Neurotoxicity represents a serious complication following liver transplantation and may be evoked by various perioperative factors or develop due to toxicity of immunosuppresion. The symptoms of neurotoxicity associated with calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) may be reversed by discontinuing or reducing the dose of CNIs; however, this may increase the risk of rejection. To address this issue, we exa...

Since the 1980s, most of the oil and gas tracts auctioned by the federal government in the Gulf of Mexico are adjacent to tracts that are already under lease. Owners of neighboring leases enjoy incumbency advantages that act as a barrier to entry for other firms. We ask whether owners of neigboring leases take advantage of their situation and agree not to compete. To answer this question, we de...

Experiments were conducted to determine exhaust emissions and combustion characteristics of a conventional diesel engine (CE) and high grade low heat rejection diesel engine (LHR) (with air gap insulated piston with superni (an alloy of nickel) crown, air gap insulated liner with superni insert and ceramic coated cylinder head)with different operating conditions [normal temperature and pre-heat...

Investigations are carried out to evaluate the performance of a low heat rejection (LHR) diesel engine consisting of different versions such as ceramic coated cylinder head engine-LHR-1; Air gap insulated piston and air gap insulated linerLHR-2; and Ceramic coated cylinder head, air gap insulated piston and air gap insulated liner –LHR-3 with normal temperature condition of linseed oil with var...

background: kidney transplantation is the best alternative treatment for end-stage renal disease. several studies have been devoted to investigate predisposing factors of graft rejection. however, there is inconsistency between the results. the objective of the present study was to utilize an intuitive and robust approach for variable selection, random survival forests (rsf), and to identify im...

results afscs have the potential to be used in tissue repair and regeneration of bladder and kidney injuries, for the treatment of congenital anomalies like tracheal anomalies and spina bifida therapy etc. however, like other treatment, afscs also have some limitations such as low rate of differentiation of transplanted afscs and immune rejection. conclusions afscs have great therapeutic potent...

in this paper, the effect of transmembarne pressure (tmp) at levels of 1, 1.75 & 2.5 bar, process temperature (t) at levels of 30 & 60oc and operation time (t) at levels of 15, 30, 45 & 60 minute on the permeate flux, sugar rejection, non-sugar rejection and fouling as membrane performance indexes investigated. membrane system used in this research was ceramic tubular module and it had effectiv...

background: thymoglobuline (tg), is used for both induction and rejection therapy in kidney transplantation (tx). this study was conducted to compare between adding tg or not to the conventional drugs to evaluate the rate of rejections, infections and costs. methods: in two groups of patients, each of 45 cases group a received conventional drugs (cyclosporine, mycophenolate and prednisolone) an...

Background: In addition to Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) compatibility, gene polymorphisms in cytokines might also be important in the quality of allogeneic immune response. Objective: To evaluate the influence of HLA-DR matching and a number of cytokine gene polymorphisms on acute rejection after living-unrelated donor (LURD) kidney transplantation. Methods: A total of 42 renal transplants pe...