Suffolk University

About: Suffolk University is a education organization based out in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Sugar beet. The organization has 6462 authors who have published 9321 publications receiving 235328 citations.

Studying careers across cultures

Abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to study careers across cultures, distinguishing among international career, cross‐cultural and globalization perspectives.Design/methodology/approach – The conceptual development is based on a review of four empirical papers in this special issue with a focus on “Careers in cross‐cultural perspective” and other recent research in this area.Findings – Work on international careers has traditionally looked at careers that cross national boundaries, such as those involving expatriate career assignments or self‐initiated international careers. Research into cross‐cultural careers reflects the primary work of this special issue's articles, primarily by looking at differences between two or more cultures. Career research into globalization is more recent and more tentative. It covers how careers interact with the economic, political, social and environmental changes commonly associated with the term globalization.Research limitations/implications – The proposed framework is a reflecti...

The preoperative prevalence of deep vein thrombosis in patients with femoral neck fractures and delayed operation

Abstract: Out of 61 consecutive patients admitted for femoral neck fracture 21 patients had a delay to operation for more than 48 h from the time of injury. We studied these patients prospectively for the presence of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). 13 (62%) had venographic evidence of thrombosis. All occurred in the broken limb. Five patients had bilateral thrombosis. The delay alone seems to be the major risk factor for thrombosis irrespective of age, fracture type, premorbid mobility and coexisting illness. The prevalence of preoperative DVT 48 h after injury approaches the reported postoperative incidence of DVT, which suggests that DVT will occur in a high proportion of patients regardless of treatment and prophylaxis. We recommend that those patients, in whom operation is delayed, should be routinely investigated for the presence of thrombosis preoperatively and a prophylactic vena cava filter should be considered when major deep vein thrombosis occurred.

State and Local Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: The Effect of Legal Enforcement Mechanisms

Abstract: Subprime mortgage lending has grown rapidly in recent years and with it, so have concerns about predatory lending. In response to evidence of predatory lending, most states have enacted new laws or expanded existing laws to address abuses in the subprime home loan market. The effect of these statutes is a matter of debate. This paper seeks to improve the understanding of this increasingly important issue and pays particular attention to the role that legal enforcement mechanisms play in this context. Our results are consistent with the view that anti-predatory lending laws influence subprime lending markets and that disaggregating the details of the overall legal framework into its component parts is essential for understanding subprime market dynamics. The restrictions, coverage, and enforcement components all have significant relationships with subprime market outcomes, with the coverage relationship found to be broadly consistent with the reverse lemons hypothesis put forward by Ho and Pennington-Cross (2007). The results also suggest that the newer mini-HOEPA laws have had an impact on the subprime market above and beyond the older preexisting laws, particularly for subprime originations. Broader coverage through these new laws is associated with higher origination likelihoods, while increased restrictions through the mini-HOEPA laws are associated with lower origination propensities.

1 Classification and epidemiology of the vasculitides

Abstract: The systemic vasculitides are rare inflammatory conditions of blood vessel walls. A number of different classification schemes have been published since the first in 1952. The important developments have been the recognition of dominant blood vessel size, the distinction between primary and secondary vasculitis and the incorporation of pathogenic markers such as anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies. In 1990 the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) published criteria for the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa, Churg-Strauss syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, hypersensitivity vasculitis, Schonlein-Henoch purpura, giant cell arteritis and Takayasu arteritis. Sensitivity and specificity rates varied considerably: 71.0–95.3% for sensitivity and 78.7–99.7% for specificity. The critieria were not tested against the general population or against patients with other connective tissue diseases or rheumatic conditions. Four years later the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference (CHCC) produced definitions for the major types of vasculitis, however, these have proved controversial. Comparison in unselected patients with systemic vasculitis (in particular polyarteritis nodosa and microscopic polyangiitis) has shown that the ACR criteria and CHCC definitions identify different patients. The systemic vasculitides are somewhat more common than previously believed. The overall annual incidence approaches 40/million adults. The most common form of primary systemic vasculitis is giant cell arteritis; Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis and Churg-Strauss syndrome have similar incidences. Classical polyarteritis nodosa and Takayasu arteritis are very rare in the UK.