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Objective To analyse retrospectively kidney and ureteric injuries (the former often associated with multipleorgan trauma) and thus optimize diagnostic and treatment methods.

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for several percent of all adult malignant tumor cases and is directly associated with over 120 thousand death cases worldwide annually. Therefore, there is a need for cancer biomarker tests and methods capable of discriminating between normal and malignant tissue. It is demonstrated that gold nanoparticle enhanced target (AuNPET), a nanoparticle-based, surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization (SALDI)-type mass spectrometric method for analysis and imaging, can differentiate between normal and cancerous renal tissue. Diglyceride DG(18:1/20:0)-sodium adduct and protonated octadecanamide ions were found to have greatly elevated intensities in cancerous part of analyzed tissue specimen. Compounds responsible for mentioned ions formation were pointed out as a potential clear cell RCC biomarkers. Their biological properties and localization on the tissue surface are also discussed. Potential application of presented results may also facilitate clinical decision making during surgery for large renal masses.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015, are the most relevant global agreements on 17 of the most important issues that are crucial to all countries and their societies. The achievement of all SDGs requires a reduction in the scale of money laundering destabilizing domestic economies. This original research study has shown that the supreme audit institutions’ (SAI) capacity to audit and evaluate anti-money laundering system is limited for a number of reasons including the lack of global SAI standards and guidelines for auditing anti-money laundering systems. The aim of this research was to create a generally accepted approach to auditing anti-money laundering outcomes. To address the research goal, interviews were conducted with 15 representatives of 11 SAIs. In addition, members of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) were interviewed and SAI audits of anti-money laundering entities were analysed. A literature review was also carried out. Based on this research study, an original approach both to managing anti-money laundering and auditing such activities was created. This research provides the basis for strengthening risk management that supports an efficient realization of SDGs. The proposed Sustainable Model for Anti-Money Laundering will enhance SAI’s audit capacity and significantly improve parliamentary watchdogs’ investigative functions.