Sexual and Reproductive Health Assessment in a Group of Female Renal Transplant Recipients.

Background: Fertility and sexual health are impaired in individuals with chronic kidney disease and can be restored after a successful renal transplant. This is a single-center prospective study about the sexual and reproductive health (including contraceptive methods and gynecologic cancer screening) in renal transplant recipients.

Methods: Female renal transplant recipients, aged 18 to 49 years at transplant, were interviewed about their gynecologic history, sexual health, and use of contraceptive methods.

Cystatin C as an indicator of renal damage in pre-eclampsia.

Objective: To assess the predictive abilities of serum and urinary cystatin C levels for glomerular lesions in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia.

Methods: In this study, kidney function markers were compared between38 pregnant women with pre-eclampsia and 22 healthy pregnant women.

Results: The serum and urine levels of cystatin C and urea were significantly higher in the pre-eclampsia group than in the control group.

Postharvest conservation of the tuberous roots of Pachyrhizus Ahipa (Wedd) Parodi.

This paper aimed to evaluate the effects of storage periods on the conservation of Pachyrhizus ahipa roots at different temperatures and packaging materials. The roots were harvested, washed, packed in PVC, plastic bags, without wrappings (control) and stored in polystyrene trays in refrigerators, or cold chambers, or at room temperature. Total titratable acidity (TTA), total soluble solids (TSS), pH, as well as their ash, lipid, total carbohydrate and protein (dry basis) contents were analyzed.