Recent findings indicate that the majority of all CD4+ T lymphocytes are lost during acute HIV infection, with mucosal compartments being most severely affected. The frequency of infection is very high in gut CD4+ T cells, and depletion of these cells persists into the chronic phase of infection. Infection is associated with increased gut permeability, with microbial translocation being evidenc...

In recent years, live webcast classes have been increasingly used in China as an approach to alleviating educational poverty through equal access high-quality education. Many schools impoverished areas managed increase their proportions of students entering college by introducing the new model. While celebrating improved learning outcomes a small percentage students, educators should also be co...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, fresh live broadcasting has been widely present in consumers’ daily lives but scarcely examined academic research. The major purpose of current study is to examine how broadcast features (visibility, interactivity, and authenticity) impact willingness buy through perceived value trust based on stimulus–organism-response theory. A total 307 Chinese webcast users par...

Primary care physicians treating HIV-infected patients should not be afraid or reluctant to engage in medication-assisted treatment for substance dependence. Effective medications are available for many types of substance addictions, including buprenorphine for opioid dependence, disulfiram for cocaine dependence, bupropion for methamphetamine dependence, and naltrexone for alcohol dependence. ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common in HIV-infected persons and is associated with increased risk of liver-related morbidity and mortality. Agents available to treat HBV infection in coinfected patients include lamivudine, entecavir, emtricitabine, adefovir, peginterferon alfa, and the recently approved telbivudine. Treatment decisions should take into account a number of factors, inclu...

This Solutions Reference Design is a working document that establishes a known working implementation of IP multicast distribution for the delivery of high quality television services. Such a solutions offering can be used in the service provider space for revenue production purposes as well as in the enterprise arena for corporate television or high quality streaming webcast services. The focu...

The pathogenesis of lipodystrophy in HIV-infected patients is likely multifactorial, involving effects of antiretroviral medications, HIV itself, as well as genetic and other host factors. Protease inhibitors have been associated with fat accumulation, and the nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (nRTIs) stavudine, didanosine, and zidovudine have been associated with fat loss (l...

OBJECTIVES The Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System (WCRS) collects data on cancer diagnoses in the state of Wisconsin. California and Minnesota cancer registries have reported that Hmong have higher rates of certain cancers than the general population. WCRS collaborated with the Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (WCCCP) and Wisconsin United Coalition of Mutual Assistance Associations...

Liver disease is the most common non-AIDS-related cause of mortality in HIV-infected patients. HIV-infected patients with chronic liver disease progress more rapidly to cirrhosis, and those with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus coinfection progress more rapidly from decompensation to death and are at increased risk of death from end-stage liver disease. With improvements in health associa...