Working with International Students in the U.S. and Beyond: A Summary of Survey Research by NCDA International Student Services Committee

The career development process is one of the most important aspects of the international student experience. Providing comprehensive and culturally competent services requires institutional efforts that utilize best practices developmentally throughout the college experience and beyond. This article is based on the work of the International Student Services Committee of the National Career Development Association, especially the surveys conducted with international students, career development professional and employers. The authors focus on three major themes from the surveys: knowledge about work authorization options, impact of cultural differences on job search, and specialized career services for international students. Discussing these major themes, the authors report on best practices and future implications for supporting international student career development in the U.S. and beyond

Quien busca recibir Orientación para la Carrera? Un Estudio Prospectivo de variables de personalidad y profesionales entre adolescentes suizos.

This study investigated whether career adaptability, personality, attitude towards career counselling and some demographic variables predict the help seeking behaviour in career counselling among 330 Swiss adolescents in eighth grade. The results indicated that boys were less likely to seek help and that career related variables and attitude but not personality significantly predicted help-seeking. Specifically, help seeking related positively to undecidedness and positive perception of career counselling. Implications for school and career counsellors and suggestions for future research are presented.Cette étude investigue si l’adaptabilité, la personnalité́, les attitudes face au conseil en orientation et quelques variables démographiques prédisent le comportement de recherche d’aide à l’orientation parmi 330 adolescents suisses de huitième année. Les résultats indiquent que les garçons recherchent moins d’aide et que les variables vocationnelles et les attitudes, mais pas la personnalité, prédisent de manière significative la recherche d’aide à l’orientation. Plus spécifiquement, la recherche d’aide est positivement reliée à l’indécision et à une perception positive de l’ori- entation professionnelle. Les implications pour les conseillers en orientation, ainsi que des suggestions pour de futures recherches sont présentées.Diese Studie untersuchte, ob Laufbahnadaptabilität, Persönlichkeit, Einstellungen gegenüber Berufsberatung sowie einige demographische Variablen das Aufsuchen der Berufsberatung bei einer Gruppe von 330 Schweizer Jugendlichen in der achten Klasse vorhersagen würden. Die Resultate zeigen, dass Knaben weniger häufig Hilfe aufsuchen und dass Variablen der Laufbahnentwicklung und Einstellungen aber nicht Persönlichkeit signifikant Verhalten zur Hilfesuche beeinflussen. Im Speziellen war das Aufsuchen der Berufsberatung positiv mit Unschlüssigkeit und einer positiven Wahrnehmung der Berufsberatung verbunden. Implikationen für Bildungs- und Berufsberater sowie Vorschläge für zukünftige Forschung werden präsentiert.En este estudio se investigó si la adaptabilidad, personalidad y actitud hacia la orientación para la carrera, así como algunas variables demográficas predicen el comportamiento de búsqueda de orientación profesional entre 330 adolescentes suizos en grado octavo (N.T. edad media en este curso- 13 años). Los resultados indicaron que los chicos muestran menos tendencia a buscar ayuda y que las variables profesionales y la actitud, pero no las de personalidad, predicen signif- icativamente la búsqueda de ayuda. En concreto, la búsqueda de ayuda se relacionó de forma positiva con la indecisión y con una percepción positiva de la orientación para la carrera. Se presentan las implicaciones para los orientadores escolares y profesionales, así como unas sugerencias para investigaciones futuras

The clinical features, treatment and prognosis of neutropenic fever and Coronavirus disease 2019 results of the multicentre teos study

Abstract This multicentre (22 centres in Turkey) retrospective cohort study aimed to assess the clinical outcomes of patients with neutropenic fever and SARS-CoV-2 positivity. Study period was 15 March 2020–15 August 2021. A total of 170 cases (58 female, aged 59 ± 15.5 years) that fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included in the study. One-month mortality rate (OMM) was 44.8%. The logistic regression analysis showed the following significant variables for the mentioned dependent variables: (i) achieving PCR negativity: receiving a maximum of 5 days of favipiravir (p = 0.005, OR 5.166, 95% CI 1.639–16.280); (ii) need for ICU: receiving glycopeptide therapy at any time during the COVID-19/FEN episode (p = 0.001, OR 6.566, 95% CI 2.137–20.172), the need for mechanical ventilation (p < 0.001, OR 62.042, 95% CI 9.528–404.011); (iii) need for mechanical ventilation: failure to recover from neutropenia (p < 0.001, OR 17.869, 95% CI 3.592–88.907), receiving tocilizumab therapy (p = 0.028, OR 32.227, 95% CI 1.469–707.053), septic shock (p = 0.001, OR 15.4 96% CI 3.164–75.897), and the need for ICU (p < 0.001, OR 91.818, 95% CI 15.360–548.873), (iv) OMM: [mechanical ventilation (p = 0.001, OR 19.041, 95% CI 3.229–112.286) and septic shock (p = 0.010, OR 5.589,95% CI 1.509–20.700)]. Although it includes a relatively limited number of patients, our findings suggest that COVID-19 and FEN are associated with significant mortality and morbidity

Clinicopathological profile of peritoneal tuberculosis and a new scoring model for predicting mortality: an international ID-IRI study

Existing literature about peritoneal tuberculosis (TBP) is relatively insufficient. The majority of reports are from a single center and do not assess predictive factors for mortality. In this international study, we investigated the clinicopathological characteristics of a large series of patients with TBP and determined the key features associated with mortality. TBP patients detected between 2010 and 2022 in 38 medical centers in 13 countries were included in this retrospective cohort. Participating physicians filled out an online questionnaire to report study data. In this study, 208 patients with TBP were included. Mean age of TBP cases was 41.4 +/- 17.5 years. One hundred six patients (50.9%) were females. Nineteen patients (9.1%) had HIV infection, 45 (21.6%) had diabetes mellitus, 30 (14.4%) had chronic renal failure, 12 (5.7%) had cirrhosis, 7 (3.3%) had malignancy, and 21 (10.1%) had a history of immunosuppressive medication use. A total of 34 (16.3%) patients died and death was attributable to TBP in all cases. A pioneer mortality predicting model was established and HIV positivity, cirrhosis, abdominal pain, weakness, nausea and vomiting, ascites, isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in peritoneal biopsy samples, TB relapse, advanced age, high serum creatinine and ALT levels, and decreased duration of isoniazid use were significantly related with mortality (p &lt; 0.05). This is the first international study on TBP and is the largest case series to date. We suggest that using the mortality predicting model will allow early identification of high-risk patients likely to die of TBP