Objective To understand the water source type,the water supply way and drinking water quality in the pastoral areas in Qinghai Province. Methods One hundred and thirteen water samples in 11 counties were collected in the rainy season in 2006 and the water samples were tested according to the methods in Analytical Methods for Water and Sanitary Standard for Drinking Water Quality (2001),Sanitary Standard for Drinking Water Quality(2001). Results 1 741 231 population were investigated,the population consuming centralized water supply and dispersed water supply were 1 013 283(58.19%) and 727 948(41.8%) respectively. The population of drinking underground water occupied 76.4%,of which,drinking spring water occupied 83.2% and drinking well water occupied 4.6%. The population of drinking ground water occupied 23.6%,of which,drinking river water occupied 53.6%,drinking lake water occupied 0.2%. There were 638 centralized water supply plants,of which,only 11 water plants had complete water treatment. The dispersed water supply was consisted of manpower(84.7%),handpump(9.8%) and machine(5.5%). 51 of 113 water samples were up to standard,the overall eligible rate was 45.1%,of which the eligible rate of ground water was 25.9%,underground water was 51.2%,centralized water supply was 56.8%,dispersed water supply was 15.6%,showed the significant difference(P

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and stroke. Stimulants such as ephedrine and caffeine and their herbal counterparts have been proved effective in reducing body mass; however, their use is controversial due to the undesired effects. Therefore, it is necessary to find a tolerable and effective nutraceutical that can increase energy expenditure and/or decrease calorie intake to reduce weight.OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of a preparation containing node of Lotus Rhizome, green tea, and Panax notoginsengin reducing body mass and fat in obese adults.DESIGN: Randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study using the volunteers as the subjects.SETTING: Institute of Natural Drug of Yunnan Baiyao Group.PARTICIPANTS: The trial was conducted in the Institute of Natural Drug of Yunnan Baiyao Group from July 5 to August 23 in 2003. Altogether 82 obese volunteers[35 men and 47 women aged 26- 50 years, body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2 ] were randomly assigned to treatment and placebo groups with 41 in each group.METHODS: The treatment group received 9 g pill of a dietary supplement containing a proprietary blend of node of Lotus Rhizome, green tea and Panax notoginseng every day for 7 weeks, while the placebo group received 9 g pill of rice flour every day for 7 weeks. Their body mass, percentage of body fat,absolute fat mass, BMI, waist and hip circumference, and anthropometric measurements were recorded at the beginning and the end of the study. The subjects completed daily dietary intake records on days 1 to 3 and 47 to 49. They also completed weekly activity logs throughout the study.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① Final outcome indexes: body mass,percentage of body fat, BMI, waist and hip circumference; ② Replacement indexes: diet, heart rate, oxygen consumption and blood pressure; ③ Risk indexes: adverse events and side effects.RESULTS: Four subjects (1 from the treatment group and 3 from the placebo group) dropped out for personal reasons unrelated to the study. No significant changes were found in the consumption of total calories, percentage of calories ingested as carbohydrates, fat or protein, or activity levels in either group throughout the study. Body mass, percentage of body fat and BMI of the treatment group were(74.7 ± 11.4) kg, (33.0±4. 1)% and(28.5±2.7) kg/m2 before the experiment, and(73.6 ± 12.4) kg, (31.3 ±4.5)%and(27.9 ± 3.0) kg/m2 at week 7, with significant differences. Waist and hip circumference of the treatment group was obviously decreased, but did not differ significantly before and after the experiment in the placebogroup. There were no significant differences in heart rate, oxygen consumption and blood pressure between the two groups. No obvious side effects were observed in the two groups.CONCLUSION: The novel combination of node of Lotus Rhizome, green tea and Panax notoginseng can significantly reduce body mass and fat in obese adults.

Objective:To study the instant and short term effects of diagnostic ultrasound on ultrastructure and hydrogen peroxide cytochemistry of human villi. Methods: Fifteen healthy women with gestational ages of 6 to 8 weeks were divided into 4 groups. Group A( n =3),B( n =4),C( n =4) and D( n =4) were exposured to diagnostic ultrasound for 0,10,20 and 20 min respectively. In group A, B, and C, the villi were taken out immediately after ultrasound exposure and were studied. In group D, the villi were taken out 3 d after ultrasound exposure. Results: The results showed that there were changes only in group C. Enlargement of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial intracristal space were observed in syntrophoblast cells. In group A, B, and D, there were no evident abnormality. Conclusion: The conventional acoustic exposure of diagnostic ultrasound is safe for human villi.

Objective To study the expression of Survivin and Caspase-3 in uterine smooth muscle tumour (USMT) and it' s significance. Methods Expression of Survivin and Caspase-3 protein were determined by immunohistochemistry Two-step method on 30 uterine Cellular Uterine Leiomyoma (CUL), 10 normal uterine smooth muscle (NSM), 10 Ordinary Uterine Leiomyoma (OUL), 15 Leiomysarcoma (LMS). Results Survivin level in normal uterine smooth muscle are very low, and in OUL, CUL, LMS was on increasing trend, the OL group and the LCA group have statistical significant difference(P<0.05). Caspase-3 level in NSM, OUL, CUL, LMS was on decreasing trend. The NSM group and the CL group, the NSM group and the LCA group both have statistical significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusion Maybe Survivin can inhibit apoptosis and extend cells lives by inhibit the activity of Caspase-3, so it played an important role in the development progress from benign uterine tumour to malignant uterine tumour. The detect of Survivin and Caspase-3 may be useful in the differential diagnosis of uterine smooth muscle tumours.

Objective To explore the correlation between myeloperoxidase(MPO) and white blood cell (WBC) and other related numerical values in blood .Methods 50 common patients were randomly selected .The two blood samples in each patient were re-spectively collected by the biochemical tube anticoagulated by heparin sodium and the blood routine tube anticoagulated by ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid kalium(EDTA-K2 ) .Then plasma MPO content and WBC count ,absolute neutrophils count ,percentage of neutrophils ,platelet count in whole blood were detected .The MPO content and the above 4 items of detection results were per-formed the correlation analysis .Results The correlation coefficients(r) between plasma MPO with WBC count ,neutrophils count , percentage of neutrophils and platelet count in whole blood were 0 .253 ,0 .220 ,0 .111 and 0 .133 respectively ,which indicating that no correlation existed between them .Conclusion Blood MPO is mainly derived from polymorphonuclear neutrophils ,but WBC count ,neutrophils count and platelet count in whole blood do not cause the change of the myeloperoxidase content .

Objective To study the relationship of proliferation and activation of T lymphocyte subsets and disease progression in antiretroviral-naive human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)-1-infected individuals.Methods Forty-nine antiretroviral-naive,chronically HIV-1 infected patients and 16 healthy,HIV-1 negative controls were enrolled in this study.The patients were divided into 3 groups according to their CD4+T cell counts:<200×106/L,(200-350)×106/L and>350×106/L.Peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMC)were isolated.T cell proliferation index was measured by Ki-67 staining.T cell activation was detected by CD38 staining.The samples were analyzed by flow cytometry.The data were compared by one-way ANOVA.Results The percentage of Ki-67+cells in CIM+T ceils was 7.92%±4.37%in CD4+T cell<200×106/L group,which was significantly higher than those 0.39%d:0.24%in control group,2.61%±2.12%in(200-350)×106/k group and 2.65%±2.13%in>350 X106/L group(F=21.961,P<0.01).The percentage of Ki-67+cells in CD8+T ceils in CD4+T cells<200×106/L group was 2.87%±1.13%,which was also much higher than those in other 3 groups(0.15%±0.90%,1.40%±1.17%,1.22%±0.80%,respectively F=19.203,P<0.01).The Ki-67'CD4'T cells and Ki-67+CD8+T cells were inversely correlated with CD4+T cell counts(r=-0.654,r=-0.539,respectively;P350×106/L group(F=14.333,F=15.412,respectively;P<0.01).The expressions of Ki-67+ on CD4+ and CD8+T cells were positively correlated with CD38 expression(r=0.527,r=0.391,respectively;P=0.002).Conclusions The proliferation and activation of T lymphoeytes are enhanced during HIV/AIDS disease progression.And T eell activation may be the result of persistent immune activation.

Objective:To explore combined detection of mad2 with anti-nuclear mitotic spindle apparatus antibody(MSA)and anti-centromere antibody(ACA)and their clinical value for the diagnosis of small cell lung cancer(SCLC).Methods:One hundred and twen-ty SCLC patients,110 non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)patients,and 115 pulmonary nodule(PN)patients were enrolled in this study. The expression of mad2 was analyzed by qt-PCR.MSA and ACA were detected by indirect immunofluorescence(IIF)staining.Results:mad2 was overexpressed in SCLC and NSCLC samples(P<0.05).There were significant differences between the results obtained for SCLC and NSCLC samples by qt-PCR(P<0.05).AUC in ROC curve for mad2 expression was 0.799 with an intermediate diagnostic value. In the correlative analysis,the odds ratio of MSA and ACA was 6.94 and 5.60,respectively.In the correlation analysis,Kappa value of mad2 with MSA was 0.49,and Kappa value of mad2 with ACA was 0.42.In the parallel analysis,the sensitivity and specificity was 83.31% and 79.34%,respectively,while the Youden Index was 0.62.Moreover,in the serial analysis,the sensitivity and specificity was 65.32% and 93.35%,respectively,and the Youden Index was 0.59.Conclusions:In comparison with the NSCLC and PN samples,mad2 was overexpressed in SCLC samples.Therefore,mad2 ought to play a critical role in the pathology of SCLC.The combined expression of mad2 with MSA and ACA may contribute to enhancing the sensitivity and specificity of detection;this expression may allow early diag-nosis and clinical diagnosis of SLCC and may be a promising treatment for SCLC.

Chronic superficial gastritis(CSG)is a common disease of the digestive system that possesses a serious pathogenesis.Jinhong tablet(JHT),a traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)prescription,exerts therapeutic effects against CSG.However,the molecular basis of its therapeutic effect has not been clarified.Herein,we employed ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry(UPLC-Q/TOF-MS)based chemical profile identification to determine the chemical components in JHT.Further,we applied network pharmacology to illustrate its molecular mechanisms.A total of 96 chemical constituents were identified in JHT,31 of which were confirmed using reference standards.Based on the bioinformatics analysis using the symptom-guided pharmacological networks of"chi,""blood,""pain,"and"inflammation,"and target screening through the interaction probabilities between compounds and targets,matrix metalloproteinase 2(MMP2),dopamine d2 receptor(DRD2),and Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B1(AKR1B1)were identified as key targets in the therapeutic effect exhibited by JHT against CSG.Moreover,according to the inhibitory activities presented in the literature and binding mode analysis,the structural types of alkaloids,flavonoids,organic acids,including chlorogenic acid(10),caffeic acid(13),(-)-corydalmine(33),(-)-isocorypalmine(36),isochlorogenic acid C(38),isochlorogenic acid A(41),quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnoside(42),isochlorogenic acid B(47),quercetin(63),and kaempferol(70)tended to show remarkable activities against CSG.Owing to the above findings,we systematically identified the chemical components of JHT and revealed its molecular mechanisms based on the symptoms associated with CSG.