Biomedical engineering is an inter-discipline developed from the combination of science,engineering and biomedicine. This paper aims to point out the advantages and problems of the biomedical engineering faculty through the analysis of professional background of medical college,and propose solutions to this problems.

Objective To investigate temperature changes in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of heroin addicts with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).Methods 18 heroin addicts in the withdrawal state and 18 healthy volunteers (control group) were performed with MRS scan.First, resting-state MRS scan was performed on all subjects, and then did MRS scan again under visual stimulation while subjects were asked to carefully watch the heroin-related cue images.Measurements of NAA of the identified regions (the prefrontal cortex, bilateral hippocampus) were obtained from all subjects.Brain temperatures were calculated by the modified brain temperature-chemical shift equation.Results In resting state, the temperature of prefrontal cortex in heroin addicts group was higher than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05),and the brain temperature was positively correlated with total dose of heroin (P<0.05).The prefrontal cortex/hippocampus temperature of heroin addicts group did not showed statistical significance between resting state and visual stimulation state (P>0.05).Conclusion MRS can be used to measure brain temperature noninvasively.Temperature change of brain may be helpful for exploring the mechanism of drug addiction and craving.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Carcinoma, Small Cell ; pathology ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; pathology ; therapy

UNLABELLEDTo investigate the clinical and pathological characteristics, treatment, and The data of 12 patients prognosis of synchronous primary cancer of the endometrium and ovary. Methods with synchronous primary cancer of the endometrium and ovary were retrospectively reviewed . Results Eight patients had the same histological type of endometrioid carcinoma in both uterus and ovary, 4 patients had different histological types in uterus and ovary. Synchronous primary cancer of the endometrium and ovary was difficult to be dignosed preoperatively. All ovarian tumors were small with an average diameter of 7 cm. Infertility was common among these patients(40.7%). Most of them had early stage I lesion (66.7%). endometrioid carcinomas was the main pathologic type (66.7%). All patients were treated surgically followed by chemotherapy with a 3-year survival rate of 66.7% (8/12).

CONCLUSIONSynchronous primary endometrium and ovary cancer is a specific kind of tumor different from either the primary endometrium carcinoma or ovary carcinoma, and usually can be detected in early stage with a good prognosis.

Adenocarcinoma ; pathology ; therapy ; Adult ; Aged ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Carcinoma, Endometrioid ; pathology ; therapy ; Cisplatin ; therapeutic use ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Cyclophosphamide ; therapeutic use ; Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary ; pathology ; therapy ; Endometrial Neoplasms ; pathology ; therapy ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hysterectomy ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary ; pathology ; therapy ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; pathology ; therapy ; Retrospective Studies ; Survival Analysis

Hyperuricemia and metabolic syndrome were studied in 17 762 subjects of Tianjin Municipality from July 2007 to July 2009. The overall prevalence rate of hyperuricemia was 12. 16% (2160cases) , the rate in males was significantly higher than that in females (15. 71% vs. 6. 51% , P <0. 01).The overall prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome was 25. 56% (4540 cases) , the rate in males was also higher than that in females (28. 17% vs. 21. 40% , P <0. 01). Binary logistic regression analysis disclosed that females with high uric acid were twice likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome than males; and female ≤ 44 years with hyperuricemia had the highest odd ratio for metabolic syndrome.

Objective To determine the influence of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitor on the blood brain barrier (BBB) transport of amphotericin B (AmB)..Methods An in-vitro BBB model was established with brain capillary endothelia cells (BCEC). AmB was chosen as the test drug and verapamil was chosen as the inhibitor of P-gp.Cellular uptake of AmB at different time points and with series of verapamil concentrations were performed respectively after the determination of appropriate incubation time and drug dosage by the cytotoxicity assay. The AmB concentrations of series of samples were detected using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method. One-way ANOVA analysis and Bonferroni test were used for data analysis.Results The cellular transport of AmB was accumulated as the time prolonged.The inhibitor group had a significant higher cellular uptake levelsof AmBat the time point of 90 min (t=6.753,P=0.001),120 min (t=3.574,P=0.016) and 150 min (t=4.759,P=0.005) as compared with the control group.The AmB cellular uptake level increased significantly when BCEC were incubated with verapamil of 2 μmol/L (P=0.000),5 μmol/L (P=0.014),10 μmol/L (P=0.000),50 μmol/L (P=0.014),75 μmol/L (P=0.000) and 100 tμmol/L (P=0.000),respectively,compared with the control group.Conclusion The P-gp inhibitor verapamil can enhance the cellular uptake of AmB which indicates that P-gp is involved in the BBP transport of AmB.

Objective To express the receptor binding domain (RBD) protein of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and to characterize the antigenicity of the purified recombi-nant protein. Methods The codon-optimized gene encoding the RBD protein of MERS-CoV was synthesized and then cloned into the pET30a ( +) vector to construct the recombinant expression plasmid. The trans-formed E. coli BL21 (DE3) strains carrying expression plasmid were induced by IPTG under different condi-tions. The expressed products were purified by using nickel affinity chromatography and further analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western blot assay. Indirect ELISA was performed to analyze the antigenicity and specificity of RBD proteins expressed in prokaryotic expression systems in human serological test. Results The recom-binant RBD proteins were mainly expressed as conclusion body in an optimal induction condition of 37℃ and 0. 5 mmol/ L IPTG for 4 h. The high purified recombinant RBD proteins were obtained through denaturation and renaturation with a relative molecular mass of about 29×103 . Results of the Western blot assay showed that the recombinant RBD proteins could have specific reaction with the serum samples collected form mice with MERS-CoV infection. Indirect ELISA revealed that the RBD proteins expressed in the prokaryotic ex-pression system showed better sensitivity and specificity in the detection of antibodies against MERS-CoV in human serum samples. Conclusion This study reported the prokaryotic expression and purification of RBD protein of MERS-CoV for the first time, which might pave the way for further investigation on immunological detection of MERS-CoV and development of vaccines against MERS-CoV infection.

The text introduces an electromyogram-guided treatment instrument with simple operation and lower cost, and it is easy to find the lesion muscle. Its clinical tests have shown a satisfying result.
Electromyography ; instrumentation ; Equipment Design ; Musculoskeletal Manipulations ; instrumentation

Objective To learn the acceptance of rural community health workers (CHWs ) following the reform of rural health workers′team building in Pudong New Area.Methods 3 295 CHWs were surveyed with questionnaire for their acceptance of the incentive policies,and chisquare test analysis was used to analyze the differences among CHWs in individual areas.Results Over 80.0% of the CHWs reported that they were motivated by the incentive policies to improve their professional competence, medical service and organizational commitment;40.9% of them reported that the policies improved their social status;and 47.3% of them believed the policies could promote the rural areas to attract and retain talents.When a comparison was made of CHWs′feedbacks on different aspects,significant differences indicated that the proportion of CHWs′positive attitudes was the highest at remote rural communities. Conclusions The rural health workers′team building reform could promote incentive on the CHWs,yet with obvious regional differences.

Objective To study the change of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) in myocardial tissue and serum of myocardial ischemia in rats.Methods Twenty SD rats were randomly divided into normal control group and test group. Test group was ligated coronary artery,and the control group was pulled on line but not ligated,then observed the change of VEGF.The histological and immunohistochemical method were used for observing the change of VEGF serum in myocardial ischemia in rats' heart.VEGF levels were measured by image analysis.Results Compared with control group,the expression of VEGF in the myocardial ischemia group was increased obviously(P