jp

High-flow nasal cannula therapy for hypoxemic respiratory failure in patients with COVID-19.

INTRODUCTION: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 is poorly understood and remains controversial. METHODS: We evaluated a large cohort of patients with COVID-19-related hypoxemic respiratory failure at the temporary COVID-19 hospital in Mexico City. The primary outcome was the success rate of HFNC to prevent the progression to invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). We also evaluated the risk factors associated with HFNC success or failure. RESULTS: HFNC use effectively prevented IMV in 71.4% of patients [270 of 378 patients; 95% confidence interval (CI) 66.6-75.8%]. Factors that were significantly different at admission included age, the presence of hypertension, and the Charlson comorbidity index. Predictors of therapy failure (adjusted hazard ratio, 95% CI) included the comorbidity-age-lymphocyte count-lactate dehydrogenase (CALL) score at admission (1.27, 1.09-1.47; p < 0.01), Rox index at 1 hour (0.82, 0.7-0.96; p = 0.02), and no prior steroid treatment (0.34, 95% CI 0.19-0.62; p < 0.0001). Patients with HFNC success rarely required admission to the intensive care unit and had shorter lengths of hospital stay [19/270 (7.0%) and 15.0 (interquartile range, 11-20) days, respectively] than those who required IMV [104/108 (96.3%) and 26.5 (20-36) days, respectively]. CONCLUSION: Treating patients with HFNC at admission led to improvement in respiratory parameters in many patients with COVID-19

Rheumatoid arthritis - clinical aspects: 134. Predictors of Joint Damage in South Africans with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes progressive joint damage and functional disability. Studies on factors affecting joint damage as clinical outcome are lacking in Africa. The aim of the present study was to identify predictors of joint damage in adult South Africans with established RA. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 100 black patients with RA of >5 years were assessed for joint damage using a validated clinical method, the RA articular damage (RAAD) score. Potential predictors of joint damage that were documented included socio-demographics, smoking, body mass index (BMI), disease duration, delay in disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) initiation, global disease activity as measured by the disease activity score (DAS28), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C reactive protein (CRP), and autoantibody status. The predictive value of variables was assessed by univariate and stepwise multivariate regression analyses. A p value <0.05 was considered significant. Results: The mean (SD) age was 56 (9.8) years, disease duration 17.5 (8.5) years, educational level 7.5 (3.5) years and DMARD lag was 9 (8.8) years. Female to male ratio was 10:1. The mean (SD) DAS28 was 4.9 (1.5) and total RAAD score was 28.3 (12.8). The mean (SD) BMI was 27.2 kg/m2 (6.2) and 93% of patients were rheumatoid factor (RF) positive. More than 90% of patients received between 2 to 3 DMARDs. Significant univariate predictors of a poor RAAD score were increasing age (p = 0.001), lower education level (p = 0.019), longer disease duration (p < 0.001), longer DMARD lag (p = 0.014), lower BMI (p = 0.025), high RF titre (p < 0.001) and high ESR (p = 0.008). The multivariate regression analysis showed that the only independent significant predictors of a higher mean RAAD score were older age at disease onset (p = 0.04), disease duration (p < 0.001) and RF titre (p < 0.001). There was also a negative association between BMI and the mean total RAAD score (p = 0.049). Conclusions: Patients with longstanding established RA have more severe irreversible joint damage as measured by the clinical RAAD score, contrary to other studies in Africa. This is largely reflected by a delay in the initiation of early effective treatment. Independent of disease duration, older age at disease onset and a higher RF titre are strongly associated with more joint damage. The inverse association between BMI and articular damage in RA has been observed in several studies using radiographic damage scores. The mechanisms underlying this paradoxical association are still widely unknown but adipokines have recently been suggested to play a role. Disclosure statement: C.I. has received a research grant from the Connective Tissue Diseases Research Fund, University of the Witwatersrand. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interes