Objective To compare the application values and setup errors between vacuum bag plus body mask and customized alpha cradle duringproton and carbon therapy using Siemens 6D robotic couch in prostate cancer patients.Methods Nineteen patients received vacuum bag plus body mask setup were allocated into the vacuum bag group andl9 patients with alpha cradle were assigned into the alpha cradle group.Orthogonal X-ray portals were performed to verify the treatment position before beam delivery in every fraction.The couch correction between the portal and reference DRR through manual image registration was recorded as setup errors in 6 directions including the lateral,supine-inferior,anterior-posterior,yaws,roll and pitch,respectively.Two-tail t-test was used to analyze the setup error data from each direction between two groups.Results In total,452 and 436 sets of data errors were collected from the vacuum bag and alpha cradle groups.The average setup errors and standard deviation in the vacuum bag and alpha cradle groups in the lateral,supine-inferior,anterior-posterior,yaws,roll and pitch directions were (0.63±0.48) cm vs.(0.33±0.24) cm (P=0.000),(0.40±0.3) cm vs.(0.31±0.25) cm (P=0.000),(0.69±0.61) cm vs.(0.82±0.69) cm (P=0.006),0.65°±0.47°vs 0.32°±0.25°(P=0.000),1.05°±0.95°vs 1.16°±0.94° (P=0.100) and 0.67°±0.56°vs 0.40°±0.36° (P=0.000),respectively.The maximum setup errors were detected in the pitch direction for both groups.Conclusions During the proton and carbon therapy using Siemens 6D robotic couch,two setup methods using vacuum bag plus body mask and customized alpha cradle should be selected according to the individual conditions of patients.A customized foot fixer should be utilized to reduce the uncertainty in the femoral head region.

Objective:To evaluate risk factors and available treatments of extramedullary relapse (EMR) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in patients with myeloid leukemia.Methods:A total of 280 patients were retrospectively analyzed from January 2008 to December 2018 in Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Clinical data were collected including disease patterns, pre-transplantation status, chromosome karyotype, conditioning regimen, types of donor, extramedullary disease before transplantation and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The log-rank test and Cox proportional hazard model were uesd for univariate analysis and multivariate analysis, respectively.Results:Twenty patients developed EMR (7.14%). The median time of EMR was 7.5 (1-123) months after allo-HSCT. The mortality of EMR was 80% (16/20). Univariate analysis identified disease patterns, second complete remission (CR2) or progressive disease before transplantation, extramedullary disease, abnormal karyotype and conditioning regimen without total body radiation as significant factors correlated to EMR ( P<0.05). Multi-variable analysis revealed that CR2 or progressive disease ( RR=3.468,95% CI 2.189-7.786), abnormal karyotype ( RR=1.494,95% CI 1.020-2.189) and extramedullary disease before transplantation ( RR=8.627,95% CI 3.921-18.452) were independent risk factors of EMR. Conclusions:The clinical outcome of EMR after allo-HSCT is poor.It is crucial to comprehensively assess and identify EMR as early as possible.

Objective:To construct evaluation index system of nursing cooperation quality in acute aortic dissection surgery based on three-dimensional quality structure model and to provide reference standards and evaluation standards for nursing staff who cooperate with emergency dissection surgery so as to improve the quality of operation cooperation.Methods:From March to November 2019, based on the "structure-process-result" quality structure model as the theoretical basis, the evaluation index system of nursing cooperation quality in acute aortic dissection surgery was initially established by literature retrieval. Then Delphi method was used to consultation 36 experts so as to determine the index system and assign the importance.Results:The questionnaire recovery rates of the two rounds of expert consultation were respectively 97.2% (35/36) and 100.0% (35/35) , the expert authority coefficients ( Cr) were respectively 0.838 and 0.867 and the Kendall coordination coefficients ( W) were respectively 0.210 and 0.128 ( P <0.01) . The final evaluation standard included 3 first-level indexes, 10 second-level indexes and 30 third-level indexes (6 structure indexes, 19 process indexes, and 5 result indexes) . The full score rates of the questionnaire indexes were all over 50%, the significance values were all greater than or equal to (4.29±0.71) and the coefficients of variation were all less than 0.2. Conclusions:The experts participating in the consultation have good enthusiasm, authority and coordination of evaluation opinions. The content of nursing quality evaluation index system for acute aortic dissection surgery is objective, reasonable and effective. It can be used as a reference standard and quality evaluation standard for nursing cooperation with aortic dissection surgery in nursing staff , which lays a foundation for improving the quality of surgical cooperation and ensuring the safety of patients during perioperative period.

Objective To explore the correlation between thyroid antibody levels and early renal injury in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)combined with Hashimoto's thyroiditis(HT).Methods A total of 375 T2DM patients hospitalized in The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University from January 2018 to December 2022 were selectedas the study subjects,and 197 healthy people were selected as the control subjects.The patients with T2DM were divided into simple T2DM group(n=191)and T2DM combined with HT group(HT,n=184).According to the urinary albumin/creatinine ratio(UACR)level,T2DM patients with HT were divided into microalbuminuria subgroup(MUAlb,30≤UACR≤300 mg/g,n=70)and normal albuminuria subgroup(NUAlb,UACR<30 mg/g,n=114).According to whether the thyroid antibody was positive,they were divided into thyroid peroxides antibody[TPOAb(+)]subgroup(n=56),thyroglobulin antibody[TGAb(+)]subgroup(n=40)and TGAb and TPOAb double antibody positive subgroup(n=88).Results Compared with the NC group,the smoking,drinking,urinary creatinine,alpha 1-microglobulin,UACR,FPG,HbA1c,LDL-C,TC,and TG in the HT and T2DM groups increased(P<0.05),while HDL-C decreased(P<0.05).Compared with the NUAlb subgroup,the MUAlb subgroup showed age,DM duration,FPG,HbA1c,TGAb,TPOAb,thyroid stimulating hormone(TSH)increased(P<0.05),while FT3 and eGFR decreased(P<0.05).Spearman correlation analysis showed that UACR was positively correlated with age,HbA1c,TPOAb,TGAb,TSH(P<0.01),and negatively correlated with FT3(P<0.01).The UACR of the TGAb(+)+TPOAb(+)subgroup was higher than that of the TGAb(+)and TPOAb(+)subgroups(P<0.05).Logistic regression analysis showed that TSH,TGAb,TPOAb,and HbA1c were risk factors for MUAlb,while FT3 was a protective factor for MUAlb.Conclusions In T2DM with HT patients with normal thyroid function,TPOAb and TGAb are closely related to the occurrence of early renal injury.

Objective: To explore the occurrence, clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of glomerulitis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Methods: Analysis were carried out based on the clinical data of 6 patients with de novo glomerulitis following allo-HSCT hospitalized in Henan Tumor Hospital from January 2008 to December 2016, and the clinical manifestation, pathology, diagnosis, treatment and outcome were investigated. Results: The occurrence of glomerulitis was 1.26% (6/478). The median time was 447(272-1 495) d after allo-HSCT. Proteinuria and varying degrees of edema were present in all patients. Of the 6 patients, 4 patients with impaired renal function, 3 cases of hypertension, 5 cases of urine occult blood positive, 2 cases of hyperlipidemia. 5 patients underwent acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), 4 patients accompanied with chronic GVHD at diagnosis. Kidney pathology showed typical features of minimal change diseases in 1 patient, membranous nephropathy in 4 patients and mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis in 1 case. Immunohistochemistry of glomerular lesions revealed that the immune complex deposition included IgG in 4 patients, C3 in 3 patients, IgM and C1q in 1 patient. Serum ANA was positive in 2 patients and serum IgG and IgM were in high level in 1 patient, respectively. Only 1 case was effective on glucocorticoid. 5 cases treated by low dose cyclophosphamide combined with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), 2 cases achieved complete remission, and 3 cases were partial remission. Up to now, 2 cases died with lung infection, and 4 patients survived. Conclusion The predominant pathological type of glomerulitis was membranous nephropathy. Low-dose cyclophosphamide combined with MMF was an effective treatment.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of unrelated donor allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) for leukemic children .Methods Clinical data of 54 leukemic children undergoing allo-HSCT were retrospectively analyzed from May 2006 to March 2018 .According to the source of donor ,they were divided into matched sibling donor allo-HSCT group (MSD ,n = 27 ) and unrelated donor group (URD ,n= 27) .The clinical outcomes of leukemic children receiving URD allo- HSCT were assessed and those in MSD allo-HSCT group were enrolled as control .Results One patient with refractory AML was not implanted in URD group and the remaining 53 cases were successful in hematopoietic reconstitution .The time of neutrophil and platelet ,the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD ) , chronic GVHD (cGVHD ) , generalized cGVHD and their transplant-related complications including pulmonary complications ,hemorrhagic cystitis between two groups were not statistically different (P> 0 .05) .The incidence of serious aGVHD ,cytomegalovirus (CMV) and EB virus (EBV) infection was significantly higher in URD group than that in MSD group (P< 0 .05) .The proportion of non-recurrent deaths in URD and MSD groups was 80％ and 31 .3％ respectively and the difference between two groups was statistically significant ( P = 0 .041) .The 3- year disease-free survival rate (DFS) of URD group and MSD group was (52 .9 ± 9 .8 )％ ,(38 .5 ± 8 .7 )％ and the overall 3-year survival rate (OS) was (57 .9 ± 9 .5)％ and (46 .5 ± 9 .7)％ respectively . The inter-group difference was not statistically significant ( P > 0 .05 ) .Conclusions In leukemic children ,although the incidence of complications post URD allo-HSCT is significantly increased , the prognosis is comparable to MSD allo-HSCT .It is a good choice when there is no suitable sibling donor .

Objective To study the effects of excitation source, intraocular pressure and material parameters on frequency response of human eye under acoustic excitation. Methods Based on the three-dimensional (3D) finite element model of the whole eye, as well as the deformation and stress distribution of human eye, the effects of various parameters on frequency response of human eye were quantitatively analyzed. Results When other parameters were fixed and only the position and size of the excitation source changed, the amplitude at resonance of human eye (the acoustic excitation source was placed directly above the cornea, at an offset of 45°, and at larger excitation) at 134 Hz was 35, 48 and 133 μm, respectively. When only the intraocular pressure changed, the first-order resonance frequency was almost unaffected by the intraocular pressure, and the resonance frequencies of other orders would shift slightly to the left as the intraocular pressure increased. When only the scleral elastic parameters changed, the resonance frequency of eye tissues increased with the increase of the scleral elasticity. Conclusions The position and size of the excitation source have no effects on resonance frequency of human eye, but they have a greater effect on the resonance amplitude. The material parameters of human eye tissues have a greater effect on the frequency response, and there is a linear relationship between the intraocular pressure and resonance frequency. The results provide the theoretical basis for clinical development of high-performance intraocular pressure monitoring technology.

OBJECTIVES: To explore the application of random forest algorithm in screening the risk factors and predictive values for postpartum depression. METHODS: We recruited the participants from a tertiary hospital between June 2017 and June 2018 in Changsha City, and followed up from pregnancy up to 4-6 weeks postpartum.Demographic economics, psychosocial, biological, obstetric, and other factors were assessed at first trimesters with self-designed obstetric information questionnaire and the Chinese version of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). During 4-6 weeks after delivery, the Chinese version of EPDS was used to score depression and self-designed questionnaire to collect data of delivery and postpartum. The data of subjects were randomly divided into the training data set and the verification data set according to the ratio of 3꞉1. The training data set was used to establish the random forest model of postpartum depression, and the verification data set was used to verify the predictive effects via the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and AUC index. RESULTS: A total of 406 participants were in final analysis. Among them, 150 of whom had EPDS score ≥9, and the incidence of postpartum depression was 36.9%. The predictive effects of random forest model in the verification data set were at accuracy of 80.10%, sensitivity of 61.40%, specificity of 89.10%, positive predictive value of 73.00%, negative predictive value of 82.80%, and AUC index of 0.833. The top 10 predictive influential factors that screening by the variable importance measure in random forest model was antenatal depression, economic worries after delivery, work worries after delivery, free triiodothyronine in first trimesters, high-density lipoprotein in third trimester, venting temper to infants, total serum cholesterol and serum triglyceride in first trimester, hematocrit and serum triglyceride in third trimester. CONCLUSIONS Random forest has a great advantage in risk prediction for postpartum depression. Through comprehensive evaluation mechanism, it can identify the important influential factors for postpartum depression from complex multi-factors and conduct quantitative analysis, which is of great significance to identify the key factors for postpartum depression and carry out timely and effective intervention.
Depression, Postpartum/epidemiology* ; Female ; Humans ; Postpartum Period ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, Third ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ; Risk Factors ; Sensitivity and Specificity

A fundamental challenge that arises in biomedicine is the need to characterize compounds in a relevant cellular context in order to reveal potential on-target or off-target effects. Recently, the fast accumulation of gene transcriptional profiling data provides us an unprecedented opportunity to explore the protein targets of chemical compounds from the perspective of cell transcriptomics and RNA biology. Here, we propose a novel Siamese spectral-based graph convolutional network (SSGCN) model for inferring the protein targets of chemical compounds from gene transcriptional profiles. Although the gene signature of a compound perturbation only provides indirect clues of the interacting targets, and the biological networks under different experiment conditions further complicate the situation, the SSGCN model was successfully trained to learn from known compound-target pairs by uncovering the hidden correlations between compound perturbation profiles and gene knockdown profiles. On a benchmark set and a large time-split validation dataset, the model achieved higher target inference accuracy as compared to previous methods such as Connectivity Map. Further experimental validations of prediction results highlight the practical usefulness of SSGCN in either inferring the interacting targets of compound, or reversely, in finding novel inhibitors of a given target of interest.
Drug Delivery Systems ; Proteins ; Transcriptome