1.A longitudinal study of caring group on the caring ability of undergraduate nursing students
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2016;15(4):362-366
Objective To investigate the effect of creating caring group on the caring ability of undergraduate nursing students,and to put forward strategies for cultivating the caring ability of undergraduate nursing students.Method A total of 80 nursing freshmen who provided voluntary informed consent to participate in the study were divided into 2 groups.Students in the control group were taught with routine teaching mode,while the students in experimental group were recruited to caring group on the basis of control group's routine teaching.Caring group were conducted team activities regularly,which included topic discussion,experience sharing,interest games and team report so on.The experimental group and control group were surveyed by Caring Ability Inventory (CAI) during the beginning,middle and the end period of the research.SPSS 20.0 was used for data processing and the data was made descriptive analysis,t test,and analysis of variance.Results Before the intervention,the CAI total scores of the experimental group and the control group were (184.55 ± 13.25) and (186.67 ± 25.11) respectively and there was no statistically significant difference on the total score and scores in three dimensions.Compared with the norm of foreign countries,the caring ability of the students was at middle and low level.The scores of experimental group and control group in the cognitive dimension increased with higher grade,but there was no statistically significant difference between two groups.The two groups' scores in patience and courage sub-scales also increased with grade level and experimental group had significant higher scores than control group in the two sub-scales (P<0.05).Conclusion Caring ability of undergraduate nurs-ing students in our school is low.Caring group can effectively improve students' caring ability.Nursing students' caring ability cultivation strategies need to be explored.
2.Screening out nasopharyngeal carcinoma by two-stage ELISA for EB virus
Weimin CHENG ; Mingfang JI ; Xiaoling LI
Chinese Journal of Immunology 1999;0(12):-
Objective:Screening out NPC from susceptable crowd by serological test for EB virus.Methods:Checking antibody of EB virus by ELISA. At first, EBNA1 IgA was detected for susceptable crowd as a primary screening index, secondary , EBNA1 IgG and Zta IgG were detected in the EBNA1 IgA positive group.Results:The sensitivity and specificity of EBNA1 IgA were 91.8% and 91.4%, both were higher than those of EBNA1 IgG and Zta IgG; the sencondary detection of EBNA1 IgG and Zta IgG raised the specificity of NPC screening to 96.5% and also helped to divide the crowd into 3 groups as high, median, and low risk. And the high risk group accounted for 0.39%.Conclusion:Two-stage screening of NPC raise the sensitivity and specificity of NPC detection. It also helps to divide the crowd into 3 groups of risk.
3.Infrapopliteal angioplasty in the treatment of ischaemic diabetic lower limbs
Donghua JI ; Feng WANG ; Scheinert DIERK ; Cheng LI ; Schmidt ANDREJ
Journal of Interventional Radiology 2001;0(05):-
Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of infrapopliteal arterial balloon angioplasty in the treatment of ischaemic diabetic lower limbs.Methods 53 cases of ischaemic diabetic lower limb containing 64 ischeamic limbs were treated with infrapopliteal angioplasty by Amphirion Deep Balloon.Observation of clinical remission including the ulcers was carried out before and after the procedure.Results 119 ateries of the 53 cases were chosen for PTA and 101 PTA in 50 cases were accomplished,with technical success rate of 84.9%.All the 50 patients got clinical remission including the shrinkage of ulcers and none amputation.Conclusin Infrapopliteal arterial angioplasty is effective,minimal invasive and safe for the ischaemic diabetic lower limbs.
4.Antispasmodic Anti-inflammation and Analgesic Effect of Clematis
Yunyi ZHANG ; Hongwei ZHANG ; Peifeng LI ; Binglin CHENG ; Ji FU
Chinese Traditional Patent Medicine 1992;0(11):-
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.
5.Effects of JNK inhibition on insulin signaling pathway in HepG2 cells
Kaixuan LI ; Xiaolin JI ; Cheng SUN ; Lan LUO
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2017;33(2):129-134
Objective To investigate the effects of JNK inhibition on insulin signaling pathway. Methods HepG2 cells were treated with different kinds of JNK inhibitors for 12 h, and then the cells were treated with 10 nmol/L insulin for 5 min to stimulate insulin signaling pathway. Mitogen-activated protein kinases ( MAPK ) and insulin signaling pathways were analyzed by Western blot using the total cell lysates. Results JNK activity was significantly inhibited by JNK inhibitor JNKi-Ⅷand results showed that JNKi-Ⅷtreatment could reduce insulin signaling pathway in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, other JNK inhibitors including JNKi-Ⅴ, JNKi-Ⅲ, and SP600125 blocked JNK activity in HepG2 cells. Similar to JNKi-Ⅷ, these JNK inhibitors also impaired insulin signaling transduction in a dose-dependent manner. Conclusion In HepG2 hepatocytes, JNK activity inhibition blocks insulin signaling transduction.
6.Assessment of EBV antibodies and EBV-DNA in the diagnosis and stages of nasopha-ryngeal carcinoma
Xia YU ; Mingfang JI ; Weimin CHENG ; Yuling HUANG ; Fugui LI
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2016;43(15):650-654
Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1/immunoglobulin A (EBNA1/IgA), BamH1 Z transactivator/IgA (Zta/IgA), capsid antigen/IgA (VCA/IgA), and Epstein-Barr virus deoxyribonucleic acid (EBV-DNA) in detecting different stages of na-sopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The relationship between the EBV markers and stages of NPC was also analyzed. Methods:Blood sam-ples of 152 untreated patients with NPC and 675 healthy subjects were collected.ELISA was used to detect the serum levels of EBNA1/IgA, Zta/IgA, and VCA/IgA. Fluorescence quantitative PCR (FQ-PCR) was used to detect the plasma levels of EBV-DNA. ROC and correla-tion analyses were employed to assess the detection assays for NPC diagnosis. The positive rates of EBV markers in NPC patients in dif-ferent stages were analyzed statistically. Results: The positive rates of EBNA1/IgA, Zta/IgA, VCA/IgA, and EBV-DNA in NPC patients were higher than those in the healthy individuals. The expression of EBNA1/IgA was relatively high in early NPC. The sensitivity of EB-NA1/IgA was 77.8%. In advanced NPC, the level of EBV-DNA was high, and the sensitivity of EBV-DNA was 88.8%. The specificity of EBV-DNA and EBNA1/IgA could reach more than 96%. The combination of EBV-DNA and EBNA1/IgA showed the best diagnostic value, with a sensitivity of 92.1%(early stage 82.5%, advanced stage 98.9%) and a specificity of 96.9%. The positive rates of EBV-DNA were positively associated with the NPC clinic stage and N stage. The positives rates of Zta/IgA were positively associated with the NPC N stage. Conclusion:The best single index for NPC screening in an asymptomatic population is EBNA1/IgA. EBV–DNA is an ideal index for auxiliary diagnostics of advanced NPC. The combination of EBV-DNA and EBNA1/IgA shows the best diagnostic value. EBV-DNA is an important index in the stage and illness monitoring of NPC. Zta/IgA can indirectly reflect the character of lymph node metastasis, and it may be useful in assessment of NPC surveillance.
7.Edition and equivalency of mandarin bisyllablc word lists
Jianhui LI ; Xin XI ; Fei JI ; Aiting CHENG ; Weiyan YANG
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2010;17(10):1297-1298
Objective The purpose of this study was to edit and psychometrically equate a set of Mandarin bisyllabic word lists. Methods 964 bisyllabjc words were recorded by male talker of standard Mandarin,352 words were selected to compose 10 lists. Percentage of correct word recognition was measured for each word at four intensity levels using 20 normal hearing subjects. The order of the presentation of the lists was randomized for each subject. U-sing Statistica7.0 Performance-Intensity function for each word was plotted,slopes and thresholds of them were calculated. 242 words were chosen after that, The thresholds and slopes of these words were in Guassian distribution. These words were ligitally adjusted and included in six Mandarin bisyllabic word lists of 40 words each. Two of them were for practice, four of them for test. 36 subjects with normal hearing served in our equivalent test. The orders of the presentation of the lists were randomized far each subject and results were expressed as thresholds. Results Two-factor ANO-VA was used to compare the thresholds of the 4 lists, F=1.978,P = 0.209. Conclusion These lists were considered to be primarily equivalent with each other.
8.Embryotoxicity of eugenol based on a model of embryonic stem cell test
Fugui LI ; Jing CHEN ; Weimin CHENG ; Mingfang JI
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2015;19(19):3017-3021
BACKGROUND:As the pharmacological effect of eugenol constantly being discovered, its application in medical and food industry becomes wider. However, its toxicity studies have not established a complete database, especialy in the improvement of safety assessment of developmental toxicity and teratogenicity. OBJECTIVE:To establish a model of embryonic stem cel test to evaluate the embryotoxicity of eugenol. METHODS:Mouse fibroblasts (3T3) and mouse embryonic stem cels (E14TG2a) were culturedin vitro, and MTT test was performed to detect the cytotoxicity of 3T3 cels and E14TG2a cels with positive control 5-fluorouracil, negative control penicilin G and tested compound eugenol. The concentration of the tested compounds that inhibiting 50% viability of embryonic stem cels (IC50 E14TG2a) and 3T3 fibroblasts (IC50 3T3) was calculated. The hanging-suspension-adherent culture systems were used to induce embryonic stem cels into cardiomyocytes, and the concentration of tested compounds that caused 50% inhibition of differentiation of E14TG2a cels into cardiomyocytes (ID50 E14TG2a) was calculated. The embryotoxic potential of eugenol was classified by prediction model of the embryonic stem cel test. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The proliferations of E14TG2a and 3T3 cels were inhibited by eugenol, of which the IC50 3T3 and IC50 E14TG2a values were (3.613±0.192) and (1.799±0.131) mg/L. The differentiation of E14TG2a was also inhibited by eugenol, of which the ID50 E14TG2a was (3.501±0.158) mg/L. Eugenol was evaluated as a chemical compound with strong embryotoxicity by the model of embryonic stem cel test.
9.Correlation between serum cystatin C and intima-media thickness of carotid artery in patients with hypertension
Xia LI ; Chunyuan HAO ; Manli CHENG ; Yuqiang JI ; Gang TIAN
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2014;37(7):46-48
Objective To explore the correlation between cystatin C (Cys C) and intima-media thickness of carotid artery (CIMT) in patients with hypertension.Methods One hundred and one patients with hypertension (hypertension group) and 54 healthy people (control group) were enrolled in this study.The level of serum Cys C was measured and CIMT was detected by B ultrasound.The correlation between Cys C and CIMT was analyzed.Results The level of Cys C and CIMT in hypertension group were significantly higher than those in control group [(0.92 ±0.21) mg/L vs.(0.85 ±0.20) mg/L,(0.91 ±0.16) mm vs.(0.65 ± 0.15) mm] (P < 0.05 or < 0.01).Multiple linear correlation analysis showed that Cys C and CIMT was positively correlated in total population or hypertension group or control group (r =0.412,0.443,0.315,P <0.01).Conclusion Serum Cys C is associated with the degree of hypertension arteriosclerosis,and Cys C may be involved in atherosclerosis.
10.Influence of Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes on Neurological Development of Preterm Infants
ling, JI ; yan, LI ; xiu-yong, CHENG ; hui-fang, DONG
Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2003;0(10):-
Objective To investigate the influence of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) on neurological development of preterm infants.Methods The preterm infants were classified into 2 groups( PPROM group and control group).The neonatal behavioral neurological assessment (NBNA) and CDCC of infants in two groups were measured and compared after retrieved:gestational age 40 weeks,3 months and 6 months.Results Psycho-moter developmental index(PDI) of PPROM group after retrieved gestational age 3,6 months was significantly lower than that of control group(Pa