Devices and services are the most basic elements of assistive technology, and the professionals training and study are the drive for the development of high quality of assistive technology;social consciousness, policies and laws which focus on the independence and social participation of people with disabilities are key elements and necessary social backgrounds. Assistive technology products will have good markets only if people with disabilities can afford them and have an environment in which they can use them. The component ele-ments of assistive technology field will enhance each other only when assistive technology products can be widely used.

Global ischemia model was produced in rabbit by occluding bothvertibral and common carotid arteries. During brain ischemia the onset and peaklatencies of SEPs gradually increased, the amplitudes became lower, till all wavesdisappeared. After reconstruction of brain blood flow the latencies decreased andthe amplitudes increased to the control level. CDP-choline improved the recoveryof SEPs caused by brain ischemia obviously.

The assistive devices for children with cerebral palsy are various to meet the special needs, which involve position, mobility,communication, education, career, etc. It tends to be accurate function and a variety of functional integration in position and mobility products.Various series of augmentation alternative communication device have been developed. A large number of assistive technology products have been developed in education, independent live, social skill and therapy fields, and Apps are the important components among them. Various techniques of information and switch have been applied, which may revolutionize the assistive industry.

This article introduced the methods and skill by the procedure about consideration of assistive technology in the individualized　educational program (IEP) under the SETT framework, including considering a student's need for assistive technology, gather information　of the student, assessing and matching of assistive technology, solution generation, documenting the solution in the IEP, implementation　plan. The Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services (QIAT) and the people component of the IEP team were also introducd in the　article.

This paper introduced the key right of people with disabilities for assistive technology under the U.S. laws, including The Rehabilitation Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Assistive Technology Act and Americans with Disabilities Act. The assistive technology right involved occupation rehabilitation, employment and education and public area. The related agency needs to respond to these requirement. China can learn some from these acts.

The paper studied legislation, policies, government participation through investigations and internet resources and has a complete cognition of assisitive devices condition in Canada. Canadian Federal Government encourages, guides and participates in assistive technology exploiting based on non-discrimination legislation. Assistive technology service system has been running well in social consciousness,funding, quality and varieties of assistive devices, professional service, necessary social environment and public service.

An innovative approach,named associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS),has made possible a marked increase in future liver remnant (FLR) over a short period of time,and has challenged the concept of unresectability.To date,ALPPS has been employed for a variety of primary and metastatic liver tumors from many centers across the world.Many technical variations of ALPPS have been described.However,much controversy has surrounded this procedure,and many problems remain to be solved,such as the reasons for rapid hypertrophy,the technical feasibility,safety and long-term oncologic outcomes,and the result compared with the conventional two-stage hepatectomy.These aspects are needed to be evaluated further in large-scale studies.We believe that the ALPPS procedure will has much room for further development.

AIM: To clarify the role and mechanism of hippocampus in the formation of P3-like. METHODS: (1) The hippocampal and parietal P3-like were simultaneously recorded by chronically implanted electrodes in rats. (2) In forebrain ischemia/reperfusion model, the effects of the selective damage of hippocampal CA1 subfield on the hippocampal and parietal P3-like were examined. (3) The changes of hippocampal and parietal P3-like after the inhibition of acetylcholine activity in the septo-hippocampal pathway by intraperitoneal injection of atropine (30 mg/kg) were also detected. (4) The changes of conditional active avoidance response was tested by shuttle-box following forebrain ischemia/reperfusion. RESULTS: (1) The peak latencies of hippocampal and parietal P3-like were prolonged after forebrain ischemia/reperfusion. (2) The polarity of hippocampal P3-like were reversed after the inhibition of acetylcholine activity in the septo-hippocampal pathway by atropine. (3) The prolongation of P3-like peak latency was closely related to the lowering of the score of conditional active avoidance response after forebrain ischemia/reperfusion. CONCLUSION: (1) The formation of P3-like depends on the integrity of hippocampus formation. (2) Hippocampus is not the only generator of P3-like, P3-like could be produced in multiple way. (3) The activity of acetylcholine in the septo-hippocampal pathway has notable effects on the formation of P3-like. (4) P3-like could be used as the sensitive marker of cognitive function.

AIM: To evaluate the role of the meso-hippocampal dopaminergic systems in the generation of hippocampal P300-like potentials. METHODS: Changes of ventral hippocampal P300-like potentials were examined after lesions of the meso-hippocampal dopaminergic systems.The extracellular DA and DOPAC were collected by the push-pull method in the ventral and dorsal hippocampus and their contents were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection(HPLC-EC). RESULTS: The contents of DA and DOPAC in the ventral hippocampus were higher than those in the dorsal hippocampus in the normal animals. The peak latencies of P300-like potentials were prolonged and the contents of DA and DOPAC decreased in the ventral hippocampi after lesions of the meso-hippocampal dopaminergic systems. CONCLUSIONS: There exist meso-hippocampal dopaminergic systems in rats;The meso-hippocampal dopaminergic terminals is mainly located in the ventral hippocampal area in rats; The meso-hippocampal dopaminergic projections take part in the generation of the hippocampal P300-like potentials in rats.