Alcoholic Etiology, Severity of Liver Disease, and Post-Transplant Adherence Are Correlated with Worse Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) in Liver Transplant Candidates.

: Psychosocial pre-transplant evaluation in patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) could help identify those patients at higher risk of pharmacological non-adherence, organ rejection, and mortality. The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) is a validated tool for assessing LT candidates' psychosocial well-being. Data on the ability of the SIPAT evaluation to predict post-transplant outcomes are sparse.

Decommissioning of a Medical Cyclotron Vault: The Case Study of the National Cancer Institute of Milano.

In the widespread use of medical cyclotrons for isotope production, radiological and economic consequences related to the decommissioning of particle accelerators are often neglected. However, decommissioning regulation and its related procedures always demand efforts and costs that can unexpectedly impact on budgets. The magnitude of this impact depends strongly on the residual radioactivity of the accelerator and of the vault, and more specifically on the kind and activity concentration of residual radionuclides.

MICRODOSIMETRY AT NANOMETRIC SCALE WITH AN AVALANCHE-CONFINEMENT TEPC: RESPONSE AGAINST A HELIUM ION BEAM.

The tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) is the most accurate device for measuring the microdosimetric properties of a particle beam but, since the lower operation limit of common TEPCs is ~0.3 μm, no detailed information on the track structure of the impinging particles can be obtained. The pattern of particle interactions at the nanometric level is measured directly by only three different nanodosimeters worldwide: practical instruments are not yet available.

A NOVEL TEPC FOR MICRODOSIMETRY AT NANOMETRIC LEVEL: RESPONSE AGAINST DIFFERENT NEUTRON FIELDS.

Tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) is the most accurate device for measuring the microdosimetric properties of a particle beam, nevertheless no detailed information on the track structure of the impinging particles can be obtained, since the lower operation limit of common TEPCs is ~0.3 μm. On the other hand, the pattern of particle interactions at the nanometer level is measured by only three different nanodosimeters worldwide: practical instruments are not yet available.

Experience of donation and quality of life in living kidney and liver donors.

Italian guidelines on living donation demand that we ascertain the donor's free and informed consent. Assessments to do so have to be conducted by an independent 'third party' who has nothing to do with the medical team treating the recipient. From February 2002 to December 2006, the Veneto Regional Authority's Third Party Commission evaluated 201 living liver and kidney donors.