Kinetic blockings in long-range interacting inhomogeneous systems.

Long-range interacting systems unavoidably relax through Poisson shot noise fluctuations generated by their finite number of particles, N. When driven by two-body correlations, i.e.

Long-term relaxation of one-dimensional self-gravitating systems.

We investigate the long-term relaxation of one-dimensional (1D) self-gravitating systems, using both kinetic theory and N-body simulations. We consider thermal and Plummer equilibria, with and without collective effects. All combinations are found to be in clear agreement with respect to the Balescu-Lenard and Landau predictions for the diffusion coefficients.

Anesthesia for pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation.

The anesthetic management of 68 liver transplantations in 50 pediatric patients is described. The surgical technique is briefly reviewed. The selection of an anesthetic technique was not as important as management of numerous intra-operative problems.