Aim of this work is a broad-band study with INTEGRAL, Swift and XMM-Newton
satellites of a sample of 9 blazars (7 FSRQ and 2 BL Lac) with redshift up to
about 4. The spectral analysis has shown clear evidence of a flattening of the
continuum towards the low energies ($E<3$ keV observer frame). This behaviour
is well reproduced both with an absorbed power-law model
($N_H\sim10^{20}$-$10^{23}$ cm$^{-2}$ in the rest-frame of the sources) or a
broken power-law continuum model (with an energy break below 3 keV in the
observer-frame). No Compton reflection features, Fe $K\alpha$ line and hump at
high energies, have been detected, with the exception of the source IGR
J22517+2218 that shows the presence of a weak iron line. In this work we also
investigate a possible correlation between the absorption column density $N_H$
and the red-shift. We confirm the existence of a $N_H$-z trend, with the higher
absorption at z$>$2 for a larger sample compared to previous results. The
distribution of the $N_H$ and the photon index $\Gamma$ is also presented. The
hard X-ray data allow us to detect highly absorbed sources (with
$N_H\ge10^{23}$cm$^{-2}$ in rest-frame of the source) characterized by photon
index distribution peaked at harder values ($\Gamma\sim1.4$) with respect to
that obtained with XMM data only ($\Gamma\sim2$).Comment: accepted for publication in MNRA
Infections with hepatitis C virus, (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and human T lymphotropic type I/II (HTLV-I/II) virus are commonly found in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We conducted a seroepidemiologic study among 174 HIV-positive heterosexuals in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1999. Evidence of exposure to HCV, HBV, and HTLV-I/II was found in 32%, 17%, and 5%, respectively. A higher prevalence of HBV infection was observed among males (33%) compared with females (12%; P < 0.05). Among women, a prior history of a sexually transmitted infection, injecting drug use (IDU), having had more than five lifetime sex partners, and having exchanged sex-for-goods were significantly associated with HCV infection, whereas an IDU history, syringe sharing, and having exchanged sex-for-goods were found to be associated with HBV infection. Among men, an IDU history and syringe/needle sharing were significantly associated with HCV infection. The IDU-related and sexual transmission of hepatitis viruses constitute a significant problem among young, HIV-infected, heterosexuals in Argentina.
El estudio analiza el tema de la desaparición forzada centroamericana a través del documental de Tatiana Huezo, Ausencias (2015), y el de Marcela Zamora, El cuarto de los huesos (2005). Mi enfoque hace hincapié en el vínculo vivo y dinámico que se establece entre los seres ausentes –los desaparecidos por una de las múltiples formas de violencia que sacude Centroamérica–, los presentes que los esperan y buscan, y los receptores del documental.
Me acerco al trauma y a la memoria por medio del cuerpo, el afecto, las emociones y la intimidad de los familiares de los desaparecidos, ampliando así el abanico de miradas y relatos sobre el trauma y la memoria, de manera tal que el duelo no constituya la única modalidad afectiva con la que reflexionar sobre estos aspectos, sino que represente solo una de las modalidades de la carga afectiva que se desata en la relación entre ausentes, presentes y espectadores.
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