Objective:To explore the implicit attitude and explicit attitude toward death of college students,and the relationship between the two kinds of attitude.Methods:Totally 65 college studems participated in this study.The Single Category Implicit Association Test (SC-IAT,including cognition,affection and behavior) was used to exam the implicit attitude toward death of undergraduate students.The Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R,including five dimensions,i.e.,fear of death,death avoidance,death acceptance,escape acceptance,and neutral acceptance) was used to measure the explicit attitude.Results:Data of the SC-IAT indicated that the differences between the mean reaction time of the incompatible task and compatible in all three dimensions and the total SC-IAT were significant (Ps ＜0.01),and both the D scores of the total SC-IAT and three dimensions were larger than zero.The mean score of neutral acceptance was the highest in the five factors of SC-IAT.Relationships between the implicit effect of SC-IAT and the Mean scores of the DAP-R's five factors were not significant(Ps ＞ 0.05).Conclusion:The implicit attitude toward death of college students is negative,the explicit attitude toward death of college students is neutral.The implicit and explicit attitude toward death of college students is incongruent,and they are relatively independent.

To investigate activities of three isomers of α-conotoxin TxID on human α3β4 and α6/α3β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors(nAChRs). The three isomers of α-conotoxin TxID were synthesized using solid phase Fmoc chemistry and fully folded by two-step oxidations. Human α3β4 and α6/α3β4 nAChRs were expressed in oocytes of Xenopus laevis, which were used for bioassay of the three isomers, including inhibition and washout reversibility. There were obvious differences between the inhibition potency of each isomers at human α3β4 and α6/α3β4 nAChRs. The blocking was reversible and washout rapidly. The most potent isomer is the globular form with an IC50 of 9. 3 nmol/L on human α3β4 and α6/α3β4 nAChRs respectively. The 2nd potent isomer was the ribbon form with much less potency, which had an IC50 of > 5 μmol/L. The bead isomer had little or no block on human α3β4 and α6/α3β4 nAChRs with an IC50 of > 10 μmol/L. The three isomers of α-conotoxin TxID were synthesized successfully with two pairs of desired disulfide bond. Inhibition activities of the 3 isomers on human α3β4 and α6/α3β4 nAChRs were obtained respectively, which would be basis for new marine drug development of α-conotoxin TxID.

Birth cohort study has played an important role in exploring the effect of exposures in early life on long-term health of offspring. With the rapid increase of problems of reproductive health among couples at childbearing age, the assisted reproductive technology (ART) has been widely introduced into clinical practice. However, the influences of ART on long-term outcomes of mothers and infants have not been fully studied. In 2016, the China National Birth Cohort (CNBC), a multicenter prospective cohort study recruiting families with ART-conceived pregnancies and spontaneous-conceived pregnancies simultaneously was launched officially. By June 30, 2021, a total of 72 000 families covering 39 000 ART- pregnancies and 33 000 spontaneous- pregnancies have been recruited in the study, their information and biological samples were collected at multiple time points, i.e., before assisted reproductive treatment, in embryo transfer period, in first, second and third trimesters, at delivery, and at 42 days after birth, 6 months, 1 year old and 3 years old. The main objectives of this study are to assess the development and health of offspring born after ART treatment, identify risk factors associated with adverse birth outcomes and childhood diseases and provide scientific basis for the strategies to improve the quality of new birth population. This paper will give a brief introduction to the establishment and research progress of CNBC.