The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality (CPI) has built a comprehensive research program focused on measuring and explaining trends in poverty, inequality, and labor market outcomes. This program features 15 research groups (RGs) that address some of the important poverty-relevant measurement problems facing the nation. The current infrastructure for measuring poverty is antiquated, rests...

The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality (CPI) has built a comprehensive research program focused on measuring and explaining trends in poverty, inequality, and labor market outcomes. This program features 15 research groups (RGs) that address some of the important poverty-relevant measurement problems facing the nation. The current infrastructure for measuring poverty is antiquated, rests...

I n the United States, there are two broad indexes of consumer prices: the consumer price index, or CPI, and the chain price index for personal consumption expenditures, or PCEPI. Because the indexes are similar in many respects, the inflation rates measured with them often move in parallel. There are, however, some important differences, which, at times, can lead to large gaps between CPI and ...

This paper describes the development of a new inventory for measuring communication preferences (the CPI). It begins with a discussion of the need for such an inventory, along with a description of earlier work on use of unified communications technology that motivated its development. The current 62-item of the CPI is presented, along with the associated factor structure based on a sample of 1...

BACKGROUND There are diverse reports on the prevalence and severity of chronic periodontitis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive persons. Few studies have been carried out in developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study was aimed at comparing the prevalence and severity of chronic periodontitis of HIV-seropositive patients with that of HIV-seronegative persons using the com...

PURPOSE The lipoate derivative CPI-613 is a first-in-class agent that targets mitochondrial metabolism. This study determined the effects of CPI-613 on mitochondrial function and defined the MTD, pharmacokinetics, and safety in patients with relapsed or refractory hematologic malignancies. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Human leukemia cell lines were exposed to CPI-613 and mitochondrial function was ass...