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...Rutger Ploeg, professor of surgery at the University Medical Center of Groningen in the Netherlands, set up a trial involving patients from the international organ exchange group called Eurotransplant. Researchers procured a pair of kidneys from 336 deceased donors and, within 24 hours, placed one from each pair in cold storage, and attached the other to a LifePort Kidney Transporter perfusion machine. The kidneys were then transplanted into 672 recipients. Among the patients who received a cold-stored kidney, 89 developed a condition called delayed graft function in which the kidney fails to function immediately after transplant. Only...
...yard 18th hole, Obama approached his ball in the middle of the fairway and hit a shot that flew low and straight for about 75 yards before landing at the front, center-edge of the green. More than 100 people sitting on a rock wall along the fairway applauded as Obama approached and he put his gloved right hand to his mouth to signal for quiet pointing to another member of his group who was getting ready to shoot...
That moment of yielding fully to addiction is what Alan Marlatt, director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington, calls the abstinence-violation effect (AVE). "The abstinence-violation effect is a form of black-and-white thinking," says Marlatt. "You blame [your failure] on internal factors that you consider beyond your control." (See what makes you eat more food...
...enabled our team to have a little different dimension, and I like that with our ball club,” Amaker said. Freshman Max Kenyi and Housman scored 11 points apiece. But most impressive were the contributions of players who haven’t seen much action, like freshman center Peter Swiatek. In 18 minutes played, Swiatek put up nine points and six rebounds, shooting a perfect 3-for-3 from both the floor and the free-throw line. “I thought his effort was tremendous. I was very happy to see him get the minutes that...
...their part, Czech officials in Brussels insist that Klaus will be active and host the requisite summits. Center-right Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek is also keen to ensure the Czech presidency tackles big issues like the financial crisis and the Lisbon Treaty, officials say. Topolanek has insisted that the E.U. is vital for the Czech Republic, given its Soviet-era past. "It's by far better to kiss the German Chancellor than to hug the Russian bear," he wrote in a recent newspaper article for the Mladá Fronta DNES...