BACKGROUND The D-MELD score was designed to prevent donor-recipient matches with a high risk of unfavorable outcome. The main objective of the present study was to assess the predictive value of the DMELD score for 1-month and 3-month post-transplant mortality in a cohort of patients who underwent deceased-donor liver transplantation in Southern Brazil. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cohort study was...

the activity of angiotension converting enzyme (ace; omim: 106180) in different brain regions of patients with schizophrenia changed, suggesting a possible involvement of ace in psychiatric disorders. genetic polymorphism of insertion/deletion (i/d; dbsnp rs4646994) in the gene encoding ace has been well defined.the present case-control study was performed on 363 (268 males, 95 females) in-pati...

Whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed on stem cell transplant donor-recipient (D-R) pairs to determine the extent of potential antigenic variation at a molecular level. In a small cohort of D-R pairs, a high frequency of sequence variation was observed between the donor and recipient exomes independent of human leucocyte antigen (HLA) matching. Nonsynonymous, nonconservative single nucleot...

We have evaluated the NMR shielding tensors for A:T,G:C,A:U in Watson-crick, and U-quartet. We have computed NMR shielding tensors at B31YP level by using 6-31G(d) basis set. We have compute anisotropy and asymmetry in A:T,G:C,A:U and U-quartet. The NMR shielding tensors were calculated using the GIAO method. The natural bonding orbital analysis (NBO) were performed. NBO calculation have been ...

Photoconversion in planar-heterojunction organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) is limited by a short exciton diffusion length (L(D)) that restricts migration to the dissociating electron donor/acceptor interface. Consequently, bulk heterojunctions are often used to realize high efficiency as these structures reduce the distance an exciton must travel to be dissociated. Here, we present an alternati...

Chronic progressive renal function loss is a main cause of long-term graft loss after initially successful renal transplantation. Transplanted kidneys share some risk factors for renal function loss, such as hypertension or proteinuria, with diseased native kidneys. Recently, it has been shown that renal function loss is influenced by the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)(insertion/detection ...

Chronic progressive renal function loss is a main cause of long-term graft loss after initially successful renal transplantation. Transplanted kidneys share some risk factors for renal function loss, such as hypertension or proteinuria, with diseased native kidneys. Recently, it has been shown that renal function loss is influenced by the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) (insertion/deletion ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In order to provide a good match between donor and recipient in liver transplantation, four scoring systems [the product of donor age and Model for End-stage Liver Disease score (D-MELD), the score to predict survival outcomes following liver transplantation (SOFT), the balance of risk score (BAR), and the transplant risk index (TRI)] based on both donor and recipient ...

The maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of the host-guest type organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with interface exciplex as host has been over 36%. However, studies about energy transfer processes occurring from to guest remain lacking. Herein, a strategy is proposed probe in interface-type OLEDs by utilizing characteristic magneto-electroluminescence (MEL) response hot exciton revers...