Objective To study the audiometry and otoacoustic emissions in patients with posterior circulation ischemia(PCI) .Methods Forty patients treated by neurologists were selected as the experimental group who re_ceived pure tone audiometry ,tympanometry ,otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and distortion products otoacoustic emis_sions (DPOAE) examinations .Thirty healthy objects were chosen as the control group .The data from the PCI groups and the control group were compared using the SPSS 14 .0 software .ResuIts The difference in pure tone thresholds across 125 to 8 000 Hz between the PCI group and the control group was not statistically significant (P>0 .05) .In the PCI patients ,the prevalence of TEOAE was only 47 .5% ,significantly different from that of in the control group .The prevalence of DPOAE at 0 .5~8 kHz were between 57 .9% ~77 .6% in PCI patients ,and the amplitudes of DPOAE were reduced significantly (P<0 .05) .ConcIusion Cochlear damages can occur to patients with PCI ,especially in the high frequency range .These results suggest that OAE can be used as an important diag_nostic test for patients with PCI ,and might be helpful for the location diagnosis of PCI .

Adult ; Asymptomatic Diseases ; China ; Chondromatosis, Synovial ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Hip Joint ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Male ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Objective:To investigate the articulation characteristics of /n/ and /l/ consonant disorder and seek for a therapy method.Methods:Listening judge and sound examine were used to investigate the category and /n/ and /l/ consonant's word groups and sentences for 16 patients.Chinese articulation and articulation pathology study were conducted.The new method of articulation therapy including tongue movement training, articulation training of consonant /n/ and /l/.The therapy was performed 3 times a week, 40 min for each time. Results:After treatment the speech intelligibility of the 16 patients increased from 75.8% to 98.8%, /n/ and /l/ consonant's intelligibility increased from 45.0% to 98.1%.Conclusions:The therapy is effective in the improvement of speech intelligibility,especially in articulation of consonant /n/ and /l/.

OBJECTIVE: To study the hearing characteristics in patient with posterior circulation transient ischemic attack (PCTIA). METHOD: Sixty-two patients diagnosed by neurologist were selected as experimental group for testing of pure tone audiometry, tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and auditory brainstem response (ABR). Thirty healthy subjects were chosen as control group. The data were compared between the PCTIA groups and the control group using the SPSS 14.0 software. RESULT: (1) The difference in pure tone threshold across 125 to 8000 Hz between the PCTIA group and the control group was not statistically significant (P>0.05); (2) In PCTIA patients, the prevalence of TEOAE was only 42.7%, significantly different from the control group; (3) The patients had longer ABR latency and wave interval than the normal controls (P<0.01). CONCLUSION Brain-stem and cochlear damage can occur in patients with PCTIA. These results suggest that OAE and ABR be used as important diagnostic test for patients with PCTIA, and might be helpful in localizing abnormality in PCTIA.
Adult ; Aged ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Hearing ; physiology ; Humans ; Ischemic Attack, Transient ; physiopathology ; Male ; Middle Aged

A laboratory scale combination process of anaerobic baffled reactor(ABR) with sequencing batch reactor(SBR) for treatment of real dyeing wastewater was studied.The effects of operational conditions were investigated.The results demonstrated that removal rates of COD,colour and aniline were 32%~95%,89%~99% and 50%~98%,respectively,the effluents of COD were 30.0 ~97.1mg/L,colour were 8 ~40 times dilution ratio,concentration of aniline were 0.20 ~0.95 mg/L,which could meet the National Discharge Criteria(GradeⅠ) under the operational conditions of HRTs of 24~36 h,organic loading rates of 0.43 ~2.46 kg COD/(m~(3)?d),the influent pH values of 6.5~8.0,ambient temperatures of 20℃~35℃ at the ABR stage and DOs of 2 mg/L,reaction times of 3~10h,settle times of 2 h at the SBR stage.

Objective To observe the effect of scalp acupuncture and rehabilitation training on the regulation of neuro-plasticity-associated protein MAP-2 in gerbils modelling cerebral ischemia and reperfusion.Methods Cerebral ischemia and reperfusion were modelled into thirty-six male gerbils.They were then randomly divided into a model group (A),a scalp acupuncture and rehabilitation training group (B) and a rehabilitation training group (C),each of 12 cases.The scalp acupuncture and rehabilitation training were administered daily to the gerbils in group B beginning 24 h after modeling,for 14 d.Any changes in Bederson scores were observed after one,7 and 14 days.On the 14th day the expression of MAP-2 around the infarct focus was detected using western blotting in all 3 groups.Results On the 7th day the average Bederson score in group B (1.81 ± 0.52) was not significantly different from that in group A (2.13 ± 0.49) or group C (2.00 ± 0.31) (P ＞ 0.05).At the end of the treatment,however,there were significant differences between the groups,with group B (0.47 ± 0.31) scoring significantly better than groups C (1.04 ± 0.63) and A (1.46 ± 0.72) (P ＜ 0.05).Group C was also significantly better than group A (P ＜0.05).The expression of MAP-2 as measured as integrated optical intensity (IOD) in group B (0.91 ±0.18) was significantly higher than that in group A (0.43 ± 0.21) and group C (0.67 ± 0.24) (P ＜ 0.05) ; so was group C compared to group A (P ＜0.05).Conclusion The scalp acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training can improve the recovery of motor function and enhance the expression of neuro-plasticity-associated protein MAP-2 in gerbils with after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion.

This study was designed to discover filovirus entry inhibitors in a drug library of commercial medicines. One thousand and six hundred drugs were screened using the ZEBOV-GP/HIV model, a pseudovirus formed by an HIV-core packed with the Zaire Ebola virus glycoprotein. We identified 12 gonadal hormone drugs with inhibitory activities in ZEBOV-GP/HIV entry at final concentration of 10 μmol x L(-1). Among them, three drugs exhibited strong activities with IC50 < 1 μmol x L(-1), such as toremifene citrate (IC50: 0.19 ± 0.02 μmol x L(-1)), tamoxifen citrate (IC50: 0.32 ± 0.01 μmol x L(-1)) and clomiphene citrate (IC50: 0.53 ± 0.02 μmol x L(-1)); seven drugs had moderate activities with IC50 between 1 and 10 μmol x L(-1), such as estradiol benzoate (IC50: 1.83 ± 5.69 μmol x L(-1)), raloxifene hydrochloride (IC50: 3.48 ± 0.07 μmol x L(-1)), equilin (IC50: 4.00 ± 9.94 μmol x L(-1)), estradiol (IC50: 5.26 ± 9.92 μmol x L(-1)), quinestrol (IC50: 6.36?5.37 gmol-L1), estrone (IC50: 6.87 ± 0.03 μmol-L1) and finasteride (IC50: 9.94 ± 0.45 μmol x L(-1)); two drugs, hexestrol (IC50: 14.20 ± 0.55 μmol x L(-1)) and chlormadinone acetate (IC50: 24.60 ± 0.36 μmol x L(-1)), had weak activities against ZEBOV. Further, toremifene citrate, tamoxifen citrate, clomiphene citrate, raloxifene hydrochloride and quinestrol could block both pseudovirus type Sudan ebola virus (SEBOV-GP/HIV) and Marburg virus (MARV-GP/HIV) entries.
Antiviral Agents ; pharmacology ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; Ebolavirus ; drug effects ; physiology ; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola ; Humans ; Marburgvirus ; drug effects ; physiology ; Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators ; pharmacology ; Virus Internalization ; drug effects

In this paper, a detailed analysis was made on relevant literatures about bear bile powder in terms of chemical component, pharmacological effect and clinical efficacy, indicating bear bile powder's significant pharmacological effects and clinical application in treating various diseases. Due to the complex composition, bear bile powder is relatively toxic. Therefore, efforts shall be made to study bear bile powder's pharmacological effects, clinical application, chemical composition and toxic side-effects, with the aim to provide a scientific basis for widespread reasonable clinical application of bear bile powder.
Animals ; Bile ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Bile Acids and Salts ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Powders ; chemistry ; metabolism ; pharmacology ; Ursidae ; metabolism

Objective To investigate the value of soluble epithelial cadherin(sE-cad)in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusion. Methods Patients were divided into malignant pleural effusion group,infective pleural effusion group and transudation group.sE-cad in pleural fluids obtained during the first thoracocentesis was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).The concentration of sE-cad in all kinds of pleural effusions was compared.The cut-off value of sE-cad for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant pleural effusion was determined by ROC curve.The diagnostic value of sE-cad was also compared with common tumor markers such as CEA,CA199,CA125 and NSE.Results The concentration of sE-cad was significant higher in the malignant pleural effusion than in the benign pleural effusion[(38.38?4.15)ng/mL vs(14.17?0.80)ng/mL,P

Objective To investigate the relationship between heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1),glutathione S-transferase (GST) and cerebral atherosclerosis.Methods Cerebralvascular status was assessed with color flow Doppler sonography,transcranial Doppler (TCD),magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)or/and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in patients with cerebral atherosclerosis (mild,moderate,and severity).Serum HO-1 and GST were measured with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results In comparison between case and control groups,there was significant difference in age,hypertension,cerebral infarction,uric acid,and HO-1 (P =0.041,0.008,0.000,0.036,and 0.001).The level of serum HO-1 in the severe atherosclerosis was lower than that in the mild and moderate atherosclerosis (P =0.000 and 0.002).Logistic regression was used to find the association of HO-1 and the degree of cerebral atherosclerosis (P =0.000).Conclusions HO-1 might be related to cerebral atherosclerosis.