Objective To discuss the influences of fasting on the embolism adverse reactions, sense of hunger, blood amylase, blood glucose and anxiety of patients with hemoptysis of pulmonary tuberculosis after embolism operation. Methods Selected 92 cases of patients with hemoptysis of pulmonary tuberculosis who have taken bronchial artery embolism in Pulmonary hospital of Changsha central hospital from June 2014 to December 2015,randomly divided the patients into three groups according to operating date, namely, the non-fasting group, 6h fasting group and 24h fasting group. The non-fasting group have routine diet after the operation; the 6h fasting group and 24h fasting group respectively fasted for 6 hours and 24 hours. Then compared the embolism adverse reactions, sense of hunger, blood amylase, blood glucose and anxiety of the patients in the three groups so as to check whether there is difference. Results Before operation, there was not significant difference in adverse reaction of embolism, sense of hunger, anxiety, blood glucose and amylase between the three groups (P > 0.05). After operation, there was significant difference in hunger sense of difference between the three groups(F=13.308,P<0.05), the hunger sense of 24 h fasting group was more serious than 6h fasting group than non-fasting group;the anxiety score of 24h fasting group is higher than the other two(F=6.509,P<0.05), and the value of the next morning fasting blood glucose in fasting group 24h is higher than other two(F=6.642,P<0.050). comparing the score of anxiety in 6h fasting group and non-fasting group, there was not significant difference, and comparing the post-embolism adverse reaction, 72 h blood amylase of all three groups and these groups one to one, there was also not significant difference ( P>0.05). Conclusion Fasting will cause and intensify the sense of hunger, anxiety and nutrition disorder of patients with hemoptysis of pulmonary tuberculosis after embolism.

Objective To explore the relationship between personality and depression,especially to investigate mediating effect of positive mental characters.Methods A sample of 1 933 male recruits was assessed with eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ),positive mental characters scale for recruits (PMCS-R) and self-rating depression scale (SDS).Results The scores of introversion-extroversion,psychoticism,neuroticism,positive mental characters and depression were 55.26±10.59,42.85±7.25,42.35± 11.67,3.80±0.64,0.45±0.11,respectively.There were correlations among personality,positive mental characters and depression in recruits (P＜0.05).Regression analysis indicated that introversion-extroversion,psychoticism and neuroticism predicted depression directly,and it could explain 42.6％ of the total variance (F=476.28,P＜0.05).Hierarchy regression analysis showed that positive mental characters mediate the relationship between personality (introversion-extroversion,psychoticism,neuroticism) and depression (the mediation effect was 0.22,0.19 and 0.11 respectively,P＜ 0.05).Conclusion Recruits' personality affects depression not only directly,but also indirectly through positive mental characters.

Objective To examine the impact of stressful training on recruits and relationships with adult attachment,neuroticism and negative coping style.Methods 1 962 recruits were assessed with aduh attachment scale (AAS),impact of event scale-revised (IES-R),Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ) and trait coping style questionnaire (TCSQ).Results (1) 67.84％ of recruits reported the varying degrees of stress,and the total average of IES-R was 1.25±0.53.The impact of training of only-child recruits (1.28±0.56) was higher than that of none-only-child (1.22±0.51) (P＜0.05).The total average of attachment close was 3.73±0.51,attachment depend was 3.24±0.53,and attachment anxiety was 2.40±0.77.(2) Attachment anxiety,neuroticism and negative coping style were all positively correlated with impact of training (r =0.384,0.570,0.543,all P＜ 0.01).Attachment close and depend were both negatively correlated with impact of training (r=-0.221,-0.251,all P＜ 0.01).(3) Neuroticism and negative coping style played a completely intermediary role between adult attachment and impact of training.(4) The multiple group analysis showed that the mediation model was adapted to the only-child or none-onlychild recruits.Conclusion Adult attachment can predict impact of training to some extent in the intermediary roles of neuroticism and negative coping style.

Objective To explore sleep quality and related psychological factors among young army cadres to provide theoretical basis for health interventions. Method A total of 1 100 young army cadres aged 18 to 34 were assessed with Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale by cluster random sampling. Based on CES-C scores, cadres were divided into two groups named depression group and non-depression group;850 sergeants were served as the control group. T test, chi-square test and multiple regressions were used in data analysis. Result Sleep problems were found in 13.5% of the cadres and 12.1% sergeants. General status of sleep quality of cadres was worse than sergeants' and norm's. Exercise less, physical disease and psychological problems were the risk factors. Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that depression factors of SCL-90 had the most significantly predictive effect on sleep quality (r=0.552, Beta=0.387), followed by somatization (r=0.552, Beta=0.223), two factors could explain 32.7% of PSQI scores variation. Correlation analysis showed that depression is closely related to subjective sleep quality, sleep duration, sleep disorder and daytime dysfunction (all r>0.3). Cadres' depression (11.11 ± 6.62) was significantly lower than norm's (12.30 ± 10.39) and higher than sergeants'(8.11 ± 6.56). PSQI scores of depression group (6.05 ± 3.13) were significantly higher than non-depression group's (3.56 ± 2.69) and norm's (3.23 ± 3.12). Conclusion Depression is a major correlation factor of the sleep quality. Regular exercise, improvement of the physical and psychological health quality, and reducing depression are effective ways to improve sleep quality.

An investigation of the special policies for chronic diseases in medical insurance for urban employees and residents has been conducted in 333 prefecture-level cities in China,and the results showed that 78％ of all cities included chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in medical reimbursement for urban employees and 57％ included CHB in medical reimbursement for urban residents.However,there are still some issues to be resolved,such as inconsistent descriptions of the diagnosis of CHB-related diseases,inconsistent diagnostic criteria,lack of standardization of reimbursement process,infringement of patient privacy,and inadequate dose prescribed for CHB patients in the outpatient service.Therefore,we suggested that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security should introduce unified policies to include CHB in medical reimbursement,unify disease name and diagnostic criteria,standardize the reimbursement process for CHB,and increase the prescribed dose.

Objective To study the expression and the clinical significance of hypoxia-induced factor-1α (HIF-1α) in gallbladder cancer tissues,and the role and mechanism of HIF-1α in metformin-suppressed metastasis in gallbladder carcinoma GBC-SD cells.Methods 24 specimens of gallbladder cancer tissues and 5 specimens of chronic cholecystitis were collected from the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University between June 2016 and February 2017.Immunohistochemistry and qPCR were used to detect the expression of HIF-1α in gallbladder cancer tissues,in adjacent non-cancer tissues and in chronic cholecystitis,and the clinical significance was analyzed.The model of metastasis was induced by hypoxia;the wound healing assay and the Transwell assay were used to detect the ability of cell metastasis;the expressions of HIF-1α and VEGF in gallbladder carcinoma GBC-SD cells were detected by western blotting assay and immunofiuorescence.Results The expression of HIF-1α in gallbladder cancer tissues was higher than the adjacent non-cancer tissues and in chronic cholecystitis.The expression of HIF-1α was correlated with lymph node metastasis and TNM staging in gallbladder cancer tissues (P ＜ 0.05).The wound healing rate after 48 h in the negative control group and in the treatment with hypoxia group (1％ O2) in GBC-SD cells were (46.5 ± 4.8) ％ and (67.3 ± 4.0) ％,respectively.The Transwell data showed that the numbers of metastasis after 24 h in the negative control group and in the treatment with hypoxia group GBC-SD cells were (147.4 ± 11.7) and (234.4 ± 17.7),respectively.When compared with the negative control group,treatment with hypoxia significantly increased the ability of metastasis and up-regulated the expression of HIF-1α and VEGF in GBC-SD cells (P ＜ 0.05).The wound healing rate after 48 h in the negative control group,the metformin group,the hypoxia group and the metformin and hypoxia group in GBC-SD cells were (40.6 ± 7.1) ％,(16.4 ± 9.4) ％,(69.5 ± 4.0) ％ and (22.4 ± 7.4) ％,respectively.The Transwell data showed that the numbers of metastasis after 24 h in the negative control group,the metformin group,the hypoxia group and the metformin and hypoxia group in GBC-SD cells were (148.4 ± 6.9),(90.0 ± 8.4),(185.8 ± 10.2) and (113.4± 8.6),respectively.When comparcd with the hypoxia group,treatment with metformin and hypoxia significantly decreased the ability of metastasis and down-regulated the expression of HIF-1α and VEGF in GBC-SD cells (P ＜ 0.05).The wound healing rate after 48 h in the negative control group,the 2MeoE2 group,the hypoxia group,the 2MeoE2 and hypoxia group in GBC-SD cells were (43.4 ±4.4)％,(25.9 ±9.0)％,(63.3 ±2.2)％,(46.2 ±4.5)％,respectively.The Transwell data showed that the numbers of metastasis after 24 h in the negative control group,the 2MeoE2 group,the hypoxia group,the 2MeoE2 and hypoxia group in GBC-SD cells were (144.2 ± 12.6),(80.2 ±7.7),(203.8 ±7.0),(124.0 ± 5.2),respectively.When compared with the hypoxia group,treatment with HIF-1α inhibitor 2MeoE2 and hypoxia significantly decreased the ability of metastasis and down-regulated the expression of HIF-1α and VEGF in GBC-SD cells (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The expression of HIF-1 α was correlated with lymph node metastasis and TNM staging in gallbladder cancer tissues.Treatment with hypoxia significantly increased the expression of HIF-1α and VEGF and promoted metastasis of GBC-SD cells,while treatment with metformin decreased the ability of metastasis induced by hypoxia via inhibiting the HIF-1o/VEGF pathway in GBC-SD cells.

OBJECTIVETo compare the efficacy of different points combination in the treatment of menopausal insomnia.

METHODSNinety-six cases of menopausal insomnia were randomized into 3 groups, Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Sishencong (EX-HN 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) were chosen in the restore interaction between the heart and the kidney group (group A, 32 cases); Zhaohai (KI 6), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Shenmai (BL 62), Pucan (BL 61) were chosen in the acupuncturing qiao mai group (group B, 32 cases); auricular Shenmen (TF4) and sensitive spot at the distribution area of auricular vagus nervus were chosen in the ear acupuncture group (group C, 32 cases). Six days made one session and the treatments were finished after 4 courses. The polysomnography (PSG) and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) were employed before and after treatment to evaluate the alleviation of insomnia.

RESULTSThe parameters of the sleep latency (SL), rapid wave sleep latency (RL) and sleep efficiency (SE) were significantly improved in the three groups, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). The SL and awaking time (AT) in group C [SL (401.08 +/- 16.54) min and AT (4.87 +/- 2.64) times] were significantly superior to those in the other two groups [SL (50.36 +/- 18.47) min, (54.87 +/- 20.92) min, AT (5.98 +/- 2.11) times, (6.13 +/- 3.04) times, all P < 0.05]. The S(3+4) (%) in group C was also significantly higher than those in the other two groups (both P < 0.05). It was indicated by PSQI that the sleep quality of group C (0.78 +/- 0.12) was significantly superior to that in group B (1.32 +/- 0.29), the total score and cured and markedly effective rate in group C [(4.34 +/- 1.43), 68.8% (22/32)] were superior to those in group A [(7.48 +/- 3.09), 53.1% (17/32), both P < 0.05].

CONCLUSIONEar acupuncture has a better curative effect than the restore interaction between the heart and the kidney group and acupuncturing qiao mai group, it is worth of being promoted.

Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Menopause ; psychology ; Middle Aged ; Sleep ; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders ; therapy ; Treatment Outcome

Ethanol tolerance of self-flocculating yeast SPSC01 was studied in a 3-L bioreactor under fed-batch culture. Yeast floc populations with the average sizes around 100, 200, 300, and 400 microm were obtained by adjusting the mechanical stirring rates of the fermentation system. When subjected to 20% (V/V) ethanol shock for 6 h at 30 degrees C, the remained cell viability was 3.5%, 26.7%, 48.8% and 37.6% for the aforementioned four floc populations, respectively. The highest ethanol yield 85.5% was achieved for the 300 microm flocs, 7.2% higher than that of the 100 microm flocs. The amounts of trehalose and ergosterol (including free ergosterol and total ergosterol) were positively correlated with the average size distributions from 100 to 300 microm. However, in the 400 microm flocs, the content of trehalose and ergosterol decreased, which coincided with its reduced ethanol tolerance compared to that of the 300 microm flocs. Furthermore, when subjected to 15% (V/V) ethanol shock at 30 degrees C, the equilibrium nucleotide concentration and plasma membrane permeability coefficient(P') of the 300 microm flocs accounted for only 43% and 52% respectively of those of the 100 microm and 200 microm populations. The effect of floc size distribution on the ethanol tolerance of the self-flocculating yeast strain SPSC01 was closely related to plasma membrane permeability. An optimal floc size distribution with the highest ethanol tolerance and ethanol production level could be obtained by controlling mechanical stirring speed of the bioreactor, which provides basis for the process optimization of fuel ethanol production using this self-flocculating strain.
Bioreactors ; microbiology ; Drug Tolerance ; Ergosterol ; biosynthesis ; Ethanol ; metabolism ; pharmacology ; Fermentation ; Flocculation ; Industrial Microbiology ; methods ; Particle Size ; Trehalose ; biosynthesis ; Yeasts ; drug effects ; growth & development ; metabolism

AIM:To investigate the effect of microRNA(miR)-381-3p on neuronal injury in the hippocampus of depressive rats and the possible regulatory mechanism.METHODS:The rat model of depression was established by sub-cutaneous injection of corticosterone and the model rats received fluoxetine treatment.The body weight,open field test and biochemical indexes were measured for judging the therapeutic effect of fluoxetine.The expression of miR-381-3p,brain-derived neurotrophic factor(BNDF),Bcl-2 and Bax in the hippocampus was determined.The cultured neonatal rat hipp-ocampal neurons were pre-transfected with miR-381-3p inhibitor and then incubated with corticosterone.The cell viability, and the expression of miR-381-3p, BNDF, Bcl-2 and Bax were detected.The targeted regulatory role of miR-381-3p in BDNF was verified by luciferase reporter assay.RESULTS:Compared with depression group,fluoxetine increased the body weight,the number of cross-field activities and the content of norepinephrine,inhibited the expression of miR-381-3p and promoted the expression of BNDF in the hippocampus.miR-381-3p silencing reversed the effect of corticosterone,resulting in the increase in the survival rate of hippocampal neurons, upregulation of BDNF and Bcl-2, and downregulation of Bax expression.miR-381-3p targeted the regulation of BNDF expression.CONCLUSION: Silencing miR-381-3p protects rat hippocampal neurons from corticosterone injury,and its mechanism may be related to the upregulation of BNDF expression.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the vasoconstriction effect of Ixeris sonchifolia in rat thoracic aortic rings and the underlying mechanisms.

METHODI. sonchifolia 10-160 g x L(-1) was cumulatively added into organ bath to observe the isometric tension of thoracic aortic rings with intact endothelium or denuded endothelium in basal tension, preconstricted by phenylephrine (PE) or potassium chloride (KCl), and thoracic aortic rings with intact endothelium preincubated frist with captopril, phosphoramidon and indomethacin, respectively, then preconstricted by PE and KCl. The response was recorded and expressed by "relative contraction".

RESULTCumulative administration of I. sonchifolia 10-160 g x L(-1) did not affect the vasomotion of aortic rings with endothelium or without endothelium in basal tension. Exposure of intact endothelium rings preconstricted by PE or KCl to I. sonchifolia at concentration (20-160 g x L(-1) induced a significant constriction, which was inhibited by preincubation with captopril, but was not inhibited by preincubation with phosphoramidon or indomethacin. Exposure of endothelium-denuded rings preconstricted by PE or KCl to I. sonchifolia at concentration (10 to approximately 160 g x L(-1) did not effect the vasoconstriction.

CONCLUSIONThe results indicate that I. sonchifolia (20 to approximately 160 g x L(-1) can contract the rat thoracic aortic rings with endothelium. The effect of contraction may enhance angiotensin converting enzyme activity and promote endothelium to synthesize angiotensin II. It has no relationship to endothelin or thromboxane A2.

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors ; pharmacology ; Animals ; Aorta, Thoracic ; drug effects ; physiology ; Asteraceae ; chemistry ; Captopril ; pharmacology ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Endothelium, Vascular ; physiology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Male ; Phenylephrine ; pharmacology ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Vasoconstriction ; drug effects ; Vasoconstrictor Agents ; pharmacology