The frictional layer in the observed momentum budget of the trades.

Profiles of eddy momentum flux divergence are calculated as the residual in the momentum budget constructed from airborne circular dropsonde arrays ( 220 km) for 13 days during the EUREC A/ATOMIC field campaign. The observed dynamical forcing averaged over all flights agrees broadly with European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) forecasts. In the direction of the flow, a mean flux divergence (friction) exists over a 1.

Pancreas transplantation inside Emilia-Romagna, Italy: referral pattern, demand forecasting, and organ availability.

In Italy, referral of diabetic patients for pancreas transplantation (PT) is an unstructured process, resulting in a low rate of activity and late referrals, often when the patient has already undergone dialysis. In addition, the continuous improvement in pancreas transplant alone, offering the opportunity to reduce cardiovascular risk due to proteinuria and reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR), is rarely appreciated. We therefore analyzed (1) referral activity to PT during the time frame 2001-2005 in Emilia-Romagna, Italy (four million inhabitants), by collecting ICD 9 CM codes (55.

[Early kidney-pancreas transplantation in type 1 diabetics prevents hemodialysis].

Background: The life-expectancy of type 1 diabetics (T1D) on dialysis is still shorter than that of non-diabetics. Pancreas transplantation (PT) in its different modalities should be considered as a life-saving procedure.

Methods: We analyzed our referral activity of T1D to PT from 1992.

[Malignant neoplasia and kidney transplantation. Retrospective analysis of data on the population having kidney transplantation with de novo neoplasia in the setting of the AIRT].

Background: In transplanted patients undergoing immunossuppressive therapy the incidence of malignant neoplasia is 3-4 times higher than in the general population. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of different tumours and the links between modulation of immunosuppressive therapy and patient and graft survival.

Patients: We evaluated 2029 kidney-transplanted patients from four Transplant Centres (Bari, Bologna, Modena, Novara) belonging to the Associazione InterRegionale Trapianti (AIRT).