Through learning philosophy,human beings can overcome the fear of death and gain the wisdom of life.With the rapid development of modem high-tech,some people advocate to pursue the immortality of individual life using science and technology.This is the most restless thoughts,originating from the false belief of dogmatic rationalism:with the development of science and technology,human beings are possible to fully grasp the mysteries of the nature (including human body).In fact,nature as well as human body is always hidden in infinite mystery.The pursuit of immortality is from the pursuit of meaning.Setting up morality,making contribution,and achieving glory by writing are the legitimate ways for human beings to pursuit immortality as cultural animals.One just can pursue immortality in the cultural sense,but cannot pursue the immortality of individual life.

Adjuvants, Immunologic ; therapeutic use ; Animals ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Phytotherapy ; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome ; complications ; drug therapy

Acute Disease ; Aged, 80 and over ; Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products ; analysis ; Humans ; Male ; Pulmonary Embolism

Dental Restoration, Permanent ; Humans ; Prosthesis Coloring

Objective The aim of this paper is to develop a holistic mathematical model to quantify the correlation between skin thermal sensation and noxious stimuli,since skin thermal pain is one of the most common problems in everyday life and the understanding of the underlying physical mechanisms is still not clear.Methods The model is developed by considering the biothermomechanical behaviour of skin tissue and by incorporating the current understanding of biophysical and neurophysiological mechanisms of pain sensation.Results The proposed model consisted of three interconnected sub-models: peripheral modulation of noxious stimuli,which converts the energy from a noxious thermal stimulus into electrical energy via nerve impulses;transmission,which transports these neural signals from the site of transduction in the skin to the spinal cord and brain;and modulation and perception in the spinal cord and brain.The model predictions agree well with existing experimental data.Conclusion With this model,a direct relationship has been built between the level of thermal pain sensation and the character of noxious stimuli.

Objective To evaluate the clinical results of phacoemulsification combined with pars plana vitrectomy for eyes with cataract and proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Design Non-controlled retrospective case series study. Participants 123 eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and cataract. Methods Phacoemulsification,posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation combined with pars plana vitrectomy were done in 123 eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and cataract. Postoperative vision,number of secondary procedures and surgical complications were analyzed. Main Outcome Measures Postoperative visual improvement and associated complications. Results All 123 eyes underwent combined surgery. The average follow-up was 10 months. 99 eyes (81%) experienced postoperative vision improvement of varying degrees. Vision improved by 2 lines or more in 93 eyes (76%). No apparent corneal edema or corneal decompensation were encountered. One patient with type 1 diabetes developed neovascular glaucoma 6 months after surgery. Retinal detachment occurred in 1 eye and reoperated. Vitreous hemorrhage requiring secondary procedure happened in 4 eyes. All 24 eyes (19%) without vision improvement were found to be with diabetic maculopathy. Conclusions Phacoemulsification combined with pars plana vitrectomy can be used as an effective surgical tool to improve visions in patients with PDR and cataract. Diabetic maculopathy is the major cause of poor visual improvement. (Ophthalmol CHN ,2006,15: 198-201)

Objective To investigate the role of atrial natriuretic peptide(ANP) and endothelin 1 (ET-1) of newborns with congenital heart failure and its clinical significance.Methods One hundred newborns with congenital heart disease were selected as our subjects.They were divided into 3 groups according to cardiac function grading criteria and that were grade Ⅰ group(30 cases),grade Ⅱ group(40 cases) and grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ group(30 cases).Another 30 normal newborns were served as control group matched with age,gender.ET-1,ANP were detected.Results The levels of ET-1 and ANP in newborns of grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ were (132.35 ±5.26) ng/L and (9.25 ± 2.37) pmol/L,significant higher than that in control group((53.62 ± 3.81) ng/L and (1.15 ±0.09) pmol/L;P ＜0.01).As the severity of the disease in newborns with congenital heart failure,the level of ET-1,ANP were activated more.There was a positive correlation between ET-1 and grade of cardiac function (r =0.35,P ＜ 0.01).Meanwhile,it also showed a positive correlation between ANP and cardiac function (r =0.72,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion ET-1,ANP in newborns with congenital heart disease are activated with characterized of chronic heart failure,and related to severity of the disease.

Objective: To explore health resource allocation and optimization and evaluate the clinical departments efficiency in hospital. Methods: Taking a three level of first-class hospital in Beijing for example, the method of data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used for building a DEA model of clinical departments efficiency in hospital. Results: Based on the results of the DEA model, we drawn the technical efficiency and scale efficiency of the target clinical departments, obtained input redundancy rates and output deficiency rates of the non-effective decision-making units. Conclusion:By DEA evaluation results, the input redundancy and output deficiency of the target clinical departments are found. From the perspective of optimizing hospital resource allocation, measures to improve the hospital operational performance are proposed. There is important significance to improve the comprehensive competitiveness of the hospital.

Objective To study the correlation between human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles and anti neutrophil cytoplasmatic antibodies (ANCA) in Han and Uygur ulcerative colitis (UC)patients in Xinjiang region.Methods The serum ANCA was determined by indirect immunofluorescence assay in 62 Uygur UC patients,58 Han UC patients,188 Uygur and 184 Han healthy control individuals.HLA-DRB1 typing was performed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence based typing (PCR-SBT).The allele frequency of HLA-DRB1 was compared in ANCA positive and negative Han and Uygur patients as well as healthy controls.Stratified analysis was performed according to UC clinical type,severity and involvement.SPSS 17.0 software was applied for x2 test.Once P＜0.05,the odds ratio (OR) and 95％ confidence intervals (95％CI) was calculated.Results The positive rate of ANCA in Uygur UC patients (53.2％,33/62) was significantly higher than that of Han patients (34.5％,20/58) and the difference was statistically significant (x2=4.269,P =0.045).In Uygur,the gene frequency of HLA-DRB1 * 13 in ANCA positive UC patients (0.202)was significantly higher than that of ANCA negative patients (0.017) (x2 =10.092,P=0.016,OR=16.000,95％CI:2.892 to 88.524) and healthy controls (0.075) (x2=9.351,P＝0.040,OR=3.407,95％CI:1.666 to 6.971).The gene frequency of HLA-DRB1 * 13 in ANCA positive pancolitis type UC patients (9/15) was significantly higher than that of ANCA negative pancolitis type UC patients (1/14) and the difference was statistically significant (x2=8.955,P =0.040,OR =19.500,95％CI:2.787 to 136.461).However,in Han patients,there were no significant differences of HLA-DRB1 alleles frequencies among ANCA positive patients,ANCA negative patients and healthy controls (all P＞0.05),and the results of stratified analysis were same.Conclusions In Uygur UC patients of Xinjiang region,HLA-DRB1 * 13 may correlated with ANCA and with ANCA of pancolitis type UC patients.There is no such correlation in Han patients of Xinjiang region.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of montelukast combined with budesonide in the treatment of children with asthma. Methods 70 cases of children with asthma were randomly divided into group A and group B, included 35 cases in each group. Group A was treated with single budesonide and Group B was given montelukast combined with budesonide. The clinical efficacy of two groups of asthma was compared, the body temperature returned to normal time, the time of wheezing disappeared, the normal time of the laboratory index, the normal time of the chest radiograph, the inflammatory factors and the lung function indexes and the side effects. Results The clinical curative effect of group B was higher than that of group A(P<0.05); Body temperature in group B returned to normal time, the time of wheezing disappeared, the normal time of laboratory index was shorter than that of group A(P<0.05); Inflammatory factors and lung function were similar. After intervention, the inflammatory factors and lung function of group B were better than those of group A(P<0.05). There were no obvious side effects in the two groups. Conclusion The clinical efficacy and safety of montelukast combined with budesonide in the treatment of children with asthma can improve the symptoms of children, cause the symptoms to recite in a short time, reduce the inflammatory factors, improve lung function, no obvious adverse reactions, safety effective.