The current treatment of medical implant-associated infections is still challenging.The infections are particularly persistent because the bacteria attaching to the implant surfaces produce a protective matrix which establishes itself as biofilms,shielding the bacteria from antibiotics.Biofilm bacteria are resistant to antimicrobics at levels 500 to 5,000 times higher than those needed to kill non-biofilm bacteria.In vitro experiments have shown that electric current has anti-infection effect and can enhance the activity of some antimicrobial agents against certain bacteria in the biofilms.Direct electrical stimulation has already been safely used in humans for fracture healing.In this article,we review the current state and development in research on the anti-infection effect of electrical stimulation.

Objective To compare the effectiveness of Pregabalin given by fixed dose method and flexible dose method on treating central post-stroke pain.Methods Patients with central post-stroke pain were consecutively enrolled and randomized into fixed group and flexible group.The patients in fixed group were given pregabalin 300 mg per day for 8 weeks.The patients in flexible group were given pregabalin as follows:150 mg per day for 2 weeks, 300 mg per day for 2 weeks and 450 mg per day for 4 weeks.The primary outcome was numerical rating scale ( NRS) . The secondary outcomes included adverse effects, hospital anxiety and depression scales ( HADS ) and Athens insomnia scale ( AIS) .Results A total of 132 participants were enrolled with 65 in fixed group and 67 in flexible group from Jul 2009 to Dec 2014.Two patients in fixed group gave up the treatment while 7 patients gave up in flexible group though no significant difference was observed.Finally, 63 patients in fixed group and 60 patients in flexible group were included into analysis.There was no significant difference on gender, age, medical history between two groups. Compared with baseline, the NRS、HADS-A、HADS-D and AIS score were significantly decreased ( all P<0.05 ) .However, there was no significant difference of these scores between the two groups. Conclusion Two regimens of pregabalin showed the similar efficiency and safety to treat CPSP, however, fixed dose seemed to be more acceptable.

Objective To invesigate the value of contrast-enhanced spiral CT scan in diagnosing renal pelvic carcinoma.Methods All 35 cases with renal pelvic carcinoma confirmed by surgical pathology underwent plain and contrast-enhanced (including 4 phases) spiral CT scans before operation.CT data were reviewed retrospectively in comparison with surgical and patholgical results.Results CT findings of renal carcinoma could be classified into 3 types:type Ⅰ,the lesions limited within the renal pelvis in 25 cases;thype Ⅱ,the lesions were out of the renal pelvis and had indefinable margins with the renal parenchyma in 6 cases;type Ⅲ ,only showed the pelvic wall thickened with hydronephrosis in 4 cases.On contrast-enhanced CT scan,inhomogeneous enhancement of the lesions was presented in cortical phase,the intensity of enhancement was not obviously changed in 13 cases in parenchymal and excretion phases,but the lesions were still hypointense in comparison with renal parenchyma,14 cases demonstrated inhomogeneous enhancement of the lesions in delayed phase.Conclusion Contrast-enhanced spiral CT scanning is valuable in diagnosing renal pelvic carcinoma and renal delayed phase should be emphasized.

AIM:To study the effect of ONOO- on the airway epithelial injury. METHODS: The mitochondrial respiration, the amount of lactate dedydrogenase (LDH) release into the cell culture medium, the levels of 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), and the cellular apoptosis were examined after exposure of cultured rat tracheal epithelial (RTE) cells to ONOO-. RESULTS: Exposure of RTE cells to 0.25, 0.5 and 1 mmol/L ONOO- caused a dose-dependent suppression of the mitochondrial respiration . ONOO- also caused a dose-dependent increase in the percentage of LDH release. Exposure of RTE cells to ONOO- resulted in an increased generation of 8-OHdG in a dose-dependent manner. ONOO- caused an increase in apoptotic percentage in RTE cells in a time-dependent manner at different concentrations. CONCLUSION: ONOO- could cause necrosis and apoptosis in cultured RTE cells. Low concentration of ONOO- caused apoptosis in a time-dependent manner. Whereas exposure to high concentration of ONOO- resulted in cell necrosis, ONOO- caused a dose-dependent increase in the percentage of LDH release. Suppression of mitochondrial respiration and oxidative DNA damage by ONOO- may be the major cause of cellular injury induced by ONOO-.

Objective To build diagnostic model of stroke with qi deficiency and blood stasis.Methods Get the disease information by epidemiological investigation. All patients were recurited into training samples and testing samples by random. Diagnostic model was built by statistical method, and tested by training samples and testing samples. Results Three diagnostic models were built. The best model with discriminant function of qi deficiency and blood stasis has been proven to be the Bayes model. Conclusion The diagnostic model built by epidemiological investigation has the advantage of good accuracy. It will improve the accuracy of clinical syndrome differentiation.

Objective To explore the influence of brief ischemic on fracture healing.Methods Two hundred and forty wistar rats (weight was 200 g and half male) were made the right tibial midpiece closed fracture model.1.0 mm K-wires were used to fix the fractures.Rats were divided into 4 groups.Group A was 24 hours,group B was 48 hours,group C was 72 hours,and group D was the control group.Tourniquet was used on the root of the thigh of right lower limb.Tourniquet was inflated 10 min,then released 10 min,and repeated 3 times to make the brief ischemic model.48 rats were made brief ischemic at 24 hours after the fracture fixed.Then group A was at every 24 hours,group B was at every 48 hours,and group C was at every 72 hours made brief ischemic.Group D at every 24 hours after the fracture fixed was used tourniquet on the root of thigh of right lower limb each time 1 hour,but the tourniquet was not inflated.Group A,B,and C were made brief ischemic 5 weeks.Group D was tourniquet treated 5 weeks.Group A and D at 1 day,3 days,5 days,and 7 days after fracture fixed were detected the serum VEGF.All groups of rats were X-ray examinated and detected of serum VEGF at every two weeks after the fracture fixed.Every two weeks,every group randomly selected 12 rats to do immunohistochemical staining.We used the Image Pro Plus software to quantitative compare the IGF-2 positive cells in the fracture area.Results X-ray results were used three points method for analyzing.The scores of group A,B,and C were significantly higher than group D at 2 weeks,4 weeks,6 weeks after fracture fixed (P ＜ 0.05).The scores between group A,B,and C were no significant statistical difference at 2 weeks,4 weeks,6 weeks after fracture fixed (P ＞ 0.05).The levels of serum VEGF of group A were significantly higher than group D at 3days,5days,and 7 days after fracture fixed (P ＜ 0.05).The levels of serum VEGF of group B and C were obviously higher than group A and D at 2 weeks (P ＜ 0.05),and there was no obvious difference between group B and C (P =0.79,P =0.90,P =0.88).The same result was found between group A and D (P =0.94,P =0.551,P =0.53).There were no significant difference between four groups on the levels of serum VEGF at 8 weeks (P =0.66).Immunohistochemical results were that group B,group C VEGF positive cells were significantly higher than group A and group D at 2 weeks,4 weeks,6 weeks (P ＜0.05).There was no significant difference in group B and group C (P =0.19,P =0.10,P =0.38),or group A and group D (P =0.07,P =0.17,P =0.18).There was no significantly different in four groups at 8 weeks (P =0.08).Conclusions Brief ischemic can promote the healing of fracture and stimulate the expression of VEGF.The mechanism may be related to the signal channels of VEGF and other biological factors.This study will give new idea to clinic for promoting fracture healing.

Objective To understand the job burnout status of bank staff and analyse the relationship between job burnout and self-efficacy,job satisfaction.Methods The job burnout,self-efficacy and job satisfaction of 8 942 bank staff was surveyed by Maslach burnout inventory-general survey(MBI-GS),general self-efficacy scale (GSES) and job satisfaction scale (JSS) respectively.Results A total of 8 942 questionnaires were issued and 7 486 valid questionnaires were returned.The score of self-efficacy in male was significantly higher than that in the female(P ＜0.05).There was no significant difference in job satisfaction score between male and female(P ＞ 0.05).The score of emotional exhaustion (EE) in female was significantly higher than that in male,while the score of reduced personal accomplishment(RPA) was significantly lower than that in male (P ＜ 0.05);there was no significant difference in depersonalization (DP) score between male and female (P ＞ 0.05).The EE,DP and PAL scores of bank staff with post-graduate education were significantly lower than those with high school/secondary school and junior college/undergraduate (P ＜ 0.05);the DP and PAL scores of bank staff with junior college/undergraduate were significantly lower than those with high school/secondary school(P ＜ 0.05);there was no significant difference in EE score of bank staff between junior college/undergraduate and high school/secondary school(P ＞ 0.05).The EE score of age ＞ 50 years old bank staff was significantly lower than that of age ＜ 30 years old,30-40 years old and 41-50 years old (P ＜0.05);there was no significant difference in EE score among age ＜30 years old,30-40 years old and 41-50 years old bank staff (P ＞ 0.05).The DP score of 41-50 years old bank staff was significantly higher than that of age ＜ 30 years old (P ＜0.05);there was no significant difference in DP score among age ＜30 years old,30-40 years old and 41-50 years old bank staff (P ＞ 0.05).There was no significant difference in PAL score among all age groups (P ＞ 0.05).The three dimensions of job burnout had significant negative correlation with self-efficacy and job satisfaction (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Bank staff have a certain degree of job burnout.Age,sex,and education level maybe the influence factors of job burnout.Improvement of self-efficacy and job satisfaction may help to reduce the job burnout.

AIM To study lipid-lowering effects of gallic acid on glutamate-induced obesity mice.METHODS The obese model was established through subcutaneous injection of 3mg/(g · d)sodium glutamate into neonatal mice.After the model was established,the mice were divided into normal control group,model group,positive control group [simvastatin 30 mg/(kg · d)],high-,and low-dose group of gallic acid [400,200 mg/(kg · d)],and were intragastrically administered for ten weeks.Mice in each group after the last administration were fasted for 12 h except water.Blood was sampled from mouse eyes.The organs and adipose were obtained to determine the organ index and fat index.The levels of HDL-C,TG,LDL-C and TC in serum and liver were determined by using the corresponding reagent kit,and the serum leptin level was determined by ELISA kit and simultaneous determination of SOD,GSH-Px and MDA levels in liver.RESULTS Compared with the normal control group,the body weight and fat weight significantly increased in the model group;the levels of TC,TG and LDL-C in serum and liver significantly increased;the serum leptin level significantly reduced;the activity levels of SOD and GSH-Px in the liver significantly reduced;and the level of MDA significantly increased.Compared with the model control group,the body weight and fat weight significantly reduced in the gallic acid group mice and the levels of TC and TG significantly reduced in the serum and liver;SOD and GSH-Px levels significantly increased,MDA level significantly decreased in the liver.CONCLUSION Gallic acid can significantly reduce the blood lipid level of glutamate-induced obese mice.

BACKGROUND: Chinese medicine Gukang prescription has a clear effect on clinical treatment of osteoporosis, but the therapeutic pathway is stil unclear.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of Chinese medicine Gukang on the expression of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand and osteoprotegerin by regulating core binding factor alpha 1 expression to control the growth and development of osteoblasts.
METHODS:Sprague-Dawley neonatal rats within 24 hours after delivery were used for the separation and culture of osteoblasts. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were used to prepare drug-containing serum, and then divided into two groups randomly:normal control group and Gukang group. Rats in the normal control and Gukang groups were intragastrical y administrated with extract of Gukang prescription and normal saline based on rat’s body surface area, for 1 consecutive week. Two hours after the last administration, blood samples were taken from the heart. Then the serum was col ected. Osteoblasts at passage 3 were confirmed with alkaline phosphatase assay and digested. After counting and planting, al osteoblasts were divided into two groups and treated with col ected
serum for 72 hours. Proliferative rate of osteoblasts was detected by using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide test. Secretion of alkaline phosphatase was detected by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and corrected with the corresponding absorbance value. mRNA expression of core binding factor alpha 1, receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand and osteoprotegerin were detected by using reverse
transcription-PCR in al groups.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:mRNA expression of osteoprotegerin and core binding factor alpha 1 in the Gukang group was significantly higher than that in the normal control group, but protein and mRNA expression of receptor
activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand were dramatical y lower in the Gukang group compared with the normal control group (P<0.01). These findings indicate that Chinese medicine Gukang prescription can modulate the expression of
core binding factor alpha 1, thereby adjusting the expression of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand and osteoprotegerin, which may be one of the mechanisms underlying Gukang treatment for osteoporosis.