The relationship between the precision of the estimated sampling variances and the number of samples was quantitatively established. It revealed that the product of the standard deviation of the estimated samplingvariance and square root of the number of samples was a constant. Monte Carlo simulation technique was employed to verify the equation. Populations with Gaussian,unifohn random and multi-nomial(taking silicon carbide material as an example) distributions were studied with satisfactory results.

Objective: To observe the effect of Yi Jin Jing (Sinew-transforming Qigong Exercises) on the muscle strength in senile sarcopenia. Methods: Sixty-five old people with sarcopenia were randomized into Yi Jin Jing group and a blank control group. Thirty-three patients in Yi Jin Jing group practiced Yi Jin Jing (Sinew-transforming Qigong Exercises), while 32 patients in the blank control group didn't receive any interventions. The muscle strength was measured before and after 12-week training. Results: During the study, each group had 1 dropout. The muscle strength was improved after 12-week training in Yi Jin Jing group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05); there was no significant difference in the blank control group (P>0.05). After the intervention, there was a significant difference between Yi Jin Jing group and the blank control group in comparing the muscle strength (P<0.05). Conclusion: Constant Yi Jin Jing (Sinew-transforming Qigong Exercises) training can notably improve skeletal muscle strength in senile sarcopenia.

Objective To investigate the relationship of Vaneomycin serum concentration and drug adverse reactions (ADRs) in neonates.Methods Two hundred and thirteen neonates who were treated by Vancomycin and had their serum concentration monitored were recruited.The number of cases which had liver,kidney and hearing damage after treatment was calculated.The correlation between 3 different serum concentrations (＜5 mg/L,5-10 mg/L,＞ 10 mg/L) and ADRs were analyzed.Results The mean level of Vancomycin in serum was (4.36 ± 4.99) mg/L The total incidence of ADRs was 17.8％ (38/213 cases).The main ADRs were liver damage and hearing impairment,whose incidences were 9.9％ (21/213 cases) and 7.5％ (16/213 cases),respectively,and they were were significantly higher than kidney danage (0.5％,1/213 cases) (x2 =19.172,P =0.000;x2 =13.785,P =0.000).There was no significant difference be-tween the inidence ratio of liver damage and that of the hearing impairment (x2 =0.330,P =0.566).The ADRs ratio among 3 different serum concentrations was 17.0％ (24/141 cases),17.6％ (9/51 cases) and 23.8％ (5/21 cases).There was no significant difference between the ADRs ratios and distribution of different serum concentrations (x2 =0.576,P =0.750).Moreover,the ADRs rates didn't increase along with the serum concentrations (Z =0.648,P =0.517).Except for aspartate transaminase,the indicators of liver and kidney function varied significantly after vancomycin treatment (P ＜0.05).But there was no clinical significance because the mean value was in normal range.By Bivariate Correlation analysis,Vancomyein serum concentration had no significant influence on liver and kidney function (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Neonates treated by Vancomycin had reatively high ratio of the liver damage and the hearing impairment.There is no significant correlation between Vancomyein serum concentration and ADRs in neonates.

Objective To assess the proficiency of water monitoring laboratory at rural, county, and provincial levels in Guangdong province, to ensure the province's drinking water monitoring results accurate and reliable. Methods State quality of certified reference materials as water arsenic, fluoride and chloride of 90 copies each were numbered and distributed to 90 monitoring laboratories in the province for testing, The measurement results of the participatory labs were evaluated through normative values and expanded uncertainty, and were compared with those of robust statistics method. Results All participatory labs had timely feedback of their measurement results. The qualified rate was higher when arsenic was tested by hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry and zinc-new silver salt of sulfuric acid spectrophotometric system, while fluoride and chloride by ion chromatography. The average qualified rates of water arsenic, fluoride and chloride of the province's rural drinking water quality monitoring laboratory were 66% (59/90), 72% (65/90) and 72% (65/90), respectively.Seven participatory labs failed the proficiency testing of all three analytes and unqualified rate was 7.8% (7/90)among the ninety participated monitoring labs. The qualified rates of robust statistics method for arsenic fluoride and chloride were greater than those evaluated by the expanded uncertainty, and large deviations with small sample sizes. Conclusions The testing ability of drink-water monitoring labs in Guangdong province has improved.However, by comparison with the requirements of national quality control and testing skills, there is still a gap. It is suggested that internal quality control be included in routine inspeetion to improve laboratory testing technology.

Pathologic experiment teaching is special feature and stresses morphologic teaching,It is easy for stuents to learn passively.Problem-basedlearning ( PBL ) was introduced in pathologic experiment teaching in eight-year clinical medicine.program courses.In pathologic experiment class,questions was produced by analyzing various diseases,observing macroscopic and microscopic changes,discussed by clinical cases and solved by students themselves with bilingualistic teaching.In conclusion,PBL was significant in improving the quality of pathological experiment teaching,overcoming the shortage of morphologic learning,and making students more active in learning pathology.

One of the strain of bivalent HFRS vaccine, Z37 strain was isolated from Rattus norvegicus and identified as SEO virus by serological test. The M segment cDNA of Hantavirus Z37 strain was obtained by reverse transcripti on and polymerase chain reaction, subsequently cloned into pGEM-T vector. The s equence of positive recombinants was determined by the method of dideoxy chain t ermination, which revealed that the M genomic segment is 3651 nucleotide in len gth with a predicated long open reading frame encoding a protein of 1133 amino acids. Comparison with HNT type (76-118, A9, HV-114 strains) indicated that th ere were 71.8%～72.1% homology at the nucleotide level, 76.2～76.7% homology at the amino acid level. Comparison with SEO type (R22,L99,80-39 strains) showed 95.3～96.1 homology at the nucleotide level, 95.3～99.2% homology at the amino acid level. The results of nucleotide and amino acid comparison indicated that Z 37 strain is SEO viruses in molecular level.

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AIM: To provide the applied ground of the formulation of Rhizoma Phragmitis by setting up a fingerprint of Rhizoma Phragmitis. METHODS:We gained the extracts of Rhizoma phrapmitis by acetone extraction and assayed its extracts by means of HPLC, with a mobile phase of water (1% acetic acid)-water(5% acetonitrile) on inertsil ODS-3 column. an ultraviolet detector was at 250 nm. RESULTS:Fingerprint was established on the basis of the relative retention value and the relative peak area. CONCLUSION: The method is of high sensitivity and good reproducibility.

A strain Escherichia coli with high production of phytase was screened from pig excreta. Phytase gene appA, with 1,299 bp coding region in full length, was cloned from its genome by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) . The gene appA was then cloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pET-28a ( + ) . In the host BL21, the phytase appA was overexpressed by shaker-cultivation (up to 692 U/mL) . The enzymatic analysis of the prokaryotic derived appA phytase revealed that its optimal pH and temperature was 4.5 and 60℃, respectively.