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In light of the evolution in employer brand management practice, this paper aims to present an assessment of employer branding as an antecedent to organization commitment in varying organization environments. The presupposition is that the internal organization climate/environment of different industries (in this case manufacturing and service industry) vary considerably. The findings of the study confirm high levels of the three components of organisation commitment namely, affective commitment, continuance commitment, and normative commitment, and a very high score for employer brand .But contrary to the predictions, the inter-correlations for all the four components of the employer brand with the organizational commitment dimensions were very low. The organization climate of the manufacturing and service sector units exhibited a moderating role on the relationship between the variables. The employer brand components that were of intrinsic nature, including the dimensions of work life balance and culture had a more significant influence on organization commitment than those of extrinsic nature, like compensation and work environment. Implications for future research and management practice have also been discussed.

Host genetic factors may influence the course of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In Blantyre, Malawi, polymerase chain reaction was used to identify twin pairs who were concordantly HIV-1-infected in utero or perinatally and then to examine strain divergence or virus levels in identical and fraternal twin pairs. Among 315 twin pairs, both infants in 14 fraternal and 5 identical pairs were found to be infected at the same visit. Among 10 pairs, HIV-1 sequences were determined for both infants at >or=1 time point. HIV levels had a common profile in both fraternal and identical twin pairs. Identical twins were not always infected by the same quasi species, indicating that their mothers had multiple quasi species capable of infecting their infants. Subsequent viral divergence appears to depend on quasi-species stability rather than on genetically controlled host immune responses. Thus, given infection, factors intrinsic to HIV-1 are more important than host genetics in viral evolution.

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Acute periostitis affecting the long bones is a characteristic and not uncommon feature of syphilis in infants; it is, however, a rare manifestation in the adult with early acquired infection.