Objective To study the correlation between postoperative tumor recurrence and VEGF expression in preoperative biopsy specimens of early gastric carcinoma together with p53 gene abnormality and tumor cell proliferation. Methods Sixty-eight endoscopically biopsied specimens obtained preoperativelly from patients with early gastric carcinoma were studied immunohistochemically. Date was processed by computer image analysis system. Result The rate of VEGF positivity was significantly higher in patients (n=5) with postoperative tumor recurrence than in those (n=63) without (5/5 vs. 14/63, P

AIM:To optimize total flavone of herba epimediumon microporosity osmotic pump tablets by boxbehnken design-response surface methodology. METHODS:Osmotic agent (lactose),dosage of plastificator (dibutyl phthalate),and coating weight gain were selected as key factors of influencing total flavone delivery. Total flavones cumulatiive yield in 12 h and fitting approximation was regarded as the response. Design Expert method useful for the modeling and analysis was to optimize the response. RESULTS:Response surface surface obtained repre-sented maximum one which conformed to the zero-order delivery rate equation. CONCLUSION:Optimal excipient formulation of total epimedium flavone microporosity osmotic pump tablet consists of 0. 18 g of lactose,0. 26 ratio of dibutyl phthalate to acetyl celulose and 7. 7% of coating weight gain.

Objective To evaluate the clinical value of contrast enhanced uhrasound(CEUS)for uhrasoundguided radiofrequency ablation(RFA)of liver metastasis.Methods One hundred and forty-one consecutive patients with liver metastasis asked for RFA treatment in our department.Of them,102 patients with received CEUS with SonoVue before RFA treatment.Eighty-six of the 102 patients were regarded as indications for RFA by CEUS(Group A).During the same period,another 39 patients who received conventional US without contrast before RFA were served as the control group(Group B).In Group A,the RFA protocol for each case was designed according to CEUS finding,which included perfusion feature,lesion number,size,shape,invasive range,location and relationship between tumor and surrounding structures.In Group B.the RFA protocol for each case was designed according to conventional ultrasound and CT/MRI result.Results In 102 patients who intended to receive RFA treatment,1 6 were excluded from RFA after CEUS examination.Of them,3 patients with 10 tumors received 6-10 sessions of chemotherapy and there were no enhancement within or around tumors.Another 13 cases were found that the invasive range being more than 8 cm in size,tumor number more than 7,and tumor location adhered to diaphragm and second hepatic helium by CEUS.In Grou0 A,CEUS detected additional 1-3 tumors in 36 patients(41.9%).The size range of the 58 new tumors was 8-15 mm.Of these,79.4%(46/58 tumors)were visualized in parenchymal phase.A total of 209 liver metastasis tumors were treated by RFA.CEUS before RFA demonstrated 49.7%(75/151 tumors)were 1arger in size compared with conventional US.Of these,69.3%(52/75 tumors)presented larger in arterial phase,the remaining 30.7%(23/75 tumors)presented larger in parenchymal phase,and the increased area was also ablated.On 1-3 months follow up with CT,the tumor necrosisrate in Group A was 94.7%(198/209 tumors),which was significantly higher than 87.6%(99/113 tumors)in Group B ( P=0.013). During follow-up period, local recurrence were found in 15 tumors (7.1 %) 2-17 months after REA and intrahepatic new tumors developed in 32 patients (37.2%) 2-17 months after RFA in group A,While local recurrence were found in 16 tumors (14.1%) and intrahepatic new tumors developed in 17 patients (43.5%) in group B ( P=0. 041, P ＞0.05, respectively). Conclusions CEUS provides important information for selecting candidation and designing optimal protocol for RFA in liver metastasis. The use of CEUS can increase tumor necrosis rate and decrease post-RFA tumor local recurrence,and then improve efficacy of RFA therapy.

This article introduces the details in technology transfer in the Johns Hopkins University (JHU),such as the scope of intellectual property,disciplines and the transfer domains,procedures,items,human resources,faculties motivation measures,categories of license.We also tried to find common contents in its technology transfer works and hoped to provide information to help on the medical science transfer in China.

Mitral valve disease is one of the most popular heart valve diseases. Precise positioning and displaying of the valve characteristics is necessary for the minimally invasive mitral valve repairing procedures. This paper presents a multi-resolution elastic registration method to compute the deformation functions constructed from cubic B-splines in three dimensional ultrasound images, in which the objective functional to be optimized was generated by maximum likelihood method based on the probabilistic distribution of the ultrasound speckle noise. The algorithm was then applied to register the mitral valve voxels. Numerical results proved the effectiveness of the algorithm.
Algorithms ; Heart Valve Diseases ; diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Likelihood Functions ; Mitral Valve ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Patient Positioning ; Probability ; Ultrasonography

Objective To construct and express a prokaryotic expression vector carrying the gene of FimH 1-156 that comprises human lysosome membrane protein 2 P41-49 gene ,and to express and purify the fusion protein .Methods FimH1-156 gene was cloned from plasmid pPKL241 by PCR ,and inserted into vector pET-28a(+ ) to obtain prokaryotic expression plasmid pET-28a-FimH . After transforming Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) with pET-28a-FimH ,fusion protein FimH1-156 was expressed under induction .The target fusion protein was purified ,and its antigenicity was detected through Western blot .Results The expressed recombinant pro-tein was purified ,the expression of protein was the highest when IPTG was 1 mmol/L and 4h after induction ,it was expressed as include body form ,and the expressed protein was identified to react with monoclonal antibodies 6 × His by Western blotting .Conclu-sion We cloned FimH1-156 fusion protein expressed genes successfully ,constructed prokaryotic expression vector ,and won the in-clusion body purification of FimH1-156 fusion protein .

Objective:Through analysis of the development status of pediatric and the problems faced by pediatric young scientists, combined with the situation of research management, this paper puts forward some suggestions.Methods:Collect the identified problems of pediatric development, summarize the common ones and propose methodological strategies for scientific research management.Results:The development of pediatrics faces problems such as insufficient resources, unreasonable resource allocation and talents shortage.Conclusions:It is recommended to support the development of pediatric according to optimize the scientific research management model, establish a reasonable evaluation and incentive mechanism, establish a pediatric talent training model and team, improve the pediatric research level, and obtain policy support for salary, talent introduction and training, promotion of professional titles, research resources and so on.

Purpose: To identify the predictors of infectious disease-specific health literacy (IDSHL), and establish an easy-to-apply nomogram to predict the IDSHL of older adults. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 380 older adults who completed the IDSHL, self-rated health, socio-demographic and other questionnaires. Logistic regression was used to identify the IDSHL predictors. Nomogram was used to construct a predictive model. Results: Up to 70.1% of older adults had limited IDSHL. Age, education, place of residence, self-rated health, and Internet access were the important influencing factors of IDSHL. The established nomogram model showed high accuracy (receiver operating characteristic curve: 0.848). Conclusions The IDSHL of Chinese older adults was significantly deficient. The constructed nomogram is an intuitive tool for IDSHL prediction that can not only contribute toward rapid screening of high-risk older adults with limited IDSHL but also provide guidance for healthcare providers to develop prevention strategies for infectious diseases.

Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is the basis of neuronal activity and metabolism, and its dysfunction may be closely associated with the occurrence and development of the nervous system diseases. Functional transcranial doppler ultrasonography (fTCD) can evaluate the NVC function. FTCD researches have shown that ischemic stroke, vascular cognitive impairment and other patients have NVC dysfunction. This article reviews the methods of fTCD examination of NVC and its clinical application.

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the seasonal impact of diurnal temperature range (DTR) on hospitalization rates for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in middle-aged and elderly adults. METHODS: We collected data on the DTR and hospitalization records of ≥45-year-old patients with ICH in 2019 in Hunan Province, central China. Time-series analyses were performed using a distributed lag non-linear model. RESULTS: Overall, 54,690 hospitalizations for ICH were recorded. DTR showed a non-linear relationship with ICH hospitalization in both middle-aged and elderly populations (45-59 and ≥60 years, respectively). During spring, a low DTR coupled with persistently low temperatures increased ICH risk in both age groups, while a high DTR was associated with an increased risk in the middle-aged group only (relative risk [RR], 1.24; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.21 to 1.27). In the summer, a low DTR combined with persistently high temperatures was linked to a higher risk exclusively in the middle-aged group. A high DTR in the autumn was correlated with increased risk in both age groups. In winter, either a low DTR with a continuously low temperature or a high DTR elevated the risk solely in the elderly population (RR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.00 to 1.69). In the elderly group, the impact of DTR on hospitalization risk manifested within a 5-day period. CONCLUSIONS The impact of DTR on ICH hospitalization risk differed significantly across seasons and between age groups. Elderly individuals demonstrated greater sensitivity to the impact of DTR. Weather forecasting services should emphasize DTR values, and interventions targeting sensitive populations are needed.