Objective To observe the effect of electroacupuncture at the beginning and ending points of bicipital muscle on the superficial electromyography (sEMG) of the spastic limb in hemiplegia.Method Forty patients with spastic hemiplegia after cerebral stroke were divided by the random number table into a group of electroacupuncture at the beginning and ending points (group A) and a group of electroacupuncture at antagonistic muscles (group B). The former selected Ashi points at the beginning and ending points of bicipital muscle, while the latter selected points at the antagonistic muscles [Tianjing (TE10), Qinglingyuan (TE11), etc.], to receive perpendicular puncturing. The needles were retained for 30 min, and the sEMG of bicipital muscles in resting state was detected after the removal of the needles. The spastic bicipital muscle was examined by sEMG prior to the acupuncture treatment, and respectively after 2-week and 4-week acupuncture treatment, and the detected parameters included root mean square (RMS) and integrated electromyography (IEMG).ResultThe EMG and IEMG declined gradually in the two groups after the acupuncture treatment; the intra-group comparisons of the RMS and IEMG values at three time points, e.g. prior to acupuncture treatment, after 2-week acupuncture treatment and after 4-weekacupuncture treatment, showed that the values changed significantly compared to those at the previous time point (P<0.05); the between-group comparisons showed that there were no significant differences in comparing the RMS and IEMG values regardless of different time points (P>0.05). The RMS and IEMG values presented same changing tendencies after 4-week acupuncture treatment in the two groups.ConclusionAcupuncture at the beginning and ending points and at the points on antagonistic muscles both can decrease the resting-state muscle tension in hemiplegia patients; sEMG is of certain significance in evaluating the treatment of hemiplegia.

Objective To collect the demographic,lifestyle and clinical factors of patients with cerebrovascular disease,and analyze the vascular cognitive impairment(VCI) factors and set up high-risk factors model.methods 505 patients with cerebrovascular disease hospitalization in department of geriatrics and neurology in hospital from October 2014 to October 2016 were enrolled.According to the questionaire survey data of demographics,lifestyle and clinical factors,the patients were divided into training set (421 cases) and test set (84 cases),and training set were divided into the non-VCI set (225 cases) and VCI set (196 cases).Analyzed the influence factors of VCI in patients with cerebrovascular disease by decision tree algorithm,and compared it with the Logistic regression analysis and chi-square and established the decision tree model for risk factors of VCI.Result sAccording to the VCI decision tree model,cross validation model recognition accuracy was 73.63%,while test set prediction accuracy was 73.81%.Alcoholism,hobbies,education level,tea drinking,diabetes,hypertension,diet,age,sleep and physical exercise were classification of node variables,while drinking was the root.The probability of VCI had significant difference (P<0.05) in the crowds with different risk factors.According to Result s of Logistic regression analysis,education level,drinking,exercise and diabetes were independent risk factors for VCI,while the model prediction accuracy was 66.98%,and test set prediction accuracy was 53.57%.According to the ROC curve of the decision tree model and the Logistic regression model,the decision tree model AUC was 0.737 (95%CI 0.688 to 0.786),and the Logistic regression model AUC was 0.664 (95%CI 0.612 to 0.717).Conclusion It is suggested that the decision tree model might be superior to logistic regression model in the prediction accuracy for VCI of patients with cerebrovascular disease.The alcoholism,diabetes,high blood pressure,high fat diet and insomnia are risk factors of VCI,while hobbies,high level of education,physical exercise and drinking tea can be the protective factors of the VCI.

This paper analyzed the articles from the journal of Chinese Medical Ethics published for 30 years. The results showed that the development of medical ethics in China can be divided into four stages, the incubation period, the slow growth period, the rapid growth period and the stable period;regional distribution was affected by economic development, and the development of medical ethics was also relatively backward in areas where econom-ic development was relatively backward;the number of columns was increasing year by year, the classification tend to be refined, the proportion of each column was fluctuating with the change of the social hotspot, and in recent years, the doctor -patient relationship and medical management and system construction had received more and more attention;and the paper cooperation degree need to be improved, the number of quotations and cited quota-tions steadily improved, and the quality of the paper was improved. Therefore, the government should strengthen policy guidance and standardize the development of medical ethics; the academic level should focus on regional differences and promote academic communication and disciplinary development; and on the individual level, the new medical ethics problem should be concerned, and the research on the hotspots of medical ethics should be car-ried out.

Objective To discuss the value of detection of small liver tumor with Galactose-Bovine-serum-albumin containing superparamagetic(Gal-BSA-SPIO) in rabbits primarily.Methods Gal-BSA-SPIO was obtained by stabilizing small superparamagnetic iron with galactose-bovine-serum-albumin,and its size was measured.Models of liver tumor(diameter＜1.5 cm) in rabbits were founded.The animals were randomly divided into groups of SPIO (n=10) and group of Gal-BSA-SPIO (n=10).Each group was further subdivided as 5 μmol Fe/kg group (n=5) and 10 μmol Fe/kg group (n=5),respectively.All animals were performed magnetic resonance imaging before and after administration of agents according to groups.SE T2WI,FSE T2WI and GRE T2WI sequences were used.Then signal of noise(SNR) of liver and contrast-noise ratio(CNR) of tumor-liver were measured and compared statistically.The histopathology study was performed for liver and tumor specimens after MR imaging.Results The mean value for the volume size was 34.4 nm,and the core particle size was 14.8 nm.The differences of liver SNR between before and after enhancement for 5 μmol Fe/kg SPIO,5 μmol Fe/kg Gal-BSA-SPIO,10 μmol Fe/kg SPIO and 10 μmol Fe/kg Gal-BSA-SPIO group were (1.92±0.42),(3.75±0.51),(3.25±0.72) and (4.73±0.34) on SE sequence,respectively;(1.56±0.18),(3.56±0.64),(3.33±0.16) and (4.83±0.16) on FSE sequence,respectively;(5.55±0.91),(9.58±0.66),(9.20±0.29) and (10.63±0.32) on GRE sequence,respectively.There were significant differences between all groups for difierent doses and agents and within all different sequences (P＜0.01).The differences of tumor-liver CNR between before and after enhancement of these 4 groups were(2.22±0.68),(5.27±0.22),(4.25±0.51) and (6.97±0.63) on SE sequence,respectively;(1.73±0.41),(4.46±0.54),(3.73±0.49)and (5.39±0.39) on FSE sequence,respectively;(5.98±0.71),(11.79±0.57),(9.57±0.54)and(14.64±1.35)on GRE sequence,respectively.The differences between all groups of different doses and agents and within all sequences showed significant (P＜0.01). Histopathological study revealed that Gal-BSA-SPIO was mainly distributed in hepatocytes while SPIO mainly in Kupffer cells.Conclusion Gal-BSA-SPIO is a agent with good negative enhancement effect in liver.It may be helpful for detecting small tumor of liver.

Objective To investigate the impairment and the effect factors of encoding of episodic memory in patients with cerebral infarction. Methods 112 cases cerebral infarction patients and 115 healthy elders as controls were tested for episodic memory encoding with episodic pictures accomplished in computer, and compare the differences of encoding of episodic memory between the two groups. Results The remember indexes ( REM )of encoding memory test in patient group was significantly lower than that in control group( (70.81 ± 6.08 )vs (84.67 ± 4.49), P ＜ 0.01 ). The REM in patients with different impaired areas was significantly different ( (65.88 ± 5.73 ), (68.92 ± 4.65 ), (73.39 ± 6.20), ( 73.53 ± 3.44), P ＜ 0. 01 ). The REM in frontal lobe infarction group was significantly lower than that in temporal lobe infarction group (P ＜ 0.05 ), and in temporal lobe infarction group was significantly lower than that in basal ganglia infarction group and corona radiate infarction group (P＜0.05, P＜0. 01). The REM in cortex infarction group was significantly lower than that in under cortex group ( ( 67.37 ± 5.40 ), ( 73.46 ± 4.99 ), P ＜ 0.01 ). The REM in small cerebral infarction group was significantly higher than that in large cerebral infarction group( (72.67 ±4.47 ), (67.56 ± 6.18 ), P＜0.01 ). The size of cerebral infarction diameter was related with the REM( r= -0.39, P＜0. 01 ). The REM among control group,infarction with atrophy group, and infarction without atrophy group were significantly different( (67.03 ± 6. 17 ),( 72.84 ± 5. 00 ), ( 84.67 ± 4.49 ), P ＜ 0. 01 ). The REM in infarction with atrophy group was significantly lower than that in infarction without atrophy group and control group( both P＜0.01 ) ,The REM in infarction without atrophy group was significantly lower than that in control group (P ＜ 0.01). Conclusion The encoding of episodic memory was impaired in cerebral infarction patients. The infarction parts,size of infarction area and atrophy was related with the impairment of encoding of episodic memory.

The purpose of this study is to develop glipizide push-pull osmotic pump (PPOP) tablets by using a formulation design expert system and an artificial neural network (ANN). Firstly, the expert system for the formulation design of osmotic pump of poor water-soluble drug was employed to design the formulation of glipizide PPOP, taking the dissolution test results of Glucotrol XL as the goal. Then glipizide PPOP was prepared according to the designed formulations and the in vitro dissolution was carried out. And in vivo evaluation was carried out between the samples which were similar to Glucotrol XL and the Glucotrol XL in Beagle dogs. The range of the factors of formulation and procedure, which could influence the drug release, was optimized using artificial neural network. Finally, the design space was found. It was found that the target formulation which was similar to Glucotrol XL in dissolution test could be obtained in a short period by using the expert system. The samples which were similar to Glucotrol XL were bio-equivalent to the Glucotrol XL in Beagle dogs. The design space of the key parameter coating weight gain was 9.5%-12.0%. It could be concluded that a well controlled product of glipizide PPOP was developed since the dissolution test standard of our product was more strict than that of Glucotrol XL.

Some noises still exist in the single-trial averaged visual evoked potentials (VEP), so further extraction of the above results is of significance. Independent component analysis (ICA)can separate the sources from their mixtures and make the output statistically as independent as possible; it can remove noises effectively. In this paper, the principle, experiment analyses and results of ICA based on quasi-Newton iteration rule for VEP feature extraction are introduced, It is compared with the fixed-point FastICA algorithm. The experiment results show that the provided algorithm may reinforce signals effectively and extract distinct P300 from the single-trial averaged VEP. It is of good applicability.
Algorithms ; Event-Related Potentials, P300 ; physiology ; Evoked Potentials, Visual ; physiology ; Humans ; Pattern Recognition, Automated ; methods ; Principal Component Analysis ; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted

AIM: To investigate the effect of Shexiang Baoxin Pill(SXBXP) on endothelial in stable angina pectoris patients and its underlying mechanisms. METHODS: Sixty-eight stable angina pectoris patients were randomly divided into two groups,the conventional group(34cases),SXBXP treatment group(34cases).The conventional group was treated with standard treatment,and SXBXP group was treated with standard treatment and SXBXP.FMD,NO,ET,TXB_2,6-Keto-PGF-1a were determined before and after three months treatment. RESULTS: FMD,NO,6-Keto-PGF-1a of SXBXP group were (9.35%?0.78%)、(77.25?6.36)?mmol/L、(93.87?(10.28))?/(ng/L) after treatment,ET、TXB_2 were(81.15?5.43) pg/mL、(43.02?4.19)?/(ng/L).There were significant improvement as compared with in SXBXP group before treatment and in conventional group after treatment(P

ObjectiveTo reveal status in quo of rehabilitation research according to rehabilitation periodical literature.MethodsMEDLINE and CBM are the retrieval databases during 1995—2002. ICD-10 is the main classification tool of central nervous diseases.ResultsThe percentage of rehabilitation literature is 1.32% on MEDLINE, 1.53% on CBM during 1995—2002. The ratio of rehabilitation literature is 1.67 between MEDLINE and CBM. The common study fields include stroke, paraplegia, hypertension, cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, Parkinson disease, epilepsy, and cerebral infarction, etc.The foreign study takes advantage in multiple sclerosis, and tetraplegia, etc. The fewer fields are neuromyelitis optica, arachnoiditis, and Huntington's disease, etc.ConclusionsThe study of central nervous disease rehabilitation is generally similar on some common CNS diseases, some foreign studies taking advantage.

Objective:To study the technical and essential steps in laparoscopic selective devascularization with paraesophageal veins-preservation.Methods:To retrospectively analyze the clinical data of 13 cirrhotic patients who underwent laparoscopic selective pericardial devascularization for portal hypertension at the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital from January 2019 to March 2020. There were 9 males and 4 females with age ranging from 41 to 83 years (median 51 years). The operative time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative complications and follow-up data were analyzed.Results:All the 13 patients completed theoperation, no patient stopped the operation or transferred to laparotomy. The operation time was (170±32) min.The intraoperative bleeding was (160±30) ml. The postoperative hospital stay was (6.1±1.1) days. There were no complications, including pancreatic leakage and intra-abdominal infection. On follow-up which ranged from 1 to 15 months, one patient developed portal vein thrombosis, no upper gastrointestinal rebleeding.Conclusions:Preservation of esophageal veins in laparoscopic selective devascularization is an accurate surgery which requires close teamwork and rich experience in laparoscopic surgery. The preservation of the main trunk of the gastric coronary vein and integrity of the esophageal veins are the keys to the surgery which is safe and feasible.