Child ; Humans ; Male ; Paralyses, Familial Periodic ; diagnosis ; therapy

Objective To research the effects of transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) on the expression of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-a) in the ventral horn of rats' spinal cords and in the injured region after spinal cord injury (SCI),and to explore the effects of TES on neuron reconstruction and functional recovery and their mechanisms. Methods Forty-eight Wistar rats were selected and divided using stochastic methods into a model group and a TES group.Using Allen's method,a complete SCI model was created at T9.Rats of the TES group were given TES treatment.Basso-Beattie-Brasnahan ( BBB ) ratings were used to evaluate locomotor function.Both groups were sampled at 1,3,5 and 7 days after the operation.Immunohistochemical techniques were used to detect the expression of NT-3 and TNF-α in the rats' spinal cords at the different time points. Results The post-operative BBB ratings of both groups showed an increasing trend.In the TES group the improvement was significantly better at 5 and 7 days than in the model group.The expression of NT-3 immuno-positive cells increased in both groups,peaking at 5 days post-operation,then declining at day 7.The expression of NT-3 positive cells at days 5 and 7 had increased significantly more in the TES group than in the model group.TNF-α immuno-positive expression increased with time in both groups,but in the TES group the expression increased substantially less than in the model group.At days 5 and 7 post-operation,the expression was significantly lower than in the model group. Conclusions TES can promote NT-3 expression in rats with SCI,inhibit the increase in TNF-α expression,and aid repair and reconstruction of neurons and related functional recovery.

Age Distribution ; Aged ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Sex Distribution ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Tobacco Smoke Pollution ; statistics & numerical data

Age of Onset ; Aged ; China ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pneumoconiosis ; epidemiology ; mortality

OBJECTIVE:Aspirin sustained release capsules(A-SRC) were prepared The release rate and bioavailability of A-SRC were studies METHODS:To study release mechanism by determining dissolution rate and to study relative bioavailability of A-SRC by determining serum concentrations in rabbits RESULTS:The release profile of A-SRC fitted zero-order kinetics This sustained release preparation had good release stability and high bioavailability in comparison with commonly-used aspirin sustained release capsules CONCLUSION:A-SRC showed obviously sustained release effect The drug concentration in blood kept steady and lasted long after oral administration,therefore the times of administration could be decreased Because the light-excipients were used in A-SRC,which had floating properties and could make drug release slowly A-SRC could decrease the irritations to gastrointestinal tract and other side effects

120 strains of endophytic bacteria identified by ERIC-PCR were isolated from wild and cultivated Glycyrrhiza uralensis plants which collected from Erdos Innermongolia province.The identified results indicated that Glycyrrhiza uralensis plants has plenty of endophytic bacterium in density and population,and the density is higher in root and leave than in stem.Partial sequence analysis of 16S rDNA gene of 82 strains indicated that these strains were in a high similarity with 19 known genus which belong to?、?、 ?-Proteobacteria、Firmicutes and Actinobacteria.The dominant genus were Bacillus sp.,Pseudomonas sp., Pantoea sp.and Serratia sp..

OBJECTIVETo find out the situation of the implementation on "rules on stop smoking in the public places in Beijing", a study was carried out to compare the results from 1997 and 2001.

METHODSThousands of residents aged above 15 in a family were sampled by stratified sampling, and 4 districts were selected as study locales.

RESULTS(1) About 40% of the department or school leaders considered much about the work on banning of smoking with 70 % of the departments or schools having posters of signs on 'ban on smoking' in the meeting rooms. (2) Some of the departments or schools had inspectors looking after the issue. (3) 60% of the people had never or 10% had seen that the inspectors ever criticizing or punishing the smokers who violating the rules. (4) People still often saw some one would smoke in public (the rates were 19.53% , 37.89% , 6.35% respectively in 1997,2001,2004 ). (5) People received the information of these rules through TV news or newspaper.

CONCLUSIONAlthough success had been achieved since the implementation of the Rules, it did not seem to have had substantial progress.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; China ; Data Collection ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Public Policy ; Public Sector ; Smoking Prevention

Objective By analyzing the mortality of patients with hypertension and cerebral infarction in different blood lipid stratification,the significance of blood lipid stratification management in the treatment of hypertension was clarified.Methods 604 patients with hypertension combined with cerebral infarction were divided into middle risk group (198 cases),high risk group (n=198) and extremely high risk group (n=208) and each group of different stratification according to the serum lipid HCY level,divided into H type hypertension group (HCY=10 μmol/L) and hypertension group ((HCY＜10 μmol/L group) and comparison of the 10 year mortality in each group.Results Comparison of mortality between H type hypertension group and simple hypertension group,among them,the difference between the two groups in middle risk group was statistically significant (x2 =5.095,P =0.024 205).The difference between the two groups in extremely high risk group was statistically significant (x2 =7.859,P=0.005 056).The difference between the two groups in high risk group was statistically significant (x2 =9.961,P=0.001 599).There was a significant difference in mortality between the groups with different blood lipids in simple hypertension group.Among the high-risk group and the middle risk group,the difference was statistically significant (x2=6.575,P=0.010 343),and there was significant difference between high risk group and high risk group (x2 =6.868,P=0.008 774).Comparison of mortality between different lipid levels in H type hypertension group,the difference was statistically significant.There was significant difference between the extremely high risk group and the high risk group (x2 =4.745,P=0.029 388) and there was significant difference between the high risk group and the middle risk group (x2 =11.668,P=0.000 636).Conclusion Hyperlipidemia,especially high LDL and high HCY are the main causes of death in patients with hypertension complicated with cerebral infarction,the clinical use of blood lipid levels can reduce the level of LDL and reduce the mortality of patients by strengthening the control of HCY level.Improve the survival rate of patients.

Objective To investigate the effects of electrical stimulation on the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) andinterleukin-1 alpha (IL-1α) in adult rats with spinal cord injury. Methods 72 adult SD rats were randomly divided into damage group (n=24), electrical stimulation group (n=24) and normal group (n=24). The spinal cord incomplete injury model on T9 was made with Allen'smethod in the former 2 groups. The rats in electrical stimulation group accepted electrical stimulation for 7 d. All the rats were evaluatedwith the Basso, Beattie & Bresnahan locomotor rating scale (BBB scale), and the expression of GFAP and IL-1α were determined with immunohistochemistry.Results The BBB scores in both the damage group and electrical stimulation group were significantly less than that inthe normal group (P<0.05), and it was more in the electrical stimulation group than in the damage group 5 and 7 d after injury. The expressionsof the GFAP significantly increased after injury to the peak on 5th day, while it was less in the electrical stimulation group than in thedamage group 5 and 7 d after injury (P<0.05). The expressions of the IL-1α increased continually after injury, while it was less in the electricalstimulation group than in the damage group 5 and 7 d after injury (P<0.05). Conclusion Electrical stimulation can inhibit the expressionof GFAP and IL-1α, that reduce inflammation and glial scar formation.

Objective To investigate the correlation between non high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HLD-C)and cardi-ac function in patients with coronary heart disease (heart disease cardiac,CHD).Methods 162 patients with CHD were se-lected as the experimental group of CHD,100 cases of healthy physical examination qualified as the normal control group. CHD experimental group was divided into mild impairment group and severe impairment group according to the degree of impairment of the heart function.The mild impairment group include I and II levels of cardiac function classification and the severe impairment group included III and IV levels of cardiac function classification.To measure separately total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride (TG),high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C),low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C),and to calculate the content of non high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C).To compare the differences between CHD ex-perimental group and normal control group,and the correlation between different indexes of blood lipid and the degree of loss of cardiac function.Results The serum levels of non-HDL-C,TG and LDL in the Cardiac function in mild damage group of the CHD experimental group were significantly higher than those in the normal control group,and there were statistically significant differences between the two groups(t=2.438,2.887,5.253,P<0.05).The serum levels of non-HDL-C,TG and LDL in the severe heart function impairment group of the CHD experimental group were significantly higher than those in the normal control group,and there were statistically significant differences between the two groups (t=2.438,2.887,5.253,P<0.05).The serum level of HDL in the cardiac function in mild damage group of the CHD experimental group was significantly lower than that in the normal control group (t=-3.132,P<0.05).The serum level of HDL in the severe heart function impairment group of the CHD experimental group was significantly lower than that in the normal control group (t=-6.028,P<0.05).In the CHD group,only the serum level of TC in the severe impairment group was signifi-cantly different from that in the control group (t=3.278,P<0.05).The serum levels of non-HDL-C,TG,LDL of mild im-pairment of cardiac function in the CHD experimental group were significantly different from the serum levels of the severe impairment group (t=2.051,2.057,2.281,P<0.05).Logistic regression analysed that the OR value of serum non-HDL-C in CHD group was slightly lower than that of LDL,and significantly higher than TC and TG.With the increase of the degree of cardiac function,the value of OR increased significantly.Conclusion Serum non-HDL-C had a positive correlation with severity of CHD.To a certain extent,it can reflect the severity of CHD and is an important reference index for clinical diag-nosis and treatment of CHD.