Objective To develop hepatic CT perfusion software on personal computer (PC), and to calculate hepatic perfusion parameters and render pseudo color perfusion image Methods A DICOM supported platform was developed on PC with Delphi 7 0, including DICOM data reading, storage, and display interfaces Hepatic CT perfusion software (PerfX) was developed upon this platform Results This software was based on Windows 2000/XP system, which could run smoothly on a computer with CPU above 500 MHz and RAM above 128 MB It could calculate hepatic arterial perfusion, portal venous perfusion, and hepatic perfusion index of region of interest, and show anatomic and functional details within one pseudo color perfusion image Conclusion A complete post processing was finished on PC by using PerfX, from DICOM data support to arithmetic analysis

Alfalfa(Medicago sativa L.)is the most important legume forage crop worldwide with high nutritional value and yield.For a long time,the breeding of alfalfa was hampered by lacking reliable information on the autotetraploid genome and molecular markers linked to important agro-nomic traits.We herein reported the de novo assembly of the allele-aware chromosome-level genome of Zhongmu-4,a cultivar widely cultivated in China,and a comprehensive database of genomic variations based on resequencing of 220 germplasms.Approximate 2.74 Gb contigs(N50 of 2.06 Mb),accounting for 88.39％of the estimated genome,were assembled,and 2.56 Gb contigs were anchored to 32 pseudo-chromosomes.A total of 34,922 allelic genes were identified from the allele-aware genome.We observed the expansion of gene families,especially those related to the nitrogen metabolism,and the increase of repetitive elements including transposable elements,which probably resulted in the increase of Zhongmu-4 genome compared with Medicago truncatula.Population structure analysis revealed that the accessions from Asia and South America had rela-tively lower genetic diversity than those from Europe,suggesting that geography may influence alfalfa genetic divergence during local adaption.Genome-wide association studies identified 101 sin-gle nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)associated with 27 agronomic traits.Two candidate genes were predicted to be correlated with fall dormancy and salt response.We believe that the allele-aware chromosome-level genome sequence of Zhongmu-4 combined with the resequencing data of the diverse alfalfa germplasms will facilitate genetic research and genomics-assisted breeding in variety improvement of alfalfa.

Objective: To analyze the Oxford classification (MESTC) and the International Study of Kidney Disease in Children (ISKDC) classification for evaluating the clinical manifestations, histological lesion and short-term prognosis of children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN). Methods: According to the Oxford classification and ISKDC classification, the histological lesions of children with HSPN diagnosed by renal biopsy from Beijing Children's Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University from January 2018 to December 2018 were re-evaluated. The renal biopsy specimens of the selected subjects were scored according to the Oxford classification and the ISKDC classification. According to whether the first symptom was combined with renal performance, MESTC score and ISKDC classification, children were grouped. The differences in clinicopathological manifestations between the groups were compared. Correlation between MESTC and ISKDC grades was analyzed by nonparametric test rank correlation. Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Log-rank test were used to compare the difference of proteinuria remission rate between the two groups. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression equations were used to analyze the influencing factors of the proteinuria remission rate. Results: A total of 78 children with HSPN were enrolled. There were 37 male patients (47.4%) with age of (10.4±2.9) years. When the patients were divided according to MESTC scores and ISKDC classification, the results showed that the proportion of children with nephrotic-range proteinuria in the group of endocapillary hypercellularity (E1, P=0.008), segmental glomerulosclerosis (S1, P=0.015) and ISKDCⅢ(P=0.041) was higher than that of E0, S0 and ISKDCⅡ groups. The proportion of children with E1 (P=0.015), crescents (C1&C2, P=0.025) or ISKDCⅢ(P=0.017) that had been treated with high-dose methylprednisolone was higher. The result of Kaplan-Meier survival curve showed more difficult for proteinuria remission in children with C2 are than C0&C1 group (P=0.026), while no difference were found when children were grouped by M, E, S, T and ISKDC. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that the C2 (HR=0.143, 95%CI 0.020-1.046, P=0.055) might be a risk factor for proteinuria remission, while the P value was close to 0.05. Conclusions Children with HSPN scored as ISKDCⅢ, E1 and S1 are more likely to show nephrotic-range proteinuria. C2 may indicate that patients are more difficult to achieve proteinuria remission.