Objective To evaluate the teaching activity on public health courses from clinical medical students in our university in order to provide a scientific basis for improving the curriculum design and teaching reform. Methods The “Questionnaire on Teaching Evaluation in Public Health Courses”, including teaching attitude, teaching content, teaching methods and teaching effectiveness was designed, and a general investigation was conducted among the clinical medical students of five-year program (840 students) and eight-year program (278 students) in these three aspects to under-stand students' evaluation to the course, who had finished the public health courses, including Preven-tive Medicine, Medical Statistics and Epidemiology (hereinafter referred to as: statistics, epidemiology, prevention) in Sun Yat-sen University. Statistical analysis was made using SPSS 13.0 software. Data analysis methods contain descriptive analysis, T-test, ANOVA, LSD, SNK, hierarchical logistic regres-sion analysis, etc. Results The overall score of teaching evaluation is (4.04±0.60). Differences exist between the evaluation in the five-year medical students and the eight-year medical students. The P values were 0.000 (Medical Statistics), 0.269 (Epidemiology), 0.047 (Preventive Medicine). The com-parison of scores among the four dimensions shows: Teaching effectiveness < Teaching methods β' effectiveness. Conclusions Clinical Medical students' overall evaluation on the public health courses offered by this university was good. Teaching effectiveness and teaching methods still need improvement. Teaching contents are the most influential factor of overall teaching satisfaction, followed by teaching effectiveness.

With the rapid development of molecular nutrition, the urgent demand of rationalizing and individual clinical enternal nutrition support was realized. The enteral nutrition was added with special nutrition substrate. The application of carbohydrate in enteral nutrition and the status of comprehensive use of polysaccharides were summarized in this article. Based on the study of traditional fiber in enteral nutrition(EN) , the application of marine polysaccharides on the diseases oriented EN was analyzed and discussed. So, new nutrition substrate from marine polysaccharides is proposed for exploitation of various diseases oriented EN. Therefore, the individual nutrition support becomes possible.

Objective To evaluate the role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NADPH oxidase) in the spinal cord in the maintenance of diabetic neuropathic pain in rats.Methods Pathogenfree male Sprague-Dawley rats,aged 2 months,weighing 180-220 g,were used in the study.Diabetes mellitus was induced by intraperitoneal streptozotocin (STZ) 60mg/kg and confirmed by blood glucose ＞ 16.7 mmol/L at 72 h after STZ injection.Twenty diabetic rats were randomly allocated to diabetic neuropathic pain group (DN group,n =10) and apocynin (specific NADPH oxidase inhibitor) group (A group,n =10).Another 10 agematched normal rats served as control group (C group,n =10).Twenty-eight days after STZ injection,apyconin 5 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally once a day for 7 consecutive days in A group.Paw withdrawal threshold to yon Frey filament stimulation (PWT) was measured before STZ injection (T1) and at 7,14,21,28 and 35 days after STZ injection (T2-6).The rats were sacrificed after PWT was measured at T6 and L4.5 segments of the spinal cord were removed for determination of NADPH oxidase subunits gp91phox and p47phox expression,MAD content and SOD activity.Results Compared with C group,PWT was significantly decreased at T3-5,gp91phox and p47phox expression was up-regulated,MAD content was increased,and SOD activity was decreased in DN and A groups.Compared with DN group,PWT was significantly increased at T6,gp91phox and p47phox expression was downregulated,MAD content was decreased,and SOD activity was increased in A group.Conclusion NADPH oxidase in the spinal cord is involved in the maintenance of diabetic neuropathic pain in rats.

Objective To elucidate the association of interleukin (IL)-17F A7488G (p.His161Arg) polymorphism with gastric cancer susceptibility,clinicopathological features and survival.Methods DNA from 927 unrelated patients with gastric cancer and 777 age and gendermatched healthy controls was typed for IL-17F A7488G polymorphism by polymerase chain reactionrestriction fragment length polymorphism.Logistic regression analyses and Cox proportional hazards analyses were used to evaluate the associations between polymorphisms and gastric cancer susceptibility,clinicopathological features and survival.Results There was significant difference between healthy controls and patients with gastric cancer with respect to frequencies of IL-17FA7488G genotypes (X2= 16.55,P<0.01).After adjusted for age and gender,IL-17F A7488G GA and GG genotypes were associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer compared with the AA genotype (OR=1.51;95% CI:1.22-1.87 for GA;OR=1.61,95% CI:1.03-2.51 for GG).In comparison with AA genotype carriers,the risk of gastric cancer increased in those with GA or GG genotypes (OR= 1.53,95 % CI:1.25- 1.87,P<0.01 ).Further stratification analyses indicated that the effect of IL-17F A7488G GA genotype was especially noteworthy in gastric cancer patients of noncardia,intestinal type,poorly and moderately differentiated,and lymph node metastasis.Whereas there was no significant difference in survival among subjects with different polymorphisms of IL-17F A7488G gene (P= 0.534).Conclusions Genetic polymorphism of IL-17F A7488G involves in susceptibility to gastric cancer,which also influences certain subtypes of gastric cancer according to clinicopathological features,however,it is not the independent risk factor for prognosis of gastric cancer patients.

Objective:To compare the effectiveness and safety of laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) versus open hepatectomy (OH) for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma(ICC).Methods:PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, China Biology Medicine Disc, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Database and VIP Database were searched from inception of these databases to May 2022 to compare LH versus OH for ICC. The duration of operation, intraoperative bleeding, proportion of patients with intraoperative blood transfusion, number of resected lymph nodes, proportion of patients with R 0 resection margin, duration of hepatic occlusion, hospital stay, incidence of postoperative complication and postoperative mortality were compared between the two groups. Meta-analysis was carried out using the Review Manager 5.1 software, and the mean difference ( MD) or odds ratio ( OR) was used as the effect index. Results:This meta-analysis included twelve articles, all of which were retrospective cohort studies, with 3 189 patients. There were 667 patients in the LH group and 2 512 in the OH group. Meta-analysis showed that when compared to the OH group, the LH group had significantly less intraoperative bleeding ( MD=-116.06, 95% CI: -173.07--59.06, P<0.001), less proportion of patients receiving intraoperative blood transfusion ( OR=0.25, 95% CI: 0.10-0.62, P=0.003), less number of lymph nodes removed ( MD=-101.91, 95% CI: -124.78--79.03, P<0.001), less patients underwent portal occlusion ( OR=0.37, 95% CI: 0.14 - 0.99, P=0.050), shorter hospital stay ( MD=-2.43, 95% CI: -4.59--0.28, P=0.030) and less postoperative complications ( OR=0.41, 95% CI: 0.28-0.61, P<0.001). However, the proportion of patients with R 0 margin ( OR=1.49, 95% CI: 1.14-1.95, P=0.003) in the LH group was significantly higher than the OH group. There were no significant differences in operative time and postoperative mortality between the 2 groups. Conclusion:LH was more effective and safe than OH in the treatment of ICC. However, its long-term effect still needs to be verified by large randomized controlled trials.

Objective To investigate whether capsular polysaccharides of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 6A and 6B contained in 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ( PCV13 ) could induce cross- protective antibodies against newly discovered serotypes 6C and 6D and the differences between them. Methods New Zealand rabbits were radomly divided into three groups and respectively muscularly administrated with three doses of PCV13, PCV6A and PCV6B on days 0, 14 and 28. PCV6A and PCV6B were conjugates of capsular polysaccharides of serotypes 6A and 6B chemically coupled with diphtheria toxin mutant CRM197. Serum samples were collected on days 0 and 35. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) was used to quantitatively measure serotype-specific antibodies to capsular polysaccharides of serotypes 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D. Opsonophagocytosis assay ( OPA) of WHO pneumococcal serology reference laboratory was used to determine antibody functional activities targeting serotypes 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D. Results Immunization rabbits with PCV13 induced the secretion of antibodies to capsular polysaccharides of serotypes 6A and 6B. These antibodies were able to not only cross-react with capsular polysaccharides of serotypes 6C and 6D but also recognize and bind to target Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D, resulting in the activation of complements and further phagocytosis of target bacteria by differentiated HL60 cells. Bactericid-al titers were largely even among these serotypes except for serotype 6D which was slightly lower. PCV6A could induce antibody against capsular polysaccharide of serotype 6A, which was able to cross-react with capsular pol-ysaccharides of serotypes 6B, 6C and 6D and showed higher bactericidal titers to serotypes 6A, 6B and 6C over serotype 6D. PCV6B could induce antibody against capsular polysaccharide of serotype 6B, which was able to cross-react with capsular polysaccharides of serotypes 6A, 6C and 6D and showed higher bactericidal titers to se-rotypes 6A, 6B and 6C over serotype 6D. Antibody concentrations and bactericidal titers specific to serotypes 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D were significantly increased following immunization with PCV13, PCV6A or PCV6B (P<0. 01). Conclusion PCV13 containing pneumococcal serotypes 6A and 6B induced antibodies against capsular polysaccharides of serotypes 6A and 6B in New Zealand rabbits, which were able to cross-react with capsular polysaccharides of serotypes 6C and 6D and provide cross-protection to bacteria of serotypes 6C and 6D. Both serotypes of 6A and 6B contained in PCV13 contributed to the induction of cross-protective antibodies, especially to serotype 6C.

Objective To investigate the opportunity and skill of surgery for pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension.Methods Clinical data were retrospectively analyzed on 15 cases of pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension admired from Dec 2015 to Dec 2017.Results All fiften cases underwent surgical treatment,among them three cases were initially treated conservatively in the early stage and treated surgically for gastrointestinal bleeding,12 cases with definite pancreatic disease and pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension treated in the first stage.Three patients underwent second surgery for recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding.The patients were followed up for 6 to 18 months with symptoms significantly impioved without deaths.Conclusions Splenectomy combined with esophagogastric devascularization is the basic surgical treatment for pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension.

Objective: To investigate the correlation between Ca, Al, As, Co, Mg, P, Fe, parathyroid hormone (PTH), Ct levels and primary familial brain calcification (PFBC). Methods: We recruited 17 PFBC families from July, 2015 to October, 2016. Groups were divided according to clinical symptoms, the serum concentrations of Ca, P, Fe, Al, As, Co, PTH and Ct were compared among different family groups. Results: There was no significant difference in serum levels of Ca, P, Fe, Al, As, Co, PTH and Ct among the healthy and patient groups or the symptomatic and asymptomatic groups, symptomatic and asymptomatic groups in movement disorder families and in psychiatric families (P>0.05). Conclusions Among the 17 PFBC families, neither serum concentrations of Ca, Al, As, Co, Mg, P, and Fe nor the levels of PTH and Ct were associated with PFBC.

OBJECTIVETo establish a risk early warning model of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus and predict the area with high risk of the outbreak of H7N9 virus infection.

METHODSThe incidence data of human infection with H7N9 virus at prefecture level in China from February 2013 to June 2014 were collected, and the geographic and meteorological data during the same period in these areas were collected too. Spatial auto regression (SAR) model and generalized additive model (GAM) were used to estimate different risk factors. Afterwards, the risk area map was created based on the predicted value of both models.

RESULTSAll the human infections with H7N9 virus occurred in the predicted areas by the early warning model in February 2014. The early warning model successfully predicted the spatial moving trend of the disease, and this trend was verified by two outbreaks in northern China in April and May 2014.

CONCLUSIONThe established early warning model showed accuracy and precision in short-term prediction, which might be applied in the active surveillance, early warning and prevention/control of the outbreak of human infection with H7N9 virus.

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