, as the clearest exponent of a posthuman philosophy critiqued by some of the contributors to this special section. I argue that a posthuman philosophy guided by a rigid anti-anti-fetishism is in danger of failing to take seriously the experience of people for whom the adoption of a perspective that stresses

I am pleased to introduce this special section on centenarians and dementia. These articles were submitted as a group and are based on a symposium presented by the authors at the Annual Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America in No-vember 1997. The three papers provide critical and diverse

I am pleased to introduce this special section on centenarians and dementia. These articles were submitted as a group and are based on a symposium presented by the authors at the Annual Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America in No-vember 1997. The three papers provide critical and diverse

the contemporary: Introduction to the special section

ch there is a clear marker of a causal agent, crashes related to cell phones do not leave a telltale trace. Even in the portion of cases for which cell phone records are available, it is often difficult to precisely time-stamp the crash and relate it to the distraction. Many telematic devices leave an even weaker trace. Although hands-free cell phones may eliminate some of the visual and manual demands that undermine driving performance, many studies have shown that the cognitive demands of conversation are not eliminated with hands-free devices (Brown et al., 1969; Strayer & Johnston, 2001) and may even increase if the intelligibility of the hands-free devices is less than that of the handheld device (Matthews, Legg, & Charlton, 2003). New telematic devices have the potential to impose visual, manual, and cognitive demands that may greatly exceed those of cell phones, further undermining driving safety. Controversy regarding this new technology points to a need for a scientific basis

-tography as the graphic reproduction of facial affect, and proposes Tomkins’ affect theory as a tool for better describing these media conditions. KEY WORDS: affect, memory, perception, phantom limb phenomenon, pho-tography, poetry, uncanny There is a footnote in the last section of the essay ‘The “Uncanny” ’ that makes

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As the number of travelers from industrialized countries who are infected with human immunode®ciency virus (HIV) increases as a consequence of the clinical bene®ts of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), updated prophylactic knowledge is needed. Vaccine prophylaxis must balance the safety and immunogenicity of vaccines with the estimated risk of acquiring the disease. Further research is needed on antimalarial chemoprophylaxis for travelers who are HAART recipients, because of possible pharmacokinetic interactions. Safe sex practices must be adopted to avoid both spreading of the infection in the host country and superinfection with different HIV strains. Most individuals infected with HIV may travel safely, even though the infectious risk has been reported to be higher for patients with advanced infections than for the general population. These patients are also less likely to produce an effective immune response to vaccines. Migrants and refugees from poor countries are also at risk of acquiring HIV infection. Their legal-residency status may often prevent their access to adequate health services, thus necessitating urgent public health actions. Since highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) became the standard of care in 1996 for patients infected with HIV, the

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