Open-label study of faldaprevir plus peginterferon and ribavirin in hepatitis C virus genotype 1-infected patients who failed placebo plus peginterferon and ribavirin.

Faldaprevir, a hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease inhibitor, was evaluated in HCV genotype 1-infected patients who failed peginterferon and ribavirin (PegIFN/RBV) treatment during one of three prior faldaprevir trials. Patients who received placebo plus PegIFN/RBV and had virological failure during a prior trial were enrolled and treated in two cohorts: prior relapsers (n = 43) and prior nonresponders (null responders, partial responders and patients with breakthrough; n = 75). Both cohorts received faldaprevir 240 mg once daily plus PegIFN/RBV for 24 weeks. Prior relapsers with early treatment success (ETS; HCV RNA <25 IU/mL detectable or undetectable at week 4 and <25 IU/mL undetectable at week 8) stopped treatment at week 24. Others received PegIFN/RBV through week 48. The primary efficacy endpoint was sustained virological response (HCV RNA <25 IU/mL undetectable) 12 weeks post treatment (SVR12). More prior nonresponders than prior relapsers had baseline HCV RNA ≥800 000 IU/mL (80% vs 58%) and a non-CC IL28B genotype (91% vs 70%). Rates of SVR12 (95% CI) were 95.3% (89.1, 100.0) among prior relapsers and 54.7% (43.4, 65.9) among prior nonresponders; corresponding ETS rates were 97.7% and 65.3%. Adverse events led to faldaprevir discontinuations in 3% of patients. The most common Division of AIDS Grade ≥2 adverse events were anaemia (13%), nausea (10%) and hyperbilirubinaemia (9%). In conclusion, faldaprevir plus PegIFN/RBV achieved clinically meaningful SVR12 rates in patients who failed PegIFN/RBV in a prior trial, with response rates higher among prior relapsers than among prior nonresponders. The adverse event profile was consistent with the known safety profile of faldaprevir.

Mus Hs 353 - Jubel-Cantate : zur Feÿer des 50jährigen Regierungsantritts Sr Maj: des Königs von Sachsen ; den 20: Sept. 1818 ; oder Erndte-Cantate ; op: 58

Musik von Carl Maria von Weber. Gedicht von Friedrich Kind. Nach Friedrich Kinds Jubel Cantate gedichtet von A. Wendt

Historia Judaica : Res Judæorum Ab Eversa Æde Hierosolymitana, Ad Hæc fere tempora usque, Complexa

[Salomo filius Virgae]. De Hebræo in Latinum versa A Georgio Gentio

The epidemiology of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C virus infection among college students who are not US/Canadian born in Houston

Introduction. A vast majority of studies conducted in both developed and developing nations have focused on the epidemiology of HBV (Hepatitis B virus) and HCV (Hepatitis C virus) in high-risk populations; low-risk populations have been neglected. Recently Hwang et al conducted a unique large cross-sectional study in American university students that focused on cosmetic procedures and drug use for acquiring these infections among a low-risk young adult population In Houston. ^ Methods. This study is a secondary data analysis of the cross-sectional study conducted by Hwang et al. Data for this anonymous study were collected from 7,960 college students, among whom were the 2,561 non US/Canadian born students included in this study. All students completed a self-administered questionnaire and provided a blood sample. The epidemiology of HBV/HCV and risk factors for acquiring HBV/HCV infection was studied by comparing those with HBV/HCV infection versus those without. Both univariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the data. ^ Results. Overall prevalence of HBV and HCV infections were 22% and 0.8% respectively. By multivariable analysis, the factors that were independently associated with increased prevalence of HBV infection were increasing age per year (OR=1.06, 95% C.I=1.04-1.08), Black or Asian race (OR=6.21, 95% C.I=3.14-12.27), history of household contact with hepatitis (OR=1.87, 95% C.I=1.15-3.05), and having sexual partner with hepatitis (OR=5.20, 95% C.I=1.5-18.00). For HCV these factors included increasing age per year (OR= 1.08, 95% C.I=1.03-1.14), history of blood transfusion prior to 1991 (OR=25.45, 95% C.I=7.58-85.40), and Injection drug use. (OR=78.15, 95% C.I=12.19-500.85). Cosmetic procedures like tattooing were not significant risk factors for either HBV or HCV infection. ^ Conclusions. In a low-risk adult foreign born population, cosmetic procedures are not significant risk factors for HBV or HCV infection. The prevention strategies of these infections in this population should focus on safe sexual practices/abstinence and HBV vaccination should be provided to adolescents and sexually active adults. ^

Alpha C protein of group B Streptococcus as a potential vaccine candidate

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of life-threatening infection in neonates and young infants, pregnant women, and non-pregnant adults with underlying medical conditions. Immunization has theoretical potential to prevent significant morbidity and mortality from GBS disease. Alpha C protein (α C), found in 70% of non-type III capsule polysaccharide group B Streptococcus, elicits antibodies protective against α C-expressing strains in experimental animals and is an appealing carrier for a GBS conjugate vaccine. We determined whether natural exposure to α C elicits antibodies in women and if high maternal α C-specific serum antibody at delivery is associated with protection against neonatal disease. An ELISA was designed to measure α C-specific IgM and IgG in human sera. A case-control design (1:3 ratio) was used to match α C-expressing GBS colonized and non-colonized women by age and compare quantified serum α C-specific IgM and IgG. Sera also were analyzed from bacteremic neonates and their mothers and from women with invasive GBS disease. Antibody concentrations were compared using t-tests on log-transformed data. Geometric mean concentrations of α C-specific IgM and IgG were similar in sera from 58 α C strain colonized and 174 age-matched non-colonized women (IgG 245 and 313 ng/ml; IgM 257 and 229 ng/ml, respectively). Delivery sera from mothers of 42 neonates with GBS α C sepsis had similar concentrations of α C-specific IgM (245 ng/ml) and IgG (371 ng/ml), but acute sera from 13 women with invasive α C-expressing GBS infection had significantly higher concentrations (IgM 383 and IgG 476 ng/ml [p=0.036 and 0.038, respectively]). Convalescent sera from 5 of these women 16-49 days later had high α C-specific IgM and IgG concentrations (1355 and 4173 ng/ml, respectively). In vitro killing of α C-expressing GBS correlated with total α C-specific antibody concentration. Invasive disease but not colonization elicits α C-specific IgM and IgG in adults. Whether α C-specific IgG induced by vaccine would protect against disease in neonates merits further investigation. ^

Prevalence and determinants of hepatitis B co-infection among a United States Veterans Administration cohort with hepatitis C

Background and aim. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection is associated with increased risk of cirrhosis, decompensation, hepatocellular carcinoma, and death. Yet, there is sparse epidemiologic data on co-infection in the United States. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and determinants of HBV co-infection in a large United States population of HCV patients. ^ Methods. The National Veterans Affairs HCV Clinical Case Registry was used to identify patients tested for HCV during 1997–2005. HCV exposure was defined as two positive HCV tests (antibody, RNA or genotype) or one positive test combined with an ICD-9 code for HCV. HCV infection was defined as only a positive HCV RNA or genotype. HBV exposure was defined as a positive test for hepatitis B core antibodies, hepatitis B surface antigen, HBV DNA, hepatitis Be antigen, or hepatitis Be antibody. HBV infection was defined as only a positive test for hepatitis B surface antigen, HBV DNA, or hepatitis Be antigen within one year before or after the HCV index date. The prevalence of exposure to HBV in patients with HCV exposure and the prevalence of HBV infection in patients with HCV infection were determined. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify demographic and clinical determinants of co-infection. ^ Results. Among 168,239 patients with HCV exposure, 58,415 patients had HBV exposure for a prevalence of 34.7% (95% CI 34.5–35.0). Among 102,971 patients with HCV infection, 1,431 patients had HBV co-infection for a prevalence of 1.4% (95% CI 1.3–1.5). The independent determinants for an increased risk of HBV co-infection were male sex, positive HIV status, a history of hemophilia, sickle cell anemia or thalassemia, history of blood transfusion, cocaine and other drug use. Age >50 years and Hispanic ethnicity were associated with a decreased risk of HBV co-infection. ^ Conclusions. This is the largest cohort study in the United States on the prevalence of HBV co-infection. Among veterans with HCV, exposure to HBV is common (∼35%), but HBV co-infection is relatively low (1.4%). There is an increased risk of co-infection with younger age, male sex, HIV, and drug use, with decreased risk in Hispanics.^

Net primary productivity, POC export, Th234 and U238 activities and abundance of autotrophs during U.S.C.G.C. Healy cruises HLY0802 and HLY0803

Seasonal patterns in the partitioning of phytoplankton carbon during receding sea ice conditions in the eastern Bering Sea water column are presented using rates of 14C net primary productivity (NPP), phototrophic plankton carbon content, and POC export fluxes from shelf and slope waters in the spring (March 30-May 6) and summer (July 3-30) of 2008. At ice-covered and marginal ice zone (MIZ) stations on the inner and middle shelf in spring, NPP averaged 76 ± 93 mmol C/m**2/d, and in ice-free waters on the outer shelf NPP averaged 102 ± 137 mmol C/m**2/d. In summer, rates of NPP were more uniform across the entire shelf and averaged 43 ± 23 mmol C/m**2/d over the entire shelf. A concomitant shift was observed in the phototrophic pico-, nano-, and microplankton community in the chlorophyll maximum, from a diatom dominated system (80 ± 12% autotrophic C) in ice covered and MIZ waters in spring, to a microflagellate dominated system (71 ± 31% autotrophic C) in summer. Sediment trap POC fluxes near the 1% PAR depth in ice-free slope waters increased by 70% from spring to summer, from 10 ± 7 mmol C/m**2/d to 17 ± 5 mmol C/m**2/d, respectively. Over the shelf, under-ice trap fluxes at 20 m were higher, averaging 43 ± 17 mmol C/m**2/d POC export over the shelf and slope estimated from 234Th deficits averaged 11 ± 5 mmol C/m**2/d in spring and 10 ± 2 mmol C/m**2/d in summer. Average e-ratios calculated on a station-by-station basis decreased by ~ 30% from spring to summer, from 0.46 ± 0.48 in ice-covered and MIZ waters, to 0.33 ± 0.26 in summer, though the high uncertainty prevents a statistical differentiation of these data.

Historia de los medios de comunicación de Misiones: LT 85 TV Canal 12, el canal de TV de los Misioneros. 16H295

Actividades llevadas adelante por los investigadores del proyecto: 1- Garcia Da Rosa, Carlos: a) En proceso de redacción de su tesis doctoral en Comunicación Social que se dicta en la Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). b) Evaluador en la VI Expocom en la Categoría: “Comunicación Gráfica”, realizada en Viedma (Río Negro) en el marco del 9º Encuentro de Carreras de Comunicación Social. 6 al 8 de octubre de 2011. c) Tercer encuentro de cátedras de periodismo de investigación Carácter de participación: Asistente. Lugar: Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social de la UNLP – 11 de marzo de 2011 2- De Lima Roberto: a) Cursos Asistidos y Aprobados de la Maestría en Periodismo y Medios de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional de La PLata (UNLP). "METODOLOGÍA DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN" Dictado por la doctora Dora Coria, nota final (nueve) 9. "PESRPECTIVAS DEL PERIODISMO AUDIOVISUAL CONTEMPORÁNEO" dictado por el Doctor Alfredo Alfonzo, nota final diez (10). Trabajo final presentado en la cátedra "PLANIFICACIÓN Y GESTIÓN DE MEDIOS", dictado por el profesor Víctor Ego Ducrot. En proceso de Evaluación. b) Asistencia a Cursos de Postgrado: Asistencia al curso "CULTURA, POLÍTICA Y SUBJETIVIDADES " dictado por la doctora Alicia Entel, los días 4 y 5 de mayo de 2011, organizado por el Departamento de Comunicación Social, aprobado por Reslución HCD N° 074/11 con una duración de veinte (20) horas. c) Desgravaciones de las entrevistas y organización de imágenes fotográficas para conformación del archivo de Canal 12 en sus cuarenta años existencia (18 noviembre de 2012). 3- Milton, Terencio: a) Participación como organizador en las V Jornadas Universitarias “La Radio del Nuevo Siglo” Audiencias (Posadas-Misiones, 22 al 24 de septiembre de 2011). b) Asistencia a Cursos y Seminarios: Curso de Postgrado sobre “Cultura, Política y Subjetividades”, dictado por la Dra. Alicia Entel (Posadas-Misiones, 4 y 5 de mayo de 2011). “Curso Capacitación en Informática: Socializando la Web, gestor de contenidos y publicación de Sitios Web” (Posadas-Misiones, 8 al 29 de junio de 2011). Jornada “El Periodismo en Misiones. Fortalezas y Debilidades del Campo Profesional” (Posadas – Misiones, 7 de junio de 2011). Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales de la UNaM. Jornada “Reflexiones sobre la Práctica Periodística” (Posadas – Misiones, 7 de junio de 2011). Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales de la UNaM. Asistencia a la jornada “Cómo hacer periodismo de investigación. Experiencias de casos en la Triple Frontera” (Posadas – Misiones, 11 de abril de 2011). Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales de la UNaM. c) Actividades: Desgravaciones de las entrevistas realizadas para la entrega posterior a los informantes. Sistematización de la organización de las fotografías que han sido facilitadas para la construcción de la investigación. 3- Pyke, Jorge Nelson: a) Durante el año 2011 se abocó a la elaboración del guión y la producción de un Material Documental, sobre la historia de ““LT 85 Canal 12 y la instalación de un canal en las Islas Malvinas”, en abril de 1982.”. El trabajo se encuentra en su etapa final de edición y posproducción, para ser presentado el 10 de junio de 2012, en el marco de los treinta años de la guerra de Malvinas y los 40 años de vida de Canal 12. 4- Alvarez, Norma Graciela: Coordinadora en las V Jornadas Universitarias “La Radio del Nuevo Siglo Audiencias” Resolución Consejo Directivo Nº 086/2011. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad de Misiones. Posadas, 22 al 24 de septiembre de 2011. Evaluadora en la VI Expocom en la Categoría: “Comunicación Institucional y Organizacional”, realizada en Viedma (Río Negro) en el marco del 9º Encuentro de Carreras de Comunicación Social. 6 al 8 de octubre de 2011. Redacción final de la tesis doctoral en evaluación del director. 5- Monte, José Luis: Organizador y Coordinación General en las V Jornadas Universitarias “La Radio del Nuevo Siglo Audiencias”, Resolución Consejo Directivo Nº 086/2011. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad de Misiones. Posadas, 22 al 24 de septiembre de 2011. Actividades: filmación de las entrevistas realizadas a los informantes.

Conflictos y debates acerca del origen de la Universidad Nacional de Misiones (1956 c – 1974 c). 16H283

La Historia de la Universidad Nacional de Misiones, así como las instituciones preexistentes a ella, ha sido escasamente estudiada desde la ciencia histórica y particularmente desde la Historia de la Educación. En este trabajo se pretende indagar los criterios políticos, sociales y educativos que tuvieron como objeto el desarrollo de proyectos para la creación de la Universidad en la región. Tomamos como punto de partida la creación una Comisión Promotora de Estudios Universitarios fundada en el año 1956 hasta la creación de la universidad en el año 1973 y su puesta en funcionamiento un año después. Paralelamente en este periodo surgen las instituciones Educativas de Nivel Terciario y Universitario, públicos y privados, que finalmente conformaron la base de la estructura institucional inicial de la Universidad Nacional de Misiones. -La creación de UNaM generó movilizaciones sociales que expresaron proyectos políticos y socio-económicos diferenciados. Para la realización de este proyecto fue fundamental la búsqueda de fuentes primarias en archivos institucionales de las destinadas unidades académicas así como entrevistas en profundidad a personas que estuvieron vinculadas directamente con el origen y las gestiones para la creación de la UNaM

Organic petrography and extractable hydrocarbons of sediments at DSDP Leg 58 Holes

The quantity, type, and maturity of organic matter of Quaternary and Tertiary sediments from the Philippine Sea (DSDP Leg 58; Sites 442-446) were determined. Hydrocarbons in lipid extracts were analyzed by capillary-column gas chromatography. Kerogen concentrates were investigated by microscopy for vitrinite reflectance values and maceral composition. In the Shikoku Basin sediments (Sites 442, 443, and 444), organic carbon values range between 0.03 and 0.44 per cent. The higher values in the younger sediments are interpreted as an indication of increasing deposition of eroded organic particles during the past 4 m.y. Microscopic analyses revealed a dominance of reworked organic matter. Primary material could not be distinguished readily; thus, no maturation trend could be established. Extract yields were low. TV-alkane distributions mostly show maxima at n-C29 and n-C31 and high odd-over-even predominances, typical of material which originated in terrigenous higher plants. The organic-carbon values of sediments of the Daito Ridge and Basin region (Sites 444 and 445) range from less than 0.01 to 0.05 per cent. TV-alkanes exhibit varying marine and terrigenous influences. Some carbonate-rich samples show a pronounced even-over-odd predominance. At least the older sediments contained less recycled organic matter than the Shikoku Basin samples. The maturity, where measurable, was low. None of the Philippine Sea samples indicates a significant hydrocarbon-generation potential.

Conferencia Inaugural del Departamento de Fisiología, F. C. M. UNCuyo.

Fil: Fasciolo, Juan Carlos.

Arturo Andrés Roig. Teoría y crítica del pensamiento latinoamericano. México, F.C.E., 1981, 315 p.

Fil: Licata, Rosa. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras