1.Regional differences of nucleosides and amino acids in Elaphuri Davidiani Cornu.
Qian WANG ; Rui LIU ; Yue ZHU ; Bin YANG ; Yu-Hua DING ; Jia-de BAI ; Hua-Jun WEN ; Hai-Rong WU ; Jin-Ao DUAN ; Ming ZHAO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2021;46(14):3494-3503
In order to reveal the regional characteristics of nucleosides and amino acids in Elaphuri Davidiani Cornu,39 samples of Elaphuri Davidiani Cornu collected from 4 different regions were analyzed by UPLC-QTRAP ~®/MS2 method followed by orthogonal partial least-squares discrimination analysis( OPLS-DA) and cluster analysis( CA). The results showed all the samples contained abundant nucleosides and amino acids,with the total content of 45. 09 μg·g~(-1) and 634. 80 μg·g-1,respectively. The samples presented significant regional differences in the contents of individual components,and the main differential components included Ura,Hpro,Thr,Glu,G5 P,2'-dG,Adeno,Met,Ade,Gln,Orni,Phe,2'-dA,Hit,Lys,and Ile. Among them,Ura,Met,Glu,and Ile had the highest content in the samples from Dafeng in Jiangsu,Qinhu in Jiangsu,Beijing,and Shishou in Hubei,respectively. OPLS-DA and CA demonstrated that all the samples of Elaphuri Davidiani Cornu could be divided into three categories,reflecting the regional characteristics. The results indicated that the accumulation of nucleosides and amino acids in Elaphuri Davidiani Cornu was closely related to its habitat,providing a useful reference for the research on the quality formation,quality evaluation and control,as well as the comprehensive utilization of Elaphuri Davidiani Cornu. The findings suggested that the content factors of Ura,Met,Glu,and Ile could be included into the quality standard system of Elaphuri Davidiani Cornu as the characteristics of medicinal materials from different regions.
Amino Acids
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Beijing
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Cornus
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Nucleosides
2.Characteristics analysis of oral clinical trials registered in Chinese Clinical Trial Registry.
Xiao Lin ZHANG ; Xiao Bing CHEN ; Juan XIA ; Xiao An TAO
Chinese Journal of Stomatology 2022;57(9):946-952
Objective: To investigate the project characteristics of oral clinical trials registered in Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR), and to provide reference for medical institutions to improve the quality of oral clinical trials and formulate management systems. Methods: The ChiCTR database was retrieved to collect all the oral-related clinical trials from the time of database establishment to July 25, 2021. Those clinical trials were analyzed statistically in respect of name of registered project, registration time, registration status, regional distribution of research institutions, approval status by ethics committee, sample size, source of funds, involved disease, research type and design, randomization method, and whether blind method was adopted. Results: A total of 778 oral clinical trials, which studied mainly in the oral and maxillofacial diseases, periodontal tissue diseases, oral implant diseases, oral mucosal diseases, and oral prosthetic diseases, were retrieved in the database. Beijing, Sichuan, Shanghai, Guangdong and Hubei were major regions where oral clinical trials were carried out, accounting for 69.68% (772/1 108) of the total. The top four funding sources were hospital finance [24.93% (186/746)], local government finance [22.39% (167/746)], self-financing [17.69% (132/746)], and national finance [12.47% (93/746)]. For the types of researches, 520 interventional studies and 244 observational studies were identified (accounting for 66.84% and 31.36%, respectively). The research designs were dominated by ways of randomized control (381, 48.97%), of which 240 (62.99%) trials were with missing or unspecified blinding methods. Conclusions: Oral clinical trials are increasing year by year, but they are regionally imbalanced, and still need to be further improved in registration information and research design. Administrative departments should pay more attention to strengthen the publicity and education on the registration and publication mechanism of clinical trials, and enhance researchers' cognitions in clinical trials registration and clinical trials design.
Beijing
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China
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Databases, Factual
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Registries
3.Characteristics of the rhizosphere and phyllosphere microbial community of three submerged plants in the dragon-shaped water system of Beijing.
Xiaodong LIU ; Haizhen ZHU ; Minzhi JIANG ; Xuejun WU ; Chengying JIANG ; Shuang-Jiang LIU
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2021;37(10):3663-3674
Aquatic plants and the epiphytic microorganisms are important contributors to the purification of constructed wetlands. Taking the dragon-shaped water system of Beijing Olympic Park as a model, this study analyzed the structure and function of the microbial communities reside the sediment, the water body and the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of three submerged plants-Vallisneria natans, Myriophyllum verticillatum, and Potamogeton pectinatus using high-throughput sequencing technology. The results showed that the microbial diversity from the highest to the lowest were samples from sediment, plant rhizosphere, plant phyllosphere and water. The microbial diversity of plant phyllosphere samples were significantly higher than those of the water body. LEfSe analysis showed that different habitats enriched different microbial groups. The sediments mainly enriched anaerobic microbes, while the water body and the phyllosphere of plants mainly enriched aerobic microbes, and the rhizosphere of plants had the both. Functional prediction analysis showed that the abundance of denitrification marker genes in phyllosphere samples was higher than that in samples from rhizosphere, sediment and water body, and the abundance of denitrification marker genes in phyllosphere samples of M. verticillatum and P. pectinatus was higher than that of V. natans. This study could serve as a guidance for the selection of submerged plants and functional microorganisms for constructed wetlands.
Beijing
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Hydrocharitaceae
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Microbiota
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Rhizosphere
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Water
7.Application of computer-aided approaches to the PUMC classification of scoliosis.
Junhua ZHANG ; Hongjian LI ; Yufeng ZHANG
Biomedical Engineering Letters 2017;7(3):245-251
Surgical planning for scoliosis relies on the classification of the spinal curve pattern. To improve the reliability of the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) classification system for scoliotic spinal curves, a computer-aided system is proposed and its reliability is evaluated. First, the reliability of curve measurements was improved by the computer-aided Cobb measurement approach. Second, judgmental errors were reduced by the computer program through the automation of the PUMC classification procedure. Four observers divided into an expert group and a resident group participated in the experiments. The kappa statistic was used to evaluate the variability. Classifications of 65 scoliotic cases by the four observers showed that with the computer's aid, the average intraobserver and interobserver kappa values were improved from 0.86 to 0.93 and from 0.75 to 0.86, respectively. The results indicate that the proposed computerized system can assist a surgeon in the PUMC classification of scoliosis and is especially useful for inexperienced surgeons.
Automation
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Beijing
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Classification*
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Judgment
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Scoliosis*
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Surgeons
8.Distribution of Diatoms in the Navigable Sections of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Jia-Li WU ; Guo-Jing XU ; Xiao-Xiao WEI ; Yan-Jun YU ; Shao-Jie WANG ; Wen-Li REN ; Wen CUI ; Xiao-Nan SU
Journal of Forensic Medicine 2022;38(1):86-91
OBJECTIVES:
To establish a diatom database by analyzing the quatity, species distribution and differences of diatom in water samples of the whole navigable sections of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, to provide a reference for the inference of the drowning site.
METHODS:
Water samples were collected at 22 sites in the navigable sections of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (Jining section to Yangzhou Section), and the diatoms at each site were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed by using graphite digestion-scanning electron microscopy.
RESULTS:
Sampling site T (Laohuaijiang River Line, Gaoyou City, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province) had the highest number of diatoms, while sampling site O (Siyang County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province) had the lowest number of diatoms, with a large gap of 68 times. At sampling site Q (Jiangpu District, Huaian city, Jiangsu Province), there were 19 species of diatoms. The sampling site O had the least diatoms, with 7 species. There were no significant differences in species evenness and species diversity at each sampling site (P>0.05). Some sampling sites have characterized diatoms, such as Caloneis at station A (Taibai Lake, Weishan County, Shandong Province), Rhoicosphenia at station B (Nanyang Town, Weishan County, Shandong Province), Amphora at station I (Taierzhuang District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province) and Epithemia at station J (Pizhou 310 national highway, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province).
CONCLUSIONS
The species richness of diatoms gradually increased from north to south. Diatom species richness and species diversity might be higher in areas with complex environments and large population flow. Climate type has a certain influence on the distribution of diatoms.
Beijing
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Diatoms
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Drowning
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Humans
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Rivers
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Water