Objective To determine the serum concentrations of free carnitine in lipid storage myopathy(LSM) and the roles in diagnosis,classification and therapy of LSM. Methods Fasting blood samples of 8 LSM cases identified by muscle biopsies, 9 cases of other neuromuscular diseases and 18 cases of normal controls were enzymatically analyzed for free carnitine levels. Results In 8 LSM cases serum values of free carnitine were 4.4?2.5 mg/L, in 9 cases with other neuromuscular disease, serum levels of free carnitine were 10.2?2.5 mg/L and in 18 normal controls,11.8?2.9 mg/L. LSM cases showed significant decrease of free carnitine concentrations as compared with normal controls and other patients with neuromuscular diseases (P

Objective]Training students to consult literature, teamwork, language expression, report writing and other aspects of the ability to develop professionalism, improve the overall quality.[Methods] We review reflections of the current situation on teachingChinese Medical Historycurriculum, put forward a set of time as the main line, physicians investigating and studying as the center, set questionnaires, group discussions, class reporting, comprehensive evaluation of integrated interactive solutions.[Results] By strengthening the self-study and discussion, to stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning and exploration, so that students master the initial medical history of the life, works and academic achievements, for the future in-depth study of traditional Chinese medicine professional knowledge and lay a good foundation. [Conclusion] After preliminary practice, it achieved good results, to be promoted in Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

AIM: To observe the role of free radicals in the inhibitory effect of chemotherapy on glioma cells. METHODS: C6 glioma cells were cultured in vitro , and treated with carmustine (B), teniposide (V), or/and nimodipine (N). Furthermore, the glioma-bearing rats were treated with B plus N, B+V+lisplatin (D)+N, or B+V+D+N+angiotensin Ⅱ. The MDA content and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in the culture supernatant and cortical brain tissue were assayed. RESULTS: B, V and N significantly decreased MDA content and SOD activity in the supernatant of glioma cell culture and C6 glioma cells. Chemotherapy reduced MDA content and increased SOD activity in the cortical brain tissue of tumor-bearing rats, with highest efficiency in B+V+D+N+angiotensin Ⅱ group. The survival time of tumor-bearing rats in B+V+D+N+angiotensin Ⅱ group was longer than that in other chemotherapy group. CONCLUSION: The antitumor effects of combined chemotherapy may be involved in the free radical metabolism. [

Objective To investigate the effect of micro-ecological agent on the intestinal flora of patients with posterior lumbar spine surgery.Methods Seventy-two patients with lumbar spine surgery were selected as our subjects.Of them,42 patients with occurred the intestinal flora dysfunction were served as experimental group (group A),other 30 patients were as control group (group B).The levels of plasma endotoxin,plasma tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α),Interleukin 6 (IL-6) were detected before and after operation.The patients in group A were treated with micro-ecological agent Jinshuangqi.Collected stool samples at preoperative,postoperative first natural defecation (after 1-4 d),and compared intestinal flora difference and Bifidobacterium (B)/Enterobacteriaceae (E) value of two groups patients.Results The levels of plasma endotoxin in group A were (1.82 ±0.12),(2.29 ±0.15),(1.91 ±0.08) ng/L at before surgery,the 2nd and 7th day after surgery,and that in group B were(1.91 ±0.21),(2.35 ±0.16),(2.26 ±0.24) ng/L The TNF-α level in group A were (275 ±51),(309 ±45),(276 ±34) ng/L and that in group B were (269 ±48),(318±67),(297 ±53) ng/L at before surgery,the 2nd and 7th day after surgery.The IL-6 levels in group A were (138 ± 22),(159 ± 15),(137 ± 17) ng/L and that in group B were (159 ± 16),(187 ± 19),(174 ± 21) ng/Lat before surgery,the 2nd and 7th day after surgery.The repeated measured repeated measures analysis of variance showed that among three indexes of plasma endotoxin,TNF-α,IL-6 levels,differences of between group and interaction were statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference within groups (P＞ 0.05).The levels of plasma endotoxin,TNF-α,IL-6 decreased after surgery ware gradually decreasing with hospitalization prolonged.There was significant difference between before surgery and at the 2nd,7th day after surgery(P ＜ 0.05),and there was significant difference between the 2nd and the 7th day after surgery(P＜ 0.05).At the 2nd day after surgery,there was significant difference between group A and group B in terms of the level of plasma endotoxin,TNF-α,IL-6.At the 7th day,the levels of plasma endotoxin,TNF-α,IL-6 were slowly decreased in group A,and there were significant difference compared to group B (P ＜ 0.05).The numbers of intestinal Bifidobacterium,Bacteroides,and B/E values of group A were decreased after surgery compared to group B((9.17 ±0.54) lg cfu/g vs.(10.01 ± 0.75) lg cfu/g,(9.23 ± 0.47) lg cfu/g vs.(10.09 ± 0.81)lg cfu/g,(1.01 ± 0.16) vs.(1.20 ± 0.11)),and the difference was significant (P =0.031,0.042,0.029respectively).The levels of Enterobacter and Enterococcus in group A were (9.11 ± 1.02) lg cfu/g,(7.80± 1.02) lg cfu/g,higher than that of group B ((8.81 ± 0.89) lg cfu/g,(7.29 ± 0.98) lg cfu/g(P =0.037,0.043)).There was no significant difference between two groups in terms of small clostridium and lactobacillus (P ＞ 0.05).After treated with micro-ecological agent Jinshuangqi,the levels of intestinal Bifidobacterium,Bacteroides,and B/E value at was increased compared to before treated in group A (Bifidobacterium:(13.01±0.87) lg cfu/g vs.(9.17 ±0.54) lg cfu/g; Bacteroides:(14.12 ±0.75) lg cfu/g vs.(9.23 ±0.47)lg cfu/g; B/E value:(1.28 ± 0.45) vs.(1.01 ± 0.16) ;P =0.045,0.034,0.038 respectively).No significant difference was seen in terms of the levels of Enterobacter,Enterococcus,small clostridium and lactobacillus between two groups(8.71 ±0.91) lg cfu/g vs.(9.11 ± 1.02) lg cfu/g,(7.01 ±0.54) lg cfu/g vs.(7.80± 1.02) lg cfu/g,(5.23 ± 1.04) lg cfu/g vs.(5.15 ± 0.89) lg cfu/g,(6.71 ± 1.04) lg cfu/g vs.(6.53± 0.86) lg cfu/g respectively; P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Posterior lumbar operation patients with intestinal dysbacteriosis often associated with endotoxemia and inflammatory reaction,the levels of bifidobacteria,Bacteroides intestinal Enterobacteriaceae decrease while Enterococcus,opportunistic pathogens increase,and intestinal microbial colonization resistance decrease.Micro-ecological agent Jinshuangqi treatment can ease the body's endotoxemia and inflammatory response,improved lumbar surgery intestinal flora after surgery,and beneficial to rebuild the intestinal microflora balance.

Objective To discuss the current status of application of the four kinds of clinical decision‐making method (mode recognition method ,hypothesis deductive method ,event‐driven method and applying regulation method ) in the clinical practice of the emergency resident doctors and to understand their mastery situation of the clinical decision‐making methods and the influencing factors .Methods One thousand and thirty‐five patients collected by 207 resident doctors (5 cases were randomly collected from the patients diagnosed and treated by each resident doctor ) were divided into 3 groups according to different year systems .The clinical decision‐making methods ,diagnosis accuracy of different clinical decision‐making methods and the influencing factors of decision‐making methods were compared among different grades .Results The difference in the decision‐making methods among different year systems had statistical significance (P<0 .05);furthermore ,the difference in the diagnostic accuracy among different decision‐making methods had statistical significance (P< 0 .05) ,the differences in the defensive behaviors and different decision‐making methods were statistically significant (P<0 .05) ,the multi‐classification Logistic regression of different decision‐making methods showed that the differences in the different residency year system ,residency education ,residency clinical contacting time ,inpatient symptoms ,defensive behaviors and interrogation reliability degree had statistical significance (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion The most commonly used decision‐making method by the resident doctors is the applying regulation method .The residency year system ,resi‐dency education ,residency clinical contacting time ,inpatient symptoms ,defensive behaviors and interrogation reliability degree are the influencing factors of application of the clinical decision‐making methods in the clinical practice of the emergency medicine spe‐cialty .

Objective:To verify and discuss the consistency and applicability of the semi empirical formula and Monte Carlo simulation method in the radiation shielding calculation for high energy synchrotron radiation source.Methods:The semi empirical formula and Monte Carlo simulation were used to calculate the ambient dose equivalent outside of the shielding.Results:The ratio of Jenkins semi empirical formula result to Monte Carlo simulation result was 111%-153%. The ratio of Sakano semi empirical formula result to Monte Carlo simulation result was 201%.Conclusions:For a single shielding material, the semi empirical formula can be simple and conservative to complete the shielding calculation for high-energy electron accelerator. For a variety of shielding materials, Monte Carlo simulation method should be used.

Objective To investigate the expression of adamalysin-12 (ADAM-12) and PCNA in human bladder carcinoma and to investigate their correlation with different grades and stages of bladder cancer.Methods Biopsies of 15 normal bladder and 43 bladder tumors were analyzed.Immunohistochemistry was conducted to detect the expression of ADAM12 and PCNA in the biopsies.Results Postive expression signals of ADAM12 were detected significantly higher in the bladder cancer biopsies than that in the normal ones (P = 0.010).Those with lower histological grade had a higher expression level of ADAM-12 compared to the higher histological grades (P ＜0.001 ).Positive expression signals of PCNA were detected significantly higher in the bladder cancer biopsies than that in the normal ones (P = 0.026).Those with lower histological grade had a higher expression level of PCNA (P =0.014).There was a positive correlation between the expression of ADAM-12 and PCNA in bladder cancer (r =0.997,P ＜ 0.001 ).Conclusions The overexpression of ADAM-12 and PCNA in the biopsies of bladder tumors shows that protein expression of ADAM-12 and PCNA correlated with tumor stage and grade.Furthermore,ADAM-12 may be a promising biomarker of bladder cancer in the clinical implication.

A rich diversity of wild medicinal plant resources is distributed in China, but the breeding of new plant varieties of Chinese medicinal plants started late and the breeding level is relatively weak. Chinese medicinal plant resources are the foundation for new varieties breeding, and the plant variety rights(PVP) are of great significance for the protection and development of germplasm resources. However, most Chinese medicinal plants do not have a distinctness, uniformity, and stability(DUS) testing guideline. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has put 191 plant species(genera) on protection lists, of which only 30 are medicinal species(genera). At the same time, only 29 of 293 species(genera) plants in the Protection List of New Plant Varieties of the People's Republic of China(Forest and Grass) belong to Chinese medicinal plants. The number of PVP applications and authorization of Chinese medicinal plants is rare, and the composition of variety is unreasonable. Up to now, 29 species(genera) of DUS test guidelines for Chinese medicinal plants have been developed. Some basic problems in the breeding of new varieties of Chinese medicinal plants have appeared, such as the small number of new varieties and insufficient utilization of Chinese medicinal plant resources. This paper reviewed the current situation of breeding of new varieties of Chinese medicinal plants and the research progress of DUS test guidelines in China and discussed the application of biotechnology in the field of Chinese medicinal plant breeding and the existing problems in DUS testing. This paper guides the further application of DUS to protect and utilize the germplasm resources of Chinese medicinal plants.
Agriculture ; Biotechnology ; Plant Breeding ; Plants, Medicinal/genetics*

Objective To investigate the relationship between benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) andchronic prostatitis(CP). Methods Three hundred BPH patients were studied, aged from 51 to 96 (aver-age 72). All patients were divided into 3 groups (Ⅰ°、Ⅱ°and Ⅲ°)according to result of digital rectal examina-tion, which include 85 cases , 139 cases and 76 cases respectively. The incidence of CP among 3 groups were compared and analyzed. Results Two hundreds and thirty-five of the 300 cases with BPH were accompa-nied with CP(77.7%). Among the 233 cases, 53 cases were in Ⅰ degree BPH group (53 / 85, 62.4% ), 113 cases were in Ⅱ degree BPH group (113/139, 81.3%), 67 cases were in Ⅲ degree BPH group (67/76, 88.2%). Conclusions Many BPH patients were accompanied by CP. The prostate size and the inflamma-tion of prostate were positive correlated. The effect of anti-inflammatory treatment in Ⅰ degree and Ⅱ degreeBPH patients was better than Ⅲ degree BPH patients.

Objective To investigate the characteristics of clinical cellular immunity and its relationship with prognosis in elderly patients with severe infection caused by Omicron variant.Methods The clinical data of 53 patients with Omicron variant infection admitted to the geriatric Intensive Care Unit of the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University from December 2022 to February 2023 were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into 22 survival cases and 31 death cases for comparison between the two groups.Logistic analysis is adopted to define the omicron variants of elderly severe infections prognostic factors and construct the ROC curve.Results Mu-ltivariate logistic analysis revealed that the independent risk factors were elevated IL-6(P = 0.043)and decreased absolute T lymphocyte count(P = 0.011).AUC value of ROC of IL-6,absolute T lymphocyte count and IL-6 combined with absolute T lymphocyte count was 0.818,0.796 and 0.887.Conclusion Elevated IL-6 and decreased absolute T lymphocyte count are independent risk factors for elderly severe patients with Omicron variant infections.