The subject of modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) has been argued in China for many years.Many good ideas have been suggested by experts and scholars.In this paper,one issue in the modernization of TCM is discussed.The issue is how to introduce some mathematical methods into traditional Chinese medicine.This is a valuable subject to study,because by this way,the computers can be used to analyze the composing methods of TCM prescriptions and to help TCM doctors to select better treating means.A new mathematical method for analyzing the composing methods of TCM prescriptions has been developed,and the methods are still based on TCM theory.By these methods,the TCM prescriptions can be computed or analyzed in digital formations,but the integral conception about human body in TCM is still left intact.In this paper,using the new method,several TCM prescriptions were analyzed,and the analyzed results demonstrate that the methods are efficient and give a good help to understand the composing methods of TCM prescriptions.

As the progress of organ and tissue transplantation technology, pancreas and islet transplantation has been introduced to treat diabetes and became hot. However, many shortcomings and re-lated issues need to be improved concerning the islet cell sources. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) has become the hot topic on induction of islet-like cell because it was simple to access, easy to culture and possess the function of immunosuppressian. In recent years, artificial construction of pancreatic islet cells, which uses gene recombinant and gene transfection to reforge islet-like cells, has improved the induction rate of BMSCs and increased the amount of insulin serection, and it also provide new ideas and direction for the treatment of diabetes.

With the rapid development of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) technique,the accuracy of radiotherapy has improved,while the pretreatment dose verification has become more complex.Although the experimental measurements,a widely used way to perform dose verification,is accurate and effective,its time-consuming and labor-intensive is still a challenge for physicist.The independent dose verification method such as the depth dose-off axis ratios (OAR) empirical model,Clarkson integral model,convolution model and Monte Carlo model,could partially solve these problems effectively when the accuracy is ensured within a certain range.This approach could save physicists' time to conduct dose recalculation and plan check,and has become the hotspot in the world.This paper,therefore,mainly introduces the correction-based and the model-based independent dose verification methods,and briefly discusses the development of dose verification for IMRT plans.

With the increasing frequency of international exchanges and cooperations,students from foreign countries,such as India and Pakistan,have come to our country for their higher degree education.We studied retrospectively and explored the teaching methods of Histology in English,and further provide our thoughts and viewpoints on improving the teaching qualities of foreign students.

Objective To study the effect of Coxsackie virus B3 (CVB3) infection on islet cells in vitro, and to explore the mechanism of islet cells caused by CVB3. Methods Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells( BMSCs) were separated from the bone marrow and cultured. Then they were induced to differentiate into islet-like cells using nicotinamide and mercaptoethanol. Differentiated cells were detected by morphology , special staining and RT-PCR. Observe CVB3 infection on islet cells under inverse microscope and detect the specific gene fragment by RT-PCR. Results BMSCs showed half suspended shape and gathered to form a cluster after induction. Cells became red brown by dithizone specific staining. RT-PCR also proved the existence of mRNA expressing insulin. Infected islet cells appeared typical pathological changes like shrinks, refraction decreases. RT-PCR detected the desired specific gene fragment of 299 bp in infected islet cells. Conclusion CVB3 can directly injury islet cells, and damage the function of islet cells of secreting insulin.

Objective To study changes and effects of transforming growth factor-?1(TGF- ?1) and its receptorIII (TGF-?1 R III) in children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Methods Bone marrow were respectively collected from 28 children with acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic pupura(AITP),16 children with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura(CITP) and 20 comparably normal children; Percoll density gradient and immunomagnetic beads methods were used to purify megakaryocytes from bone marrow; ABC- ELISA was used to detect TGF - ?1 in bone marrow; in situ hybridization was used to detect TGF-?1 RIIImR-NA expression on megakaryocytes.Results In AITP and CITP group, the levels of TGF-?1 and TGF-?1 RIIImRNA were significant higher than those in control group(P

ObjectiveTo explore the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD),the arithmetic calculation ability in the patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) was detected under the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI),combined with the neuropsychological test.Methods8 patients with MCI and 9 controls matched for the age, gender, level of education and handedness performed the subtraction of two digits presented visually while the MR machine was scanning. The raw data of the fMRI were processed with the software AFNI. The reaction time and correct ratio were analyzed with the statistical software Excel.ResultsCompared with the controls, the patients manifested longer reaction time and lower correct ratio. The patients' brain activation showed significant decrease in the inferior frontal lobe,temporal neocortex and inferior parietal area mainly in the left hemisphere. On the contrary, the activation intensity and extension in the right inferior frontal lobe were increased as compensation.ConclusionsThe patients with MCI have the deficit in calculation ability. The examination of the calculation by means of the cognitive neuropsychology and fMRI test can offer a powerful reference for the early diagnosis of AD.

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BACKGROUND: Patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) usually have visuospatial dysfunction at an early stage and most patients with AD were evolved from mild cognitive impairment (MCI).OBJECTIVE: To detect whether a patient with MCI has a visuospatial dysfunction similar to AD. To compare the cerebral activation with ferromagnetic resonance between the healthy people and the patients with mild cognitive disorder.DESIGN: A case controlled observationSETTING: The Department of Neurology of the First Hospital of Peking University.PARTICIPANTS: Nine inpatients with mild cognitive disorder hospitalized at the Department of Neurology of the First Hospital of Peking University from April 2000 to March 2003 were involved and other 9 healthy people matching in age, gender and the educational level were also involved.METHODS: The subjects had the task of discriminating the different finger positions on the clockface. They could see the mission clearly showed on the cloth through refractor, and they were supposed to give the corresponding reaction to different cognitive tasks with left and right hands pressing the keys according to visual sign generated by the computer.Block design was adopted in the cognitive task. Stimulus block and baseline block appeared in turn. Baseline block displayed "+" mapped in the center of the image and was kept for 21s. Stimulus block displayed 10 pictures successively. The finger position of the two clockfaces among three clockfaces was the same in one picture. The absolute value of the rotated angles of the different clockfaces in each image on the same stimulus block was the same. The angles formed by six stimulus block fingers arranged randomly were 300, 450, 1800. The two clockfaces had the same finger positions, and the subjects were requested to discriminate the finger position of these two clockfaces. It was carried out on a 1.5 T GEMRTWIN magnetic resonance scanning apparatus. Then t test was performed to work out the right reaction time and proper rate with Excel software between the patients with mild Alzheimer's disease and the healthy persons. Pretreatment and statistical analyses were performed with analysis of functional neuroimages software used internationally.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Comparison of the reaction time and proper rate between the two groups.parison of the reaction time between the two groups: The reaction time for distinguishing the change of 300, 450, 1800 was longer than that in the control group, and there was significant difference in distinguishing the change of 300, 450, 1800 for the patients [(1 776.7±570.2), (1 646.3±432.7)ms;of the proper rate between the two groups: The proper rate for distinguishing the change of 300, 450, 1800 was significantly lower than that in the control group (62.8±21.4)%, (82.8±15.8)% ;(76.7±17.0)%, (95.0±8.7)%; (69.4vation: the activation density at the bilateral parietal lobe, bilateral temporooccipital borderline and bilateral lateral striate cortex in patients was weaker than that in the control group (P ＜ 0.05).CONCLUSION: Neural network activation related with visual space in patients with MCI was weaker than that in the healthy people indicating that visuospatial impairment exists in the patients with mild cognitive impairment.

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