BACKGROUND Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy has become the preferred method of donor nephrectomy at many transplant centers. The laparoscopic stapling device is commonly used for division of the renal vessels. Malfunction of the stapling device can occur, and is often due to interference from previously placed clips. We report our experience with a clipless technique in which no vascular cli...

Hurricane Isabel made landfall near Drum Inlet, about 240 km south of the Chesapeake Bay mouth, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina at 1700 UTC (GMT 12:00), September 18, 2003. Hurricane Isabel is considered to be one of the most significant tropical cyclones to affect portions of northeastern North Carolina and eastcentral Virginia. The ADvanced CIRCulation Model (ADCIRC) model was applied to...

Distinct changes occur in the distribution of American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus Swainson, 1827) populations during the breeding season. Small numbers of American dippers remain resident on the wintering site, while the majority of birds make short altitudinal movements upstream. Therefore, American dippers breed over large elevation gradients within a watershed, using both the main river and i...

Allelic variation at 10 microsatellite loci was assayed in potentially wild Oncorhynchus mykiss 32 collected from 11 tributaries and three upper main stem river sites (n=547), and compared to steelhead 33 trout from the hatchery operated in the lower main stem river (n=333). The objective was to investigate 34 microgeographic genetic structure of wild O. mykiss , in the face of large-scale hatc...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and adverse effects of endovenous foam sclerotherapy (EFS) and liquid sclerotherapy (ELS) using a microcatheter for the treatment of varicose tributaries. MATERIALS AND METHODS From December 2007 to January 2009, patients with venous reflux in the saphenous vein were enrolled. The foam or liquid sclerosant was injected through a microcatheter just before endo...

The nature of emerging patterns concerning water quality stressors and the evolution of hypoxia within sub-estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay has been an important unresolved question among the Chesapeake Bay community. Elucidation of the nature of hypoxia in the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay has important ramifications to the successful restoration of the Bay, since much of Bay states populat...

The authors wish to add the following amendments and corrections on their paper published in IJERPH [1]. 1. Page 3093, line 4, " spherical " and " exponential " were corrected instead of sphere and index. The sentence should read " The results obtained were then applied to the theoretical semivariogram models, including power, spherical, exponential, and Gaussian models ". The same situation in...

Nutrient input to the Laurentian Great Lakes continues to cause problems with eutrophication. To reduce the extent and severity of these problems, target nutrient loads were established and Total Maximum Daily Loads are being developed for many tributaries. Without detailed loading information it is difficult to determine if the targets are being met and how to prioritize rehabilitation efforts...

Choice experiments can be designed using information gathered in stakeholder consultation processes. Information from these two sources can be used to consider both consultation outcomes and population preferences in environmental decision making. This approach is demonstrated using a case study of New Zealand’s Hurunui River which has been hotly contested between those who seek to divert water...

The Fuglebekken basin is situated in the southern part of the island of Spitsbergen (Norwegian Arctic), on the Hornsund fjord (Wedel Jarlsberg Land). Surface water was collected from 24 tributaries (B1-B24) and from the main stream water in the Fuglebekken basin (25) between 10 July 2009 and 30 July 2009. The present investigation reveals the results of the analysis of these samples for their P...