Objective: To investigate the situation of quality control of 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. Methods: A series of indicators, including signal noise ratio(SNR), image uniformity, resolution of long-scale contrast, resolution of space, linearity and quality control of slice thickness, of 3.0T MRI system were measured by using Magphan SMR170 phantom (made by the phantom laboratory in American) on the Discovery MR 750 w system which made by GE company of American. And a series of formula, including SNR=(Sinside-Soutside)÷SDinside, U∑=(1-Smax-Smin/Smax+Smin ×100%, linearity=LR-LM/LR×100%、thickness=half of height and width ×0.25, were used to calculate SNR, image uniformity, linearity and quality control of slice thickness, and all of these results were used to evaluate the situation of quality control of 3.0T MRI system. Results:The results revealed that SNR of 3.0T MRI was 105, the imaging uniformity achieved to 99.13%, the resolution of long-scale contrast was 5mm/0.5mm, the resolution of space was 6 LP/cm, linearity achieved to 0.89% and the deviation of slice thickness was 0.6mm. All of these indicators has achieved the standards of detection. Conclusion: Through detecting the SNR, imaging uniformity, resolution, linearity and the deviation of slice thickness of 3.0T MRI system, the performance of the MRI can be accurately obtained, and these contribute to ensure the equipment operating in ideal situation.

Objective To compare test results of antinuclear antibodies (ANA ) using different brands kit and methodology . Methods 180 cases who accepted serum ANA detection in hospital from April to December 2012 were choosen ,in which 145 cases of positive serum and 35 cases of healthy control .The 180 cases were tested for ANAs by YHLO ANA-17S ,EUROIMMUN ANA profile 3 and ANA IIFA kits at the same time ,and all parameters about ANA decetion were compared such as sensitivity ,specifici-ty ,positive predictive value ,negative predictive value and the coincidence rate between the two kinds of kits .Results The sensitivi-ty of YHLO ANA-17S ,EUROIMMUN ANA profile 3 and EUROIMMUN ANA IIFA was 94 .8% ,90 .4% ,95 .6% ;specificity was 88 .9% ,91 .1% ,93 .3% ;positive predictive value was 96 .2% ,96 .8% ,97 .7% ;negative predictive value was 85 .1% ,75 .9% , 87 .5% ;the coincidence rate between the EUROIMMUN ANA profile 3 and EUROIMMUN ANA IIFA was 84 .0% (P>0 .05) ,be-tween the YHLO ANA-17S and EUROIMMUN ANA IIFA was 80 .0% (P>0 .05) ,between theYHLO ANA-17S and EUROIM-MUN ANA profile 3 was 93 .0% (P> 0 .05) .Conclusion Three kits for detecting ANAs have good sensitivity and specificity , which can be used for autoimmune disease detection .Laboratory tests result should be combined with clinical symptoms according to the diagnostic criteria to make the final diagnosis .

Objective To investigate the association between genetic polymorphisms of Dectin-2 and pulmonary cryptococcosis.Methods A total of 134 non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis and 464 healthy controls were included in this case control study.The peripheral leucocyte DNA was extracted and genotyping was performed by multiplex SNaPshot technology.The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)of rs11045418 located at 5′-flanking locus of Dectin-2 gene was genotyped.Patients without predisposing conditions were compared independently.The differences of gene polymorphism distributions compared between pulmonary patients and healthy control, and between patients without predisposing conditions and healthy control.All data were analyzed withχ2 tests.Results Among the total 134 patients,82 patients had no predisposing factors.Thirty two patients met the proven diagnosis criteria and 102 patients were probable pulmonary cryptococcosis.According to the site of infection, 72 patients had local infection in lungs and 62 patients had disseminated cryptococcosis.Three samples failed in genotyping,one of which was a patient without predisposing factor.Compared with the control group,there was a trend of increasing proportion of heterozygote rs11045418 CT in the 131 pulmonary cryptococcosis patients (59% vs 50%,P =0.069,OR=1.44,95%CI :0.97-2.13),and the heterozygote was significantly increased in 81 patients without predisposing conditions(64% vs 50%,P =0.017,OR= 1 .82,95 %CI :1 .11 -2.95 ).No significant difference of genotype distribution was found between the local and disseminated infection patients.Conclusion Our study shows that rs11045418 CT heterozygote in Dectin-2 is associated with the susceptibility of pulmonary cyrptococcosis among non-HIV-infected Chinese patients,which indicated that the change of Dectin-2 receptor may play a role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary cyrptococcosis.

Objective: To explore age of menarche and associated factors of Han nationality, Zhuang nationality and Yao nationality girl in Guangxi, and to provide reference for the development of adolescent health education in schools. Methods: The 7-, 10- and 13-year-old girls of Han, Zhuang, Yao nationality were chosed from three counties of Guangxi, and height, weight and other physical indicators were measured for three consecutive years, and age of menarche was inquired. 448 cases of with compete data in the three consecutive years of monitoring. The influencing factors were investigated through questionnaire. Results: Age of menarche of the whole sample was 11.83(95%CI=11.69-11.96)years old, and that of the Han, Zhuang,Yao nationality was 11.87(95%CI=11.64-12.09), 11.44(95%CI=11.25-11.64)and 12.42(95%CI=12.14-12.70)years old respectively, the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Height, sitting height, weight of menarche group in 12 and 13 years old were significantly higher those of the group without menarche(P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis primary sitting height,the chest circumference,intake of seafood,duration of sleep in the night and school exercise time were the primary factors for age at menarche(P<0.01). Conclusion There are ethnic differences in age of menarche among girls in Guangxi, and it is related to sleep,physical activity and dietary structure. Puberty recated health education for girls might start at the fourth grade of primary school, focusing on the education of health life patten, balanced dietary habits, regularly routine, with the goal of growth and development promotion.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the changes in the structure and function of the carotid artery and their relationship with subclinical inflammation in patients with H-type hypertension.

METHODSSixty patients with H-type hypertension and 49 with non-H-type hypertension were enrolled in this study, with 20 healthy volunteers as the control group. All the subjects underwent color Doppler ultrasound examination of the carotid artery, and their blood levels of hyper-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), fibrinogen (FIB), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were measured to investigate the correlation between the structural and functional changes of the carotid artery and the inflammatory factors.

RESULTSNo significant difference was found in the blood pressure level between the H-type and non-H-type hypertension groups (136.0∓10.1 vs 131.9∓7.0 mmHg for systolic blood pressure, P>0.05; 80.9∓8.9 vs 73.2∓7.9 mmHg for diastolic pressure, P>0.05). The intima-media thickness, distensibility of the common carotid artery, carotid artery stiffness, and blood homocysteine level all showed significant differences between patients with H-type and non-H-type hypertension (1.52∓0.08 vs 1.09∓0.06 mm, 0.23∓0.14 mmHg(-1)×100 vs 0.46∓0.14 mmHg(-1)×100, and 15.37∓5.89 vs 8.19∓4.53 µmol/L, respectively, P<0.05). The H-type hypertensive patients showed significantly higher hs-CRP, FIB, and TNF-α levels than the non-H-type hypertensive patients, and these inflammatory factors were positively correlated with the structural and functional changes of the carotid artery.

CONCLUSIONThe patients with H-type hypertension are more likely to have carotid artery structure and function impairments, which closely correlate with the subclinical inflammatory factors. These changes might be attributed to the synergism of subclinical inflammation and hyperhomocysteinemia, for which active intervention may prove beneficial.

Adult ; Aged ; Carotid Arteries ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; classification ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Inflammation ; Male ; Middle Aged

Objective:To explore the effect of taxifolin on H2O2-induced pyroptosis in H9C2 cells and the possible mechanisms.Methods:The H9C2 cells was divided into 3 groups:a control group,a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) group and a taxifolin group.The morphology of H9C2 cells was observed by inverted phase contrast microscope.The mitochondrial membrane potential was measured by JC-1 staining and flow cytometry.The alteration of the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was detected by specific mitochondrial probe.The protein levels of cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-1 (caspase-1) was determined by Western blot.The mRNA levels of interleukin-18 (IL-18),interleukin-1a (IL-1a),interleukin-1b (IL-1b),absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2),apoptosis-associated apeck-like protein (ASC),nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3)and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family caspase recruitment domaincontaining protein 4 (NLRC4) were determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Results:Compared with the control group,the morphology of H9C2 cells obviously changed in the H2O2-treated group,which was guadually improved in the presence of taxifolin.Compared with the control group,the mitochondrial membrane potential was markedly decreased in the H2O2-treated cells,accompanied by the increase of ROS (both P＜0.05).Compared with the H2O2 group,the mitochondrial membrane potential changes in the taxifolin group was increased while the ROS was decreased,with significant difference (both P＜0.05).Compared with the control group,the protein level of caspase-1 and the mRNA levels of IL-18,IL-1a,IL-1b,AIM2,ASC,NLRP3 and NLRC4 in the H2O2-treated group were significantly increased (all P＜0.05),which were attenuated in the presence of taxifolin (all P＜0.05).Conclusion:Taxifolin can protect H9C2 cells from oxidative injury,and it is able to suppress the H2O2-induced H9C2 cell pyroptosis through inhibition of AIM2,NLRP3 and NLRC4 in flammasome.

Objective:To investigate the status of innovative behavioral ability of undergraduate nursing students, analyze the relationship between nursing students′ sense of benefit, self-transcendence and innovative behavioral ability, and explore the mediating effect of occupational benefit in self-transcendence and innovative behavioral ability.Methods:A convenient sampling method was used to select 223 undergraduate nursing students in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine as the research object from October 2017 to April 2019. The cross-sectional survey was conducted using the occupational benefit, self-transcendment scale and nurses′ innovative behavior scale. Apply SPSS21.0 to analyze the correlation between self-transcendence, occupational benefit and innovative behavior of undergraduate nursing students, apply AMOS 22.0 for mediating effect test, and use the bias-corrected percentile Bootstrap method to estimate the median effect of occupational benefit 95% confidence interval.Results:The path coefficient of undergraduate nursing students′ self-transcendence to innovative behavioral ability was significant ( r value was 0.31, P<0.01). Self-transcendence had a significant positive effect on positive occupational sense ( r value was 0.36, P<0.05). The 95% confidence interval for the Bootstrap test of the indirect effect of positive occupationality was 0.02-0.07; the positive sense of occupation had a partial mediating effect between self-transcendence and innovative behavioral ability, with an effect value of 0.14 and a total effect value of 0.42. That was, the mediation effect value accounted for 33.3% of the total effect value. The path coefficient of the team's ability to feel innovative behavior was significant ( r value was 0.39, P<0.05), and self-transcendence had a positive impact on team belonging ( r value was 0.28, P<0.01). The 95% confidence interval for the Bootstrap test for the indirect effects of team belonging was distributed in 0.10-0.42. The sense of belonging of the team had a partial mediating effect between self-transcendence and innovative behavioral ability. The mediating effect value was 0.07, and the total effect value was 0.42, that was, the mediating effect value accounts for 16.7% of the total effect value. Conclusions:Self-transcendence of undergraduate nursing students can directly predict the ability of innovative behavior, and can also indirectly predict the ability of innovative behavior through the mediating role of positive career perception and team belonging in the sense of professional benefit. Improving the professional benefit and self-transcendence of nursing students in clinical teaching may be an effective way to improve the ability of innovative behavior.

Objective:To observe the effect of personalized nutritional support on postoperative rehabilitation and nutritional status in patients undergoing radical mastectomy and reconstruction of oral malignant tumor.Methods:Eighty-eight patients with oral malignant tumor admitted from January 2018 to December 2018 in Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University were divided into two groups according to the time of admission. 40 patients were selected as the study group and 48 patients were selected as the routine group. The routine group was given traditional health education and dietary guidance. In addition to dietary guidance, the study group was given personalized nutritional support according to the patients' body mass index and nutritional status before and after operation, including oral nutritional supplement before operation, personalized nutritional prescription after operation, and increased protein intake according to the nutritional indicators of the patients. The nutritional status, enteral nutrition complications and postoperative rehabilitation were compared between the two groups two weeks after operation.Results:Two weeks after operation, the hemoglobin, total protein, prealbumin were (107.93±16.19) g/L, (68.40±4.87) g/L, (189.02±55.19) mg/L in the study group, and (101.23±14.62) g/L, (63.11±6.42) g/L, (165.75±40.60) mg/L in the routine group, there were significant differences ( t values were -2.037, -4.271, -2.276, all P<0.05). The incidence of malnutrition, wound infection and gastrointestinal complications were 42.50%(17/40), 0, 5.00%(2/40) in the study group and 64.58%(31/48), 16.67%(8/48), 20.83%(10/48) in the control group, there were significant differences( χ2 values were 4.292, 7.333, 4.644, P<0.05). Conclusions:Perioperative personalized nutritional support can effectively improve the nutritional status, reduce enteral nutrition-related complications, improve immunity and reduce the risk of incision infection in patients undergoing radical mastectomy and simultaneous reconstruction of oral malignant tumors, which is helpful to improve the quality of life of patients and is worthy of clinical reference.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of Kwak and ACR( 2017 ) thyroid imaging reporting and data systems ( T I‐RADS ) for thyroid nodules . Methods Cases of thyroid nodule who underwent surgery from January 2015 to M arch 2018 in 15 hospitals in Sichuan province were collected and the ultrasonographic features of thyroid nodules were retrospectively analyzed by trained senior ultrasound physicians using Kwak and ACR T I‐RADS classification methods . Totally ,12 712 thyroid nodules were observed ,7 023 thyroid nodules in 7 023 cases with complete ultrasound and surgical and pathological data were eventually enrolled in the study . T hyroid nodules with solid ,hypoechoic or very hypoechoic ,tall/wide ratio ≥ 1 , margin ill‐defined and microcalcification were classified as malignant signs of ultrasound . M alignant percentage was calculated and diagnostic tests were performed . Results ① T here was a statistical difference between the benign and malignant nodules in the two types of T I‐RADS classification ( P＜0 .01) . ② T he area under ROC curve of Kwak and ACR in the diagnosis of malignant nodules were 0 .89 and 0 .84 ,respectively . T he Youden index of Kwak and ACR were 0 .66 and 0 .57 ,respectively . ③Taking Kwak T I4B and ACR T R4 as critical points for malignancy ,the sensitivity ,specificity ,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of Kwak T I 4B were 75 .0% ,90 .9% ,83 .2% ,and 85 .9% , respectively . T he accuracy of Kwak T I4B was 84 .9% ; T he sensitivity ,specificity ,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of ACR T R4 were 88 .2% ,68 .9% ,62 .9% ,and 90 .8% ,respectively . T he accuracy of ACR T R4 was 76 .2% . T he Kappa value of Kwak TI4B and ACR T R4 was 0 .52 . T he χ2 value of Kwak T I4B and ACR T R4 was 2 174 .6 ( P ＜ 0 .01 ) . Conclusions T he diagnostic values of two T I‐RADS classification methods for thyroid malignant nodules are high . T he overall efficiency of Kwak T I‐RADS classification method is better than that of ACR TI‐RADS classification method .

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS) is a rare,critical and complicated cyanotic congenital heart disease,the natural mortality rate is high,if not treated,50％ of newborns died within 2 weeks after birth,about 85％ of newborns will die within six months.In recent years,with cardiac surgery procedures,catheter intervention and other treatment levels improved,the survival rate of newborns after surgery has improved.Over the past decade,the disease 5-year survival rate increased by 75％ or more.In this paper,PA/IVS cardiac surgery procedures,catheter intervention and hybrid treatment were reviewed,aimed at providing a reference for clinical treatment.