The chemical constituents of the marine sponge Haliclona sp. collected from the South China Sea have been studied. An alkanoid 1 and an aryl acid 2 were isolated from the marine sponge and the structure of 1 and 2 were respectively elucidated as 1,3 -dimethylxanthine and p - hydroxybenzoic acid by spectroscopic analysis and elemental analysis.

The chemical constituents of the soponge Spongia officinalis collected from the South China Sea have been studied. This paper reports the isolation and identification of the eight sterols, i.e. , 1 22, 23-methylenecholesta-5, 7-dien-3B-ol, 2 cholesta-5, 7-dien-3B-ol, 3 cholesta-5,7,25-trien-3B-ol, 4 stigmasta-5-en-3B-ol, 5 stigmasta-7,16,25-trien-3p-ol, 6 stigmasta-5,7,22-trien-3B-ol, 7 ergosta-5,7-dien-3B-ol, 8(22-E)-ergosta-7,22-dien-3B-ol, by means of spectroscope and GC-MS methods.

Two compositions, a sterol mixture and a pure ceramide, were isolated from the extract of a tunicate,Styela.canopus, collected from the Dayawan Bay, Guangdong. The sterols were detected by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and their structure was confimed by spectroscopic analysis. The ceramide was identified by spectroscopic analysis. The contents of sterols and the ceramide in the extract were 12% and 0.3% respectively.This was also the first report about the chemical constituents of Sytela. canopus.

Objective To study the optimal management of the closed-loop management in safe practice of nursing teaching in private hospitals.Method Through analyzing the causes and problems during the teaching of nursing adverse events,the closed-loop management in safe practice of nursing teaching was investigated,including the closed-loop management team,implementation cycle and range,etc.Totally 100 teachers and 220 students were chosen in 27 clinical teaching departments of our hospital during January 2013 and March 2014.The teachers were divided into experimental group (n=50) and the control group (n=50).The closed-loop management model was applied in experimental group while routing management was applied in control group.At the same time,220 students' behavior in experimental group was compared before and after the closed-loop management.Through the evaluation of nursing teaching' safe hidden trouble and questionnaire survey,the nursing teaching of both groups were safe.SAS 9.2 was applied to do statistical analysis and non-parametric Wilcoxon Fisher exact test and x2 test were used.Results The number of teachers' operating key points in experimental group was significantly higher than the control group,with statistically significant differences (46 vs.15) (P=0.000).The safety hazard times of nursing teaching were 38 and 8 respectively before and after the closed loop management,and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.000).In addition,the comparison before the students' implementing the check system,hospital safety index patients and regulation for technical operations and hospital infection was significant after the closedloop management (P＜0.01 for all).Conclusion The full implementation of the closed-loop management,effective tracking and prevention in place,can optimize the safety management of nursing teaching.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of gandouling tablets in patients with Wilson disease(WD)and the role of autophagy in it.Methods A total of 77WD patients admitted to the Department of Neurology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui U-niversity of Chinese Medicine from February 2021 to October 2022 were retrospectively collected,and divided into treatment group(n=42)and control group(n=35).The treatment group was treated with gandouling tablets(GDLT)combined with western medicine,the control group was treated with western medicine.A total of 40healthy siblings of the patients were selected as the healthy group.The ser-um Beclin-1,p62 and LC3-Ⅱ levels of all subjects were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA),and gene ex-pression levels were detected by extracting peripheral blood single nucleated cells and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RT-qPCR).All WD patients were scored on the unified Wilson disease rating scale(UWDRS).The correlation between the changes of UWDRS score and the levels of Beclin1,LC3-Ⅱ and p62 in WD patients was also analyzed.The effects of GDLT treatment on UW-DRS score and autophagy proteins Beclin-1,p62 and LC3-Ⅱ in WD patients were analyzed.Results The expression levels of Beclin-1,LC3-Ⅱ protein and mRNA were increased and p62 was significantly decreased in WD patients.UWDRS scores were posi-tively correlated with Beclin-1 and LC3-Ⅱ,and negatively correlated with p62.After GDLT intervention,UWDRS score improved sig-nificantly,Beclin-1 and LC3-Ⅱ levels decreased significantly,and p62 increased significantly(P＜0.05).Conclusion Beclin-1,p62,LC3-Ⅱ are closely related to the development of WD,which is of great significance for the evaluation and prognosis of WD.GDLT intervention can inhabit the overactivation of WD autophagy and reverse the progression of WD.

OBJECTIVEThis study attempts to test the total amount of 41 inorganic elements in traditional Chinese medicine materials (TCMM), to analyze to surpass the set standard of 5 toxic heavy metal elements and to explore possible method of modification.

METHODBy using microwave as digestion tool, ICP-MS and ICP-AES as detective instrument, 41 elements in 466 samples are tested. While the amount of elements Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, P, S, Sr are determined by ICP-AES, the amount of the rest 32 elements are determined by ICP-MS. SPSS 16.0 is used as the statistical tool for data analysis.

RESULTTesting of reference material Astragalus showed that the measurements of each element are within the reference range, and except for element I, RSD of determination for each element is less than 10%, thus the accuracy and precision of the study method is confirmed. Using above mentioned instruments and methods, general information of elements in 466 TCMM are obtained.

CONCLUSIONThe concentrations of each elements in TCMM varied a lot and are different among each TCMM. The over standard rate of 5 heavy metal elements are lower than previous results, however, the over standard rate is still descending in the order of Cd > Cu > Pb > As > Hg. The content of heavy metal elements in TCMM varies among different areas, especially, over standard of heavy metals are not detected in locality as Gansu, Qinghai, Shanxi, Xinjiang and Hainan provinces.

Purpose: This study explored the performance of prenatal ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of cystic biliary atresia (CBA) and choledochal cyst (CC). Methods: Fetuses diagnosed with hepatic hilar cyst in the second trimester were included in this study. A series of prenatal ultrasound examinations were performed in the second and third trimesters. The diameter of the gallbladder (GB) and hepatic cyst were measured, as well as the wall thickness of the GB. The GB-cyst connection, visibility of the right hepatic artery (RHA), and other concomitant abnormalities were carefully evaluated. A neonatal transabdominal ultrasound examination was performed within 1 week after birth, and clinical data were followed up to 6 months after birth. Results: Between January 1, 2016 and January 31, 2020, 53 fetuses diagnosed with hepatic hilar cyst were recruited. Eight were excluded because they were lost to follow-up. Among the 45 cases included in this study, 10 were diagnosed with CBA and 35 with CC after birth. Statistically significant differences were found in GB width, wall thickness, change in GB width, change in cyst length, GB-cyst connection, and RHA visibility between the CBA and CC groups. GB width showed the best diagnostic performance with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.899. The combination of GB width, GB wall thickness, and GB-cyst connection yielded a comparable AUC of 0.971. Conclusion The GB should be carefully evaluated in fetuses with hepatic hilar cyst. Prenatal ultrasound findings could provide suggestive parameters for the differential diagnosis of CBA from CC.

Objective To investigate influencing factors of brucellosis infection in occupational population in Gansu Province.Methods In Jingyuan County of Gansu Province,using the case-control method,the cases were collected through "National Disease Surveillance Information Reporting Management System",the case group was confirmed as brucellosis professionals after laboratory tests were positive in 2013-2015 (203 cases),and the control group was confmmed as occupations without brucellosis (809 cases) in the same periods.Information on general sociological characteristics and occupational exposure characteristic was collected,non-conditional Logistic regression analysis was used for analyzing influence factors of brucellosis.Results A total of 1 012 questionnaires were collected,among them,203 were case group and 809 were control group.Logistic regression analysis showed that,captive (OR =1.971,95％CI:1.193-3.256),type of water source (lage,OR =1.610,95％CI:1.392-1.950),often stripping the dead lamb (OR =2.027,95 ％ CI:1.272-3.231),processing abortion material (throwing away,feeding the dog,stripping;OR =2.120,1.176,2.160;95％CI:1.274-3.731,1.148-2.134,1.548-4.671),often eating dead meat (OR =2.497,95％CI:1.438-4.339),Hui nationality (OR =1.202,95％CI:1.061-1.995),household income less than 10 000 yuan (OR =3.857,95％CI:1.593-9.336),work experience 1-4 years (OR =2.892,95％CI:1.838-4.552) were major risk factors for occupational persons suffering from brucellosis.Livestock was sheep or sheep and goats (OR =0.412,0.277,95％CI:0.217-0.782,0.107-0.720),married(OR =0.124,95％CI:0.016-0.979),wearing gloves and mask when exposed to livestock or livestock lambing (OR =0.455,95％CI:0.230-0.899),and livestock vaccination (OR =0.283,95％CI:0.107-0.747) were protective factors for occupational infection of brucellosis.Conclusions The poor living habits and behaviors of professional people in Jingyuan County of Gansu Province are the main causes of the disease.Among them,captive,often stripping the dead lamb,processing abortion material,eating dead meat are the risk factors for brucella infection.Wearing masks and gloves when livestock lambing,and livestock vaccination are important means in avoiding brucellosis infection.

Objective:To explore the application value of ultrasound in the early noninvasive monitoring of acute compartment syndrome model, and to provide reference for further clinical applications.Methods:This was a prospective self-controlled study. A model of healthy volunteers with acute compartment syndrome was established by cuff compression. The random method was used to determine the experimental side and the control side. The experimental side cuff was given 0, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80 mmHg pressure in sequence, while the control side cuff was kept uncompressed at all times. Each pressure on the experimental side lasted for 5 min, during which the ultrasound was used to measure the blood flow waveform and vascular structure of the bilateral popliteal artery, popliteal vein and dorsal plantar artery. Statistical analysis was performed using repeated measures analysis of variance and multivariate analysis of variance.Results:The study included 25 healthy volunteers. There was no statistically significant difference in calf circumference and anterior tibial compartment thickness ( P = 0.314 and 0.678). During compression, the volunteers' heart rate and blood pressure were stable ( P = 0.235 and 0.358). On the experimental side, the maximum blood flow velocity of the popliteal artery during systole increased with the increase of pressure ( P<0.001), and the minimum blood flow velocity of the popliteal artery increased with the increase of pressure ( P<0.001). When pressurized by 30 mmHg, the maximum blood flow velocity of the popliteal artery on the experimental side was significantly higher than that on the control side [(73 ± 19) cm/s vs (59 ± 14) cm/s, P=0.023)]. When pressurized by 20 mmHg, the minimum blood flow velocity of the popliteal artery on the experimental side was significantly higher than that on the control side [(-28 ± 8) cm/s vs (-22 ± 6) cm/s, P=0.012)]. With the increase of pressure, the diastolic retrograde arterial flow ratio of the experimental side gradually increased ( P <0.001), and when the pressure was increased by 20 mmHg, the diastolic retrograde arterial flow ratio of the experimental side of the popliteal artery increased significantly [(0.42 ± 0.14) cm/s vs (0.30 ± 0.12) cm/s, P=0.009)]. The systolic prograde arterial flow ratio of the dorsal artery in the experimental side decreased with the increase of pressure ( P = 0.024). Conclusions:Increased limb compartment pressure can significantly change the arterial flow waveform of the proximal and distal arteries, and ultrasound can be used as an early monitoring tool for acute compartment syndrome.