Objective To observe the effect of hepatocyte growth factor on preserving isolated heart of rats. Methods Forty rats were random divided into two groups: Control group(n=20)which rat hearts were isolated and preserved in 4℃HTK solution, and experimental group(n=20)which rat hearts were isolated and preserved in 4℃ HTK+rh-HGF(100μg/L)solution. Before operation and rat hearts were subjected to 8 hours(groupA,C)or 12 hours(group B,D)hypothermic storage followed by 5 minutes of normothermic reperfusion onmodifiedLangendorff-Neely model. The recovery rate of cardiac function after myocardial preservation, such as LVSP and LVDP and±dp/dt max and the changes of CK,LDH,NO and ET were measured. Cell apoptosis was detected by TUNEL staining and the expression of c-met was analyzed by immunohistochemical method. The expression change of bcl-2 mRNA was examined by RT-PCR. Results Compared with control group, experimental group showed that a significantly higher recovery rate of LVSP,LVDP and±dp/dt max(P＜0.01) and lower rate of TUNEL positive cardiomyocytes(P＜0.01) after reperfusion. The leakage of CK and LDH was significant lower than that of control group(P＜0.01). Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that c-met receptor expression was stronger in the HGF-treated myocardium than that in the non HGF-treated myocardium after storage, and this was associated with a stronger expression of bcl-2 mRNA. Conclusion The administration of rh-HGF before storage improved cardiac function after prolonged myocardial preservation by preventing apoptosis and enhancing expression of bcl-2 mRNA. Thus, the addition of rh-HGF in the storage solution may be a promising strategy for prolonged heart graft preservation.

Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of Xipayi Mouth Rinse in the treatment of halitosis.Methods:PubMed/MEDLINE,China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) (1979-2015) and Weipu Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals (1989-2013) were systemically searched.The methodological quality of the included trials was assessed based on the Jadad scale and the available data were analyzed with RevMan software (version 5.3).Results:8 studies involving 608 participants satisfied the minimum criteria for Meta-analysis.The evidence showed that the Organoleptic Score (OS) of Xipayi Mouth Rinse compared with placebo for treatment of halitosis was [WMD =-0.43,95％ CI (-0.57,-0.29)],plaque index (PLI) [WMD =-1.59,95％ CI (-1.67,-1.51)];the OS of Xipayi Mouth Rinse compared with western medicine [WMD =0.16,95％ CI (0.05,0.28)],PLI [WMD =0.10,95％ CI(0.03,0.18)];the total efficiency of Xipayi Mouth Rinse compared with normal saline was[RR:1.64,95％ CI(1.11,2.42)].Conclusion:The current clinical evidence showed that the effectiveness of Xipayi Mouth Rinse in the treatment of halitosis is higher than the Placebo,but lower than western medicine.

Objective : To summarize experience treating dog bites in the oral and maxillofacial regions of children and provide a reference for clinical practice. Methods : Nineteen children with dog bite wounds in the maxillofacial region were treated from July 2011 to June 2018 with primary debridement and suturing. A rabies vaccine, tetanus vaccine and human immunoglobulin as a passive immune agent were given via intramuscular injection. Anti-inflammatory therapy with amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium or other antibiotics. Follow-up observation and a retrospective analysis of the treatment effect were carried out. Results: After treatment, among the 19 pediatric patients, 18 cases showed primary healing and 1 case showed secondary healing. The follow-up period ranged from six months to seven and a half years. No cases of rabies occurred. Conclusion For the treatment of patients with maxillofacial dog bite wounds, the first stage debridement and suture can reduce the scar after operation and is beneficial to the recovery of face.

Coding with high-frequency stimuli could alleviate the visual fatigue of users generated by the brain-computer interface (BCI) based on steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP). It would improve the comfort and safety of the system and has promising applications. However, most of the current advanced SSVEP decoding algorithms were compared and verified on low-frequency SSVEP datasets, and their recognition performance on high-frequency SSVEPs was still unknown. To address the aforementioned issue, electroencephalogram (EEG) data from 20 subjects were collected utilizing a high-frequency SSVEP paradigm. Then, the state-of-the-art SSVEP algorithms were compared, including 2 canonical correlation analysis algorithms, 3 task-related component analysis algorithms, and 1 task discriminant component analysis algorithm. The results indicated that they all could effectively decode high-frequency SSVEPs. Besides, there were differences in the classification performance and algorithms' speed under different conditions. This paper provides a basis for the selection of algorithms for high-frequency SSVEP-BCI, demonstrating its potential utility in developing user-friendly BCI.
Humans ; Brain-Computer Interfaces ; Evoked Potentials, Visual ; Algorithms ; Discriminant Analysis ; Electroencephalography