As the most important gap junction protein, connexin 43 ( Cx43 ) is the most important connexin in the mammalian heart.Recent studies suggest that it plays an important role in heart development, cardiac electrophysiological activity and cell repair after myocardial ischemia.Cx43 abnormity is an important cause of many cardiovascular diseases including congenital heart disease, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias and hypertension.The expression of Cx43 is regulated by various factors, including methylation, histone modification and non-coding RNA regulation, etc. These abnormal regulations may be important for the development of diseases.

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Objective To observe the application effect of nursing intervention in the risk management of emergency department,and provide theoretical basis for subsequent work.Methods From January to December,2010,nursing intervention concepts were introduced to risk management in the emergency department and relevant work was carried out,1268 patients were admitted during this period.754 patients before nursing intervention from January to December,2009 were selected.The results were analyzed and compared before and after nursing intervention was implemented.Results The satisfaction degree after nursing intervention was 98.00％,significantly higher than 80.00％ before the nursing intervention.The nursing error or fault was 1 case after nursing intervention,and was 10 cases before the nursing intervention.The annual theoretical examination score was (76.48 + 12.14) and (86.44 + 10.43) before and after nursing intervention,the difference was statistically significant.Condusions The application of nursing intervention in the risk management of the emergency department can improve patients' satisfaction degree,reduce the nursing error and negligence,improve the ability of nursing staff,so it has certain application value.

Objective:To describe antipsychotic medication prescription patterns and estimate the associated costs for patients with schizophrenia in Tianjin,China. Methods:Data were 30%random sampling from the Tianjin Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI)database. Adult patients with≥ 1 diagnosis of schizophrenia, antipsychotics prescribed at the first diagnosis of schizophrenia (index date),and 12-month continuous enrollment after the first antipsychotic prescription (follow-up period)between 2008 and 2010 were included. The classes and number of antipsychotics patients prescribed at index date and patterns of antipsychotics patients maintained/changed during the study period were described. The total direct medical costs were also estimated. Results:Among 2125 patients with schizophrenia,1739 (81. 8%)prescribed with antipsychotic medication prescriptions were in-cluded. At the index date,1461 (84. 0%)of the patients prescribed with one antipsychotic medication,278 (16. 0%)with more than two antipsychotics,and 747 (43. 0%)were prescribed with first-generation antipsychot-ics,813 (46. 8%)with second-generation antipsychotics and 179 (10. 2%)with both. During the following 12 months,1387 (79. 8%)patients remained on the index antipsychotic class. The total cost for 1739 patients was (12498. 9 ±14575. 2)CNY. The total direct medical cost was significantly lower for patients only prescribed with second-generation antipsychotics compared with ones only with first-generation antipsychotics [(9064. 1 ±13209. 8) CNY vs. (1 1928. 6 ±13767. 4)CNY,P<0. 001 ]. In addition,the cost for patients prescribed with first-generation and second-generation antipsychotics was 18821. 8 ±15702. 7 CNY. Conclusion:Majority of patients are prescribed with monotherapy,and tend to stay with one antipsychotic medication class. The total medical cost for patients with second-generation antipsychotic medications is lower than first-generation ones.

Objective To investigate the possibility of tumor abnormal protein ( TAP) ,as index of diag-nosis and prediction of prognosis in gastrointestinal tumors (GITs).Methods The outpatients and inpatients as well as healthy physical examinees in our hospital were chosen as objects in the present study .The patients were divided into GIT group(120 cases),high-risk GIT group(123 cases)and normal group(117 cases).TAP ex-pression was detected in three groups.These study objects were followed up for one and a half years .Then the re-lationship between TAP expression and the occurrence or recurrence of tumors was analyzed .Rseults There were significant differences(P<0.001)among the three groups on the positive TAP with critical expression rate .TAP detections to GITs diagnosis sensitivity ,specificity ,positive predictive value ,negative predictive value and Youden index were 88.33%,85.83%,75.71%,93.64% and 0.74 respectively.TAP positive non GITs crowd tumori-genesis proportion (23.53%)was significantly higher than that of TAP -negative(0.49%)(P<0.001).GITs TAP positive patients relapse rate(33.33%)was significantly higher than negative ones (6.90%)(P<0.001). Conlcusion TAP can be an index for diagnosis ,early prevention ,monitoring of treatment effect and prediction of prognosis of gastrointestinal tumor .

This paper reported 65 cases of hepatectomy on patients with intrahepatic cholelithiasis, among which 62 were left lateral lobectomy, 2 left hemihepatectomy and 1, right hemihepatectomy. The incidence of postoperative complication was 21.5%: incision infection (8 cases), subphrenic abscess (3 cases), biliary fistula (1 case), and septicemia and duodenal fistula which caused the death of the patients (one each). The complications are related to the number of previous operations, the biliary infection and the improper drainage. Attention should be paid to the following aspects to prevent complications: (1) strict observation of indications for hepatectomy; (2) correct management of the raw surface; (3) adequate maintenance of bile drainage; (4) proper choice of drains.

Objective:To study the effects of somatostatin on portal pressure and operative complications in patients of portal hypertension treated with porta-azygous disconnection. Methods:Twenty patients with portal hypertension were treated with azygoportal disconnection. The severity of liver disease according to the Child-Pugh's grade was B in all patients. The patients were divided into two groups. The patients in group A were treated with intravenous infusion of somatostatin (6 mg/24 h) one day before operation and five days after operation. The patients in group B were treated with azygoportal disconnection without the use of somatostatin. The portal pressure, the volume of bleeding during operation, and the ascites and complications after operation were evaluated. The serum concentration of GLU, NO and ET-1 were determined. Results:The portal pressure and GLU concentration in patients of group A were lower than those in patients of group B. There were no differences of NO, ET-1 in patients between group A and group B. The volume of bleeding, ascites and complications in patients of group B were higher than in patients of group A. Conclusion:The use of somatostatin before and after porta-azygous disconnection can decrease portal pressure. It is beneficial in reducing the volume of bleeding in operation, ascites and complications after operation.

A micro droplet generator based on V-shape linear ultrasonic motor was prepared to produce micro droplets with higher accuracy in the field of biochemistry.The device was composed of a micro droplet generator which was driven by the V-shaped linear ultrasonic motor, a three-dimensional displacement platform based on V-shaped linear ultrasonic motor, and a micro droplet separation unit based on the piezoelectric vibrator.The generating part consisted of an ultrasonic motor, a medical syringe, a silica flexible tube and a self-made micro nozzle based on glass.Utilizing the drive controller to drive the linear ultrasonic motor, the slipway pushes forward the syringe and the micro droplet was attached to the glass nozzle.The natural mode of the rod nozzle was excited by the piezoelectric vibrator.The attached droplet was separated from the tip of the nozzle after overcoming the viscous force.The separated droplet fell in a certain range.And the radius of the spherical droplet was calculated.In the experiment, distilled water was used as the initial liquid to investigate the characteristics of the micro droplets produced by the device.The experimental results showed that the droplet was attached to the tip of the micro nozzle which was formed by distilled water under the linear motor.By the vibration of the separation unit, the attached droplets formed the spherical droplets by overcoming the viscous forces in the tip of the nozzle.The radius of spherical droplets generated by this device was less than 40 μm by measuring the size.

Objective To investigate the impact of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) on cognitive function in ischemic stroke patients.Methods A total of 268 acute ischemic stroke patients recruited in the Ningbo First Hospital from January 2014 to June 2015 were divided into CMBs group (199 patients) and non-CMBs group (69 patients) according to whether complicated with CMBs by susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI).According to the microbleed number, CMBs group patients were divided into 2 grades: grade 1 (1-5 CMBs) and grade 2 (≥6 CMBs). Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was used to evaluate and compare the global cognitive function and cognitive domains of the patients. Results The total MoCA score and the scores of visuospatial/executive, attention domains in CMBs group were 20.95±4.53, 2.53±1.09, 3.83±0.97, while those in non-CMBs group were 26.82±1.25, 3.16±1.24 and 4.91±0.84. The total MoCA score and the scores of visuospatial/executive, attention domains were significantly lower in CMBs group than those in non-CMBs group (t=16.59, P<0.01;t=3.75, P<0.01;t=8.83, P<0.01). The total MoCA score and the score of attention domain in grade 1 CMBs group were 21.53±4.61 and 4.11±0.91 , which were significantly lower than those in non-CMBs group (t=14.09, P<0.01;t=14.23, P<0.01). Whereas the total MoCA score and the scores of visuospatial/executive, attention, orientation domains in grade 1 CMBs group were 21.53±4.61, 2.88±1.06, 4.11±0.91, 4.96±0.40, which were significantly higher than those in grade 2 CMBs group (18.58±3.08, 2.23±0.95, 3.63±1.01, 3.85±0.39, respectively;t=2.85, P<0.01;t=2.54, P<0.05;t=5.63, P<0.01;t=2.58, P<0.01). Multivariate regression analysis showed that independent risk factors of MoCA scores in ischemic stroke patients included CMBs (OR=3.15, 95% CI 1.28-5.12, P=0.005) and the number of CMBs (OR=1.73,95% CI 1.08-2.32,P=0.031). Conclusions CMBs and the number of CMBs were independently associated with cognitive impairment in ischemic stroke patients. And with the increasing of the microbleed number, the impairments of certain cognitive domains were more obviously.