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National — and local — conversations about immigration are often centered on immigrants' integration into the US society. One factor that shapes immigrants' integration is their pre-migration work experience, skills, and training and a series of studies have used "channeling" as a concept to identify immigrants who have worked in the same occupation and/or industry in the destination labor market as they had in the origin labor market, prior to migration. Using the New Immigrant Survey (NIS) and a simultaneous equation model (SiEM) approach, this article expands on this research by exploring the impact of channeling on wages for Asian Indians, Filipino/as, and Mexicans with lawful permanent resident (LPR) status. Contrary to prior findings on the effects of channeling within specific industries, we find that channeling is associated with lower, not higher, immigrants' wages. The findings are robust to different definitions of channeling, as the negative effects of channeling hold within industrial sectors and occupational groups. Moreover, the results indicate that channeling is not exclusive to the Mexico–US migration stream, but instead may be a feature of various US-bound immigration streams, including those from India and the Philippines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A key question of research on crime control is whether the level of police strength in cities primarily represents citizens' collective interest in cutting crime, or whites' interest in exerting control over minority populations in a racially divided society. Minority threat theories maintain that whites and police authorities seek to protect their interests by mobilizing their political power to enhance police strength in cities with relatively large minority populations. Research testing this hypothesis examines the relationships of percent black and percent Hispanic to the strength of police departments. Studies of blacks support minority threat theories, but the limited research on Hispanics does not. We extend research on Hispanics by incorporating nativity and region into an analysis of cities of 100,000 or more population in 2010. Noteworthy findings include complex interactions involving those predictors. Percent native-born Hispanic has a stronger negative relationship with police strength at higher levels of Hispanic-white residential segregation, but only in southwestern cities. Percent black is associated with increased police strength at higher levels of black-white segregation, but only in non-southwestern cities. These findings indicate that nativity, segregation, and regional context may jointly shape the mobilization of coercive crime control, sometimes in unexpected ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Central nervous system (CNS) bleeds were noted in 43.6% vs 43.8% of PCC and AA patients, with similar rates of CNS, gastrointestinal (GI), and other locations of bleeding between groups. B Methods: b This was a retrospective cohort study of adult patients administered AA or PCC between October 2018 and June 2020 for reversal of bleeding associated with factor Xa inhibitor usage. B Introduction: b While andexanet alfa (AA) is approved for reversal of bleeding associated with factor Xa inhibitors, rates of mortality, efficacy, and thrombotic events from retrospective studies evaluating AA and four factor prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) are similar, with significant differences noted in cost between agents. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the use of Video-Assisted Retroperitoneal Debridement (VARD) for recurrent pancreatic necrosis after prior open necrosectomy, presenting a case study of a patient with challenging complications. The topics include the Step-Up Approach as a viable option for walled-off pancreatic necrosis, the consideration of technical feasibility for endoscopic debridement, and the application of VARD in cases of refractory conditions following open necrosectomy.

Traumatic injury in obstetric patients has been shown to correlate with adverse fetal outcomes; however, data predates modern resuscitation and imaging techniques. A single center retrospective review was performed analyzing risk factors for obstetric outcomes for pregnant patients seen at a Level 1 Trauma Center from 2010 to 2020. 571 pregnant patients were compared to nonpregnant child-bearing age women. Injury Severity Scores (ISS) were higher in nonpregnant patients (5 vs 0, P <.001), with similar mortality (P =.07). 558 (98%) injured pregnant patients had an ISS < 9. 122 (21%) pregnant patients suffered obstetric or fetal complications, had higher ISS (P <.001), higher abbreviated injury scales (AIS) for thorax, abdomen, spine, lower extremities (P <.05), and lower gestational age (P =.005). Age, Glasgow Coma Score (GCS), AIS Abdomen and Lower Extremity, and preterm pregnancy were predictive of adverse outcomes. Non-caucasian race, higher gestational age, and term pregnancy were predictive of labor during admission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]