It belongs to the ethics that depending to much on high-tech instruments in diagnoses of diseases and overlooking medical examination and clinical history. In clinic educations, we should train medicos to envisage the effects of high-tech instruments in diagnoses of diseases, and strengthen their feeling of responsibility and training of clinic basic shills.

Objective To demonstrate the influence of PCT concentration and its descent to the prognosis of patients with hospital acquired bacterial pneumonia. Methods The PCT concentration was determined. One hundred and thirteen HAP patients were enrolled from September 2011 and November 2012 , including 64 patients in the non-survival group and 49 patients in the survival group , and 92 non-infected patients in the control group. The relationship between PCT and hospital days and survival rate was analyzed. Results The initial value of PCT in the non-survival group and in the survival group were higher than that in the control group, while the PCT in the non-survival group was the highest, with significant difference (P =0.0002). Taking PCT = 0.78 μg/L as the cut-off value, the sensitivity and specificity to predict the mortality of the HAP patients was 0.66 and 70%, respectively. A significant negative correlation was shown between PCT value and hospital days in the non-survival group. The survival rate of patients with PCT decrease over 50% was higher than that of patients with PCT decrease less than 50% after treatment. Conclusion Dynamic monitoring PCT in patients with bacterial HAP possesses a certain significance.

Objective:To express hTRAIL_ 41～281 protein using E.coli and refold it into a functional form.Methods:The expression of protein was induced by IPTG,protein was purified by Ni-NTA chromatography column,and refolded by dialysis ,protein purified was determined by SDS-PAGE and Western blot.Antitumor activity of hTRAIL_ 41～281 protein was measured by DNA fragmentation electropherogram.Results:Results of SDS-PAGE and Western blot proved that the 30.5 kD protein purified were hTRAIL_ 41～281 protein,the purity of protein was more than 90%.After refolding,DNA fragmentation electropherogram showed that hTRAIL_ 41～281 protein had good antitumor activity.Conclusion:hTRAIL_ 41～281 protein with antitumor activity was successfully expressed with E.coli and purified by Ni-NTA chromatography column,refolded by dialysis.

Conducting polymers play important roles in tissue engineering and biomaterials. This paper introduces their syntheses and applications to medical engineering.

ObjectiveTo study the risk factors and pathogenic characteristics of ventilator associated pneumonia(YAP). MethodsRisk factors of VAP,pathogens and drug resistance in 118 patients in ICU were analyzed retrospectively. ResultsThe incidence of VAP was 44.9％, and age, the mechanical ventilation time, state of consciousness,tracheotomy,the antibiotic combination are risk factors of incidence of VAP. 53cases of VAP(68.2％ )were infected by Gram negative bacilli,25.9％ were by Gram positive cocci,and 5.9％ were by fungi. Drug resistance was observed obviously. ConclusionThe occurrence of VAP was related with multiple factors. The gram negative bacteria are the major pathogens of VAP, and the rate of drug resistance was high. The occurrence of VAP could severely affect patients' prognosis.

Tensegrity structure is comprised of compression-resis tant elements and a set of continuous tensile elements that are interconnected w ith each other. The stability of such system depends on maintenance of tensional integrity inside the structure, or what has come to be termed “tensegrity”. A ccording to studies on biology, cell structures are assembled on the basis of te nsegrity mechanism. Tensegrity of cytoskeleton can affect cell shape and functio n. Furthermore, some basic rules of mechanochemical transduction in cells can be well explained using tensegrity theory.

Objective To determine the effects of angiotensin Ⅱ (Ang Ⅱ) on NF-κB DNA binding activity in alveolar macrophage. Method Human alveolar macrophages were isolated and made homogeneous from alveo-lar lavage fluid, and cuhtured in DMEM. Alvcolar macrophages were treated with AugⅡ (10-6M) for 15 min, 30 min, 60 min and 120 min, respectively. Moreover, alveolar macmphages were pretreated with irbesartan (AngⅡ type 1 receptor blocker) for Ⅰ hour before stimulated with Angiotensin Ⅱ for Ⅰ hour. Electrophoretic gel mobility shift assay (EMSA) was used to detect NF-κB DNA binding activity. The protein expression of IκBα was examined by Western blot. Expressions of TNF-α and ICAM-1 mRNA were detected by using RT-PCR. Results EMSA re-vealed that there was a increase in up-regulation of NF-κB DNA binding activity after alveolar macrophages were treated with Ang Ⅱ for 15 rain and peaked at 60 min. Irbesartan treatment reduced DNA binding activity. Com-pared with control group, the protein expression of IκBα decreased in Ang Ⅱ treatment group(0.29±0.11, P= 0.013), and Irbesartan treatment significantly increased protein expression of IκBα(0.83±0.12, P=0.001). The expressions of TNF-α and ICAM-1 mRNA were up-regulated by AngⅡ in comparison with the control group (TNF-α:1.13±0.17 vs. 0.42±0.099; ICAM-1 0.55±0.08 vs. 0.16±0.050, P=0.003). Irbesartan inhibited the expressions of TNF-α (0.77±0.15 vs 1.13±0.17, P=0.02; ICAM-1(0.32±0.07 vs 0.55±0.08, P =0.001). Conclusions Ang Ⅱ is capable to stimulate NF-κB signal pathway in alveolar macrophages.

AIM: To construct subtractive libraries in association with heat adaptation differential expressed genes. METHODS: The experiment was carried out with heat adapted rat model and normal temperature control. mRNA was extracted from liver tissue and reverse-transcripted into cDNA. After cut and ligation, suppression subtractive hybridization was executed with each group of cDNA as tester and the other one as driver to construct subtractive libraries. Specificity of the libraries was evaluated by approach of comparing G3PDH gene PCR products with template from the library and unsubtractive sample. Reliability of the libraries was evaluated by primarily isolation and screening. RESULTS: PCR results confirmed that G3PDH concentration was greatly reduced compared with control group, which suggested that specificity of the libraries was high. 300 target segments were isolated from the library, 27 of them were verified to be differential expressed genes, which suggested that the libraries were reliable and efficient. CONCLUSION: This study founded the basis of further investigation on heat adaptation mechanism by approach of constructing subtractive libraries in association with heat adaptation differential expressed genes.

Skull bore device has an important role in neurosurgery.This review is a summary of the development,current research status and advances of skull bore.The electrical operation power device is the emphasis in the review.It is important to develop newly operation power devices for human health.

Virtual instrumentation makes great progress in instrument development. LabVIEW is a graphical programming language that uses icons instead of lines of text to create applications. It has been used widely in developing virtual instrument. The application of virtual instrument to medical equipments presented, this paper introduces how to drive common DAQ system and its several implement methods, builds a shared library adapting to AC6010, and develops a low-cost and good-capability DAQ system, which has been utilized to detect biomedical signal with a optic-electric detecting system.