1.Geometrical design of blade's surface and boundary control of Navier-Stokes equations
Kaitai LI ; Jian SU ; Aixiang HUANG
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2007;19(1):1-6
In this article a new principle of geometric design for blade's surface of an impeller is provided. This is an optimal control problem for the boundary geometric shape of flow and the control variable is the surface of the blade. We give a minimal functional depending on the geometry of the blade's surface and such that the flow's loss achieves minimum. The existence of the solution of the optimal control problem is proved and the Euler-Lagrange equations for the surface of the blade are derived. In addition, under a new curvilinear coordinate system, the flow domain between the two blades becomes a fixed hexahedron, and the surface as a mapping from a bounded domain in R2 into R3, is explicitly appearing in the objective functional. The Navier-Stokes equations, which include the mapping in their coefficients, can be computed by using operator splitting algorithm. Furthermore, derivatives of the solution of Navier-Stokes equations with respect to the mapping satisfy linearized Navier-Stokes equations which can be solved by using operator splitting algorithms too. Hence, a conjugate gradient method can be used to solve the optimal control problem.
2.Study on antiinflammatory effect of different chemotype of Cinnamomum camphora on rat arthritis model induced by Freund's adjuvant.
Hongmei LI ; Luqi HUANG ; Aixiang ZHOU ; Xiaoqin LI ; Jianhui SUN
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2009;34(24):3251-3254
OBJECTIVETo study the antiinflammatory effects of naphtha from different chemotypes of Cinnamomum camphora and natural borneol on the rat arthritis model induced by Freund's adjuvant.
METHODThe arthritis model was induced by injecting Freund's adjuvant in rat voix pedis dermis and the rats were randomly divided into seven groups: normal control group, model control group, triptergium wilfordii control group, borneol chemotype naphtha group, camphor chemotype naphtha group, isocamphane chemotype naphtha group and natural borneol group. Rats of the triptergium wilfordii control group were given orally 8.1 mg x kg(-1) triptergium wilfordii for 35 days, rats of the normal control group and model control group were given same volume water, and rats of other groups were given 80 mg x kg(-1) corresponding drug. We observed the rat common condition, weighed the rat body weight weekly, measured the degree of swelling of voix pedis every 4 days, weighed the thymus and spleen on the end of life, and measured the contents of cell factor TNF-alpha, IL-2, and IL-6 in rat blood serum.
RESULTAs far as the arthrosis degree of swelling and the contents of cell factor TNF-alpha, IL-2, IL-6 were concerned, rats of model control group were higher than normal control group, and rats of other drug groups were lower than the model control group. The order of inhibition ratios of the arthrosis degree of swelling from high to low principle was isocamphane chemotype naphtha group, camphor chemotype naphtha group, borneol chemotype naphtha group and natural borneol group. All medication administration teams evidently reduced the contents of the IL-2 and IL-6, and the inhibition ratios were higher than 38%. In the case of the contents of TNF-alpha and IL-2, all groups were not evidently different. In the case of inhibition of IL-6, camphor chemotype naphtha group was better than borneol chemotype naphtha group and natural borneol group, the latter was better than isocamphane chemotype naphtha group. As far as the weight, thymus index and spleen index were concerned, all medication administration groups were not different.
CONCLUSIONThe different chemotypes of C. camphora have anti-inflammatory effect on the rat arthritis model induced by Freund's adjuvant, but pharmacological activity and mechanism of action are different. The study points out the clinical curative effects of the chemotypes of the kindred medicinal plant are different, and please consider the difference of chemotype in clinical application.
Alkanes ; therapeutic use ; Animals ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; therapeutic use ; Arthritis ; chemically induced ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Body Weight ; drug effects ; Bornanes ; therapeutic use ; Cinnamomum camphora ; chemistry ; Freund's Adjuvant ; adverse effects ; Interleukin-2 ; metabolism ; Interleukin-6 ; metabolism ; Male ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; metabolism
3.Application progress of reminiscence therapy in elderly patients with mental disorders
Yuanxin PAN ; Aixiang XIAO ; Junrong YE ; Jialan WU ; Chenxin WU ; Ting WANG ; Haoyun WANG ; Xingxiao HUANG ; Lexin YUAN ; Lian JIANG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2023;29(5):697-700
This paper introduces the concept, basic theory and interventions of reminiscence therapy, summarizes the application status of reminiscence therapy in elderly patients with mental disorders and puts forward the prospect, so as to provide reference for research in China.
4.Psychological experience of nursing assistants of elderly patients with disability and mental disorders: a qualitative study
Gang ZENG ; Weiye CAO ; Aixiang XIAO ; Xingxiao HUANG ; Rong GUI ; Danhua HE ; Wen WANG ; Li LU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2024;30(2):161-166
Objective:To explore the real work experience and needs of nursing assistants of elderly patients with disability and mental disorders, and provide reference for relevant institutions to develop a reasonable support system and promote their physical and mental health.Methods:From October to November 2022, purposive sampling was used to select nursing assistants of elderly patients with disability and mental disorders from the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University as the research subject. The phenomenological method was used to conduct in-depth interviews, recordings, and transcripts of 12 nursing assistants. The Colaizzi analysis program was used to analyze, organize, refine, and summarize.Results:A total of five themes were extracted, including multiple emotional experiences, lack of rest and relaxation, insufficient professional identity and external support, lack of care knowledge and skills, heavy workload and poor treatment.Conclusions:Accompanying management institutions and hospitals need to strengthen their attention to nursing assistants, reduce their physical and mental burden, attach importance to skill training, increase welfare benefits, enhance professional identity, and improve the quality of care.
5.Advance of research on the role of BCL11A in the occurrence and treatment of β-Thalassemia
Aixiang LYU ; Meihuan CHEN ; Liangpu XU ; Hailong HUANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2024;41(4):417-425
β-Thalassemia is a single-gene disease caused by mutations in β-globin and has a distinct geographical characteristics. Current treatment for patients with moderate to severe thalassemia has mainly relied on long-term blood transfusion and/or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. B cell lymphoma/leukemia 11A (BCL11A) as a transcriptional repressor plays a vital role in monitoring γ/β hemoglobin switching, maintaining the normal function of hematopoietic stem cells, and regulating erythrocyte differentiation and lymphocyte development. With the rapid progress in gene editing technology, the BCL11A as a therapeutic target for β-thalassemia has shown promising results. This article has systematically summarized the regulatory mechanism and therapeutic potential of the BCL11A, with an aim to provide new ideas for the treatment of β-thalassemia.
6.Research progress on behavioral activation therapy for patients with late-life depression
Chenxin WU ; Aixiang XIAO ; Junrong YE ; Xingxiao HUANG ; Hang YANG ; Haoyun WANG ; Ting WANG ; Xiaomei ZHONG
Sichuan Mental Health 2022;35(4):376-380
This article gives a review on the application status and clinical effect of behavioral activation (BA) therapy for patients with late-life depression, in which the theoretical content, research status and the characteristics of clinical application of BA therapy for patients with late-life depression were introduced, and the existing limitations and possible directions for future research were summarized, so as to provide references for the localization of BA therapy for patients with late-life depression.
7.Construction and reliability and validity of a scale for assessing psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint
Junrong YE ; Haoyun WANG ; Wen WANG ; Aixiang XIAO ; Chenxin WU ; Li WANG ; Zhichun XIA ; Lian JIANG ; Yaling LI ; Lin YU ; Xingxiao HUANG ; Hang YANG
Sichuan Mental Health 2024;37(2):137-143
BackgroundThe existing tools in China for assessing psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint do not sufficiently consider the specialty in psychiatric practice, and the scale items are somewhat cumbersome to use, which together restrict their further promotion and application. Accordingly, there is an urgent need for developing a more scientific assessment tool. ObjectiveTo construct a scale for assessing psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint and to verify its reliability and validity, so as to provide a generic tool for the assessment. MethodsBased on the theoretical framework of the knowledge-attitude-practice model, the preliminary scale was formed through systematic literature review, qualitative interview and Delphi method. From July to December 2021, a stratified sampling was utilized to select 729 psychiatric nurses from tertiary, secondary and primary (including unclassified medical institutions and grassroots hospitals) psychiatric hospitals in Guangdong Province. The formal scale was developed through item analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The validity of the scale was evaluated by content validity and structure validity, and the reliability was verified by procedures including Cronbach's α coefficient, test-retest reliability, and split-half reliability. ResultsA total of 12 items of three dimensions (knowledge, attitude, practice) were included in the scale for assessing psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint. The scale-level content validity index (S-CVI) was 0.941, and the item-level content validity index (I-CVI) ranged from 0.812 to 1.000. Exploratory factor analysis extracted three common factors, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 62.948%. The confirmatory factor yielded adequate fit. Cronbach's α coefficient was found to be 0.887 for the scale, 0.819 for knowledge dimension, 0.842 for attitude dimension, and 0.831 for practice dimension. The split-half reliability and test-retest reliability for the scale were 0.712 and 0.922, respectively. ConclusionThe scale shows satisfactory reliability and validity, which can be used to assess psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint. [Funded by Guangdong Clinical Teaching Base Teaching Reform Research Project (number, 2021JD119)]