The Prevailing Preference for Left Nephrectomy in Living Donor Transplantation Does Not Adversely Affect Long-Term Donor and Recipient Outcomes.

Background: In living donor renal transplantation, surgeons traditionally prefer the left kidney for donation. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of the choice of laterality of donor nephrectomy on donor and recipient outcomes.

Methods: The data was obtained from the UK National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).

Graphene oxide fibers by microfluidics assembly: a strategy for structural and dimensional control.

Graphene oxide (GO) microfibers with controlled and homogeneous shapes and tunable diameters were fabricated using the 3 dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic focusing concept on a microfluidic device. Thermal and microwave treatments are used to obtain reduced graphene oxide (rGO) microfibers with outstanding electrical properties, thus enabling the development of ionic liquid-gate field-effect transistors (FET) based on graphene derivative microfibers.

Sex, size, and prey caloric value affect diet specialization and consumption of an invasive prey by a native predator.

Escaping the control of natural enemies is thought to heavily influence the establishment success and impact of non-native species. Here, we examined how the profitability of alternative prey in combination with the presence of a competitor and predator aggressive behavior explain individual differences in diet specialization and the consumption of the invasive green porcelain crab by the native mud crab predator Results from bomb calorimetry estimates show that invasive has high caloric value relative to alternative native prey. Laboratory assays indicated that specialization and consumption of invasive was mostly exhibited by large, female , but the presence of a competitor and predator aggressiveness did not influence diet and the consumption of Thus, intrinsic factors (e.

A standardized method for quantifying consistent individual differences in schooling behaviour.

A method for quantifying consistent individual differences in schooling behaviour is presented. This method, which utilizes a school of models, improves on previous methods by removing the unwanted variation that is introduced by live stimulus fish while still providing the physiological experience of schooling to the focal fish. Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus observed in the model school assay exhibited consistent individual differences in schooling behaviour.

Transplantation of liver and kidney from donors with malignancy at the time of donation: an experience from a single centre.

Transplantation of organs from donors with malignancy poses clinical and ethical questions regarding outcome, informed consent, immunosuppression and follow-up. We review our experience of kidney and liver transplantation from such donors. Our database was complemented by data from National Health Service Blood and Transplant.