Objective To investigate the effect of pretreatment of pioglitazone on acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) rats. Methods ANP was induced by retrograde injection of 5% sedinm deoxycholate into bilio-pancreatic ducts. The animals were randomly divided into ANP (n=18), sham operation (n=18) and pioglitazone pretreatment group (n=18). Pioglitazone was given 20 mg/kg in pioglitazone group before ANP was induced. The rats were sacrificed 3 h, 6 h, 12 h after ANP induction, respectively. Bblood samples were taken for serum amylase measurement. Tissue samples of pancreas were harvested for morphological observation under conventional light microscopy. Pathological change of pancreas was evaluated by Hughes and Kusske score system. Results The concentration of serum amylase and the pancreatic histological score in pioglitazone and ANP groups were significantly higher than those in sham operation group (P＜0.001 ). The concentration of serum amylase, Hughes and Kusske score in pioglitazone group at 12 h after ANP induction were (2980± 1080) U/L,4.50±2.07 and 7.50±1.05, respectively, and were lower than (7598±1072) U/L, 7.17±1.47 and 11.33±1.75 of ANP group at 12 h (P＜0.01). Conclusions Pioglitazone pretreatment could decrease the serum level of amylase and the pancreatic histological score. Pioglitazone may ameliorate the severity of ANP.

Animals ; Hypoxia ; classification ; metabolism ; Male ; Oxygen Consumption ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Objective To Know the present situation of diabetes′ self-management ,explore its influencing factors and provide theoretical evidences for conducting diabetic health education and improving patients′ level of self-management .Methods Using random sampling method ,we took 483 cases of diabetic patients concluded inpatient and outpatient from a first class hospital and two community hospitals who meet the inclusion criteria from March 2011 to April 2013 in Chongqing city .All patient were investi-gated with diabetes self-management questionnaire scale .Results 500 questionnaires ,received 483 valid questionnaires ,and the ef-fective rate of recovery is 96 .6% .Among 483 cases of diabetic patients in the investigation ,78 .7% of patients understood diabetes knowledge from medical staffs .In the aspect of following the treatment plan :drug plan had the best executive power with 59% ;the average score of diabetes knowledge was (41 .747 ± 10 .23) ,score index was 51 .5% ;82 .2% of patients did ,not understand their value of glycated hemoglobin ,44 .5% of patients did not understand the two-hour postprandial blood glucose ;The average score of diabetes′self-care behaviors was(3 .59 ± 1 .249) ,score index was 51 .29% ,different score index accompany with different self-man-agement levels .Educational level ,retirees ,diet control ,blood glucose monitoring ,the understanding of diabetes knowledge were pro-tective factors for receiving health education .Conclusion Patients grasp diabetic knowledge are poorly in average ,the present situa-tion of patients′self-management is not optimistic ,it is better to increase the health education of diabetes′ self-management ,and make great efforts to improve diabetes′self-management skills .

Objective To observe the coronary vessel lumen diameter and bifurcation angle in subjects with normal CT coronary angiography (CTCA) imaging.Methods64-row CT coronary angiography imaging from 526 adult people with excellent image quality and normal vascular image were analyzed in this study.The lumen diameter from the origin to distal with 2 mm lumen of left main coronary artery (LM),anterior descending branch (LAD),left circumflex branch (LCX) and right coronary artery (RCA) was measured at 1 cm interval in CPR image.The vascular tapered ratio was calculated.The bifurcation angle in the diagonal branch,obtuse marginal branch,posterior descending branch,acute marginal branch as well as the origin diameter was also measured in VR image.Results The LAD average length was 13 cm and lumen diameter was 3.92 mm at origin and 2.10 mm at distal.The average decremented ratio of LAD was 7.7％ ( male 7.0％,female 8.4％ ).The maximal decremented ratio 8.0％ -10.0％ occurred at 3 -5 cm apart from the origin of LAD.The LCX average length was 13 cm and lumen diameter was 3.57 mm at origin and 2.10 mm at distal.The average decremented ratio of LCX was 9.7％( male 9.6％,female 9.7％ ).Lumen decremented ratio was less than 3.0％ between origin and proximal 3 cm and 8.3％ - 10.7％ in the rest portion of the LCX.The RCA average length was 18 cm and lumen diameter was 3.97 mm at origin and 2.15 mm at distal.The average decremented ratio of RCA was 5.1％(male 4.9％,female 5.3％ ).The decremented ratio of RCR was less than 4.0％ between origin and proximal 10 cm and 6.1％ - 15.2％ in the rest portion.The bifurcation angle was 50,55,66 and 76 degree for LAD with diagonal branch,LCX with obtuse marginal branch,RCA with posterior descending branch and RCA with obtuse marginal branch respectively.Conclusion Coronary artery length,lumen diameter and decremented ratio as well as bifurcation angel could be identified in 64 row CTCA image in vivo.This information could help us to understand the in vivo coronary artery anatomy.

Objective:To meet the demand of medical system for talents, the training of medical students' competency has become a new direction of medical education. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of training quality in medical graduates through the competency scale.Methods:Taking "attitude", "skill" and "knowledge" as the evaluation dimensions, the competency development was divided into four levels of "state", "explain", "apply" and "transfer", and we proposed the competence concept of "A.S.K.-SEAT" and formulated an evaluation scale. Questionnaires and behavior event interviews (BEI) were conducted in medical graduates of Shantou University in 2018. Reliability and validity of the questionnaire were evaluated and current situation of different competency items were analyzed.Results:A total of 155 questionnaires were collected with good reliability and validity, and 15 graduates participated in BEI. A total of 21 A.S.K. competency items (including five basic competency items and two discriminating competency items) and SEAT textual descriptions were finally established.Conclusion:A.S.K.-SEAT scale can provide valid references for the competency evaluation of medical graduates.

Objective To investigate the compliance status of secondary prevention in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) following revascularization.MethodsA total of 512 patients with CAD who received procedures for coronary revascularization were enrolled in the study from January 2009 to October 2010,including 472 cases of percutaneous coronary intervention stenting,25 cases of coronary artery bypass grafting and 15 cases of stenting plus bypass.The demographic information,prophylactic drug therapies, lifestylechangesandmodifiableriskfactorsweresurveyedwithquestionnaires,anthroposomatologicalmeasurementsandlaboratorytestsinpatients3monthsaftercoronary revascularization.ResultsThe proportion of patients on statins,aspirin,β-blockers,angiotensin-converting enzymeinhibitors/angiotensinreceptorblockers(ACEIs/ARBs)andinfluenzavaccinationwere 81.4％ (417/512),93.9％ ( 481/512 ),82.0％ ( 420/512 ),76.2％ ( 390/512 ) and 3.7％ ( 19/512 ) respectively.Based on the criteria recommended by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC)Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients with Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update, the percentages of achieving therapeutic targets of modifiable risk factor management were as follows:glycosylated hemoglobin (90.2％,462/512 ),total cholesterol ( 68.6％,351/512 ),triglycerides ( 58.8％,301/512 ),high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( 91.6％,469/512 ),low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( 44.5 ％,228/512 ),systolic pressure ( 75.2 ％,385/512 ) and diastolic pressure (90.4％,463/512 ) respectively.And the proportions of improved lifestyle were as follows:smoking cessation/non-smoking 81.4％ (417/512),diet control 78.5％ ( 402/512 ),achieving weight targets 61.7％ (316/512)and regular exercise 58.2％ (298/512).ConclusionsThere is a relatively high percentage of standardized antiplatelet therapy and continuous statins medication in patients with coronary artery disease following revascularization. However,many significant modifiable risk factors have not been controlled optimally and lifestyle of patients needs further improvement. There is still a considerable scope for further improvement of secondary prevention in this group of patients.

Objective To investigate the effect of high active antiretroviral therapy ( HAART) on growth and development of infants born to pregnant women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the effect on blocking mother to children transmission.Methods Totally 165 pregnant women diagnosed with HIV infection from May 2006 to May 2017 and their 169 infants, including four pairs of twins were enrolled, and 82 infants born to HIV negative pregnant women in the same period were enrolled as control .All of the pregnant women in the experimental group were administrated with HAART when HIV antibody test was positive.The delivery intervention and artificial feeding were carried out as well.The weight, height, hemoglobin (Hb), serum iron and serum calcium level of infants at birth , 12 months and six years old were monitored and compared between the two groups.Apgar scores of newborns and intelligence tests at six-year-old were also recorded.Statistical analysis was performed by t test.Results Pregnant women were generally in good conditions and well tolerated to the drugs.There were no significant differences in neonatal Apgar scores , body weight, body length, Hb, serum iron, serum calcium and CD4+T lymphocyte count between HIV positive experimental group and control group (t ＝-1.27,-1.12,-3.41,-5.62,-0.89,-3.02 and-0.74, respectively, all P＞0.05).At the age of 12 months, there were no significant differences in body weight , length, Hb, serum iron, serum calcium and CD4+T lymphocyte count between the two groups ( t ＝1.02, 1.41, 1.32, 1.03, 0.89 and 1.06, respectively, all P ＞0.05).At the age of six years, there were no significant differences in all indexes between the two groups (t＝1.02, 0.87, 1.58, 1.03, 0.92 and 2.07, respectively, all P ＞0.05).Intelligence assessment was performed in 78 children of the experimental group and 45 children of the control group at the age of six years , and there was no significant difference between the two groups ((89.7 ±12.5) score vs (91.2 ±13.7) score, t＝1.67, P＝0.43).All the children in the experimental group were positive for HIV antibody at birth , and six cases were positive for HIV RNA who were diagnosed with neonatal HIV infection.HAART was initiated for the six cases , while HIV antibody tests were still positive until the age of 18 months after HAART.The rest of the children′s HIV antibody tests became negative with the mother to children tramsission rate of 3.55%(6／169).Conclusion HAART could not only block mother to children tramsission of HIV , but also has no effect on growth and intellectual development of children during the observation period.

OBJECTIVETo research the function of endophytes of mistletoe in parasitism process of mistletoe in Pterocarya stenoptera.

METHODEndophytes from eight different parts of the mistletoe were separated by explant culture, and further screened by different CMC plates culture and DNS method to get cellulase high productive strains. The distribution of the endophytic fungus parasitized in mistletoe were prepared and stained to demonstrate by histological section of the intumescentia part of the P. stenoptera.

RESULTThe histological section indicated that aboundent of hyphasma were distributed around the haustorium of the mistletoe. Eighty three strains of endophytic fungus were separated, 38 of them were able to degrade cellulose, 19 strains showed high cellulase activity and 10 of which were separated from the parasitic position.

CONCLUSIONEndophytic fungus of mistletoe can secrete cellulase and assist the haustorium of mistletoe to breakthrough the cell walls as well as intercellular space tissues of the P. stenoptera, thus, the endophytic fungus plays an important role in the parasitism process of mistletoe in P. stenoptera.

Cellulase ; metabolism ; Cellulose ; metabolism ; Fungi ; metabolism ; Juglandaceae ; Symbiosis ; Viscum ; cytology ; microbiology

Objective To investigate the status of psychological quality of college students ' innovation and entrepreneurship, identify the elements of the psychological quality and problems and countermeasures against the psychological quality training in medical schools. Methods A questionair was made and administered to Kunming Medical University students and Chi-square analysis was used to analyze the gender, major, grade, and entrepreneurial intention differences between different groups of students so as to analyze the psychological factors affecting College students ' undertaking intention. Results A total of 1150 questionnaires,1099 was recovered,the effective recovery rate was 95.6％. Psychological quality score was (76.9 ±9.0), good mental qualities only was 8.2％, entrepreneurial environment, factors of psychological quality of good-willed persons were only 0.5％and 15.5％. Female entrepreneurial intentions were better than those of men (<0.001) . Science students' undertaking intention was superior to liberal arts students ( =0.025), knowledge of entrepreneurship difference between knowledge of business groups and <0.005,there was a statistically significant difference, about the environment worse group entrepreneurial intention superior knowledge of business groups. Conclusions As students' psychological qualities are poor,have poor psychological quality,in teaching we should strengthen the cultivation of medical students' entrepreneurial ability and correct understanding of entrepreneurship, create a good business environment, increase the entrepreneurship policy advocacy efforts, and create a good business environment and atmosphere so as to strengthen the entrepreneurship education, improve entrepreneurship courses so that students fully understand the cognitive and psychological qualities, stimulate the entrepreneurial motivation, lay the Foundation for entrepreneurship.

Objective: To study the lumber spine imaging process of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and parameters used to optimize the image quality. Methods: A computational voxel phantom was constructed from patient computed tomography (CT) data. Using the Monte Carlo radiation transport method, a dual energy x-ray beam was simulated to scan the phantom of lumbar spine to generate a bone density image. The Figure of Merit (FOM) of each image was claculated. Parameters including the combination of the high and low energy tube voltage, the thickness of Cu filter, and the ratio of two beam energy incident photon number were optimized, which based on FOM. Results: FOM reaches a minimum of 1.59 × 10^-2 with the tube voltage combination of 75 and 200 kVp. With the thickness of the Cu filter from 0 mm to 3 mm, FOM decreases from 6.30×10^-2 to 1.87×10^-2, showing a gradually slow-down trend. With the incident photon number ratio (low energy/high energy) increasing from 1∶3 to 19∶1, FOM decreases firstly and then increases, reaching a minimum of 1.40×10^-2 at 3∶1. Conclusions According to the simulation results, the combinations of low tube voltage from 70 kVp to 85 kVp and high tube voltage from 160 kVp to 200 kVp, 0.3 mm Cu filter and beam incident photon number ratio from 1 to 5 can yield the best lumbar spine image quality with the lowest patient dose.