AIM To observe effects of IBMX on cGMP and GFAP production in gerbil hippocampus after recirculation following ischemia. METHODS Bilateral occlusion of common carotid arteries and immunofluorescent stain methods in gerbil hippocampal tissue slice were used. RESULTS Recirculation following ischemia leads to a rise in hippocampus cGMP and GFAP concentration. cGMP and GFAP positive cells mainly distributed in rediatum layer and molecular layer in the CA 1 subfield, Most of cGMP positive cells are astrocytes under double immunofluorescent stain. Most of cGMP strong positive cells are also those of GFAP strong positive cells. IBMX increased cGMP and GFAP production. CONCLUSION cGMP is possible to play an important role in the activation or regulation of GFAP in the hippocampus.

0.05). The laser group with the dose of 3 J?cm-2 showed more increase in cell survival at 24 and 48 h after being seeded as compared with control group(P

Objective To observe the distribution and location of TGF-?_1 in different stages of experimental lesions and to discuss its potential function. Methods Thirty Wistar rats were established experimental periapical lesions in maxillary first and second molar as experimental group while mandibular molar as control group, and they were divided into ten groups by the time(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10 weeks)after pulp exposure, three rats in every group. Expression of TGF-?_1 was detected by histopathology and immunohistochemistry. Results Strong expression of TGF-?_1 was observed in acute inflammation of pulp (1st-2nd week) and periapical tissue (4th-6th week), and idisappeared in pulp aecrosis and in chronic inflammation of periapical tissue(7th week). The main cells expressing TGF-?_1 were macrophage,lymphocyte and fibroblast. Conclusion TGF-?_1 has the certain function in inflammation and prevention of experimental periapical lesions.

Objective To develop a recognition method of liver steatosis degree on type-B ultrasonic images based on multi-fractal spectrum texture analysis method and pattern recognition. Methods Features of singularity strength width and multi-spectrum area were extracted from the curve of multi-fractal spectrum of each liver ultrasonic images. These two features and the feature of mean intensity ratio comprised a three-dimensional feature vector, which would be classified by BP neural network. Results The classification accuracy was 96.00% for normal liver, 80.00% for mild fatty liver, 88.00% for moderate fatty liver and 92.00% for severe fatty liver. Conclusion Feature vector combined with BP neural network can identify the steatosis degree of liver on the ultrasonic images and can be used as an assistant diagnostic method.

Objective To analyze the stress distribution of abutment and alveolar ridge between two kinds of distal-extention absence dentures,and provide evidence for the application of different dentures in clinic.Methods Attachment denture and cantilever fixed bridge were used to restore the distal-extention absence respectively,the stress distribution of abutment and alveolar ridge was compared by three-dimensioal finit element method.Results The stress peak values of abutmen root,periodontal membrance,alveolar ridge were(1.42E+5)MPa,(1.33E+4)MPa and(3.49E+5)MPa,respectively,in attachment denture;while in cantilever fixed bridge,the stress peak values of them were(1.45E+7)MPa and(2.25E+6) MPa,(1.45E+3)MPa,respectively.And the stress peak values of these two kinds of dentures were all located in the mid-upper 1/3 and the cervical of abutment.Conclusion Compared with cantilever fixed bridge,the attachment denture could decrease the stress of abutment and be helpful to its protection,the hight of residual alveolar ridge should be taken into account when the two kinds of dentures are used for distal-extention absence.

Through the study of the pathology of sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome, evaluation indexes, diagnosis requirements and so on, a portable sleep monitoring system was designed, which had the characteristics of convenience, wireless transmission and no disturbance. The system can be assessed by respiration monitoring and pulse oximetry, which is based on the pressure variation in miniature air-bag and spectral absorption method. It provides the value of the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), which is used to evaluate OSAHS severity. The experiment of the system's stability and accuracy is done, which exhibits good performance, it can diagnose OSAHS effectively and provide convenience for home monitoring.
Humans ; Oximetry ; Polysomnography ; instrumentation ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; diagnosis

Ultrasonic estimation of fetal weight is important in the management o f labor and delivery. Lots of charts and formulas have been put forward in virtu e of regression methods. Artificial neural network, a kind of computer artificia l intelligence technology, can simulate human thinking based on neural structure and physiology. With the excellence in complex and non-linear information proce ssing, artificial neural network is fitter for the forecasting of fetal weight t han traditional regression methods.

Child and adolescent mental disorders are common disorders with various symptoms,and attracting more attention due to the increasing prevalence.Mental disorders,especially the attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the autism spectrum disorder (ASD),have great influence on the development of children and adolescents.Nowadays,the biomarkers from neuroimaging such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have a great importance on the diagnosis of mental disorders,and machine learning has been proved to be very powerful in the processing for neuroimages.Nowadays,many researchers are focusing on the studies of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) based on machine learning and neuroimaging.In this review,the technical details of machine learning based CAD of child and adolescent mental disorders are briefly introduced,and the research progress in CAD of ADHD and ASD based on machine learning and structural MRI are summarized.These studies showed that many machine learning methods have been used in the diagnosis of child and adolescent mental disorders,but the relevant methods cannot be applied to clinical diagnosis.Further studies should be conducted to improve the diagnostic ability of machine learning methods from multiple perspectives,and provide an objective and reliable tool for the clinical diagnosis of child and adolescent mental disorders.

Objective To discusses the clinical application value and safety of endoscopic minimally invasive cholecystolithotomy in gallstones treatment .Methods To retrospectively analyzes the clinical data of 94 patients with gallbladder stone from Feb .2010 to Feb .2013 ,and divided into endoscopic minimally invasive cholecystolithotomy (EMIC) group (46 cases) and laparoscopic chole-cystectomy (LC) group (48 cases) .Observed two groups of operation time ,intraoperative blood loss ,intraoperative bile duct inju-ry ,anal exhaust time ,postoperative hospitalization time ,bile reflux gastritis ,abdominal distention ,diarrhea ,common bile duct calculi and hospitalization expenses ,etc .Results Two groups of operation time ,hospitalization expenses ,length of hospital stay ,and intra-operative blood loss have no obvious difference(P>0 .05) ,in EMIC set ,the exhaust time ,postoperative bile duct calculi incidence , intraoperative bile duct injury ,bile reflux gastritis incidence and the incidence of abdominal distension ,diarrhea are significantly less than LC group (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The endoscopic minimally invasive cholecystolithotomy compared with laparoscopic chole-cystectomy had high security ,light pain ,quicker recovery ,less complications advantages .It has already achieved the purpose of min-imally invasive treatment ,while maintaining the integrity of bile duct and gallbladder function ,thus it is worthy of promoting .

Objective To investigate the genetic polymorphisms of 3 short tandem repeat (STR) loci D18S53, D18S59 and D18S488 on chromosome 18 in fetus of Tianjin Han population, and to provide basic data in the use of 3 STR lo-ci in the prenatal diagnosis of Edward syndrome (ES). Methods A total of 64 villus samples and 374 amniotic fluid sam-ples were collected from gravida in Tianjin Han population. QF-PCR and ABI PRISM 377 sequence were used in this study. The frequencies of the genotypes were tested with H-W equilibrium. Genetic analysis was performed to conclude some data of population genetics such as the frequency of the alleles, the heterozygosity of observation (Ho), the polymorphism informa-tion content (PIC), the probability of discrimination power (DP), and the probability of exclusion (PE). Results The 15, 13 and 15 alleles of D18S53, D18S59 and D18S488 were observed respectively. The frequencies of the genotypes were in good agreement with H-W equilibrium. The Ho of 3 STR loci were 0.797, 0.847 and 0.792. The PIC was 0.81, 0.75 and 0.73. The DP was 0.944, 0.901 and 0.881. The PE was 0.593, 0.689 and 0.585. Conclusion D18S53, D18S59 and D18S488 STR lo-ci were the favorable genetic markers of chromosome 18, which can be used in prenatal genetic diagnosis of ES.