Objective:To study the psychological he alth of the laid-off workers and its affecting factors in Changsha City. Methods:675 laid-off w orkers and 669 employed workers were interviewed with the Trait Coping Questionn aire (TCQ),the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS),and the Life Event Scale(LES) .Demogra phic ,psychological and psychosocial factors that may affect psychological healt h of the subjects were analyed by stepwise regression method.Results: Psychological health condition was significantly affected by age ,marital status, educational level, economic status and duratio n of laid-off.Multiple stepwis e re gression analysis revealed that the major factors affecting psychological health were coping styles,recent life events ,perceived health impairment,educational level, economic pressure, and individual income.

Objective To study the effect of rapid decompression on ultrastructure of the lung in rabbits. Methods Thirty healthy New-Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into low decompression group and rapid decompression group. The pulmonary ultrastructure of rabbits was observed with transmission electron microscope (TEM). Results In rabbits of the rapid decompression group, a number of pathological changes were found, such as disruption of cell membrane structure of types Ⅰ and Ⅱ alveolar cells, loosening of intercellular linkage, edematous mitochondria, expanded rough endoplasmic reticulum, engorged capillary of alveolar wall, edematous capillary endothelium cells, and increased capillary permeability. These changes became especially obvious when the decompression peak value was above 9.8 kPa. Conclusion Rapid decompression could inflict injury to the lung, which was aggravated with the increase of the decompression peak value.

Object To investigate the effect of Angelica polysaccharide (APS) on the induction of chronic myelocytic leukemia cells into chronic myelocytic leukaemia dendritic cells (CML-DCs). Methods Bone marrow monocytes from CML patients were cultured in GM-CSF/IL-4 or in GM-CSF/IL-4 combined with APS in each concentration (50, 100, 200 mg/L), respectively. The morphotype of CML-DCs was identified by optical microscope or electron microscope, CML-DCs viability was calculated by Trypan Blue exclusion. The phenotype of CML-DCs (CD 80, CD 86, and CD 83) was identified by flow cytometry. The capability of stimulating auto-lymphocyte or allo-lymphocyte proliferation was tested with mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR). Results Bone marrow monocytes from CML patients, which were cultured in GM-CSF/IL-4 or in GM-CSF/IL-4/APS showed typical morphotype and expressed the high level phenotype of CML-DCs. The capability of proliferation and the survival rate of CML-DCs were enhanced markedly and the expression of CD 83, CD 80, and CD 86 on CML-DCs were significantly increased when CML-DCs were cultured in GM-CSF/IL-4/APS. The capability of stimulating lymphocyte proliferation was more competent in 100 mg/L APS group. Conclusion The expression of CD 83, CD 80, and CD 86 on CML-DCs cultured in GM-CSF/IL-4/APS is significantly higher than those in GM-CSF/IL-4. The capability of CML-DCs of stimulating lymphocyte proliferation is more potential in GM-CSF/IL-4/APS than in GM-CSF/IL-4. APS can promote the induction and mature of CML-DCs cultured in IL-4 and GM-CSF.

0.05). (2) Suicide was the first cause of accident death among the rural elderly (67.68%).(3)The suicide rate of Wangcheng County was demonstrated to have a linear ascending tendency by tendency test (P

Objective To explore the positive affect of dementia caregivers.Methods Questionnaire method was used to investigate seventy-six dementia caregivers (the dementia group)and seventy-six non-dementia caregivers(the control group).Results The total score and the score of each dimension in the dementia group was significantly lower than those got from the control group.Conclusions Dementia caregivers can feel the positive affect from dementia patients.Compared with non-dementia caregivers,dementia caregivers feel lower positive affect,especially positive feedback from dementia patients.

OBJECTIVEUsing the carbon tetrachloride liver cirrhosis rat model, the protective effect of the green tea extractive (GTE) on the liver cirrhosis was studied.

METHODSMale SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: normal group, GTE group and cirrhosis group. The GTE group and the cirrhosis group were injected subcutanuously 2 times/wk over 9 weeks with 40% CCl(4). In the second and the ninth week, the rats were sacrificed to measure MDA and hydroxyproline concentrations and TGF-beta(1) mRNA expression in liver tissue, as well as to conduct histological examination on various organs.

RESULTSCompared with the cirrhosis group, the MDA and the hydroxyproline concentrations in the GTE group were significantly reduced (P < 0.05). The liver necrosis and cirrhosis were extenuated in the GTE group by means of histologic examination. The expression of the TGF-beta(1) mRNA was reduced significantly in the GTE group.

CONCLUSIONDietary supplementation of GTE can protect against CCl(4)-induced liver damage and cirrhosis in rats.

Animals ; Carbon Tetrachloride ; toxicity ; Chronic Disease ; Liver ; drug effects ; metabolism ; pathology ; Liver Cirrhosis ; chemically induced ; prevention & control ; Male ; Malondialdehyde ; metabolism ; Plant Extracts ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; RNA, Messenger ; drug effects ; genetics ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Tea ; chemistry ; Transforming Growth Factor beta ; genetics ; Transforming Growth Factor beta1

Objective:To prepare cisplatin-loaded anti-progastrin-releasing peptide (ProGRP) monoclonal antibody targeted nanobubbles, and to explore the proliferation inhibition effect and anti-cancer molecular mechanism of them on small cell lung cancer (SCLC).Methods:The cisplatin targeted nanobubbles were prepared by thin film hydrating method, and the physicochemical property were explored. The subcutaneous xenograft tumor models of SCLC in 10 nude mice were established, and the ultrasound molecular targeting development effect of cisplatin targeted nanobubbles was analyzed by using blank nanobubbles as control. Another 24 tumor-bearing nude mouse models were established and randomly divided into four groups: blank nanobubbles group, cisplatin group, cisplatin nanobubbles group, cisplatin targeted nanobubbles group. The tumor inhibition rate was calculated. The effect on SCLC proliferation was detected by CCK8 method. RT-PCR and Western blotting methods were used to detect SCLC proliferation related genes the P53, Rb, c-myc protein and mRNA expression level of change, the molecular regulatory mechanism was analyzed.Results:The cisplatin targeted nanobubbles were successfully prepared. The particle size was (467.3±42.3)nm, the structure was stable. The cisplatin targeted nanobubbles had a good effect of ultrasonic molecular development in SCLC xenograft.Compared with the control group, the proliferation of SCLC cells was significantly inhibited by cisplatin targeted nanobubbles. The RT-PCR and Western blotting analysis showed that compared with the control group, the mRNA and protein levels of the proliferation-related gene P53 and Rb in the cisplatin targeted nanovesicles group were significantly up-regulated, and the mRNA and protein levels of c-myc were significantly down-regulated (all P<0.05). Conclusions:The cisplatin targeted nanobubbles can inhibit the proliferation of SCLC, and may be used as a new potential targeted drug for the treatment of SCLC.

Objective This study aims to investigate the moral disgust cognitive processing of patients with obses?sive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and its relationship with OCD symptoms. Methods Twenty-eight OCD and 30 healthy controls matched for gender, age and education completed lexical decision task, recording reaction time and accuracy of words and assessing the degree of disgust. Yale-Brown obsessive-compulsive scale (Y-BOCS) and Padua Invento?ry-Washington State University Revision (PI-WUSR) were used to assess the symptoms. Results OCD group showed significantly longer reaction time to core disgust-related words [(762.69 ± 128.25) ms vs. (648.69 ± 162.66) ms] and moral disgust-related words [(798.73 ± 115.26) ms vs. (727.00 ± 106.06) ms] than the healthy controls (P<0.05). OCD group showed significantly higher aversion degree to core disgust-related words [(6.38 ± 1.78) vs. (5.03 ± 1.64)] and moral dis?gust-related words [(7.08 ± 1.23) vs. (5.77 ± 1.44)] than control group (P<0.05). Y-BOCS total score, Y-BOCS obsessive thoughts score, Y-BOCS compulsive behavior score, total score of PI-WUSR, cleaning/pollution force factor score, hurt?ing themselves and others force factor were positively correlated with two types of disgust-related words in patients group (P<0.05). Multiple stepwise regression analysis between disgust words and Y-BOCS/PI-WUSR scores pointed that only CWCF influenced disgust degree of core disgust-related words (β=0.61, P<0.01) and moral disgust-related words (β=0.54, P<0.01), respectively. Conclusion The core disgust and moral disgust of OCD are stronger compared to controls.

Objective To explore the gender differences in disgust processing in patients with ob-sessive-compulsive disorder ( OCD). Methods A total of 74 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (39 males and 35 females) and 65 normal healthy controls (35 males and 30 females) were assessed with Padua inventory-Washington State University revision (PI-WSUR),Yale-Brown obsessive-compulsive scale (Y-BOCS) and were tested the lexical decision task,in order to evaluate their OCD symptoms and severity. The results of reaction time,accuracy and rating intensity of core disgust words,moral disgust words and neu-tral words were recorded,and the gender differences in disgust processing in patients with obsessive-compul-sive disorder and normal healthy controls were analyzed. Results The reaction time of core disgust words ((753.6±84.1) vs (711.8±83.8)ms),the reaction time of moral disgust words((813.5±89.0) vs (749.4± 81.4)ms) and neutral words((775.3±91.8) vs (725.9±104.2)ms) showed significant differences between males and females in pateints with OCD,but there were no differences in accuracy and rating intensity(P＜0.05 or P＜0.01). In normal healthy controls,there were only differences between males and females in reac-tion time of neutral words,females were also showed shorter reaction time than males (P＜0.01). Pearson cor-relation analysis showed that both male and female patients had a negative correlation between the reaction time of core disgust words and total PI-WSUR scores (P＜0.05). There was a gender difference in the relative variables of PI-WSUR,Y-BOCS and disgust processing in OCD patients. Conclusion There were gender differences in disgust cognitive processing in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder,females with ob-sessive-compulsive disorder have higher core disgust and moral disgust than males. Females with OCD have a special high sense of moral disgust.