1.The effect of manganese exposure on children's learning and memory
International Journal of Pediatrics 2012;(6):582-584
Manganese(Mn) is an essential element,but overexposure can lead to toxicity.Most reports focus on Mn toxicity.More and more studies have showed the main effect of Mn poisoning is the functional impairment of learning and memory.However,the infant is more sensitive to Mn exposure due to their immature organs.This review discusses children's normal blood Mn levels and requirements,and summarizes the toxic susceptibility to child and different effects of Mn during the different period exposure on children's learning and memory.
2.Effects of different levels manganese exposure on learning and memory in neonate rats
Huanhuan FU ; Xiaodan YU ; Xiaogang YU ; Tianhong REN ; Luanluan LI ; Xin YANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;(11):964-967
Objective To observe the effects of different levels manganese (Mn) on spatial learning and memory in neonate rats.Methods Neonate rats were distributed to control (normal saline) and MnCl210,20,30mg/kg groups randomly.Each groups included 10 litters in a cage with a dam.Neonate rats were intraperitoneal injection exposed to MnCl2 over PND 1-21.All groups were evaluated behavioral performance using open field and Morris water maze.Blood and hippocampus Mn levels were determined using ICP-MS.Results 1) For each group,blood Mn were (35.58 ± 13.77) μg/L,(80.00 ± 12.98) μg/L,(238.51 ± 31.43) μg/L,(348.47 ±34.07) μg/L and hippocampus Mn were (576.82 ± 79.78) μg/g,(798.33 ± 40.60) μg/g,(1017.23 ± 117.23)μg/g,(1278.76 ± 281.48) μg/g respectively.Blood and hippocampus Mn concentrations in Mn-exposed groups were significant increased compared to control (P < 0.01),and there was a positive correlation in blood Mn and hippocampus Mn(OR =0.91,95% CI=0.81-0.96,P< 0.01).2) Therewere no significant differences on travelled distance in open field among all groups,which meant that Mn exposure had no effect on their locomotion.3) In the hidden platform trials of the Morris water maze test,only on 3rd day,Mn-expose groups spent more time to find the platform compared to the control(P < 0.01).The average escape latency were(21.77 ± 7.10)s,(33.78 ± 9.95)s,(37.17 ± 13.68) s,(41.92 ± 16.74) s respectively.Though the latency were increased with the Mn exposure levels increasing among the Mn-expose groups,no statistically significant differences were observed.There were no statistically effects on latency to find the platform of all groups in other training days.The result in probe trails showed that there were no statistically effects on swimming velocity,the number of crossing over the former platform and the time spent in the targeted quadrant.Conclusion Mn exposure exerts effects on the learning,but no doseeffect relationship.There are no effects on memory of neonate rats of Mn exposure.
3.Application of flipped classroom in human parasitology teaching
Tingzheng ZHAN ; Lili TANG ; Xiaoyin FU ; Shanshan HE ; Huanhuan SHI ; Yanwen LI ; Jiqing SHEN ; Dengyu LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2017;16(6):576-579
Objective To explore the value of applying flipped classroom in human parasitology. Methods Totally 430 students of 5-year program were divided into experimental group and control group. The experimental class received human parasitology teaching through flipped classroom teaching mode, while the control class received traditional teaching. The effect of teaching was evaluated by questionnaire and examination. The data were analyzed through t-test. Result Meanwhile, statistical difference was found in aver age score of total between experiment group and control group [(68.2 ±8.6) vs. (66.6 ±11.0), P=0.032]. There was also statistical difference in average score of comprehensive analysis [(16.4±3.2) vs. (16.1 ±3.9), P=0.038]. Questionnaire survey of satisfaction showed that 191 students of experimental class (90.95%) felt new teaching mode could improve autonomous learning ability, 199 students (94.76%) in-creased interest in learning;185 students (88.10%) had more interactive with teachers, 178 students (84.76%) enhanced cooperation between st udents, 186 students (88.57%) approved of small group discussion learning and 165 students (78.57%) had no extra burden. Conclusion Flipped classroom teaching mode can improve students' autonomous learning ability and cultivate their abilities of independent thinking, cooperation, criti-cism, innovation, analyzing and solving problems. Thus this new teaching mode is worthy of reference and popularization.
4.An analysis on set-up errors by data of mugavoltage fan-beam computed tomography during intensity-mod-ulated radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Fangzheng WANG ; Chuner JIANG ; Shuangyan YANG ; Huanhuan YU ; Min XU ; Jianfang SHI ; Zhenfu FU
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2017;33(9):1490-1493
Objective To explore the inter-fraction setup errors and affecting factors from data of daily fan-beam megavoltage computed tomography(MVCT). Methods A total of 37consecutive NPC patients treated with tomotherapy were hospitalized during the period of February 2015 to September 2015. For each patient,one MVCT scan was obtained after conventional positioning ,online correction and tomotherapy delivery daily ,and the scans were put into the planning computed tomography to determine inter-fraction setup errors. The MPTV was calculated with the equation:MPTV=2.5∑+0.7σ(∑:systematic error;σ:random error). Results The average absolute errors of the inter-fraction were(2.102 ± 0.0406)mm,(1.490 ± 0.0348)mm,(1.306 ± 0.335)mm and(1.392 ± 0.0384)° at three dimensions. The total MPTV accounting for inter-error was 3.4675 mm,2.9795 mm,and 2.8885 mm. Gradual increases in both inter-fraction three-dimensional displacement were observed with time and treatment(P < 0.05). Univariate analysis revealed that weight loss and retraction of neck lymph nodes were affecting factors of set-up errors. Conclusions 3 mm margins uniformly expended from clinical target volume to planning target volume may not be suitable. The personalized margin should be adopted for the design of IMRT planning. Displacement increases as a treatment course is prolonged.
5.Analysis of inter-fraction setup error of nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with tomotherapy with mugavoltage computed tomography
Fangzheng WANG ; Chuner JIANG ; Zhimin YE ; Fujun HU ; Lei WANG ; Shuangyan YANG ; Huanhuan YU ; Min XU ; Jianfang SHI ; Zhenfu FU
Journal of Chinese Physician 2017;19(6):883-888
Objective To evaluate the inter-fraction setup error during the treatment with megavoltage computed tomography (MVCT) and provide theoretical basis for clinical target volume-planning target volume (CTV-PTV) margins for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients treated with tomotherapy.Methods Thirty-seven consecutive NPC patients treated with tomotherapy were prospectively enrolled for the study between February 2015 and September 2015.For each patient,one MVCT scan was obtained after conventional positioning,online correction and tomotherapy delivery daily,and the scan was registered to the planning CT to determine inter-fraction setup error.The expanding margin for PTV (MPTV) was calculated with the recipe:MPTV =2.5∑ + 0.76 (∑:systematic error;6:random error).Results The average absolute errors of the inter-fraction were (2.102 ± 0.040 6) mm,(1.490 ± 0.034 8) mm,(1.306 ± 0.335) mm and (1.392 ± 0.038 4) ° in the three dimensions.Gradual increases in both inter-fraction three-dimensional displacement were observed with time and treatment (P < 0.05).The total MPTV ac counting for inter-error were 3.467 5 mm,2.979 5 mm and 2.888 5 mm.Conclusions Tomotherapy irradiation technology personalized MPTV should be adopted for the design of tomotherapy plan.Displacement increased as a function of time.
6.Human urinary kallidinogenase protects against cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury in mice
Ronghuan YU ; Zhixin FU ; Haiwei GENG ; Gaocai ZHANG ; Wanli LI ; Jiejing ZHANG ; Huanhuan WANG
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2017;25(9):818-823
Objective To investigate the effect of human urinary kallidinogenase (HUK) on cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury in mice.Methods One hundred and ten male ICR mice were randomly divided into sham operation,control and HUK groups.A cerebral ischemia-reperfusion model was induced by transient middle cerebral artery occlusion.The infarct volume was detected by triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining.Bcl-2,Bax,and caspase-3 expression levels in the ischemic cortex were detected by Western blot.Bcl-2 and Bax positive cells in the hippocampal CA1 area on the ischemic side were detected using Immunohistochemical staining.Apoptotic cells in the ischemic cortex were detected by TUNEL staining.Results No infarction and neurological deficits were found in the sham operation group.At 24 h after ischemia-reperfusion,the infarction voltne (P <0.01) and neurological deficit score (P =0.02) in the HUK group were significantly lower than those in the control group;at 72 h after ischemia-reperfusion,the infarction volume (P < 0.01) and neurologic deficit score (P =0.03) in the HUK group were also significantly lower than those in the control group.Westem blot analysis showed that the expression level of Bcl-2 in the ischemic cortex in the HUK group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.001),and the expression levels of caspase-3 (P < 0.001) and Bax (P < 0.001) in the cerebral cortex in the HUK group were significantly lower than those in the control group.No apoptotic cells were found in the sham operation group.The number of apoptotic cells in hippocampal CA1 area (P < 0.01) and the number of Bax positive cells (P <0.01) in the HUK group were significantly less than those in the control group,while the number of Bcl-2 positive cells was significantly more in the control group (P < 0.01).Conclusions HUK has a certain protective effect on ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice,its mechanism may be associated with the upregulation of Bcl-2 protein expression and downregulation of caspase-3 and Bax protein expression,thus inhibiting cell apoptosis.
7.Effects of nurse-led stress inoculation training on fear of self-injecting and self-testing in elderly type 2 diabetic patients
Wei JIN ; Huanhuan LIU ; Yilan FU ; Qiulian LI ; Guoli ZHONG ; Changli LIANG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2022;38(7):513-518
Objective:To investigate the effect of nurse-led stress inoculation training on fear of self-injecting and self-testing and self-management behaviors in elderly type 2 diabetic patients and provide reference for diabetes nursing care.Methods:A total of 110 elderly type 2 diabetic patients of Department of Endocrinology of Hainan People′s Hospital from January 2018 to January 2020 were divided into experimental group and control group according to odd and even numbers, with 55 patients in each group. The control group received routine nursing care, while the experimental group implemented nurse-led stress inoculation training for 4 weeks. The intervention effect was assessed by Diabetes Fear of Injecting and Self-testing Ouestionnaire (D-FISQ) and Diabetes self-management behaviors among older (DSMB-O), respectively.Results:In the study, one patient in the experimental group fell off, and finally included 54 cases in the experimental group and 55 cases in the control group. After intervention, the fear of self-injecting scores, fear of self-testing scores, and total D-FISQ scores were 13.15 ± 3.02, 15.67 ± 3.59 and 28.81 ± 5.08 in the experimental group, significantly lower than those in the control group (15.25 ± 3.18, 17.56 ± 3.92 and 32.82 ± 4.89), the difference was statistically significant ( t=3.55, 2.63, 4.19, P<0.05). Active exercises, current medication, blood glucose monitoring, dealing with problem, active response, reducing risks scores and total DSMB-O scores were 2.39 ± 0.49, 2.39 ± 0.49, 2.20 ± 0.81, 4.41 ± 0.92, 4.70 ± 1.13, 5.06 ± 0.79 and 25.28 ± 2.57 in the experimental group, significantly higher than those in the control group (3.95 ± 0.85, 2.11 ± 0.85, 1.51 ± 0.50, 3.95 ± 0.78, 4.13 ± 1.43, 4.38 ± 1.16 and 22.09 ± 2.24), the difference was statistically significant ( t values were 2.10-6.90, P<0.05). Conclusions:Nurse-led stress inoculation training can effectively alleviate fear of self-injecting and self-testing and promote self-management behaviors of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes.
8.Determination of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in air of workplace by high-performance liquid chromatography.
Yanan WEN ; Zhaohui FU ; Jianning XU ; Shichuan TANG ; Quankai WANG ; Huanhuan LI ; Guangyun XIE ; Yuling ZHU ; Yiting GU ; Feng TAN
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2014;32(6):458-459
OBJECTIVETo develop a method for determination of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) in the air of workplace by high-performance liquid chromatography.
METHODS2, 4-D was collected by ultrafine glass filters, desorbed by methanol, separated by a C18 column, and detected by a UV detector. Identification and quantification of 2, 4-D were performed by retention time and peak areas, respectively.
RESULTSThe linear range of the test was 2∼200 µg/ml; the elution efficiency was 94.6%- 95.9%; the limit of detection (S/N = 3) was 0.034 µg/ml (injection volume of 20 µl eluant); the lower limit of quantification (S/N = 10) was 0.11 µg/ml; the minimum detectable concentration was 0.011 mg/m(3); the minimum quantifiable concentration was 0.037 mg/m(3) (with sampled air volume of 45 L).
CONCLUSIONThis method is convenient and simple in sample collection and preparation, and satisfies all methodological requirements. Therefore, this method is useful for the determination of 2, 4-D in the air of workplace.
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid ; analysis ; Air ; analysis ; Air Pollutants, Occupational ; analysis ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Workplace
9.Construction of preoperative rehabilitation program for gastric cancer patients
Li CHEN ; Qiaomei FU ; Yingying XU ; Miaomiao LIU ; Huanhuan ZHU ; Meiling XU ; Wenxian GUAN
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2023;39(1):23-30
Objective:To construct a preoperative rehabilitation program for gastric cancer patients, aiming to provide scientific and reasonable preoperative guidance for gastric cancer patients.Methods:On the basis of literature research and expert group meeting, the first draft of the preoperative rehabilitation program for gastric cancer patients was constructed. From October 2021 to January 2022, the Delphi method was used to conduct 2 rounds of expert letter inquiries to 16 experts in related fields from 11 hospitals in Jiangsu Province, and the entries were revised according to the experts′ inquiries.Results:In the two rounds of expert correspondence, the positive coefficients of experts were 88.89% and 100.00%, and the authority coefficients of experts were both 0.88. The coordination coefficients of the items in the two rounds of inquiry were 0.279 and 0.290, respectively. The final program consisted of 3 first-level entries, 11 second-level entries and 32 third-level entries.Conclusions:The scheme constructed in this study is scientific, reliable and applicable, and is worth being promoted further in clinical practice.
10.Segmentation of core infarct in acute ischemic stroke in diffusion weighted imaging using cascaded VB-Net
Yaping WU ; Ting FANG ; Huanhuan WEI ; Ziqiang LI ; Yu LUO ; Fangfang FU ; Yu SHEN ; Yan BAI ; Meiyun WANG
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2022;56(1):25-29
Objective:To explore the detection and segmentation of ischemic core infarct volume of the acute stroke in diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) images using cascaded VB-Net.Methods:MRI data of 1 500 patients (2 456 lesions) with acute ischemic stroke in Henan Provincial People′s Hospital from December 2016 to December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. Firstly, manual segmentation of ischemic core was performed on DWI images (b=1 000 s/mm 2), and then all data were divided into training set, validation set and independent test set by 8∶1∶1. Then, the cascaded VB-Net was constructed, and the core infarct was automatically detected and segmented in the test set. Interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to evaluate the consistency of volume size measured by manual segmentation and cascaded VB-Net. The patients were divided into large ischemic core lesion group (ischemic core volume ≥10 ml) and small ischemic core lesion group (ischemic core volume<10 ml), and the Dice coefficient difference between the two groups was compared using Mann-Whitney U test. Results:In independent test set, cascaded model had the detection rate of 94.6% (243/257) with Dice coefficient of 0.76 (0.68, 0.84). The agreement of cacade VB-Net segmented [4.19(1.21,14.13)ml] and manual segmented ischemic core infarct volume [4.08(1.19,17.92)ml] was high (ICC=0.97, P<0.001). There was no significant difference in Dice coefficient between large and small lesion groups [0.76 (0.69, 0.85), 0.76 (0.67, 0.84), Z=-0.44, P=0.657]. Conclusions:The cascaded VB-Net model provided a tool to realize automatic detection, segmentation, and calculation of ischemic core infarct volume. It has good segmentation accuracy and high consistency with manual segmentation, which can provide an auxiliary decision-making tool for the selection of treatment plans.