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Objective To investigate the maternal attitude and demands for Institute of Postpartum Care in order to provide targeted services.Methods 285 women were a investigated about maternal attitude and demands towards Institute of Postpartum Care with self-designed questionnaire.Results 97.9％ (279/285) women thought sitting the month (puerperal period) was very important,50.2％ (143/285)women were interested in Institute of Postpartum Care.They thought the main three advantages were energy saving,medical expertise and technology and avoidance of family conflicts;The three major issues were high price,lack of monitoring mechanism and unfamiliar environment and less family company;33 items of services demands over four points accounted for 78.6％,the three modules with highest scores were cleaning services scored 4.64±0.47,newborn services scored 4.45±0.41,consultation service scored 4.41:±0.53.Conclusions Professional postnatal care services have been a trend and social need,and a large proportion of women have great interest and demand on Institute of Postpartum Care which should make full use of its concentrate resources,and provide specific services according to maternal demands for services.It is urgent to build unified service standards and evaluation indicators to improve service quality.

Objective To study the change in sodium channel current(ⅠNa)in the developement of the left ventricular hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rat(SHR).Methods ⅠNa and membrane capacitance(MC)were measured in myocytes of 10,24 and 34-week SHR by the whole-cell patch-clamp technique.Systolic blood pressure(SBP)and left ventricular mass index(LVMI)were detemined.10-week old Wistar rats served as controls.Results LVMI and MC of SHR were significantly higher than those of Wistar rat(P0.05),however the density of ⅠNain 34-week SHR were higher than those of Wistar rat(-18.3?1.9)vs(-15.3?2.0)pA/pF,P

Objective To evaluate the effects of anisodamine on apoptosis in cardiomyocytes and inflammatory response in overtrained rats. Methods Twenty-four male Wistar rats, weighing 200-220 g, were randomly divided into 3 groups ( n = 8 each) : control group (group C) , overtraining group (group O) , anisodamine group (group A) . The model of overtraining-induced acute heart injury was established by exhausting swimming. Anisodamine 10 mg/kg was given intraperitoneally 20 min before overtraining in group A. Blood samples were taken at 6 h after overtraining for measurement of serum CK-MB activity. The rats were then sacrificed and myocardial tissues taken for determination of TNF-α content and NF-κB activity (by immunohistochemistry) . The apoptosis rate was detected by flow cytometry. Results The CK-MB activity, apoptosis rate, TNF-α content and NF-κB activity were significantly higher at 6 h after overtraining in groups O and A than in group C, while lower at 6 h after overtraining in group A than in group O ( P < 0.05) . Conclusion Anisodamine can inhibit apoptosis in cardiomyocytes by reducing inflammatory response in overtrained rats.

The presence of insufficient bone volume affects the implant healing and success. The aim of this study was to evaluate osteogenic capacity of dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) on micro-arc oxidation (MAO) titanium surface. DPSCs were challenged at MAO and smooth titanium surface separately for different durations, and the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) served as the positive controls. The osteogenic capacity of DPSCs on MAO titanium surface was assessed by using scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, biochemical tests and real-time quantitative PCR. Data showed that DPSCs differentiated into osteoblasts and expressed bone morphogenetic genes on MAO titanium surface. The results of this study revealed that DPSCs had good potential to generate mineralized tissue on MAO titanium plates. The differential potential of DPSCs may be regulated by MAO titanium surface. The osteogenesis potential of DPSCs on the MAO titanium was similar with BMSCs.

Objective To investigate the infectious rates of 9 common pathogens and epidemiology in children with acute respira‐tory tract infections(ARI) in Maoming district .Methods The serum were collected from 6 241 children with acute respiratory in‐fection .IgM of 9 common pathogen including Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) ,Legionella pneumophila (LP) ,Coxiella burnetii (C .burnetii) ,Chlamydophila pneumoniae(CP) ,adenovirus(ADV) ,respiratory syncytial virus(RSV) ,type A and type B influenza virus(INFA and INFB) ,and parainfluenza virus(PIVS) ,were detected using immunofluorescence assay .Results Among 6 241 ca‐ses ,1 320 showed atypical pathogens infection ,and infection rate was 21% .The positive rate of MP was 15 .12% ,the highest infec‐tious pathogen;followed by the positive rate of INFB ,LP ,ADV and PIVS were 3 .03% ,1 .92% ,0 .54% and 0 .22% respectively . The pathogens with the lowest positive rate were RSV ,COX ,INFA and CP ,their infectious rates were 0 .14% ,0 .11% ,0 .048%and 0 .016% respectively .Conclusion The infection rate of atypical pathogen among children is high in this area ,which should be taken seriously .MP is the most common pathogen in children with ARI in Maoming district .The pathogen positive rate has rela‐tionship with season .

Objective A scientific evaluation of hospital culture with the Dimension organizational culture model, in view of features of China's general public hospitals.Methods Based on Denison model, according to the characteristics of the public general hospitals in China, the authors developed a tool for organizational culture assessment (TOCA) by using the survey data from 87 hospitals in three provinces from the East, Central, and West areas in China.Results This tool, an evaluation scale, comprises the four cultural characteristics of direction, consistency, participation, and adaptability, as well as 13 cultural dimensions of social responsibility and competitive consciousness. The tool is tested as having good internal reliability and validity.Conclusion The TOCA provides hospital administrators with a tool for hospital culture evaluation, diagnosis and improvement.

Emerging data indicated that HCV subverts the antiviral activity of interferon (IF); however,whether HCV core protein contributes to the process remains controversial. In the present study, we examined the effect of HCV core protein on interferon-induced antiviral gene expression and whether the effect is involved in the activation and negative regulation of the Jak/STAT signaling pathway. Our results showed that, following treatment with IFN-α, the transcription of PKR, MxA and 2'-5'OAS were down-regulated in HepG2 cells expressing the core protein. In the presence of HCV core protein,ISRE-dependent luciferase activity also decreased. Further study indicated that the core protein could inhibit the tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT1, whereas the level of STAT1 expression was unchanged.Accordingly, SOCS3, the negative regulator of the Jak/STAT pathway, was induced by HCV core protein. These results suggests that HCV core protein may interfere with the expression of some interferon-induced antiviral genes by inhibiting STAT1 phosphorylation and induction of SOCS3.

AIM: To investigate the role of Rho-kinase signal pathway in rat cardiac fibroblasts (CFBs) proliferation and collagen synthesis induced by angiotensinⅡ (AngⅡ). METHODS: CFBs of neonatal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were isolated with the method of trypsin digestion and differential anchoring velocity. The CFBs were stimulated with AngⅡto induce fibrosis. Proliferation of CFBs was observed by MTT coloricmetric assay. Synthesis of collagen was detected by the hydroxyproline. The expression of Rho-kinase mRNA was examined using RT-PCR analysis. The extent of phosphorylation of myosin-binding subunit (MBS-P) of myosin phosphatase was quantified by Western blotting analysis, which was used to evaluate the activity of Rho-kinase.RESULTS: (1) Stimulation of neonatal SD rat CFBs with AngⅡ (10-7 mol/L) significantly increased CFBs proliferation and collagen synthesis (P

AIM:To investigate the gene expression profile of human lung squamous cell carcinoma in early stage.METHODS:The mRNA was extracted from cancer tissue and normal lung tissue.The mixed probes were labeled and hybridized with chip containing 480 carcinoma related genes,then analyzed by SuperArray Image software to study the gene expression patterns in lung squamous cell carcinoma.RESULTS:192 genes associated with lung squamous cell carcinogenesis were found,which were grouped into transporter,adhesion molecules,cytoskeleton proteins,transcription regulator,genes associated with metabolism and immune response according to functions.127 gens were positive to lung squamous cell carcinogenesis and 65 genes were negative to lung squamous cell carcinogenesis.CONCLUSION:The screen of gene expression profile of human lung squamous cell carcinoma provides valuable information for the research of molecular mechanism of the lung squamous cell carcinogenesis.