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Introduction The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), (1) which was passed in September 2008, dramatically amended Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Rehab Act), originally enacted [...]

Introduction You Cannot Choose Your Battlefield, God Does That for You; But You Can Plant a Standard Where a Standard Never Flew. (2) In January 2004, Specialist (SPC) Joseph M. [...]

According to the International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology (VIM), metrology is the science of measurement that 'includes all aspects both theoretical and practical with reference to [...]

Infection with human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-I) is characterized by the progressive deterioration of the immune and nervous systems and disorders of the blood, heart, lungs, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract. The replication of HIV leads to high levels of the virus in the blood, and enhances the transmission and development of the disease. Studies show that HIV-I infects the CD4+ lymphocytes, a type of immune cell, in blood and brain cells derived from monocytes, a type of white blood cell. Increases in the number of infected cells and the quantity of viral DNA produced are associated with progression of HIV disease. HIV p24 antigen is a measure of HIV-1 replication and can be detected in the early stages of HIV disease and when there are low numbers of CD4+ cells. The presence of cell-free HIV in the blood (virus not associated with cells) is also a measure of HIV-1 replication and was shown to increase in relation to elevations in p24 antigen levels and disease progression. The relations between levels of cell-free HIV in the blood, patient age at diagnosis, number of CD4+ lymphocytes, indicators of HIV infection, clinical stage of disease, and response to antiviral agents were assessed in 68 adults and 9 children with HIV-I infection. Viremia, or the presence of cell-free HIV in the blood, had developed in 18 of 68 adults and 5 of 9 children. Among the adults, viremia was detected in none of the patients without symptoms; 4 of 34 patients with AIDS-related complex (ARC); and 14 of 15 patients with AIDS. Patients with CD4+ lymphocyte numbers greater than 400 per cubic millimeter had no viremia, whereas cell-free HIV was detected in the blood of 3 of 17 patients with CD4+ counts between 200 to 400 per cubic millimeter and 15 of 16 patients with less than 200 CD4+ lymphocytes per cubic millimeter. All children infected with HIV during pregnancy or childbirth developed viremia regardless of the number of CD4+ cells, duration of infection, or clinical stage. Viremia was less prevalent among children infected at an older age. The antiviral agent zidovudine was effective in decreasing the amount of cell-free HIV in eight patients. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

I especially enjoyed the article by Robert F. Dorr, 'Why the P-38 Flunked in Europe,' in the May issue. I had often read that the P-38 was somewhat ill-suited for [...]

Workers' compensation claims - and the high costs that come with them - are a fact of life in the waste industry. Many firms currently have a plan to reduce [...]

Article after article has been written about the social and economic perils of this nation's workers' compensation problems. In fact, the cover story in the October 1993 issue of 'Nation's [...]

THE California Association of Realtors applauds Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger s plan to assist Californians struggling to hang onto their homes. The governor has reached an agreement with many loan servicers [...]

His Spiritual Journey in Books One can only imagine the sorts of books Ralph Kramden would have favored. Spy thrillers? Mysteries, perhaps? Maybe even science fiction. Probably that's as otherworldly […]