1.Effects of egg and milk supplementation on growth and development among children in poor rural area.
Shuang LIN ; Xiaoqi HU ; Fan ZHANG ; Qing RUAN ; Wen TANG ; Longxiang TAO ; Hui PAN ; Qian ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2015;49(8):733-737
OBJECTIVETo evaluate the effects of egg and milk supplementation on growth and development and body composition among children in poor rural area in Tianyang County of Guangxi province.
METHODSTotal four schools were randomly selected from four towns in Tianyang County of Guangxi province as intervention group in April, 2013. The intervention measures included that these students were given salty egg (net weight: 50 g) and ultra-high-temperature-sterilization school milk (net weight: 200 g) every school day and these schools were equipped with standard kitchens. Another four schools of familiar socio-economic level, teaching quality and size from the same town were randomly chosen as control group and none of the intervention measures were implemented. About 25 students were randomly selected and stratified by grades from grade one to grade five. The height, weight, and body composition of all students were measured in April, 2013 and one year after the intervention. A total of 978 students were measured at baseline from age 6 to 13, 552 students as intervention group and 426 as control group. t-test was used to compare the differences between groups and multivariate unconditional logistic regression was used to analyze the factors of malnutrition.
RESULTSAfter one year intervention, 892 students were measured randomly, with 515 students in intervention group and 377 in control one. The average weight of boys in intervention group increased (3.6 ± 1.7) kg compared with baseline. It was significantly higher than that of control group ((2.9 ± 1.5) kg) (t = 4.40, P < 0.001). The boy's lean body mass of intervention group increased (2.6 ± 1.4) kg, higher than the control group ((2.0 ± 1.2) kg) (t = 3.95, P < 0.001). The decrease of malnutrition rate of intervention schools (11.8%) was significantly higher than that of the control schools (4.7%, χ² = 16.90, P < 0.001), and the odds ratio was 0.37 (95% CI: 0.23-0.59). The risk difference of overweight and obesity was not statistically significant between the two groups (OR = 1.68, 95% CI: 0.57-4.94).
CONCLUSIONAfter supplementing milk and egg, the nutritional status of the poor rural pupils was improved.
Animals ; Body Composition ; Body Weight ; Child ; Child Development ; China ; Diet ; Eggs ; Humans ; Male ; Milk ; Nutritional Status ; Obesity ; Overweight ; Poverty Areas ; Rural Population ; Schools ; Students
2. Prevalence of tonsilloliths and CT diagnosis
Changliang YU ; Longxiang TAO ; Xiaohu LI ; Yongqiang YU ; Bin LIU
Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2017;52(8):604-607
Objective:
To investigate the prevalence, gender and age distribution characteristics of tonsilloliths and its CT diagnosis, in order to improve the knowledge of clinicians.
Methods:
The images of 2 710 patients who underwent head and neck CT scans from November 2015 to November 2016 were retrospectively reviewed, the prevalence, gender and age distribution of tonsilloliths and CT manifestation were analyzed. SPSS 18.0 was used for statistical analysis.
Results:
Tonsilloliths were found in 383 (14.1%) of the 2 710 patients, including 217 men and 166 women. The prevalence was 15.1% in men and 13.1% in women, and no gender difference was seen. The age of patients with tonsilloliths ranged from 6-88 years, and the mean age was (51.1±16.8) years. The prevalence of tonsilloliths in patients 40 years and younger was significantly lower than in those who were over 40 years (χ2=15.201,
3.Teaching reform and practice of bioengineering comprehensive experiment based on virtual simulation technology.
Bin DONG ; Tao WU ; Zhigang YAO ; Jun WANG ; Jianqing LI ; Wenjuan ZHAO ; Longxiang LIU ; Chunlong SUN ; Zhiwei SU ; Bin LIU
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2022;38(4):1671-1684
Bioengineering majors require students to acquire excellent abilities of thinking and analyzing complex problems and have high requirements for students' comprehensive practical skills. Because of the professional characteristics, it is necessary to develop students' abilities to solve complex problems via the teaching of a series of experiments. Therefore, it is particularly important to reform the traditional experiment teaching for students majoring in bioengineering to improve the teaching quality, which have great significance for the cultivation of comprehensive talents. In this study, with the advantages of geographical location and resources to cultivate application-oriented innovative talents, the course group of Comprehensive Experiment of Bioengineering has designed the course based on virtual simulation technology in Binzhou University. Taking the experiment of extraction and bioactivity analysis of Suaeda salsa (growing in the Yellow River Delta) polysaccharide in fermentation as a case, we studied the course design idea, experimental process, teaching method and result analysis, and have improved the teaching performance. This case analysis provides new ideas and content reference for the teaching reform of similar courses.
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