In Mexico, public health services have provided universal access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) since 2004. For individuals receiving HIV care in public healthcare facilities, the data are limited regarding CD4 T-lymphocyte counts (CD4e) at the time of entry into care. Relevant population-based estimates of CD4e are needed to inform strategies to maximize the impact of Mexico's national ART pr...

The recent expansion of virtual exchange (VE) in lieu the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing advance technology has resulted considerably larger numbers VE participants for those certain areas contexts, yet not all would-be have been so fortunate. In some regions various challenges implementation disadvantaged populations terms underrepresentation marginalization global networks. To illuminate such ...

Abstract. Current societal conflicts are characterized by identity struggles and discontent concerning globalization modernization. While the literature identifies several psychological determinants of this discontent, systematic measurement approaches based on well-defined constructs rare. Here, we present development validation Perceived Societal Marginalization (PSM) scale, which aims to ass...

While data is increasingly proffered as the resource that unlocks promises of digitalized world, for underprivileged individuals and communities, instead fulfilled promises, datafication means additional marginalization. Examining these forms marginalization, this article considers how technological advancements come with ability expectations, highlights exclusion discrimination disadvantaged s...

This paper addresses the problem of matching pedestrians across multiple camera views, known as person re-identification. Variations in lighting conditions, environment and pose changes across camera views make re-identification a challenging problem. Previous methods address these challenges by designing specific features or by learning a distance function. We propose a hierarchical feature le...

Double marginalization effect refers to the phenomenon that when both upstream and downstream firms have monopolistic power, customers pay higher retail price and firms make less profit than when the supply chain is vertically integrated (Tirole, 1988). Although double marginalization effect has been extensively studied in the context of supply chain management for mature products, very limited...