Parent management training programs have proven the most effective way to treat child behavior problems. This study reports on an effectiveness trial of a community-based implementation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) in comparison with the Dutch-developed Family Creative Therapy (FCT). Forty-five children (58 % boys) aged between 32 and 102 months (M = 67.7, SD = 15.9) were referred...

We consider a model of gas-solid combustion with free interface proposed by L. Kagan and G.I. Sivashinsky. Our approach is twofold: (I) we eliminate the front and get to a fully nonlinear system with boundary conditions; (II) we use a fourth-order pseudo-differential equation for the front to achieve asymptotic regimes in rescaled variables. In both cases, we implement a numerical algorithm bas...

The advent of molecular characterization of tissues has brought an increasing emphasis on the quality of biospecimens, starting with the tissue procurement process. RNA levels are particularly affected by factors in the collection process, but the influence of different pre-analytical factors is not well understood. Here we present the influence of tissue specimen size, as well as the transport...

BACKGROUND It is increasingly acknowledged that homelessness is a more complex social and public health phenomenon than the absence of a place to live. This view signifies a paradigm shift, from the definition of homelessness in terms of the absence of permanent accommodation, with its focus on pathways out of homelessness through the acquisition and maintenance of permanent housing, to underst...

A shortage of donor organs and increasing dependence on marginal grafts with prolonged ischemic times have meant that new methods are needed to prevent postischemic damage. Herein is reported a new strategy aimed to protect donor kidney from complement-mediated postischemic damage and therefore increase the number of successful transplants. Rat donor kidneys were perfused with a membrane-locali...

As part of our continuing interest in exploring the chemistry of actinomycete bacteria uniquely adapted for survival in ocean sediments, we encountered several new strains, which by 16S rDNA sequence-based phylogenetic analysis were recognized as members of a new genus (tentatively called MAR4) within the family Streptomycetaceae. We report here the isolation and structure elucidation of three ...

UNLABELLED Organ shortage has forced transplant teams to progressively expand the acceptance of marginal donors. METHODS We performed a comparative analysis of the post-transplant evolution depending on donor age (group I: less than 70 years old (n=474) vs. group II: 70 or more years old [n=105]) over a 10 year period (2002-2011). RESULTS Donors over 70 years old were similar to donors less...

flight. The trip lasted 2.5 h and the kidney was transplanted into ‘D’ after 4 h of cold ischemia at the HVN. During this time, the kidney of ‘C’ remained in cold ischemia until the plane that landed in Granada came back to Barcelona and was transplanted in ‘E’ with 5 h and 15 min of cold ischemia. At 7:30 PM, the transplant was completed and the chain was closed (Fig. 1). The donors of both ho...

Several studies have reported that pancreatic ductal preservation greatly improved the islet yield and function after cold storage. However, these studies were devoid of appropriate controls, such as vascular perfusion, which is routinely performed to preserve organs in the clinical setting. In this study, we created a vascular perfusion model using inbred rats, and investigated the effect of d...

OBJECTIVES With the advent of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, there has been a general underuse of right laparoscopic donor nephrectomy versus left because of concerns regarding higher complication rates and poorer outcomes. We performed a retrospective analysis of our laparoscopic donor nephrectomy series with an emphasis on the side of the kidney retrieved and the outcomes of donors and recip...