OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the nature and extent of mitochondrial alterations during heart preservation. METHODS Rat hearts, isolated after cardioplegia in situ, were preserved for 6 or 15 h at 4 degrees C either by immersion in cardioplegic solution or by low-flow perfusion (0.3 ml/min) with cardioplegic solution. The energy state of hearts at the end of preservation was determin...

BACKGROUND New organ preservation solutions that contain soluble polyethylene glycol (sPEG) molecules have been associated with reduction of acute rejection episodes. METHODS In the present manuscript we tested in vitro whether sPEG molecules were able to mask donor alloantigens and reduce graft immunogenicity. RESULTS Immunomasking effect was only evidenced when PEG molecules were covalent...

Recently, natural resources economists have turned to valuation and appraisal of the contribution of natural resources to human’s welfare and they have made striking progress in valuing the environmental and ecological services of eco-systems. The present study investigated people’s willingness to pay (WTP) for participation in preservation and reclamation of Abuzeidabad desert area through con...

We introduce the property ``$F$-linked'' of subsets posets for a given free filter $F$ on natural numbers, and define properties ``$\mu$-$F$-linked'' ``$\theta$-$F$-Knaster'' in way. show that $\theta$-$F$-Knaster preserve strong types unbounded families maximal almost disjoint families. Concerning iterations such posets, we develop general technique to construct $\theta$-$\mathrm{Fr}$-Knaster ...

This technical report presents the full proofs for the type preservation and effect soundness theorems of the type system presented in the article “Lightweight Polymorphic Effects”.

recently, natural resources economists have turned to valuation and appraisal of the contribution of natural resources to human’s welfare and they have made striking progress in valuing the environmental and ecological services of eco-systems. the present study investigated people’s willingness to pay (wtp) for participation in preservation and reclamation of abuzeidabad desert area through con...