1.A dynamic model describing lymphatic circulation.
Wei YAO ; Guanghong DING ; Xueyong SHEN ; Shengzhang WANG ; Ruishan DANG ; Er'yu CHEN
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2008;25(4):831-834
Based on the morphology and function of lymphatic vessel, and on the achievements of researches in the regulatory mechanism of lymphatic circulation, we fully considered the dynamic interaction of blood, interstitial fluid and lymph fluid; then we imitated and used Sungawa's method of analyzing the heart output, and finally set up a dynamic model for describing lymphatic circulation. Comparison of our calculating results with the data from Ikomi's experiment showed that they were identical, thus indicating that our model is of value in explaining the dynamic mechanism of lymphatic circulation. In this paper is especially calculated the relationship between lymph flow and massage frequency, which is useful for analyzing the effect of massage on the lymph flow rate with respect to this model.
Animals
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Computer Simulation
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Endothelium, Lymphatic
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cytology
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physiology
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Humans
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Lymph
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physiology
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Lymphatic Vessels
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physiology
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Models, Biological
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Nonlinear Dynamics
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Pressure
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Rabbits
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Rheology
2.Real experience and management of cancer pain in adult cancer patients: a Meta-synthesis of qualitative research
Ruishan YAO ; Tingting BIAN ; Yuanyuan CHEN ; Jia WAN ; Mengjuan YANG ; Yi DAI
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2024;30(15):1993-2000
Objective:To systematically integrate qualitative research on the real experience and management of cancer pain in adult cancer patients, so as to provide reference for improving the management of cancer pain in adult cancer patients and reducing their cancer pain.Methods:Qualitative research literature on the real experience and management of cancer pain in cancer patients was systematically searched in Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, Embase, ProQuest, Scopus, China Biomedical Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data, and VIP. The search period was from database establishment to August 2023. The literature was evaluated using the quality evaluation criteria for qualitative research of the Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence-Based Health Care Center. The aggregation Meta-synthesis method was used to integrate and summarize research results.Results:A total of 16 articles were included, and 78 results were extracted to form 11 categories, which were summarized into four integrated results of the cognitive status of adult cancer patients towards cancer pain, the impact of cancer pain on patients, self-management strategies for cancer pain, and medical experiences related to cancer pain.Conclusions:Adult cancer patients face obstacles in alleviating cancer pain, such as lack of awareness of cancer pain, negative impacts, inadequate self-management strategies, and poor medical experience. Patients need to improve their self-management strategies, and the country and medical institutions should provide comprehensive support to enable patients and clinical medical and nursing staff to manage cancer pain.
3.Study on altered functional and effective connectivity of bilateral precuneus in drug-naïve first-episode patients with adolescent-onset schizophrenia
Hongchao YAO ; Junlin WU ; Hongwei LI ; Lihua ZHUO ; Guoping HUANG ; Ruohan FENG ; Ruishan LIU ; Lu WANG ; Zhenlin LI
Sichuan Mental Health 2023;36(5):402-408
BackgroundCompared with adult-onset schizophrenia, patients with adolescent-onset schizophrenia experience a high genetic susceptibility, severe negative symptoms, high recurrence rate, poor prognosis and social function recovery. And clarifying the brain functional alterations in adolescent-onset schizophrenia is of great significance for further elucidating the pathogenesis of the disease and exploring personalized and precise treatment. ObjectiveTo investigate the altered functional and effective connectivity of bilateral precuneus in first-episode patients with adolescent-onset schizophrenia based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), thus providing reliable imaging evidence in guiding the study on mechanism involved in adolescent-onset schizophrenia. MethodsTwenty-one drugnaïve first-episode patients with adolescent-onset schizophrenia who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) criteria for schizophrenia were enrolled, and another 21 psychiatrially healthy controls matched on age, educational background and gender were concurrently selected. The schizophrenic subjects were evaluated using the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (PSYRATS) and Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS). All participants underwent rs-fMRI scans, and the whole-brain seed-based functional and effective connectivity analyses were conducted in bilateral cuneus region. Then the correlation between functional connectivity strength and clinical symptoms of patients was discussed. ResultsIn terms of functional connectivity, the functional connectivity of bilateral precuneus and left middle temporal gyrus was increased in patient group compared with healthy control group [P<0.01, family-wise error (FWE) correction at cluster level, P<0.05]. In terms of effective connectivity, patient group responded to negative feedback with greater activation of seed region and left middle frontal gyrus than healthy control group. Correlation analysis within patient group denoted that the decreased effective connectivity of bilateral precuneus and left middle frontal gyrus was positively correlated with the total PANSS score (r=0.450, P<0.05). ConclusionThe resting-state functional and effective connectivity of bilateral precuneus is abnormally alerted in drugnaïve first-episode patients with adolescent-onset schizophrenia, and the decreased effective connectivity of bilateral precuneus and left middle frontal gyrus may be related to the development of clinical symptoms. [Funded by National Key Research and Development Program of China (number, 2022YFC2009901, 2022YFC2009900)]