Objective To introduce a rapid spot test method for nitrite in water to meet the urgent need of nitrite monitoring during accidental pollution. Methods According to the drinking water legislation in Europe (threshold: 0.10 mg/L NO2-), a rapid spot test method for nitrite in water was established by using an optimized composition of reagent mixture and a binary positive/negative response, conducted as follows: a tablet of a mixture of solid reagents containing sulfanilamide, N-(1-naphthyl) ethylene diamine dihydrochloride and sodium chloride was put on a spot test plate of Teflon mould, then, a drop of 30%(V/V) HCl and a drop of water sample were added on the reagent material. Results Under these conditions, all the test samples containing ≥0.10 mg/L NO2- can produce a positive response of the characteristic red-purple color, whereas, the samples will produce a negative response when the level of NO2- was below the limit. The results of real water samples determined with this new method were confirmed by using the photometric method based on the use of the same reagents. Conclusion The method is simple, rapid , accurate, and suitable for field monitoring of nitrite in water.

Animals ; Humans ; Reproducibility of Results ; Selenium ; analysis ; Spectrometry, Fluorescence ; Spectrophotometry, Atomic

Objective To explore the current education situation and demand of network teaching for health service management course so as to provide recommendations for improvement.Methods Questionnaire survey was conducted among 232 undergraduates from majors of preventive medicine,stomatology and clinical medicine.Totally 204 valid questionnaires were organized and recorded into database and SPSS 12.0 was employed to make descriptive statistical analysis of the data.Statistical results were used to show the current education situation and demand of network teaching for health service management course.Results 52.94％ (108/204) of the students interviewed were dissatisfied with current teaching mode.87.25％ (178/204) of the students believed the course website would be beneficial for learning.For the construction of the course website,health insurance system,health policy analysis and health organization system were considered both important and difficult.59.31％ (121/204) of the students showed that the course website should be updated at least once a week.Conclusions It is necessary to explore the network teaching mode for health service management course.Teaching reform depending on different professions and curriculums should be carried out for network teaching.

Objective　Exploring how to check the proportional hazards assumption of the Cox model,and the solutions to non-proportional hazards between the covariates and the hazard function.Methods　With a example data set of Ⅲc stage ovarian serous cystadenocarcina,illustrating how to use graphical methods to check the proportional hazards assumption of the Cox model.Results　the predictor of post-surgery administering medicine times violated the proportional hazards assumption of the Cox model.Conclusion　when using the Cox model to analyze the predictors of survival time,checking whether the predictors violate the proportional hazards assumption of the Cox model or not should be paid attention to.

Objective To study the clinical effect of surgery combined with antifungal drug in treatment of fungal nose-sinusitis.Methods The clinical data of 108 cases with fungal nose-sinusitis were retrospectively analyzed.All patients were treated with nasal endoscopic sinus surgery.According to whether the patients received antifungal drugs after low-temperature plasma-assisted surgery,the patients were divided into the treatment group and the control group.The treatment group(56 cases) was given antifungal fluconazole after low-temperature plasma-assisted endoscopic sinus surgery.52 cases in the control group were washed by 0.9％ sodium chloride solution after conventional endoscopic sinus surgery.The patients were followed up for 6 months to 2 years,the therapeutic effect and recurrence were compared between the two groups.Results 56 patients of the treatment group,49 cases were cured,7 cases improved,no recurrence.52 cases in the control group,47 cases were cured,improved in 4 cases,ineffective in 1 case,3 cases of recurrence.The recurrence rate of the treatment group was significantly lower than the control group (x2 =4.82,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The low-temperature plasma-assisted surgery combined with antifungal drug.in the treatment of fungal nose-sinusitis has exact efficacy,and has significant effect on the prevention and reduce the relapse rate,which worthy of clinical promotion.

The structure, pharmaceutical functions and extraction and isolation methods of chlorgenic acid were reviewed to provide references for the research of chlorogenic acids and the production of the medicines chlorogenic acids.

Objective To observe the effect of silencing the expression of ADM using RNA interfering technique on the expression ofβ-catenin and terminal differentiation of osteosarcoma cells.Methods After the intervention of 0 h,48 h and 72 h by ADM siRNA,we observed the change of distribution ofβ-catenin in F5M2 using immunocytochemistry staining.The expression levels of total and phosphorylatedβ-catenin and GSK3βwere detected by Western blot after the intervention by ADM siRNA.The F5 M2 cells treated with ADM siRNA were subjected to HE staining,alkaline phosphatase (ALP)assay and immunocytochemistry staining to investigate the biological effects of ADM siRNA on the morphology and terminal differentiation of F5M2 cells.Results After the intervention of 0 h,48 h and 72 h by ADM siRNA,the distribution ofβ-catenin was transferred from the cytoplasm to the nucleus.ADM siRNA downregulated the expression level of P-β-catenin and upregulated P-GSK3βdetected by Western blot.HE staining revealed that the configuration of F5M2 had undergone restorational changes similar to those of normal cells after ADM siRNA treatment.ALP assay and immunocytochemistry staining showed that the expression of the earlier and later molecular biomarkers of terminal differentiation,including ALP and osteocalcin were strongly positive.Conclusion Silencing the expression of ADM can activateβ-catenin to transfer to the nucleus from the cytoplasm,and induce osteosarcoma cells to make terminal differentiation through activatingβ-catenin signaling pathway.

Objective To study the effect and mechanism of Plantago depressa Willd. extract on rats with chronic nonbacterial prostatitis. Methods Sixty rats were divided into six groups randomly: normal control group, model control group, cernilton group, high-, medium- and low- dose Plantago depressa Willd. extract group, ten rats in each group. Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis rat model was established in the animals except of normal control group. Rats in the cernilton group were administrated with cernilton solution( 100 mg . kg-1 ) . High, middle and low dose Plantago depressa Willd. extract groups were given 150, 300 and 600 mg . kg-1 of Plantago depressa Willd. extract, respectively. The rats in the normal control and model control group were treated with the same volume of purified water.The administration was performed once every day, and lasted for three weeks.Effects of Plantago depressa Willd.extract on prostate index (PI), prostate specific antigen (PSA), tumor necrosis factorα ( TNF-α) , interleukin-1β ( IL-1β) , cycloxygenase 2 ( COX-2) , prostaglandin E2( PEG2 ) , transforming growth factor-β1( TGF-β1 ) , and connective tissue growth factor ( CTGF ) levels and pathological changes of prostate tissue in rats were observed. Results PI and PSA levels of the normal control group were(0.8±0.3)mg.g-1 and(106.5±10.6)pg.mL-1, respectively;those of the model control group were(2.2±0.2)mg.g-1 and(319.4±23.4)pg.mL-1 respectively;Those of the cernilton group were(1.6±0.3)mg.g-1 and(179.5±13.7)pg.mL-1 respectively;Those of the low-, medium- and high- dose Plantago depressa Willd.extract groups were(1.8±0.4),(1.3±0.3),(0.8±0.3)mg.g-1 and(263.4±28.6),(178.5±21.5), (143.5±12.9)pg.mL-1, respectively.Compared with the model control group, PI and PSA were significantly decreased(P<0.01) , TNF-α, IL-1β, COX-2, PEG2 , TGF-β1 and CTGF levels in the prostate tissues were decreased ( P<0. 01 ) , and inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrosis of prostate tissue was significantly alleviated in the model control group. Conclusion This study confirms Plantago depressa Willd.extract exerts effective therapeutical effect on chronic nonbacterial prostatitis in rats.

Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness and treatment feature of maxillary incisor extraction in orthodontics.Methods:9 patients underwent orthodontic treatment with maxillary incisor extraction,5 female and 4 male,with an average age of 1 7.2 years at the start,were included.5 patients were treated by extraction of both upper incisors and lower first premolars,4 by extraction of the abnor-mal incisor and the first premolars in the other three quadrants.Cephalometric and Bolton index analysis were carried out.Results:Sat-isfactory treatment results were observed in all patients.Before treatment the predicted Bolton index of the patients of the anterior ratio and the overall ratio were 80.1 4% and 91 .3%,after orthodontic treatment 78.68% and 90.28%,respectively.Cephalometric analysis showed that U1 -NA(mm),U1 -NA,L1 -NB(mm),L1 -NB,U1 -SN,L1 -MP,UL-E and LL-E were decreased(P <0.05).Conclu-sion:Individual treatment plan based on Bolton index analysis and the corresponding techniques and methods,the patients with abnor-mal upper incisors can be effectively treated with the extraction of maxillary incisors.

Objective:To explore the influence of diabetic self-management education on blood glucose control and inflammatory factor levels in inpatients with diabetes mellitus (DM).Methods:A total of 168 DM patients,who hospitalized in department of endocrinology in 163rd hospital of Chinese PLA from Jun 2012 to Jun 2013,were ran-domly divided into self-management education group (self-management group,n=88)and routine health education group (routine management group,n = 80).Self-management group received self-management education course namely AADE7TM ,provided by full-time DM health education staff,including healthy eating,being active,monito-ring,taking medication,problem solving,healthy coping and reducing risks,while routine management group re-ceived routine DM health education.Blood glucose control,changes of levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO),tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1)were examined before and after interven-tion.Results:Compared with before intervention,there were significant reductions in levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG),postprandial blood glucose (PBG)and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c)in both groups after interventions (P <0.05 all).Compared with routine management group,there were significant reductions in levels of FBG [(7.1 ±1.3)mmol/L vs.(6.0±1.1)mmol/L],PBG [(9.5±1.6)mmol/L vs.(8.8±1.4)mmol/L]and HbA1c [(7.9 ±1.5)% vs.(7.2±1.1)%]in self-management group,P <0.05 all.Before discharge,there were significant de-crease in inflammatory factor levels in both groups compared with before intervention (P < 0.05 all).Compared with routine management group after intervention,there were significant decrease in inflammatory factor levels [TNF-α:(201.0±57.3)pg/ml vs.(100.7±49.2)pg/ml,ICAM-1:(25.2±3.6)ng/ml vs.(18.2±2.9)ng/ml] in self-management group,P < 0.05 both.Conclusion:Self-management education provided by full-time diabetic health education staff is superior to routine diabetic health education method in controlling blood glucose and decrea-sing inflammatory factor levels,indicating it can improveβcell function and relieve insulin resistance.