Objective To study the effects of pronunciation after cochlear implantation in children,and find out the common rules of initials consonant pronunciation errors.Methods We used the cards as the pronunciation articulation test from hearing impairment children's hearing,language competency assessment standards and methods to evaluate auditory-verbal ability after cochlear implantation,then recorded and analyzed the errors of the initials consonant.Results After training for 10 months,we evaluated speech articulation of prelingually deaf children of 3 to 5 years old with cochlear implants 73.93%±12.76%.The most incorrect pronunciations were/s/,/z/,/sh/,/g/,/ch/,/j/,/k/,/l/,/c/,/zh/,/f/and/p/,which had resulted in substitution.According to the classification of pronunciation articulation,it focused on supradialectical and velar while the least in bilabial and blade-alveolar.Ac-cording to the classification of pronunciation method,nasal,lateral and unaspirated stop had low error rates.Conclu-sion Only do when we comprehend rules of cochlear implants in children pronunciation as well as study,can we solve problems and do well in language training.The most incorrect pronunciations in children with CI are supradia-lectical and velar,the language training should be performed aecordingly.

For energy security, air pollution concerns, coupled with the desire to sustain the agricultural sector and revitalize the rural economy, many countries have applied ethanol as oxygenate or fuel to supplement or replace gasoline in transportation sector. Because of abundant feedstock resources and effective reduction of green-house-gas emissions, the cellulosic ethanol has attracted great attention. With a couple of pioneers beginning to produce this biofuel from biomass in commercial quantities around the world, it is necessary to solve engineering problems and complete the economic assessment in 2015-2016, gradually enter the commercialization stage. To avoid "competing for food with humans and competing for land with food", the 1st generation fuel ethanol will gradually transit to the 2nd generation cellulosic ethanol. Based on the overview of cellulosic ethanol industrialization from domestic and abroad in recent years, the main engineering application problems encountered in pretreatment, enzymes and enzymatic hydrolysis, pentose/hexose co-fermentation strains and processes, equipment were discussed from chemical engineering and biotechnology perspective. The development direction of cellulosic ethanol technology in China was addressed.
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Objective:To evaluate the preventive effect of proximal splenic vein ligation after splenectomy on the splenic vein originated portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in portal hypertension.Methods:The clinical data of 94 patients of portal hypertension who had received splenectomy were retrospectively analysed. The proximal splenic vein was ligated in 36 cases during pericardial devascularization and coronary renal shunt with splenectomy. The other 58 cases who had received pericardial devascularization without proximal splenic vein ligation served as control. All of the patients in both groups were given heparin infusion postoperatively through the catheter which was placed in the right gastroepiploic vein during operation. CT portal veinography was performed at the 7th-14th postoperative day for detection of PVT.Results:None of the PVT occurred in the splenic vein ligation group. In the control group, PVT occurred in 22 cases(38%) and splenic vein thrombosis occurred in all the 58 cases (100%). PVT incidence between the two groups is significantly different (0 vs. 38%, χ 2=17.828, P<0.05). Conclusions:Ligation of the proximal splenic vein during splenectomy can effectively prevent the postoperative splenic vein originated PVT in portal hypertension.

Objective To design and create a C/S-J type of biliary self-releasing stent,and to study its safety and efficacy in preventing post-ERCP complications.Methods 118 patients with common bile duct stones treated in our hospital were enrolled into this study from October 2013 to May 2015.These patients were randomly divided into two groups:the experimental group who underwent ERCP + EST + C/S-J type of self-releasing biliary stent drainage,while the control group underwent ERCP + EST + ENBD.The incidences of post-ERCP acute pancreatitis (PEP) and cholangitis in the two groups and the time the self-releasing stent was dislodged from the biliary system in the experimental group were recorded.Results The incidence of PEP was 6.4％ (5/78) and 7.5％ (3/40) in the experimental and the control group,respectively (P ＞ 0.05).There were no patients who developed postoperative acute cholangitis in the two groups.The stents were dislodged from the biliary system on the first day after the procedure in 2 patients in the experimental group without any complications.One stent failed in self-releasing but was removed successfully with endoscopy 3 months later.In the other 75 patients,the stents were successfully dislodged and were excreted outside the patient's body through the intestinal tract (mean 11.4,range 9 ～ 14) days,without any complications.Conclusion The C/S-J type of biliary self-releasing stents is safe and efficacious in preventing post-ERCP pancreatitis and cholangitis.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of coronary renal shunt via splenic vein for portal hypertension (PHT) after splenectomy.Methods The retrospective descriptive study was adopted.The clinical data of 5 patients with PHT who were admitted to the People's Hospital of Ningxia Autonomous Region from August 2012 to April 2015 were collected.Operative procedures:two procedures of coronary renal shunt via splenic vein (SV) were carried out after primary splenectomy.Procedure 1:the SV was freed from the residual end to the right for 5-6 cm in length and end-to-side spleno-renal shunt was carried out.The anterior wall of superior mesenteric vein (SMV) was exposed beneath the pancreatic neck and dissected behind the neck upward until the upper edge of the SV and its confluence with the left gastric vein (LGV) were exposed.The SV was ligated with clip between portal vein (PV) and LGV to let blood flow from LGV drain through the whole course of SV to left renal vein (LRV).Procedure 2:the peritoneum at the inferior border of the pancreas was incised,and the junctions of the SV and SMV and junctions of the SV and LGV were exposed.The inferior mesenteric vein (IMV) was divided between ligations.Dissection of the SV was carried out to the left for 3-4 cm in length and was divided.Its distal end was tied and proximal stump anastomosed to LRV by the end-to-side anastomosis.The SV was ligated with clip between PV and LGV.The right gastric and gastroepiploic vessels were ligated at the junction of the antrum and the body,and from this point,the hepatogastric ligment and the omentum were divided upward and downward respectively to completely separate the venous flow between the hepatointestinal area and the stomach in the two procedures.Patients took oral enteric-coated aspirin and warfarin after operation.(1) Intraoperative observation indicators included surgical procedures,operation time,volume of blood loos and free portal pressure (FPP).(2) Postoperative observation indicators included recovery of patients,time to anal exsufflation,time for diet intake,time of abdominal drainage,duration of hospital stay and occurrence of complications.(3)The follow-up using telephone interview and outpatient examination was performed to detect the changes of platelet (PLT),portal vein thrombosis (PVT),patency of spleno-renal vein anastomosis,oral anticoagulants and gastroesophageal varices up to October 2015.Measurement data with skewed distribution were analyzed by M (range).Results (1)Intraoperative observation indicators:5 patients underwent successful coronary renal shunt via splenic vein.Two patients received procedure 1 and 3 patients received procedure 2.Operation time and volume of blood loss were 226 minutes (range,195-298 minutes) and 425ml (range,235-820 mL).FPP was 3.46 kPa (range,2.69-4.61 kPa) before spleen resection,2.69 kPa (range,2.11-3.07 kPa) after spleen resection,2.98 kPa (range,2.30-3.36 kPa) after spleno-renal anastomosis,respectively.(2) Postoperative observation indicators:5 patients had good recovery,and time to anal exsufflation,time for fluid diet intake,time of abdominal drainage removal and duration of hospital stay were respectively 3 days (range,2-4 days),3 days (range,2-4 days),5 days (range,4-9 days) and 14 days (range,10-17 days).Of 5 patients,1 was complicated with pleural effusion and atelectasis and 1 with serum tumescence of incision.(3) Follow-up situations:5 patients were followed up for a median time of 18 months (range,6-36 months).The level of postoperative PLT was continuously growing,and the dose of oral warfarin was increased according to the level of growing PLT.The follow-up results of procedure 1 in 2 patients:1 patient was followed up for 36 months and complicated with splenic vein thrombosis at postoperative month 6,and underwent transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization (TACE) due to primary liver cancer at postoperative month 12,and then no special treatment was conducted due to splenic vein occlusion and sever esophageal varices without red-color sign or bleeding at postoperative month 36.The other patient was followed up for 24 months,and didn't undergo special treatment due to mild hepatic encephalopathy with a level of blood ammonia of 76 μmol/L at postoperative month 3,and then was found to have mild esophageal varices at postoperative month 18 by computed tomography (CT) and gastroscopy.Three patients using procedure 2 were followed up at month 6,12,18,with increased body mass index (BMI) and without occurrence of peritoneal effusion and hepatic encephalopathy,and they were complicated with mild gastroesophageal varices by reexamination of CT angiography and gastroscopy at postoperative month 6.Conclusion Coronary renal shunt via splenic vein for PHT after splenectomy could relieve hypersplenism and reduce selectively vein decompression of gastroesophageal varices.

Objective To find the key miRNA that relative to peritoneal fibrosis associated with peritoneal dialysis (PD) by microarray technology,and verify its expression in vitro and in vivo.Methods The peritoneal fibrosis mouse model associated with PD were established by intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)+ 4.25％ peritoneal dialysate.The expression of miRNA was detected by microarray in peritoneal tissues.The expression of miRNA profiles between fibrotic and normal peritoneal tissues was compared.The differentially expressed miRNA (miR-200a) was validated by real-time PCR in lager sample size cohorts.The expressions of miR-200a were also detected in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process of human peritoneal mesothelium cells.Results In mice model of PD,peritoneal tissue was markedly thickened and with a massive extracellular matrix accumulation.In contrast with control,the expression level of epithelial marker E-cadherin was significantly decreased,α-SMA,Col-Ⅰ and FN were remarkably increased (P ＜ 0.05).By miRNA microarray analysis,miR-200a was significantly down-regulated (3.31 folds change,P ＜ 0.05) in fibrotic peritoneal tissues.The down-regulated expression level of miR-200a was also validated by realtime PCR in larger cohorts (P ＜ 0.05).Then,the expression level of miR-200a was detected in the EMT process of human peritoneal mesothelium cells.During the process of TGF-β1 induced EMT,miR -200a was significantly down-regulated compared with the control (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Downregulated expression of miR-200a was observed both during peritoneal fibrosis and TGF-β 1 induced EMT in vivo and in vitro,suggesting that miR-200a may be involved in the peritoneum fibrosis by regulating the target genes of EMT.

BACKGROUND: The nutritional support, as well as the water and electrolyte balance during the perioperative period in the renal transplantation recipients at diuresis stage are important to the functional restoration of transplanted kidneys.OBJECTIVE: To explore the method and opportunity of the nutritional support and the handling of the water and electrolyte balance in perioperative period of renal transplantation.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: A retrospective clinical analysis was performed in the Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital from June 2003 to June 2007.PARTICIPANTS: Ninety-six patients of chronic renal failure underwent allograft renal transplantation. They comprised 59 males and 37 females, aged 17-67 years, with a mean of 35.7 years.METHODS: The perioperative physiological features of the renal transplantation recipients were summarized retrospectively. The recipients' condition during the perioperative period was divided into two stages at the opening point of allograft blood current. The vital signs of the patients maintained at a stable level before operation. All patients received blood transfusion since the operation began, and were supplemented with albumin before opening the vessels. Urinary production exceeding 100 mL per hour indicated the beginning of fluid replacement, which was a simplified transfusion for the patients at diuresis stage following renal transplantation.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Blood inosine, urea nitrogen, electrolyte, blood sugar and urine of the patients were detected at one day postoperatively.RESULTS: During 12-16 hours postoperatively, the urinary production was 260-1 200 mL, average 520 mL per hour. Blood routine test showed 8 cases developed mild hyponatremia, accounting for 8.3%, 3 cases occurred high potassium and healed after renal functional recovery, 1 case presented low potassium and healed with supplement therapy. There were no abnormal changes of blood chlorine. The blood glucose among 21 cases (21.9%) was higher than the normal level, and recovered following hormone maneuver. The electrolytes and blood glucose were detected to be normal in other patients, without any case with low calcium or magnesium. The urine specific gravity arranged during 1.010-1.015.CONCLUSION: The colloid such as erythrocytes, blood plasma and albumin should be mainly infused before the opening of allograft blood current. And the water and electrolytes is recommended to administrate promptly and regularly during the diuresis stage. The healing of the stoma benefits from the adequate nutritional support. The metabolic acidosis still should be prevented when the urinary production returns normal.

Objective To summarize the changing rules of free portal pressure (FPP) after splenectomy combined with pericardial devascularization and investigate its influencing factors.Methods The retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted.The clinicopathological data of 55 patients with portal hypertension who were admitted to the People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from January 2016 to September 2018 were collected.There were 39 males and 16 females,aged from 17 to 67 years,with a median age of 46 years.FPP was measured using CT portal vein angiography before splenectomy and intraoperative manometry after cantheterization to the right gastroepiploic veins.Observation indicators:(1) comparison between intraoperative and postoperative FPP;(2) dynamic changes of FPP at the seventh postoperative day;(3) comparison of FPP before and after Valsalva manoeuvre;(4) relationship of FPP with mean arterial pressure and heart rate.Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as Mean ±SD.Repeated measurement data were analyzed using repeated ANOVA.Paired data were analyzed by the paired t test.The linear correlation analysis was done for relevance.Results (1) Comparison between intraoperative and postoperative FPP:55 patients underwent open splenectomy combined with pericardial devascularization.The FPP before splenectomy,after splenectomy combined with pericardial devascularization intraoperatively,at the first and the seventh day postoperatively was (34±6)cmH2O (1 cmH2O=0.098 kPa),(28±6)cmH2O,(34±5)cmH2O and (30±5)cmH2O,respectively,showing a statistically significant difference (F=43.23,P＜0.05).The FPP before splenectomy was statistically significant different from the FPP after splenectomy combined with pericardial devascularization intraoperatively,at the first and the seventh day postoperatively,respectively (P ＜ 0.05).The FPP after splenectomy combined with pericardial devascularization intraoperatively was statistically significant different from the FPP at the first and the seventh day postoperatively,respectively (P＜0.05).There was a statistically significant difference between FPP at the first and the seventh day postoperatively (P ＜ 0.05).(2) Dynamic changes of FPP at the seventh postoperative day:the FPP was (30 ± 5) cmH2 O,(29 ± 5) cmH2 O,(29 ± 5) cmH2 O,(29 ± 5) cmH2 O,(28 ± 5) cmH2 O,(28± 5) cmH2 O,(28 ± 5) cmH2 O,(29 ± 5) cmH2 O,(29 ± 5) cmH2 O,(30 ± 5) cmH2 O,(30± 5)cmH2O,(30±5)cmH2O,(31±5)cmH2O,(31±5)cmH2O,(31±5)cmH2O,(31±5)cmH2O,(31±5)cmH2O,(32±5)cmH2O,(31±5)cmH2O,(31±5)cmH2O,(31±5)cmH2O,(31±5)cmH2O,(30± 5) cmH2O,(30±5) cmH2O from 00:00 to 24:00 at the seventh day postoperatively.Level of FPP was higher from 12:00 to 21:00 and lower from 01:00 to 08:00,with a peak value at 17:00 and valley value from 04:00 to 06:00.(3) Comparison of FPP before and after Valsalva maneuvre:the FPP was (30± 5) cmH2O and (32± 5) cmH20 before and after Valsalva manoeuvre,respectively,showing a statistically significant difference (t =82.72,P＜ 0.05).(4) Relationship of FPP with mean arterial pressure and heart rate.Linear correlation analysis showed positive correlations of FPP with mean arterial pressure and heart rate respectively,but the correlation was not significant (r =0.10,0.16,P＜ 0.05).Conclusions FPP can be reduced significantly after splenectomy combined with pericardial devascularization intraoperatively and it rises briefly again after operation.FPP has regularly circadian fluctuations and is significantly increased by Valsalva Manoeuvre.There is a positive correlation of FPP with mean arterial pressure and heart rate respectively,but the correlation is not significant.

Objective To analyze the morphological alterations of corpus callosum in children with spastic cerebral palsy(SCP)using three-dimensional magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo(3D-MPRAGE)technology and to investigate the correlation between morphological indexes and gross motor function.Methods Sagittal T1WI 3D-MPRAGE data was collected from 136 children with SCP(SCP group)and 132 age-and gender-matched healthy controls(HC)(HC group),and the gross motor function measure-88(GMFM-88)was applied to assess the gross motor function.Independent sample t-test was used to compare the corpus callosum surface area,volume,maximum anterior-posterior diameter,median sagittal area(total area and area of Ⅰ-Ⅴ zone)between the two groups.Partial correlation analysis was performed to calculate the correlation between morphological indexes of the corpus callosum and GMFM-88 with age as a covariate.Results Children under 3 years old,the corpus callosum surface area of the SCP group(3 914.51 mm2±1 207.97 mm2)was lower than that of the HC group(5 725.51 mm2±1 412.66 mm2).The volume of the corpus callosum(6 108.46 mm3±2 803.97 mm3)in the SCP group was lower than that of the HC group(11 297.96 mm3±4 109.02 mm3).Also,the maximum anterior-posterior diameter of the corpus callosum in the SCP group(53.40 mm±6.31 mm)was lower than that of the HC group(57.74 mm±6.04 mm)(all P<0.05).Children over 3 years old,the corpus callosum surface area of the SCP group(4 970.06 mm2±1 191.31 mm2)was lower than that of the HC group(6 372.55 mm2±1 445.59 mm2).The volume of the corpus callosum(8 330.20 mm3±2 888.20 mm3)in the SCP group was lower than that of the HC group(13 599.82 mm3±3 429.81 mm3)(all P<0.05).Partial correlation analysis showed significant correlation between corpus callosum volume,median sagittal area and gross motor score(P<0.01)with age as a covari-ate.Conclusion The 3D-MPRAGE technology can be useful for the comprehensive assessment of morphological alterations of the corpus callosum in SCP.The corpus callosum volume,and median sagittal area may become neuroimaging references for the assess-ment of motor development in cerebral palsy(CP).

Objective:To study the clinical results of personalized surgical treatment for portal hypertension based on portal venous hemodynamics.Methods:A retrospective study was performed on patients with portal hypertension who underwent surgical treatment from January 2016 to December 2020 at the People’s Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Wuhai People’s Hospital. Of 229 patients included into this study, there were 156 males and 73 females, with age of (4±11) years old. Portal vein CT and ultrasound doppler examination were performed preoperatively and portal vein manometry and ultrasound doppler examination were performed intraoperatively to evaluate portal venous hemodynamics. Based on the evaluation results, different surgical treatments were adopted. Postoperative complications and results of the operations were recorded. Long-term outcomes were evaluated by the rate of recurrence of gastroesophageal varices which was classified as disappearance, mild, moderate and severe according to endoscopic findings.Results:All the 229 patients completed the operations successfully. All together 13 operative treatments were used: (1) simple splenectomy ( n=11); (2) devascularization ( n=176), including 86 patients with splenectomy combined with extensive devascularization, 44 patients with splenectomy combined with selective devascularization and with preservation of paraesophageal veins, 39 patients with splenectomy combined with selective devascularization and reconstruction of spontaneous portosystemic shunt (34 patients with selective devascularization and reconstruction of spontaneous gastrorenal shunt and 5 patients with selective devascularization and reconstruction of spontaneous splenorenal shunt), 4 patients with secondary devascularization for variceal recurrence and 3 patients with devascularization and preservation of spleen; (3) shunt procedures were performed in 42 patients including 21 patients with splenectomy combined with coronary renal shunt, 11 patients with splenectomy combined with coronary-caval shunt, 6 patients with distal splenorenal shunt, 2 patients with proximal splenorenal shunt combined with devascularization, 1 patient with right gastroepiploic vein-inferior vena cava shunt and 1 patient with trans-inferior mesenteric vein coronary renal shunt. There were no operative deaths. The Clavien-Dindo grade 3 and above postoperative complication rate was 6.6% (15/229). Two hundred and eight patients were followed up for 6-60 months, with a median follow-up of 38 months. Severe recurrent varices were found in 21 patients (10.1%, 21/208), with 5 patients (2.4%, 5/208) presented with variceal bleeding. The rate of severe varices after selective shunting and selective devascularization by reconstructing the spontaneous portosystemic shunt (4.2%, 3/72) was significantly lower than that of the other devascularization procedures (13.7%, 17/124)(χ 2=4.53, P=0.033). Conclusion:Better clinical results were achieved by selecting the appropriate surgical procedures based on portal venous hemodynamic characteristics of patients. Selective shunting and selective devascularization by reconstructing the spontaneous portosystemic shunts significantly reduced the recurrence rate of severe varies.