ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of montelukast on the secretion of mucus protein in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced human bronchial epithelial cells.MethodsPrimary human bronchial epithelial cells were isolated and identiifed in vitro. LPS (1μg/mL) was used to induce cell inlfammatory response. Montelukast (50 μmol/L, 20μmol/L, 10μmol/L) was used as intervention. The concertration of mucin-5 subtype AC (MUC5AC) in cell supernatants was measured by ELISA. The expression levels of MUC5AC mRNA and protein were determined by RT-PCR and Western-blot. DCFH-DA lfuorescent probe was used to detect reactive oxygen species (ROS). To further elucidate the mechanism, NF-κB (p65)、IκBα、ERK1/2 phosphorylation be-fore and after montelukast intervention were determined by Western-blot.ResultsMontelukast decreases the expression levels of MUC5AC mRNA and protein in a dose-dependent manner in LPS induced human bronchial epithelial cells. Meanwhile, mon-teluskast suppresses ROS generation and NF-κB (p65)、IκBα、ERK1/2 phosphorylation.Conclusions In response to LPS in-duced inlfammation, montelukast decreases the expression level of MUC5AC in vitro, which may be related to NF-κB and ERK activation.

This paper reviews the problem and shortage of IPv4 network which was unfolded during its use in telemedicine field and describes the features and advantage of IPv6, which is the next generation protocol of Internet by comparing it to IPv4. The application of IPv6 in telemedicine field is prospected. The work should be done and the problem may be met during the change from IPv4 to IPv6 network are also discussed.

Many Chinese medicinal materials are difficult to be distinguished in characters resulting in easy confusion. In the pa-per, the basic concepts of three groups of easily confused Chinese medicinal materials ( schisandrae chinensis fructus and schisandrae sphenantherae fructus, phellodendri cortex and phellodendri amurensis cortex, akebiae caulis and clematidis armandii caulis) were illus-trated and the development of verification methods were reviewed in the respect of modern instrumental analysis technology. With the improvement of analysis technology, the identification of Chinese medicinal materials relies on experimental data instead of artificial ex-perience, which makes it more objective and accurate.

Objective Queuing theory is the mathematical study of how waiting lines or queues are formed and dissipated o -ver time, which aims to work out the optimal design and optimal control of queuing systems based on the research of probability and regularity of various queuing systems .The aim of paper was to find out the maximum acceptable waiting time for outpatients in stomatol -ogy department and explore the rational allocation of dentists based on queuing theory model . Methods Questionnaires , worktime measurement and queuing theory model were applied to calculate indicators of queuing system in outpatient services of Stomatology De -partment , getting the maximum waiting time accpetable for patients and the reasonable number of dentists . Results The maximum acceptable waiting time for outpatients was 34.02 ±7.07 minutes, and it was reasonable to allocate 25 doctors in the morning and 16 doctors in the afternoon . Conclusion Applying queuing theory helps to optimize dentist number in outpatient services of Stomatology Department and provide scientific reference to improve medical efficiency .

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of chronic diseases self-management model for the aged patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in communities.Methods Patients with T2DM aged over 60 years and over in two communities in Baoding were selected:one as intervention community and the other as control community.The intervention community underwent the chronic diseases self management theory based education by expert,face to face consultation and patient communication,while the control community received general community management.The scores of self-efficacy were collected before the sessions and 3 months after the end of the sessions,and the effectiveness of the intervention was evaluated by the changes of scores,fasting blood-glucose and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) before and after the session.The pure increment level of scores of diabetes self-efficacy was higher in the intervention community than in the control community [(16.9 ± 5.3)scores vs.(0.4±1.3) scores,t=21.317,P＜0.01].Results All dimension values were also significantly higher in the intervention group than in control community (P＜ 0.01).The pure decrement level of fasting blood glucose (1.8 ± 1.7) ％ and HbA1c (0.7 ± 1.2) ％ after intervention was significantly higher in the intervention than in control community (t=6.096,P＜0.01 ;t=2.930,P＜0.05).Conclusions The chronic diseases self-management education may significantly improve patients' self-efficacy and decrease the level of blood-glucose and HbAlc.

Objective:To probe the influence ofrelated index ofmetabolic syndrome on TCM clinical syndrome.Methods:A statistical factor analysis was made to related index ofmetabolic syndrome in 1 231 random people ofphysical examination.To probe the influence ofsyndrome differentiation offive zang on common factor.Results:The results indicated that there were close relationship between liver and lipid,heart and blood pressure, kidney and fasting plasma glucose.There were neither evident mutuality between abdominal circumference and syndromes offive zang,nor between related index ofmetabolic syndrome and the lung or the spleen.Conclusion:Regulation ofthe liver,heart and kidney in TCM may be the key to prevention and treatment ofmetabolic syndrome.

Objective To understand the changes of cardiac systolic and diastolic function in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients without evidence of cardiac disease in China.Methods Forty-two HIV-infected patients who were followed up in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Peking Union Medical College Hospital without cardiac involvement were recruited.All the HIV-infected patients had received highly active antiroviral therapy (HAART) for more than 12 months with viral suppression.And 30 age and sex matched healthy subjects without cardiac disease manifestations were enrolled as controls.Every group members underwent transthoracic echocardiography evaluation.The indexes of cardiac systolic and diastolic function between HIV-infected patients and healthy controls were compared.Results Diastolic abnormality occurred in 20 cases in HIV-infected group and 6 cases in control group, with statistically significant difference (χ2=5.79, P=0.007).The E wave deceleration time (EDT) in HIV-infected patients were significantly decreased than healthy controls ([161.87±21.64] ms vs.[190.34±37.22], t=-3.20, P=0.002).There were no significant differences of E/A ratio ([1.16±0.35] vs.[1.19±0.26]), E/Ea ratio ([5.43±1.99] vs.[5.78±0.91]), isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT), ([93.18±20.34] ms vs.[93.57±18.55]ms), Ea ([10.18±2.80] cm/s vs.[11.45±2.75] cm/s) between HIV-infected patients and controls (t=1.13,1.53,0.67 and 0.29, respectively, all P>0.05).Among cardiac systolic function markers, left ventricular ejection fractions in HIV-infected patients and control group were (66.7±6.4)% and (68.7±4.2)%, respectively.And left ventricular shortening rates were (37.08±4.79)% and (38.17±3.96)%, respectively.Both showed no significant difference between the two groups (t=-1.51 and-1.00, respectively, both P>0.05).Conclusions Compared with control group, subclinical cardiac diastolic dysfunction is more frequently observed in HIV-infected patients.However, there are no significant differences of cardiac systolic function markers between HIV-infected patients and controls.

China donation after Citizen's death (CDCD) has been organized since 2010,and now has been synchronized with the international organ transplantation.At present,liver transplantation has become the only safe and curative treatment for the end-stage liver diseases.Nevertheless,there is much restriction over further exploration of this technique.This article will mainly focus on donation after brain death (DBD),and summarize the four dominating injuries of donor liver,including the donor's primary injury,cut and perfusion injury,graft preservation injury,and ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability to perceive syllables phrases ,mono-syllabic words ,disyllabic words ,when using a CI and an HA in non -implanted ears (bimodal fitting) ,and the relationship be-tween aided thresholds in the HA ear and bimodal effectiveness .Methods Eighteen children who consistently used a bimodal fitting participated in the study .The loudness of speech in the HA ear matched that with implanted ear ,and the aided thresh-olds in the HA ear were obtained .The recognition rate of syllables phrases ,monosyllabic words ,and disyllabic words was tested under the aforementioned two modes in both the quiet and noisy backgrounds .Results The speech performance of children for monosyllabic words were 82 .67% ± 12 .23% ,83 .61% ± 12 .22% ,for disyllabic words 76 .00% ± 16 .13% ,78 .11% ± 14 .84% , for syllables phrases 60 .11% ± 17 .18% ,65 .43% ± 16 .76% ,with a CI alone or with bimodal fitting in a quiet environment ,re-spectively .In a noisy environment ,monosyllabic words were 75 .50% ± 14 .12% ,76 .83% ± 14 .15% ,and disyllabic words were 68 .22% ± 17 .15% ,77 .18% ± 16 .83% ,and syllables phrases were 49 .39% ± 19 .26% ,56 .33% ± 19 .55% .The results sug-gested that speech performance in a quiet or a noisy environment was significantly better with bimodal hearing than with a CI a-lone .All were statistically significant except the recognition rate of monosyllabic words in quiet background (P<0 .05) .Signifi-cant negative correlations were found between aided thresholds at 250 and 500 Hz ,and the bimodal advantages were noticeable for the some speeching perception .Conclusion Bimodal hearing enhances speech performance for deaf patients .The low -fre-quency residual hearing in the HA ear may play a major role in enhancing auditory and speech performance .

Objective To systematically assess the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment for vertigo with excess syndrome. Methods Chinese and English literature about acupuncture treatment of vertigo with excess syndrome published in recent years was comprehensively searched. The quality of the retrieved literature meeting the inclusion criteria of randomized controlled trial was assessed and its data was collected. A Meta analysis of the included studies was carried out.Results Finally, 10 articles with randomized controlled trials containing a total of 688 patients were included in the analysis. The included literature was assessed at lower quality using Cochrane evaluation member manual 5.1. A Meta analysis showed that the efficacy rate of acupuncture treatment for vertigo with excess syndrome was higher than that of Western drugs alone [M-H OR 4.84, 95%CI (2.39, 9.81),P<0.0001]. Combined acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine was superior to Chinese herbal medicine alone [M-H OR 3.82, 95%CI (2.06, 7.10),P<0.0001]. Vertigo symptom and function scoring showed day 3 of treatment [MD 4.66, 95%CI (2.97, 6.35)], day 7 of treatment [MD 0.95, 95%CI (0.03, 1.86)] and day 14 of treatment [MD 0.89, 95%CI (0.71, 2.49)]. There were statistically significant differences in the vertigo symptom and function scores between the two groups of patients at day 3 and 7 of treatment. There were no statistically significant differences in the scores between the two groups of patients at day 14 of treatment. Conclusions Acupuncture or combined acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are effective and highly safe in treating vertigo with excess syndrome, but high-quality, multi-center and large-sample RCT studies still need to be conducted for validation and support.