Through the analysis on principles of dental panoramic radiography, we analyzed the influence factors of the dental arch, and provided the main principles for optimizing design to improve the image quality. Through the analysis on the human dental arch’s form, we optimized the radiographic procedure. Many factors affect the quality panoramic image, but the focal trough’s design is one of the most important factors, especially for canine regions. Optimizing design of focal trough can lessen degrees of horizontal and vertical magnification, also can reduce geometric distortion and overlapped images of teeth.

Objective To study the event related potentials(P 2,N 2, P 3 latency and wave altitude) in children with atention deficit hyperactinity disorder(ADHD). Methods ADHD case group was diagnosed by employing ADHD Behavior Screen with DSM Ⅳ and Neuro psychic Examination. The normal control group was confirmed according to sex and age matched design.All the children were evoked ERP with aural oddball paradigm and the data analyzed with SAS 6.12 statistics software.Results In ADHD group, error frequency in counting target stimulant of event related potentials was higher( P

ObjectiveTo investigate and analyze the prevalence and risk factors of acute stress disorder (ASD) among survivors of road traffic accidents.MethodsA total of 206 participants ( 168 men,38 women) were administrated with the acute stress disorder scale (ASDS) 2 to 23 days after the traffic accidents.ResultsThere was a total of 61 (29.6％) possible ASD patients among all participants.Women had more serious ASD symptoms than men (male:36.70 ± 11.42; female:41.18 ± 12.58; P＜ 0.05 ),the married's ASD symptom severity was higher than the single's ( married:38.37 ± 11.94 ; single/widowed/divorced:30.86 ± 8.37 ; P ＜ 0.01 ),people with low degree of education had more severe ASD symptoms than the people who had high degree of education (P＜0.05) ; being elder( r=0.43,P＜0.01 ),having fear / helpless / horror experience of accident ( r=0.21,P＜ 0.01 ) were significantly correlated with the severity of ASD symptoms.According to linear regression analysis,age could positively predicted ASD symptoms ( β =0.29,P ＜ 0.01 ) too.ConclusionASD is a common mental problems among Chinese survivors of road traffic accident,and the main predictive factors of ASD include gender,age,marital status,the degree of education,whether there is fear / helpless / horror experience of accident.

Objectives In order to evaluate the clinical effect of manipulation combined with traditional Chinese medicine for the lateral epicondylitis.Methods A total of 150 patients with lateral epicondylitis were randomly divided into two groups, 75 patients in each group. The treatment group received manipulation combined with the TCM herbal bathing decoction, and the control group received the shock wave therapy and TCM herbal bathing decoction. Two groups were treated for 3 months. The SF-McGill scale, VAS, PPI, PRI were measured, and the clinical curative effect rate was assessed after treatment.Results The total effective rate of the treatment group was 92.0% (69/75), and the control group was 80.0% (60/75). There was statistical significant difference between two groups (χ2=8.339,P=0.039). The SF-McGill pain questionnaire scores, after treatment (26.3 ± 9.9vs. 29.4 ± 8.8, t=-4.183), one month after treatment (20.5 ± 7.7vs. 25.6 ± 6.9, t=-3.954), and 3 months after treatment (14.4 ± 8.0vs. 18.3 ± 6.7,t=-4.031) in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The VAS scores after treatment (4.9 ± 1.4vs. 5.8 ± 1.3,t=-4.631), one month after treatment (3.0 ± 1.0vs. 4.1±1.2,t=-3.752), and three months after treatment (2.3 ± 1.0vs. 3.0 ± 1.3,t=-4.350) in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group  (P<0.05). The PPI score after treatment (2.4 ± 0.6vs. 3.1 ± 0.5,t=-7.528), one month after treatment (1.8 ± 0.6 vs. 2.5 ± 0.7,t=-6.630), and 3 months after treatment (1.1 ± 0.4vs. 1.9 ± 0.7,t=-3.425) in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The PRI score after treatment (19.5 ± 8.0vs. 22.3 ± 5.7,t=-3.574), one month after treatment (13.7 ± 4.7vs. 17.3 ± 5.3,t=-3.985), and three months after treatment (9.3 ± 6.6vs. 12.5 ± 4.8,t=-1.270) in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05).Conclusions The Manipulation combined with traditional Chinese medicine bathing therapy can relief the symptoms of lateral epicondylitis, and improve the clinical curative effect.

Objective To explore the relationship between fractional anisotropy (FA) of corticospinal tract (CST) and motor function in stroke patients using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Methods From January, 2013 to October, 2016, 36 stroke patients were evaluated with Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Japan Upper Limb Function Test and DTI before and eight weeks after rehabilitation. FA in posterior limb of internal capsule, cerebral peduncle and pons were obtained, including ipsilesional and contralesional CST. Results The FA values within three sections of CST were significantly lower in the ipsilesional side than in the contralesional side both before and after rehabilitation (t>5.330, P<0.001). In posterior limb of internal capsule, the FA value increased after rehabilitation (t=-3.415, P<0.05), and no significant dif-ference was found in the other two sections (t<1.653, P>0.05) in the ipsilesional side, as well as in all the sections in the contralesional side (t<1.021, P>0.05). The FA values were positively correlated with the scores of FMA and Japan Upper Limb Function Test in all the sections both before and after rehabilitation (r>0.43, P<0.05), especially the relationship between the FA value and the score of Japan Upper Limb Function Test in the posterior limb of internal capsule (r=0.67). Conclusion DTI can be used to evaluate CST injury and the relationship be-tween CST injury and motor function.

Flow cytometry (FCM) is used for multi parameter and rapid quantitative analysis of biological particles,such as all cells,microorganisms and synthetic microspheres in fast line flow state.It is also a modern cell analysis technology for the separation of specific groups.In recent years,FCM has been applied in the field of assisted reproductive medicine.FCM plays an important role in the diagnosis of immune infertility and predicting the fertilization ability of sperm.This article aims to review FCM application in peripheral immune cell surface marker detection for infertility patients,and research on the structure and function of sperm cell.

OBJECTIVEFrictions of Lock-loose brackets with ligated main wings or all six wings were measured as they slid along archwires in dry and artificial saliva environments. The Lock-loose brackets were then compared with traditional brackets and self-ligating brackets.

METHODSThe surface states of the stainless steel archwires were observed with atomic force microscopy before and after mechanical traction. The Lock-loose brackets, traditional brackets, and self-ligating brackets used in this study were composed of 0.406 4 and 0.457 2 mm stainless steel round archwires and 0.457 2 mm x 0.634 9 mm and 0.482 6 mm x 0.634 9 mm stainless steel rectangular archwires. Two different ligating methods were applied to the Lock-loose brackets, i.e., main wings ligated and all six wings ligated. Frictions were measured by using an electronic universal testing machine.

RESULTSNo significant differences were found between the roughness of different archwires before and after mechanical traction in different brackets (P > 0.05). When the main wings of the Lock-loose brackets were ligated, the frictions of the four different stainless steel archwires were close to zero, and the difference with frictions of traditional brackets was significant (P < 0.05). When using 0.457 2 mm x 0.634 9 mm rectangular archwires, maximum friction (P < 0.05; significantly different from those of other brackets) was reached when all six wings of the Lock-loose brackets were ligated. Frictions in the dry state were higher than those in the wet state (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe Lock-loose brackets can adjust the friction efficiently with different ligating methods, thus solving the problem of low friction and strengthening anchorage.

This paper is aimed to assess the diagnostic value of MRI versus 99 Tcm-methylene diphosphonate (99 Tcm- MDP) bone scan (BS) for osseous metastases in patients with prostate cancer. The computer-based retrieval was conducted on PubMed, EMBASE, EBSCO, Web of Knowledge, the Cochrane Library and Ovid data bases to search for trials about diagnosing osseous metastases of prostate cancer with MRI and 99Tc"m-MDP BS. Selected with time acceptance and time exclusion criteria, the data quality were evaluated with QUADAS quality assessment tool and collected. We used the Meta-Disc software to conduct meta-analysis, and then calculated the pooled sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), drew the summary receiving operating characteristic (SROC) curve, and measured the area under curve (AUC) and Q value. Then five studies were included, involving 353 patients. The pooled sensitivity of MRI and BS was 0. 95 (95% CI 0. 90~0. 98) and 0. 67 (95% CI 0. 58~0. 75), respectively. The pooled specificity was 0. 97 (95% CI 0. 94~0. 99) and 0. 88 (95% CI 0. 83~0. 91), respectively. The pooled DOR was 402.99 (95% CI 119. 05 ~1364. 15) and 23. 85 (95% CI 1. 32~431. 48), respectively. The AUC was 0. 990 1 and 0. 624 1, respectively. The Q was 0. 958 7 and 0. 593 8. It can well be concluded that MRI is more effective than 99 Tcm-MDP BS in the diagnosis of osseous metastases in patients with prostate cancer.
Area Under Curve ; Bone Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; secondary ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Prostatic Neoplasms ; pathology ; ROC Curve ; Sensitivity and Specificity

Objective:To optimize the parameters of the equation of sagittal craniofacial structures with different classes of malocclusion using genetic algorithms(GAS), and to explore the rules .Methods:A total of 240 patients with average angle malocclusion aged 8-18 years old were divided into three groups: Angle Class Ⅰ(n=79), Angle Class Ⅱ(n=76)and Angle Class Ⅲ(n=85) groups.In each group 10 cases were randomly selected as the test samples, the rest as the experimental samples.The cephalometric analysis was performed on all the patients'' cephalograms, and the results of Ba-N,Ba-A,Ba-S,S-Ptm,Ptm-A,Ba-Ar,Ar-Go,Go-PoG,Ba-PoG and N-S-Ar were analyzed by two independent samples t-test and One-Way ANOVA. The relevant influencing factors of craniofacial structures were found.The parameters of the equation was optimized to obtain the relevant equations using GAS.The predicted values of the optimized equation were compared with the measured values.Results:There were no significant differences in sex between Angle Class Ⅰ, Class Ⅱ and Class Ⅲ groups(P> 0.05);when the men and women with the same type were combined,the Ba-A,Ptm-A,Ar-Go,and Ba-PoG had statistically significant differences between Angle Class Ⅰ, Class Ⅱ, and Class Ⅲ groups (P<0.05).The correlation analysis results showed that in Angle Class Ⅰgroup:Ba-A was positively correlated with Ba-N (r=0.683),Ptm-A was positively correlated with Go-PoG (r=0.738), Ar-Go was positively correlated with Ba-PoG (r=0.833), and negatively correlated with Go-PoG (r=-0.560) and Ba-PoG was positively correlated with Go-PoG (r=0.669);in Angle class Ⅱ group,Ba-A was positively correlated with Ba-PoG and Ba-N(r=0.884,r=0.883), Ptm-A was positively correlated with Ba-A (r=0.742),Ar-Go was positively correlated with Ba-PoG (r=0.401)and negatively correlated with Go-PoG (r=-0.317) and Ba-PoG was positively correlated with Ba-A and Go-PoG(r=0.883,r=0.488);in Angle Class Ⅲ group,Ba-A was positively correlated with Ba-N and Ba-PoG(r=0.891,r=0.829),Ptm-A was positively correlated with Ba-A (r=0.807)and negatively correlated with Ba-S (r=-0.404),Ar-Go was positively correlated with S-Ptm (r=0.548) and Ba-PoG was positively correlated with Ba-A (r=0.829).The equation of sagittal craniofacial structure with different occlusal classes was established by GAS.In Angle Class Ⅰgroup:Ba-A(mm)=10.963 9+0.859 8×Ba-N,Ptm-A(mm)=6.897 6+0.557 0×Go-PoG,Ar-Go(mm)=-2.548 2+0.511 8×Ba-PoG-0.5272×Go-PoG,Ba-PoG(mm)=17.515 6+1.021 3×GO-POG;in Angle Class Ⅱ group:Ba-A(mm)=-2.121 3+0.567 6× Ba-PoG+0.513 2× Ba-N,Ptm-A(mm)=13.788 7+0.349 4×Ba-A,Ar-Go(mm)=2.447 7+0.368 8×Ba-PoG-0.427 9×Go-PoG,Ba-PoG(mm)=-7.140 2+0.751 3×Ba-A+0.295 4×Go-PoG;in Angle Class Ⅲgroup:Ba-A(mm)=3.281 0+0.545 3×Ba-N+0.394 4× Ba-PoG,Ptm-A(mm)=3.535 8+0.63 1×Ba-A-0.614 2×Ba-S,Ar-Go(mm)=-9.002 1+1.004 3×S-Ptm,Ba-PoG(mm)=-2.091 2+1.057 5×Ba-A.There were no significant differences between the predicted values of GAS and the measured data (P> 0.05), and the error was small.Conclusion: The optimal relation equation of craniofacial structure of sagittal malocclusion is established by GAS with the quantitative regularity.

Objective:To establish the quantitative relationship equation of the crantiofacial vertical points in the skeletal classⅡ malocclusion patients with various vertical types by using genetic algorithms method,and to express the measured values in the patients with different gender with the same formula.Methods:A total of 155 skeletal class Ⅱ malocclusion patients without treatment,aged from 10 to 18 years old,were selected and divided into high-angle group(n=50),average-angle group(n=58),low-angle group(n=47);5 samples were randomly selected in each group as the test samples,the rest as the experimental sample.The cephalometic radiographs were performed and measured.The relevant influencing factors of craniofacial structure were ensured.The genetic algorithm was used to optimize the equation parameters to obtain the correlation equation.The error between the predicted value and the measured value was compared.Results:The various parameters had no significant differences between different gender in high-angle,average-angle and low-angle groups(P>0.05);then the men and the women with same type were combined,most of the indicators had statistically significant differences between three groups (P<0.05).The correlation analysis results showed that there was a positive correlation between age and Ans-U1(r=0.470),there was a positive correlation between N-Me and Ans-Me(r=0.964);for Ans-U1 ,there was a positive correlation with Ans-Me(r=0.805)and negative correlation with facial angle;there was a positive correlation between N-Go and N-Me (r=0.926);for L1-Me,there was a positive correlation with Ans-Me(r=0.898)and negative correlation with the angle of Go(r=-0.468)in high-angle group. In average-angle group,there was a positive correlation between age and N-Me (r=0.531);for Ans-U1,there was a positive correlation with Ans-Me(r=0.878)and negative correlation with the facial angle(r=-0.262);for Ans-Me,there was a positive correlation with N-Me(r=0.920), negative correlation with N-Ans(r=-0.560)and negative correlation with Ar-Go(r=-0.652);for N-Go,there was a positive correlation with S-Go(r=0.867), positive correlation with N-Ans(r=0.252)and positive correlation with L1-Me(r=0.754).For S-Ar,there was a positive correlation with S-Go(r=0.671), negative correlation with Ar-Go(r=-0.250),and positive correlation with L1-Me(r=0.552).In low-angle group,for age,there was a positive correlation with S-Go(r=0.602), negative correlation with the angle of Go(r=-0.346),and positive correlation with L1-Me(r=0.576);for N-Me,there was a positive correlation with Ans-Me(r=0.869),and positive correlation with N-Go(r=0.859),and negative correlation with the facial angle(r=-0.177);for N-Ans,there was a positive correlation with N-Me(r=0.605) and negative correlation with Ans-U1(r=-0.113);for Ans-Me,there was a positive correlation with N-Me(r=0.869),positive correlation with the facial angle(r=0.070),and positive correlation with Ans-U1(r=0.785);for N-Go,there was a positive correlation with N-Me(r=0.859)and positive correlation with S-Go(r=0.829).The quantitative relationship equations of the crantiofacial vertical points in skeletal class Ⅱmalocclusion patients with various vertical types in each group were established by using genetic algorithms.In high-angle group:Age=5.883 6+0.269×Ans-U1,N-M=22.026 6+1.494 5×Ans-Me,Ans-U1=34.959 4+0.454 5×Ans-Me-0.409 7×Facial angle,N-Go=-4.588 2+0.472 4×N-Me,L1-Me=-12.590 5+0.5322×Ans-Me+0.124 3×∠Go.In average-angle group:Age=-2.944 1+0.146 8×N-Me,Ans-U1=18.917+0.476 4×Ans-Me-0.230 2×Facial angle,Ans-Me=-0.620 5+1.014 5×N-Me-0.974 1×N-Ans-0.057 6×Ar-Go,N-Go=1.631 1+0.897 8×S-Go+0.919 7×N-S+0.168 8×L1-Me,S-Ar=-1.823 1+0.845 3×S-Go-0.867 0×Ar-Go+0.202 4×L1-Me.In low-angle group:Age=11.740 6+0.152 7×S-Go-0.169 9×∠Go+0.252 5×L1-Me,N-Me=61.153 0+0.964 3×Ans-Me+0.628 6×N-Go-0.689 2×Facialangle,N-Ans=-4.949 2+1.065 8×N-Me-2.316 5×Ans-U1,Ans-Me=-25.180 0+0.418 4×N-Me+0.280 3×Facial angle+0.477 6×Ans-U1,N-Go=8.684 2+0.409 9×N-Me+0.403 3×S-Go.There was no significant difference between the predicted values of equation established with genetic algorithms and the measured data (P>0.05).Conclusion:The quantitative relationship equation of the crantiofacial vertical points in the skeletal class Ⅱmalocclusion patients with various vertical types established with genetic algorithms may show the vertical quantitative relationship and predict the growth to a certain degree.