Objective To discuss blood collection tubes with different additives and their effects on the testing results of alcohol concentration in blood sam ples. Methods Blood sam ples from 10 volunteers were collected 2 hours after drinking with seven different types of disposable vacuum blood collection tubes, including ordinary tube without anticoagulant, coagulant tube, separating gel-coagulant tube, sodi-um citrate (1∶4) tube, sodium citrate (1∶9) tube, sodium citrate (9∶1) tube and EDTA-K2 tube. The al-cohol concentrations in these blood sam ples were analyzed by headspace gas chrom atography. Results The concentration testing results of the sam e blood sam ples in different types of tubes were different from one to another. The sequence was as follows:separating gel-coagulant tube>coagulant tube>ordi-nary tube without anticoagulant>EDTA-K2 tube>sodium citrate (1∶9) tube>sodium citrate (1∶4) tube, whereas the results of the sam e blood sam ple in sodium citrate (1∶9) tube and sodium citrate (9∶1) tube showed no obvious difference. Conclusion It is better to collect a suspicious drunk driver’s blood sam-ple using a disposable vacuum blood collection tube, with the EDTA-K2 tube being preferred.

The advantages of non-contact medical monitoring radar were introduced compared with the traditional medical monitoring devices. The state of art of three kinds of typical medical monitoring radar schemes over the past decade was reviewed. Researches on breathing and heartbeat signal extraction, isolation and clutter suppression algorithms were summarized. The advantages and disadvantages of these algorithms were also pointed out. The prospects of non-contact medical monitoring radar were explored finally.

Objective To explore the relationship between interleukin-8 (IL-8) gene 1633C/T polymorphism and late-onset Alzheimer's disease in order to provide genetic reference data for late-onset Alzheimer's disease.Methods Polymorphism distribution of IL-8 gene 1633C/T in 80 LOAD and 80 normal controls were detected by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCRRFLP) analysis.The alleles and gene frequencies type were calculated by the direct counting.Type of gene was proceeded with the Hardy-Weinberg balance estimate.The other statistical analyses were carried out with SPSS13.0 software.The genotype frequencies and allele frequencies were compared with the Chisquare test (x2 test).Results For IL-8 gene1633 C/T,the genotype frequencies (CC,20.0％ ; CT,41.2％ ; TT,38.8％) in the LOAD group were not significantly different from those (CC,11.3％ ; CT,40.0％ ; TT,48.7％) in the control group (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions IL-8 gene 1633 C/T polymorphism is probably not related to the genetic susceptibility of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

ObjectiveTo explore the effects of personality characteristics and mental health of students on the career orientation.MethodsThe method of stratified random sampling was used in three universities of Jiangxi province.501 subjects of Arts,Science and Medical Science were tested with Holland career orientation test,symptom check list(SCL-90) and 16 personality factors(16PF).Structure validity analysis,analysis of variance and t -value test were employed with LISREL8.70 and SPSS13.0.Results ( 1 ) The proportion of students choosed the type of occupation were:social type 36％,management type 18％,conventional type 17％,reality type 14％,investigation type 9％,artistic type 6％ ; (2) Career orientation,personality characteristics and mental health had moderate effect on the career orientation.The correlation coefficients of personality characteristics and mental health to the vocational orientation were 0.63 and 0.44.The interaction correlation coefficient was 0.56.ConclusionPersonality characteristics and mental health of college students are important factors to the career orientation and decision-making of job seeking.The personality has stronger explanatory power than mental health.Great emphasis should be paid on both short-term psychological health of college students and long-term cultivation of healthy personality in the employment psychological guidance.

Injury of choledocho-pancreatico-duodenal junction refers to the penetrating injury of the bile duct, pancrea-tic duct or duodenal wall in the region of ampulla of Vater. It is often caused by improper operation of surgical instruments, and may lead to leakage of bile, pancreatic or duodenal contents into retroperitoneal space and chemical corrosion in a wide range of retroperitoneal soft tissue, which result in severe secondary infection or even death. Leakage of contrast media, hypertrophy of tissue and anatomical changes were the evidences for injury of choledocho-pancreatico-duodenal junction. Injury of choledocho-pancreatico-duodenal junction can be. divided into 4 types, and treatment selected according to different types of injury is neces-sary for the prognosis of patients.

Objective:To analysis the N-terminal amino acid sequence of 5D3Ag purified by mAb5D3 immunoaffinity column.Methods:SDS-PAGE and Western Blot were used to study the characteristics of 5D3Ag.From SDS-PAGE gel,5D3Ag was transferred to PVDF membrane and its N-terminal amino acid sequence was analysised with an auto amino acid sequencer.Results:SDS-PAGE of 5D3Ag showed a band on the gel with molecular weight of 43 kD.Western Blot study showed that mAb5D3 can recognize 5D3Ag.The N-terminal amino acid sequence was NQGSHGSEEQ.Conclusion:It is sure that 5D3Ag is unique to Osteosarcoma because of the purification method itself and the characteristics of mAb5D3.Compared with other reported Osteosarcoma associated antigen,5D3Ag is different from them in molecular weight and may be a novel Osteosarcoma associated antigen.With the help of N-teminal amino acid sequence,some primers may be designed to clone the whole length gene of 5D3Ag.The identification of 5D3Ag gene may be useful in understanding the biologic mechanics of Osteosarcoma and developing new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

Objective To investigate the Th1/Th2 cells imbalance in childhood primary nephrotic syndrome(PNS)and its relation to disease activity. Methods Percentage of T-helper-1(Th1) and T-helper-2 (Th2) cells was examined by three-color flow-cytometry in 21 cases of first-onset PNS, 16 cases of remission PNS and 10 healthy children. Results The percentage of Th1, Th2 and Th0 cells in healthy children was (13. 42?4. 36)% , (2. 53 ? 1. 97)% and (1. 25?0. 92)% respectively. In the patients with first-onset PNS, the percentage of Th1, Th2 and Th0 cells was significantly decreased as compared to healthy children [(2. 34 ?2. 09)%, (1.02?0.96)% and (0.40?0.38)% respectively, all P 0. 05]. Because of relatively low percentage of Th1 cells in contrast to Th2 cells in the patients with first-onset PNS, Th1/Th2 ratio was also significantly reduced in those patients, as compared to the patients with remission PNS and the healthy children (2. 43 ? 2.65 vs 4. 17?2. 32 and 5. 41?2. 77, both P

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Objective To study the expression-mode and dynamic transmutation of high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) in hepatocytes of the mouse model with acute hepatic failure and to study the interaction beween HMGB1 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β). Methods The mouse model of acute hepatic failure was established by injecting D-galactosamine (D-GalN) and lipopolysaccharide(LPS). Immunohistochemistry SABC method was used to detect the HMGB1 expression at 6 time points. The enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine serum TNF-α. IL-1β levels. Paired t test was used for statistical analysis. Results The HMGB1 expression was detectable at 2 hours after injection, which dramatically increased over time and peaked at 24 hours after injection. The serum TNF-a level and IL-1β level increased right after injection. The TNF-a level peaked at 8 hours after injection with a maximum value of (473.42±22. 99) pg/mL. The IL-1β level peaked at 2 hours after injection with a maximum value of (724. 49±34. 24) pg/mL. Both cytokine levels slowly decreased after peaking. IL-1β level returned normal with (51. 49±36. 87) pg/mL. Conclusions HMGB1 is one of the most important factors during the development of acute hepatic failure, which can promote the secretion of TNF-α and IL-1β at early stage and be abundantly expressed under the effect of these cytokines at middle and late stages with the result of liver damage. This process is directly correlated with the development and severity of hepatic failure.

Objective To investigate the effects of exercise on serum soluble cell adhesion molecules and cytokines of patients with dyslipidemia. Methods Eighty patients with dyslipidemia were randomly and equally divided into an exercise group and a control group. The control group was treated with pravastatin,while exercise was administered in the exercise group in addition to the pravastatin. Both groups were observed for 8 weeks. Results Serum leves of soluble endothelial leucocyte adhesion molecule 1(sELAM),soluble intercellular adhesion molecule(sICAM 1)and interleukin 1?(IL 1?)of patients in both groups were decreased significantly. Moreover,serum levels of soluble vascular cell molecule 1(sVCAM 1)and tumor necrosis factor ?(TNF ?)in addition to sELAM,sICAM 1 and IL 1? were decreased significantly in the exercise group,with a significantly better result in the exercise group as compared with that of the control group. Correlation analysis revealed a positive correlation of individual sELAM,sICAM 1 and sVCAM 1 with blood total cholesterol(TC),and negative correlation of individual sELAM,sICAM 1 and sVCAM with high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL C)in exercise group. Conclusion Adequate exercise has beneficial effects on patients with dyslipidemia by reducing serum levels of soluble adhesion molecules and the production of proinflammatory cytokines,which was realized possibly through modulating serum lipids and improving endothelial dysfunction.