The XVIII International Conference of the International AIDS Society held in Vienna on the 18-23 July 2010 brought together scientists, clinicians, policymakers, people living with HIV/AIDS and journalists from across the globe. Keynote speakers relevant to the theme of this report included Sharon Lewin (Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia) and Tae-Wook ...

The AIDS 2010-XVIII International AIDS Conference, held in Vienna, included topics covering new therapeutic developments in the field of HIV therapy. This conference report highlights selected presentations on novel HIV entry inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors, integrase inhibitors and clinical trial data for an NRTI-based, antiviral, hyperactivation-limiting therapeutic. Investigational drugs discussed ...

The efficacy of a microbicide candidate was the definitive bright spot at this year's conference, while the lingering economic slowdown and its impact on HIV/AIDS funding were dark clouds on the horizon

The purpose of the National Institutes of Health conference on Reproductive Problems in Women of Color that convened on July 25, 2009 was to bring investigators together to examine data related to reproductive health care access and ethnic disparities in reproductive problems, fertility treatments, and pregnancy outcomes. One of the ...

OBJECTIVE: Theories from the psychology of communication may be applicable in understanding why hand-off communication is inherently problematic. The purpose of this study was to assess whether postcall pediatric interns can correctly estimate the patient care information and rationale received by on-call interns during hand-off communication. METHODS: Pediatric interns at ...

The Biopharmaceutical Emerging Best Practices Association is a not-for-profit association founded in 2008 with the aim of providing "an international forum for the presentation and discussion of scientific issues and problems encountered in the biopharmaceutical community … to promote development of innovative approaches and solutions thus facilitating safer and faster ...

The aims of this study were to examine the risks of internalizing and externalizing problems in aggression perpetrators, victims, and perpetrator-victims and their sex differences, and to examine the effects of the level of aggression involvement on internalizing and externalizing problems. Eight thousand eighty-five adolescents in Taiwan completed the questionnaires. ...

Stinging mechanisms generally deliver venomous compounds to external targets. However, nematocysts, the microscopic stinging organelles that are common to all members of the phylum Cnidaria, occur and act in both external and internal tissue structures. This is the first report of such an internal piercing mechanism. This mechanism identifies prey ...

We examined the associations between internalized homophobia, outness, community connectedness, depressive symptoms, and relationship quality among a diverse community sample of 396 lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals. Structural equation models showed that internalized homophobia was associated with greater relationship problems both generally and among coupled participants independent of outness ...

This paper presents a detailed description of the psychoanalytic identity, whose nucleus is the psychic representation of psychoanalysis in the internal world of the analyst--i.e., psychoanalysis as an internal object. Psychoanalytic training is, of course, crucial to the development of a psychoanalytic identity, but as a result of ambivalence, the ...

This study examines international adoptees and factors associated with searching for birth parents. A total of 1,417 international adoptees in The Netherlands, aged 24 to 30 years, were divided into 4 groups: uninterested nonsearchers, interested nonsearchers, searchers, and reunited searchers. In total, 32% of adoptees had searched. Although the majority ...

Vertical marginal and internal adaptation scores of all-ceramic copings made by Computer aided manufacturing/ computer aided design (CAD/CAM) were investigated. Scores were compared between Procera all-ceram copings, Cerec-in-lab copings and IPS Empress 2 copings. A stereomicroscope was used (at x45) to measure vertical marginal scores and also used to measure ...

As long as neodymium amplifiers will be used in high-energy lasers, preionization problems will be present in firing the flash lamps. It is difficult to find papers describing technical solutions using preionization concept; only a few internal reports and proceedings from Pulsed Power conferences describe the usage of such circuits ...

This article describes work with aid agencies in different developing countries. In addition to providing anaesthesia, the aim should be to increase resources and sustainability of local practice, irrespective of the duration of the visit. This article describes the background to some of the international aid agencies and our experience ...

The organizing committee of the Russian Interregional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy invited an international delegation of representatives, including nine BSAC members, to contribute to their ninth congress in Moscow at the end of May 2007. The event demonstrated the value of comparing experience in the context of ...

Developmental psychopathology theory speaks to the existence of early-manifesting internalizing problems with a heterogeneous longitudinal course. However, the course of internalizing problems has been investigated largely from late childhood onward, with methods that assume children's problem trajectories vary more so in rate than in qualitative functional form. This can obscure ...

This Commentary reflects on the success of the XVI International Conference on AIDS, that was held in Toronto between August 13-18, 2006. Not only was the Conference judged to have been a scientific success, it will probably also be recognized over time as having had important political impact. It is ...

This paper provides a preliminary evaluation of fifty-eight ethnomedicinal plants used in Trinidad and Tobago for skin problems, stomach problems, pain and internal parasites for safety and possible efficacy. Thirty respondents, ten of whom were male were interviewed from September 1996 to September 2000 on medicinal plant use for health ...

I first saw this movie in Toronto while attending the XVI International AIDS Conference and my immediate reaction was – well if there’s no planet then we don’t have to worry too much about AIDS. It kind of put things in perspective. Global warming may arguably be an even more ...

The Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, based at the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, has extensive experience in helping to develop and validate assays and has provided strong support in developing World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) norms. This ...

Members of sexual and gender minorities in Nepal frequently have been denied their rights, have been excluded from services and have been the victims of violence. In this article, adapted from a presentation at a concurrent session at the conference , Sunil Pant provides examples of these problems and describes ...

We need to re-politicize AIDS and make it part of a larger movement for social and economic justice, says Gregg Gonsalves. In this article, which is based on a presentation at a special session at the conference, Gonsalves provides some personal reflections on the first 25 years of the epidemic.

The biennial AIDS conference is often exhausting and irritating, but it offers a unique view of how science and society interact. It still deserves the support of basic scientists.

The XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006), organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS), took place August 12-18 in Toronto, Canada. It was attended by over 26,000 participants from more than 170 countries and featured more than 4,500 abstracts as well as an array of community and cultural activities. The ...

After the marathon-like challenge presented by the 16th International AIDS Conference held in Toronto a month prior--a challenge that tested the stamina of even the youngest and fittest of conference-goers--the 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held September 27-30, 2006, in San Francisco, was a welcome relief ...

The plight of Africa's AIDS orphans has reached crisis proportions, and the international community is beginning to mobilize at the family, community, national, and international levels. Despite these encouraging efforts, the response is inadequate, and increased attention and action are needed. The authors suggest that international adoption, although a small ...

The paper traces Brazil's efforts to fight AIDS in the last 20 years. The analysis concentrates on the efforts to combat and prevent the deadly infectious disease through ingenious efforts of private citizens, government agencies, national and international NGOs, which challenged multinational companies, international organizations and foreign governments. While the ...

This editorial represents a plea to retrovirologists to attend the XVI International Conference on AIDS that will take place in Toronto, Canada between August 13-18, 2006. In short, it is vital that politicians and opinion leaders understand that basic scientists are no less committed to the worldwide battle against HIV ...

Current HIV/AIDS statistics show that women account for almost 60% of HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa. HIV prevention tools such as male and female condoms, abstinence and monogamy are not always feasible options for women due to various socio-economic and cultural factors. Microbicides are products designed to be inserted in ...

International non-governmental organizations were among the first international actors that responded to the emergence of AIDS crisis in China. Since 1994, the number of international non-governmental organizations and charitable foundations working in AIDS related issue areas in China has grown steadily and substantially. Despite their organizational differences, most of these ...

The delivery of health care in poorer countries is reliant on international aid organizations. This article will focus on international aid and medical practice in the developing world. It will review the general issues, practices, and problems with international aid in the medical arena and will then focus on international ...

In a few years all radiology departments in Norwegian hospitals will have a picture archiving and communications system (PACS). This depends on telecommunications with great capacity for transmitting radiology images. The new technology questions the need for daily meetings between radiologists and clinicians, 'clinico-radiological conferences'. Qualitative interviews were performed with ...

Issues related to HIV/AIDS in prisons have traditionally received little attention at the International AIDS Conference, despite the fact that levels of HIV prevalence within prison populations tend to be much higher than in the general population. However, the conference in Bangkok may represent a turning point. This article highlights ...

Some of the most important AIDS conferences are not online, and even the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the conference organizers do not have a paper or electronic copy of the abstracts presented. Some may be lost forever. But they could be saved if a copy can be found, ...

Recently, the 15th International AIDS Conference took place in Bangkok, Thailand. This conference used to be an almost exclusively science-oriented conference reporting on new developments in diagnostic tools, drug discovery, and other medical advances, making it a "must attend" event for most scientists. In the year 2000, this congress was ...

This paper presents an efficient alternative to well established algorithms for molecular geometry optimization. This approach exploits the approximate decoupling of molecular energetics in a curvilinear internal coordinate system, allowing separation of the 3N-dimensional optimization problem into an O(N) set of quasi-independent one-dimensional problems. Each uncoupled optimization is developed by ...

The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) recently completed a report entitled Microbicides Development and Delivery in Canada: Legal, Ethical and Human Rights Issues. The report builds on Canadian and international experience and was written in consultation with Canadian community and international experts. It is available on the CAS website (www.cdnaids.ca) and ...

In June 2004 UNAIDS and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) issued a joint statement on HIV/AIDS-related travel restrictions. While acknowledging that the regulation of immigration matters is widely recognized as falling within the sovereign power of the individual state concerned, the statement distinguishes between short-term (one month or less) ...

While Cover the Uninsured Week may have a celebrity spokesman in TV star Noah Wyle, the campaign is still lacking viable legislative solutions. As Sen. Jay Rockefeller, left, noted at a news conference kicking off the event, the "me-first" special interests of the various healthcare trade associations have made putting ...

The global community has again failed to significantly confront the AIDS crisis. In the context of a worsening HIV pandemic, the conference highlighted the shortfall in funding, the soaring infection rate in Asia, the need to integrate prevention and treatment and the difficulties in coordinating a global response. To overcome ...

Using cross-domain latent growth modeling, we examined trajectories of externalizing and internalizing problems in disadvantaged boys followed from ages 2 to 6 years (N = 303). On average, externalizing problems gradually decreased and internalizing problems gradually increased. However, we found significant variability in individual-level trajectories. Higher levels of externalizing problems ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine a possible problem of overreporting and to describe the degree of error with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short telephone protocol. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study, using two different physical activity (PA) self-report protocols. SETTING: Telephone interviews about PA in Belgium. SUBJECTS: Fifty adults who had previously been ...

PURPOSE: To address issues of importance in 1994 and what has happened in those issues. METHODS: A number of questions and issues will be examined. Were we right in our focus at that time and what did we miss? What has happened that perhaps changed our perspectives and philosophies? Has ...

Forty million infected with HIV; five million dead in 2001. Fourteen million children orphaned. And, perhaps most startling, the prediction that seventy million people will have died by 2020 unless there is decisive intervention. The horrifying numbers that describe the international AIDS pandemic provided the backdrop for the 14th International ...

Through the national and international approaches we hope to achieve proper solutions for minor use problems. At the national level, the following foundations/parties give support to organizations/individuals who need support in finding solutions: [table: see text] At the international level the Minor Use Helpdesk, but especially the Technical Group within ...

OBJECTIVE: Adherence is essential to successful virologic outcome of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Documented factors contributing to poor adherence include toxicity, food requirements, and pill burden. Once-daily antiretroviral therapies for HIV infection offer potential benefit by decreasing pill burden and dosing frequency, which may subsequently improve treatment adherence. This ...

With an estimated 20,000 new HIV infections in the United States each year among youth younger than 25, there have been many efforts in recent years to find effective prevention programs targeting that population. Among the intervention strategies highlighted at the 14th International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Spain, were two ...

A growing body of research implicates internalized homophobia--the internalization of society's antihomosexual sentiments by gay and lesbian people--as a factor contributing to HIV-related sexual risk behavior in gay and bisexual men. Although accumulating evidence links internalized homophobia and sexual risk behavior, no study has explored the impact of internalized homophobia ...

A nitrogen decision support system in the form of a game (NitroGenius) was developed for the Second International Nitrogen Conference. The aims were to: i) improve understanding among scientists and policy makers about the complexity of nitrogen pollution problems in an area of intensive agricultural, industrial, and transportation activity (The ...

On 21 September 1999, the Ji Ji earthquake killed 2,347 people. In the immediate aftermath the international community, mobilised rapidly and sent urban search-and-rescue (US&R) teams to the scene. This paper will present an annotated survey of the expertise and standard of equipment of international US&R teams following that earthquake ...