Validation of the Living Kidney Donor Profile Index in a European cohort and comparison of long-term outcomes with US results.

Background: Recently, a risk index for living donor kidney (LDK) transplantation [living kidney donor profile index (LKDPI)] was proposed to compare LDKs with each other and with deceased donor kidneys (DDKs). Until now, the LKDPI has not been validated externally.

Methods: This long-term retrospective analysis included 1305 consecutive adult kidney transplant recipients who were transplanted 2000-16 in our centre.

Structure-activity relationship of palladium phosphanesulfonates: toward highly active palladium-based polymerization catalysts.

Palladium phosphanesulfonate [R(2)P(C(6)H(4)-o-SO(3))PdMeL] catalysts permit the copolymerization of an exceptional large number of functional olefins with ethylene. However, these catalysts usually have reduced activity. We here have conducted a systematic study on the influence of the phosphane substituent, R, on activity and molecular weight.