Objective To evaluate the prognosis of acute stroke by APACHEⅢ scoring system on and analyze some correlating factors.Methods 136 patients with acute stroke received APACHEⅢ scoring every day in the first week of their admission of hospital.All patients were divided into different groups respectively: death group and alive group according to the outcome of disease,midline group and non-midline group according to the location of illness,large-focus group and small-focus group in terms of volume of cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction.Results APACHEⅢ scores of death group,midline group and large-focus group show significant differences from those of the other groups(alive group,non-midline group and small-focus group).The former is much higher than that of the latter.The highest accuracy can be observed when predicted mortality is 0.4.Conclusion The APACHEⅢ scoring system is a valuable reference for evaluating the severity and prognosis of acute stroke.

AIM:To observe the effects of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) on thioltransferase (TTase) expression and activity in human lens epithelial cells.
METHODS: Human lens epithelial cells B3 ( HLE B3 ) were treated with 1. 5mg/mL AGEs - BSA as the experimental groups cultured by fetal bovine serum of volume fraction 10% dulbecco modified eagle medium ( DMEM) and bovine serum albumin ( BSA) was added at the same concentrations as the negative control. The level of reactive oxygen species ( ROS ) was evaluated. Cells were collected at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4d and total RNA or protein was extracted. TTase mRNA levels were detected by qRT-RCR. TTase expression was detected by Western blot and its activity was measured.
RESULTS: Compared with the control group, AGEs-BSA up-regulated the expression of ROS (P<0. 01), ROS content increased in a time-dependent manner. BSA had no effects on ROS expression. The expression of TTase increased after treatment with AGEs-BSA for 1d, peaked at 2d (nearly 5. 06-fold increase, P<0. 01), then decreased gradually. No change was observed between BSA and control group (P>0. 05). Similarly, TTase activity peaked at 3d (nearly 2. 01-fold increase, P<0. 01). Western blot test found that TTase protein expression was increased
gradually, starting from the 3d TTase expression was reflected that there was statistically significant difference compared with control group (P<0. 05).
CONCLUSION:AGEs-BSA significantly increases the production of ROS in human lens epithelial cells, and it then induces the oxidative stress which may promote the expression of TTase and enhances the activity of TTase.

The authors discussed the development of the assistive devices and service in China and overseas by analyzing the calssification, function, demand and difference between China and other countries.

The authors discussed the relationship between assistive devices and persons with disability by giving examples such as physical and living conditions of persons with disability, rehabilitation process and conditions, etc., to show the importance of assistive devices to persons with disability.

Objective To investigate the therapeutic value of high-resolution microendoscopy for early esophageal cancer.Methods A total of 60 patients,who underwent esophageal endoscopy,were included in this study.The therapeutic value of high-resolution microendoscopy was investigated with reference to pathological results as golden standard.Results Diagnostic sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value and accuracy of microendoscopy for high grade dysplasia/early cancer were 81.22％,94.12％,81.82％,94.12％,91.11％,respectively.Diagnosis of severe dysplasia/carcinoma with high-resolution microendoscopy was highly consistent with that of pathology (K =0.760).Conclusion The high-resolution microendoscopy is of high diagnostic value for early esophagus cancer.

A 3-year-old boy presented with a 3-month history of brown-yellow papules scattered on the trunk.The first skin biopsy showed a dermal infiltrate of many mononuclear histiocytes,eosinophilic granulocytes and a small number of lymphocytes.Immunohistochemical examination of the lesions demonstrated positive reactions with anti-CD68,-S100 and-CD1a (partial) antibodies.After the biopsy,the skin lesions gradually turned dark and partially regressed leaving hyperpigmentation,but new lesions continuously appeared.Four months later,a second biopsy was performed,and showed a dermal infiltrate of histiocytes with eosinophilic granulocytes and a few multinucleated giant cells.Immunohistochemistry showed that the histiocytes stained positive for CD68,but negative for S100 and CD1a.Based on the above findings,the patient was diagnosed with juvenile xanthogranuloma.

To investigate the correlation of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene polymorphism and atherosclerotic cerebral infarction (ACI).Methods Polymerase chain reaction-restricted fragments length polymorphism (PCR- RFLP) was used to determine ApoE genotype on 92 cases with ACI (42 cases

Objective To explore the effects of Tianqijiangtang capsule combined with Metformin on the levels of IL‐6 ,TNF‐α and C‐RP protein in patients with T2DM. Methods 80 T2DM were randomized into control group (treatment with Metformin ,n= 40) and treatment group (treatment with Tianqijiangtang in combination with Metformin ,n=40). The changes of levels of IL‐6 ,TNF‐α and C‐RP were observed before and after the treatment. Results Compared to the pretreatment in the same group and after treatment in control group ,IL‐6 ,TNF‐αand C‐RP of treatment group were reduced significantly [(6.79 ± 0.60) ,(7.15 ± 0.62) vs (5.08 ± 0.43)pg/ml;(8.94 ± 0.55) ,(8.61 ± 0.66) vs (5.18 ± 0.45) pg/ml;(6.79 ± 0.60) ,(6.58 ± 0.59) vs (5.56 ± 0.30) mg/L ,P<0.01]. Conclusion Tianqijiangtang capsule combined with Metformin can decrease the levels of IL‐6 ,TNF‐αand C‐RP in T2DM patients.