BACKGROUND:Silicon plays an essential role in bone development and bioactive silicate glasses pioneered the current era of bioactive materials. Various biomaterials have been developed based on the biological function of silicon. OBJECTIVE:To explore the biological function of silicon and research process of silicon in biomaterials. METHODS: A computer-based retrieval of CNKI, PubMed, SpringerLink and Elsevier ScienceDirect databases was performed to search the relevant literatures concerning the biological function of silicon and its application in biomaterials. Al data were primarily screened to exclude repeated and irrelevant articles. Literatures about the application of silicon in biomaterials were included. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:A total of 68 eligible English articles are enroled. Silicon plays important chemical and biological roles in bone. Silicon in the extracelular matrix interacts with glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans during their synthesis and form ionic substitutions in the crystal lattice structure of hydroxyapatite. In addition, the dissolution products of bioactive glass (mainly silicic acid) expose significant influence on the molecular biology of osteoblasts in vitro, and can regulate the expressions of several genes including osteoblastic markers, cel cycle regulators and extracelular matrix proteins. Silicon has been proved to improve the bioactivity of numerous materials and do no harm to their mechanical properties and without cytotoxicity.

Objective:To analyze the influential factors on the medication compliance of the patients with diabetes, and investigate the measures to improve it.Method:A total of 200 patients were investigated with questionnaires and interview in the study.Result:There was no significant difference in the compliance among the patients with different sexes, ages and payment modes,while some significant results emerged with respect to their culture,incomes,courses and their initiatives,conceptions and knowledge in the drug use.Conclusion:In order to improve the compliance of patients, clinical pharmacists could do jobs in many ways by means of combinative measures.

Objective To explore the influence of Chinese Qigong--Baduanjin on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in elderly diabetic patients.Methods A total of 78 elderly type 2 diabetic patients complicated with MCI were divided into intervention group and control group by random digits table method.The control group with 41 patients was received routine treatment and discharged guidance after discharging from hospital.The intervention group with 37 patients was received Baduanjin exercise for 12 months based on the routine treatment in control group.Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Activity of Daily Living (ADL) scores in two groups were compared before intervention and 1,3,6,9 and 12 months after intervention.Results In intervention group,MoCA scores were significantly increased at different times after intervention compared with those before intervention,F=72.782,the differences were statistically significant,P＜0.05.At the same time,MoCA scores were all significantly higher in intervention group than those in control group,F=2.231,2.972,4.362,5.085,5.373,the differences were statistically significant,P＜ 0.05.In intervention group,ADL scores had significantly improved since 6 months after intervention compared with those before intervention,F=93.126,the differences were statistically significant,P＜0.05,and compared with those in control group,the scores were significantly higher since 6 months after intervention,F=3.853,4.561,7.162,the differences were statistically significant,P＜0.05.Conclusion Chinese Qigong--Baduanjin in treatment of elderly diabetic patients complicated with MCI can delay the MCI progress and improve ADL of the patients.

Objective;To discuss if automatic detecting instrument could be applied on cell count in hydrothorax or ascites instead of traditional method. Methods; 121 cases of hydrothorax or ascites specimens were collected. SysmexUF - 100 automatic urine sediment appearance, SysmexKX -21 blood cell analysis instrument and traditional manual method were used to count white blood cell and totoal cell in all samples. The data were treat with student-T test and relativity analysis. Results;There was significant difference between data collected by SysmexUF - 100 aytinatuc urine sediment appearance and traditional manual method after T test ( P

Objective: To evaluate the pharmacodynamic of clematis. Methods: 1) The relaxation of isolated ileum muscle of guinea pig by clematic was tested. The antagonism of clematis on histamine or Ach induced ileum muscle contraction was tested also. 2) By using the model of turning of trunk, the pain releasing effect of clematis was evaluated. 3) The experiments about anti-inflammation action of clematis were carried out in two models. Results: Clematis relaxed the ileum muscle. It also antagonized the contraction of the muscle caused by histamine and Ach. A single intrapeditional administration of clematis to Kun-Ming mice significantly prolonged the latency and reduced the writhe number at the turning of trunk model; clematis dose-dependently inhibited the mouse ear swelling caused by xylol. It also had anti-inflammation effect at the other model. The results demonstrated that clematis could release the pain, suppress the inflammation and smooth muscle contraction.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of quantitative analysis parameters of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in differential diagnosis of prostatic disease.Methods 12 patients with prostate cancer and 16 patients with benign disease underwent DCE-MRI examination.Region of interest (ROI) were drawn in areas of cancerous foci,normal prostate peripheral zone and normal prostate central gland to measure the values of Ktrans (transport constant),Kep (rate constant),Ve (extravascular extracellular volume fraction).Values of the three parameters were analyzed by ANOVA and the differences were compared between the different tissues.Results The values of Ktrans,Kep and Ve were (0.42±0.10)/min,(0.64±0.11)/min,(0.61±0.14) respectively in the area of cancerous foci,while (0.17 ±0.08)/min,(0.32 ±0.10)/min,(0.59±0.11) respectively in normal prostate peripheral zone,and (0.33±0.12)/min,(0.50± 0.16)/min,(0.62 ±0.07) respectively in normal prostate central gland.The differences in Ktrans,Kep values were statistically significant between cancerous foci,normal prostate peripheral zone and normal prostate central gland (F =31.646,27.196,respectively,all P ＜ 0.05),but no statistically significant difference was found in the Ve value between the three different tissues (F=0.533,P＞ 0.05).Conclusions Quantitative analysis of DCE-MBI can be used to differentiate benign from malignant prostatic diseases,which hasa great application prospect.

Objective To analyze the colonization of Candida, Rhodotorula, Penicillium and Aspergillus in skin surfaces of patients with atopic dermatitis, and to assess the relationship between the four common fungal allergens and severity of atopic dermatitis. Methods Fifty patients with atopic dermatitis and 20 healthy controls were enrolled. Scales were scraped from lesional and non?lesional skin of flexural extremities of the patients, as well as from normal skin of the flexural elbow of healthy controls, then were subjected to microscopic examination and culture. Scale specimens were inoculated onto Sabouraud dextrose agar medium and cultured at 25 ℃ in a constant temperature incubator. Subsequently, suspected fungal or yeast?like colonies were collected for pure culture. Finally, fungal strains were identified according to colony morphology, color, growth speed, as well as microscopic features of spores and hyphae. Results No hyphae or pseudohyphae were found in any case by microscopic examination. Candida albicans and Rhodotorula were detected in 29(58%)and 17(34%)out of the 50 patients, respectively, and in 5(25%)and 2 (10%) out of the 20 healthy controls, respectively. The detection rates of Candida albicans and Rhodotorula were significantly higher in the patients than in the controls(χ2=6.23, 4.10, respectively, both P<0.05). Of 25 patients with severe lesions, 19(76%)and 12(48%)were colonized by Candida albicans and Rhodotorula respectively;among 25 patients with moderate lesions, 10 (40%) and 5 (20%) were colonized by Candida albicans and Rhodotorula respectively. An increase was observed in the detection rates of Candida albicans and Rhodotorula in the patients with severe lesions compared with those with moderate lesions(χ2=6.65, 4.37, respectively, both P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the detection rate of Penicillium or Aspergillus between the patients and health controls. Conclusion The colonization rates of Candida albicans and Rhodotorula on skin surfaces were higher in patients with atopic dermatitis than in healthy controls, and higher in patients with severe lesions than in patients with moderate lesions, indicating that the types of colonizing fungi are associated with the health status of skin and severity of symptoms in patients with atopic dermatitis.

Thyroid nodules are common clinical disease, and most of the nodules are benign. After radiofrequency ablation (RFA) treatment, the volume of benign thyroid nodules will significantly shrink or the nodules will even disappear, thus, the related clinical symptoms induced by the thyroid nodules will be improved. For recent years, radiofrequency ablation has become the treatment of first choice for benign thyroid nodules. This paper aims to make a comprehensive review about the research situation concerning the radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of the benign thyroid nodules so as to provide scientific guidance and basis for the relevant clinical research and treatment.

Objective To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese-version Successful Aging Inventory (C-SAI).Methods The C-SAI was translated according to the Brislin translation model,and its reliability and validity was tested in 181 old adults.Results The content validity index for the scale (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.975.Five factors were extracted by principal components analysis which contributed 58.035％ to the variance.The Cronbach α and split-half reliability was respectively 0.832 and 0.871 for the total scale.Conclusions The C-SAI has good psychometric quality and can be used as a measurement tool for the successful aging.