BACKGROUND:Due to anisotropic CT volume data, triangular meshes extracted from bone CT images often contain staircase surface, which wil affect the subsequent medical diagnosis. OBJECTIVE:To reconstruct patient-specific bone model based on digital geometry processing technique. METHODS:Firstly, registration was performed in image registration algorithm based on mutual information for bone CT slices, and then contours were extracted by image segmentation and a stack of contours were converted into point clouds. The normals of point clouds were estimated based on Gaussian weighted principal component analysis and the noise from point clouds was removed by trilateral filtering. Final y, bone triangular meshes were constructed by adaptive spherical cover. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:In this paper, the proposed method could generate smoothing bone surface meshes, triangular mesh shape which was formed by the rules and adaptive distribution, for finite element analysis, computer aided manufacturing and three-dimensional printing to provide accurate three-dimensional models.

Objective:To study the effect of a three-in-one counseling model on mental health of medical students Method: A three-in-one counseling model composed of mental health education, group counseling and individual counseling was applied to 150 freshmen of a medical school (study group) Other 150 freshmen were collected as control The intervention lasted for 1 year The effect was assessed with EPQ, SCL-90, GWB (gross well being), SCCS (self-consistency and congruence scale), SAD (social avoidance and distress scale) and LESU (life events scale of undergraduates) at the baseline, in the middle and at the end of the study Result: After intervention, the study group had lower score in psychoticism of EPQ (46 3?7 5) than control group (50 7?11 9), and higher score in flexibility (48 9?5 6) than control (46 8?5 9) The total score and many subscores of SCL-90 decreased in study group While the scores of social avoidance and distress increased in control group Conclusion: The three-in-one counseling model has effect on balancing personality, reducing psychosomatic symptoms, facilitating self consistency and improving social interaction of medical students

OBJECTIVE To investigate the changing pattern of clinical pathogens and the antibiotic resistance.METHODS The statistics of MRSA and MSSA isolated clinically in Hubei Province during from 2002 to 2005 was collected and analyzed.RESULTS The resistance rate of MRSA to various antibiotics was higher than that of MSSA.The resistance rate of MRSA to tetracyclines decreased yearly.CONCLUSIONS Multidrug resistance of MRSA to the most antibiotics is not improving.Vancomycin possesses the strongest activity for MRSA.However,the resistance of MSSA to the most antibiotics is improving.

Object To proceed our continual search of insecticides and potentially useful pharmaceutics in plants of the Meliaceae family Methods Chemical constituents in the ethanolic extract of the leaves of Toona sinensis (A Juss ) Roem were separated and identified Results 6 compounds were isolated and identified as: 6, 7, 8, 2′ tetramethoxy 5, 6′ dihydroxy flavone (Ⅰ); 5, 7 dihydroxy 8 methoxy flavone (Ⅱ); kaempferol (Ⅲ); 3 hydroxy 5, 6 epoxy 7 megastigmen 9 one (Ⅳ), ethyl gallate (Ⅴ) and scopoletin (Ⅵ) by spectral methods Conclusion Compound Ⅳ was obtained from Toona Roem. for the first time

Objective To investigate the activation of nuclear factor-B (NF-B)and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1)in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). Methods Subjects were classified into mild-to-moderate OSHAS group (n = 16), severe OSAHS group (n = 14) and the matched control group (n=30). Gene and protein expressions of NF-B and HIF-1 were measured by RT-PCR, Western blot in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Results NF-κB p65 mRNA and NF-κB p65 protein,HIF-1α mRNA and HIF-1α protein in PBMC were significantly higher in severe OSAHS group than those in mild–to-moderate group and control group (P<0.01). But there were no significant difference in NF-κB p65 mRNA and NF-κB p65 protein between mild-to-moderate group and control group (P=0.068, P=0.254 respectively). Only gene (P<0.05) not the protein (P=0.777) of HIF-1αwas higher in mild-to-moderate as compared with control group. Both NF-κB p65 mRNA and HIF-1αmRNA were positively correlated with AHI (r=0.493, P=0.006, r=0.508, P=0.004), while negatively correlated with nighttime lowest blood oxygen saturation (LSaO2)(r=-0.488, P=0.006, r=-0.46, P=0.011). There was a positive correlation between NF-κB p65 protein level and AHI (r=0.669, P<0.001). HIF-1αprotein level was positively correlated with AHI, ODI (r=0.628, P=0.001;r=0.480, P=0.018). There were positive correlations between NF-κBp65mRNA and HIF-1αmRNA (r=0.543, P=0.002), NF-κBp65 and HIF-1αprotein respectively (r=0.716, P<0.001). Conclusions As the gene and protein of NF-κB and HIF-1 were up-regulated in patients with OSAHS, and also positively correlated with the severity of sickness. We conclude that both NF-κB and HIF-1 were involed in the pathogenesis of OSAHS.

Medical Jurisprudence is an intersection discipline of medicine and Jurisprudence.Luzhou Medical College is the second one that has established jurisprudence discipline ( medical jurisprudence ) in China,and also the first one in the West of China,although college did not get into the subject field in last century.After more than 10 years of exploration and construction,our college has had an innovation way of medical jurisprudence teaching,scientific research,academic exchanges and social service.By integrating the resources in and out of college,gathering excellent talents,setting up reasonable academic team,promoting sustainable development of the discipline,establishing Sichuan Province Medical Jurisprudence Research Center,sponsoring an academic journal Medicine & Jurisprudence,building academic platforms,condensing subject direction,conducting scientific research,serving local economy and society,innovating models,optimizing plans,cultivating medical jurisprudence practice talents,our discipline construction is in the front rank in China,and it has obvious features and advantages,and also has some great influence on the field of medical jurisprudence.

Corneal opacity is one of the most commonly used parameters for estimating postmortem interval (PMI). This paper proposes a new method to study the relationship between changes of corneal opacity and PMI by processing and analyzing cornea images. Corneal regions were extracted from images of rabbits' eyes and described by color-based and texture-based features, which could represent the changes of cornea at different PMI. A KNN classifier was used to reveal the association of image features and PMI. The result of the classification showed that the new method was reliable and effective.

Objective To discuss the treatment of periprosthetic femoral fractures (PFF) with unstable prosthesis by replacement of long-stem femoral prosthesis and internal fixation.Methods From December 2005 to December 2014,15 PFF patients with unstable prosthesis (15 hips) following were treated at our department.They were 10 men and 5 women,aged from 64 to 89 years (mean,76.2 years).Their primary surgeries included total hip arthroplasty in 13 cases and biological bi-polar replacement of femoral head in 2.Two prostheses were cement and 13 biological.By Vancouver classification,9 cases were type B2,and 6 type B3.The unstable prostheses in the 15 cases were replaced by long-stem femoral ones,followed by internal fixation.At the last follow-ups,clinical outcome were evaluated by Harris scoring and images of PFF by Beals & Tower criteria.Complications were documented.Results One died 4 months after operation.The other 14 patients were followed up for an average of 4.5 years (from 6 months to 9 years).Fracture union was achieved in 12 cases after an average of 3.9 months (from 3 to 9 months).Nonunion occurred in 2 cases.Imaging evaluation revealed 9 excellent cases,3 good ones and 2 poor ones.The Harris scores at the last follow-up averaged was 82.3 points (from 50 to 100 points).Deep vein thrombosis occurred preoperatively in one case and posterior tibial vein thrombosis occurred in 2 cases respectively on day 3 and day 10 postoperatively.No such complications occurred as malunion,fixation failure,dislocation or prosthesis loosening.Conclusion Satisfactory outcomes can be achieved by replacement of long-stem femoral prosthesis combined with appropriate fixation for treatment of PFF with unstabrosthesis.

Objective To analyze the factors affecting the effects of hearing aids in presbycusis patients . Methods One hundred and twenty cases with presbycusis were investigated by using general data and the Satisfac-tion with Amplification in Daily Life questionnaire(SADL) .The individual scores and total scores of all the subjects were collected together with the personal information ,including age ,gender ,degree of education ,pure-tone aver-age ,hearing aid type ,monaural/binaural status ,total hearing aid experience ,daily use time ,the time of perceived hearing difficulty .A single factor analysis and multiple stepwise regression analysis were used to filter out main fac-tors influencing the effect of hearing aids .Results The degree of education ,hearing aid type ,monaural/binaural status ,daily use time ,the time of perceived hearing difficulty were factors influencing the effect of hearing aids . The patients with higher level of education ,the longer daily use ,binaural status obtained more scores than those of the low degree of education ,the shorter daily use ,and monaural status( P< 0 .01) .The older people felt better than the youngers(P<0 .01) .The patients with long -time perceived hearing difficulty got more scores than those with short -time perceived hearing difficulty (P<0 .01) .In general ,the degree of education ,and the daily use time were the main factors influencing the effects of hearing aids .Conclusion There are many factors that influence the effects of hearing aids ,in which the degree of education ,daily use time are the main factors ,and the combination of the two factors obtain the effects of hearing aid maximization ,and the binaural status ,the short time of perceived hearing difficulty and the older obtain better satisfaction .The gender doesn't significantly influence the effects of the hearing aids .