Air Pollutants, Occupational ; analysis ; Ammonium Sulfate ; analysis ; Chromatography, Ion Exchange ; methods ; Workplace

Child, Preschool ; Dwarfism ; congenital ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Male ; Osteochondrodysplasias ; congenital

Blood Glucose ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; blood ; drug therapy ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use

Objective To detect the IgM antibodies and epidemiology of pathogens of respiratory tract infection in children ,and to provide the basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment .Methods The serum of 14 379 outpatient and inpatient cases in Tianjin Children′s Hospital from March 2015 to February 2016 were detected by indirect immunofluorescence ,and the respiratory tract in‐fections of different gender ,season ,age and pathogens were analyzed .Results Totally 3 392 specimens (23 .59% ) were positive for IgM antibody detection and the positive rate of MP with 18 .77% was highest ;361 cases were mixed infection ,mainly including two kinds of infection pathogens .The positive rate of respiratory pathogens in male with 21 .46% was significantly lower than in female patients with 33 .92% (χ2 = 274 .73 ,P < 0 .05) .The positive rate in different ages groups (0 - 30 d ,- 6 months ,- 1 years ,- 3 years ,- 9 years ,- 18 years) were 0 .2% ,1 .8% ,15 .36% ,34 .46% ,39 .73% and 30 .73% respectively ,the highest infection rate was found between 3 to 9 years old children ,and the differences among groups were statistically significant (χ2 = 1 407 .87 ,P<0 .05) .The highest rate of MP were found in autumn (24 .42% ) and winter (23 .01% ) ,the highest rate of Influenza B virus (IFu B) was found in spring (15 .13% ) ,the positive rate of Legionella pneumophila (LP) was high in summer (0 .78% ) and autumn (0 .80% ) .Comparison with the 15 departments ,the children of otolaryngology with the positive rate of 43 .9% was the highest . Conclusion The infection ratios of respiratory pathogens were related to gender ,season ,age and pathogen .These findings provided an important reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment in different seasons and population .

The genetic structure of small-scale landscape groups of Oncomelania hupensis in Songzi City ,Hubei Province was identify in this study .O .hupensis snails were collected from 10 habitats in Songzi City ,of which 6 polymorphic microsat-ellite DNA loci (T6-17 ,P101 ,D11 ,B14 ,T4-33 ,and C22) were carried out with GeneScan .The number of alleles (Na) ,het-erozygosity (H) ,fixation index (FST) of snails in each group ,genetic distance between groups ,and the polymorphic informa-tion content (PIC) were calculated .Cluster analysis was then carried out based on genetic distance ,and hierarchical AMOVA calculation was conducted .By certified the shells of snails ,10 groups were divided into light and ribbed shell (including shallow rib and deep rib) .There were 141 alleles in total detection on 10 populations and 20-34 alleles in each locus ,which were detec-ted for 23 .5 on average .The average number of alleles in 6 loci was 1 .575 and the number of alleles in each locus was uneven , showing large numerical differences ranged from 0 .445 to 3 .060 .The average observed heterozygosity (Ho) ranged from 0 .438 ue between paired populations was from -0 .015 64 to 0 .252 47 ,and the polymorphic information content in the population ranged from 0 .528 -0 .857 ,showing a high polymorphism .Hierarchical AMOVA calculations showed that inter-individual variation of the snails occupied 88 .4% of the total variations .Cluster analysis revealed that the three ribbed shell population in Munu Kou Village ,Hengti Village and Yixing Village first clustered to the three light shell population in Mashizizu Village , Mingzhu Village and Tuqiao Village ,then clustered to the light shell population in Tuanshan Village and Jiama Cao Village with the two shallow rib population in Desheng Village and Tianmu He Village .Under the different landscape environment of Songzi Area ,there were different shells presenting on the morphology of O .hupensis .Although there was a rich diversity on O .hupensis of Songzi City ,the genetic differences mostly present in individuals .Different groups didn’t show the significant genetic differentiation among the different shell morphology of O .hupensis .

BACKGROUND:The incidence of complications folowing conventional repairing for the ruptured tendon is up to 73%, such as delayed healing, adhesion, secondary rupture. These complications severely affect ankle joint function of the patients. OBJECTIVE:To reduce the complications folowing the repair and investigate the role of hernia repair materials in the repairing of ruptured Achiles tendon. METHODS:Eleven patients who underwent repair of ruptured Achiles tendon were retrospectively studied. Among them there were eight males and three females with the mean age of 42 years (26-58 years). Three cases were injured in left side and eight cases were in right side; four cases were open injury by sickle-induced damage and seven cases were closed injury by exercise-induced damage. The hernia repair materials after pruning was applied with a “wrap” method to strengthen the anastomosis repair of Achiles tendon after the conventional repair surgery had been completed. At the time of folow-up, al patients were observed for postoperative local appearance and function recovery, and assessed with Arner Lindholm standards. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The folow-up interval was 6-45 months (average 24.5 months). Two cases were lost to folow-up. According to the Arner Lindholm standards, the effects were excelent in seven cases (78%) and good in two cases (22%). Local appearance and function recovered wel postoperatively, and no complications occurred such as wound infection, secondary rupture and so on. A “wrap” method with hernia repair materials is suggested to strengthen the anastomosis repair of ruptured Achiles tendon after the conventional repair surgery is completed, it can significantly promote the healing of Achiles tendon ruptured end anastomosis, prevent Achiles tendon recurrent ruptures, local adhesion and infection.

OBJECTIVETo study the correlation between lacunar cerebral infarction and level of serum uric acid in elderly male hypertension patients.

METHODSNinety-eight elderly male hypertension patients were enrolled in this study. They all underwent cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, and their clinical and laboratory data were collected. The patients were divided into the 1st group (n = 32), the 2nd group (n = 32) and the 3rd group (n = 34) according to the level of serum uric acid.

RESULTSThe numbers of lacuner infarction, serum creatinine, urea and high density lipoprotein(HDL) were significantly diferrent from the other groups. The numbers of lacuner infarction were positively related with serum uric acid and urea. Multiple variant analysis showed that serum uric acid was the independent factor of the numbers of lacuner infarction.

CONCLUSIONThe elevated level of serum uric acid may contribute to the risk factors of lacuner infarction.

Aged, 80 and over ; Cerebral Infarction ; etiology ; Humans ; Hypertension ; blood ; complications ; Male ; Regression Analysis ; Risk Factors ; Uric Acid ; blood

Objective HupA is one of the potential drugs which can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease(AD).The aim of this study was to explore the pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of HupA in vivo by using 11C-HupA.Methods A total of 25 SD rats were studied.They were divided into 5 groups (5 rats in each group).All had intravenous injection of 22 MBq(in0.2 ml)11C-HupA through tail vein.Dynamic im-aging Was acquired from 5 to 90 minutes after injection.Venous blood and organ activities were collected at 5,15,30,60.and 90 minutes after injection.Percentage activity of injected dose per gram of tissue(%ID/g)was calculated to characterize the biodistribution of tracer in different brain regions: frontal,apical, temporal,occipital,cerebellum,hippocampus,striatum,thalamencephalon, and brain stem, Variance analysis using SPSS 11.5 software was performed and compared among the study groups.Results 11C-HupA was character-istic for its quick clearance from blood,with half time T1/2 of (14.61±1.77) min,and clearance rate (CL)macokinetics of 11C-HupA in rats corresponded to a one-compartment model.with an activity curve(area 11C-HupA distribution in different brain regions,being greater in cerebral cortex,hippocampus,hypothala-mus and brain stem. Conclusions Pharmacokinetic study of 11C-HupA in brain was fast.convenient and showed high specificity and sensitivity.Its ability to quantitatively evaluate brain function and its character-istic distribution in mice provided some evidence for monitoring therapy in AD patients.

Objective To investigate the effect of vitamin E on the lag time of serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in vitro in patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI). Methods Twenty-two patients with ACI received vitamin E treatment at the dose of 300 mg/day, and another 22 ACI patients matched for age, gender ratio, blood pressure, blood lipid level, location and degree of the infarction served as the control group in which no vitamin E was given. Serum samples were collected from the patients within 24 h and at 2 weeks after the onset to test the lag time of LDL oxidation in vitro and measure the levels of vitamin E, total cholesterol, triglyceride and free cholesterol. Results At two weeks after the onset of the infarction, the patients receiving vitamin E treatment had significantly prolonged lag time of LDL oxidation in comparison with that of the control patients (71.84± 9.75 vs 60.95±9.33 min, P<0.05), and showed also significantly higher vitamin E level in the serum Vitamin E and stroke index. The two groups of patients showed no significant differences in total cholesterol (5.08cholesterol (1.62oxidation in vitro is prolonged in ACI patients with vitamin E treatment, suggesting that vitamin E can increase the resistance of the patients against anti-oxidative stress.

Objective To measure the changes in urinary 8-iso-prostaglandin-F2α (8-iso-PGF2α) and oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) lag time in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods A case-control study was performed involving 31 male patients with PD (mean age of 59.7 years) diagnosed according to the Calne criteria and 31 age-matched healthy male subjects with comparable status of smoking and life style. For each subject, urinary 8-iso-PGF2α was measured quantitatively using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and LDL oxidizability was measured by determining LDL oxidation lag time in conjugated diene product at 234 nm using Cu-stimulated oxidation. Results Compared to the levels in the control subjects, the PD patients showed significantly increased urinary 8-iso-PGF2α (81.1±1.6 vs 46.9±1.1 ng/mmol creatinine, P<0.05) and significantly reduced LDL oxidation lag time (63.5±6.0 vs 84.4±8.8 min, P<0.05). Conclusion Increased 8-iso-PGF2α and decreased anti-oxidant ability are implicated in the pathogenesis of PD, suggesting the value of appropriate antioxidant therapy in controlling the progression of PD.