[The anticipated organ donation approach].

The anticipated organ donation approach aims to increase access to donor organs in France. It concerns patients with neurological injuries in a serious condition, for whom there are no treatment options, but who could be suitable for organ procurement if their condition were to evolve towards brain death. This approach requires meticulous preparation, fulfilment of the required conditions and close support for the family.

ITER-like antenna capacitors voltage probes: Circuit/electromagnetic calculations and calibrations.

The analyses illustrated in this manuscript have been performed in order to provide the required data for the amplitude-and-phase calibration of the D-dot voltage probes used in the ITER-like antenna at the Joint European Torus tokamak. Their equivalent electrical circuit has been extracted and analyzed, and it has been compared to the one of voltage probes installed in simple transmission lines. A radio-frequency calibration technique has been formulated and exact mathematical relations have been derived.

Analysis of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections after lung transplantation.

Purpose: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are important pathogens in lung transplant recipients. This study describes the spectrum of NTM respiratory tract infections and examines the association of NTM infections with lung transplant complications.

Methods: Data from 208 recipients transplanted from November 1990 to November 2005 were analyzed.

[Organ donation and the moral responsibility of caregivers].

Organ transplants are not accessible to everyone. Less than a third of the people on the waiting list are able to benefit from one each year in France. Donor organs are rare.