AIM:To compare the attention ability characteristics between the elite young female soccer players and ordinary female middle-school students,and analyze attention characteristics of the elite young female soccer players at different positions,so as to establish the distinction model for them.METHODS:The experiment was carried out in Soccer School of Shandong Province in October 2005 and Jining Institute Attached Middle School in March 2006.Sixty-four second-level or above outstanding young female soccer athletes were selected including 18 forward,20 halfback and 26 back persons.Meanwhile,80 ordinary female middle-school students served as controls.Using the Athletics Psychology Ability and Condition Diagnosis Test Software and WT-attention test software(1.0 version) developed by the Sports Research Institute of National Sports Bureau,the detection on the attention stability,attention assignment,attention shift,attention span and attention was carried out.The data were analyzed by normal distribution,T-test,and distinction analysis to establish the distinction equation for the attention characteristics of outstanding young female soccer athletes.RESULTS:144 subjects were all involved in the result analysis.①The attention ability of outstanding young female soccer athletes was significantly superior to that of the ordinary female middle-school student(P

Objective To evaluate the clinical application of ultrasonic integrated backscatter(IBS) parameters and assess the lesion of myocardium in patients with different left ventricular geometric patterns.Methods Four groups were analyzed according to left ventricular mass index and relative wall thickness in 146 essential hypertensive patients,including group 1(n=64),group 2(n=18),group 3(n=20),group 4(n=44).Myocardial IBS,normalized IBS (IBS%),cyclic variation of IBS(CVIB) and transmural gradient of IBS(TGIB) of interventricular septum(IVS) and post wall(PW) were measured in 4 groups and 32 normal control subjects.Results Among the four groups,IBS% of IVS and PW were the highest in group 3 ( 53.6%? 9.8%, 52.8%? 8.3%,respectively) and next higher in group 2 ( 49.8%? 7.2%, 49.6%? 9.0%,respectively) and group 4 ( 49.0%? 7.7%, 48.9%? 8.2%,respectively),and was low in group 1 ( 42.3%? 8.4%, 41.8%? 9.1%,respectively) (P

Purpose To investigate the correlation of the expression of Cyclin D1 and BRAF ( V600E) mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma ( PTC) and their clinical significance, and to analyze their role in the pathogenesis of PTC. Methods The expression of CK34βE12 and MC protein was detected by immunohistochemical EnVision method in 52 cases of PTC and 52 cases of thyroid benign lesions (25 cases of nodular goiters, 15 cases of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, 12 cases of follicular adenoma), and the mutation status of BRAF gene protein in above specimens were detected by polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing. Expression of Cyclin D1 and BRAF (V600E) mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma and their correlation clinicopathologic features were also analyzed. Results The positive rate of Cyclin D1 in 88 cases of PTC was 84. 6%,and the immunoreactivity score (4. 6 ± 2. 4), compared with thyroid be-nign lesions (1. 3 ± 1. 6), was statistically significant difference (t=8. 525, P<0. 01). Expression of Cyclin D1 was closely related with lymph node metastasis, capsular invasion, tumor stage Ⅲ+Ⅳ and BRAF (V600E) mutation (P<0. 05), but not related with age, gender, number and diameter of tumor nodules. In 52 cases of PTC BRAF gene mutation rate was 63. 5%, but in thyroid benign lesions mutation rate was 0, with significant difference (P<0. 01). The BRAF mutation is closely related with lymph node metastasis, capsular invasion and tumor stage Ⅲ+Ⅳ(P<0. 05), but not related with age, gender, number and diameter of tumor nodules. The expression of Cyclin D1 in BRAF (V600E) mutation group was stronger, the positive expression rate was significantly higher than that of wild group (100% vs 57. 9%), and expression of the mean score was higher than that of the wild group (5. 7 ± 1. 6 vs 4. 0 ± 2. 5);the comparison between the two groups showed statistical difference (t=2. 652, P<0. 05). Conclusions The expression of Cyclin D1 and BRAF (V600E) mutation are positively related, which are also closely related with the occurrence and development of PTC, and can be used as an index to predict the invasion and metastasis in PTC.

ObjectiveTo investigate the correlation of Skp2,p27kiP1 and p21WAF1 expression with the clinicopathological features of ovarian serous cystadenocarcinomas.Methods Expressions of Skp2 ,p27kiP1 and p21WAF1 were examined by immunohistochemical staining in 124 epithelial ovarian tumors (25 serous cystadenomas, 19 borderline serous cystadenomas, and 80 serous cystadenocarcinomas) Results(1) The expression of Skp2 in serous cystadenocarcinomas (47.5％)was significantly higher than that in borderline serous cystadenomas (0％)and serous cystadenomas (0％)(P ＜ 0.001) .The p27kiP1 expression in serous cystadenocarcinomas (35.0％) was significantly lower than that in borderline serous cystadenomas(73.7％)and serous cystadenomas (80.0％) .The p21WAF1 staining frequency in serous cystadenocarcinomas (38.8％)was significantly lower than in borderline serous cystadenomas (73.7％)and serous cystadenomas (80.0％) .(2) The Skp2 protein expression in serous cystadenocarcinomas was positively correlated with clinicopathological stage,histological differentiation degree and lymph node metastasis of the tumors.The p27kiP1, p21WAF1 protein expression in serous cystadenocarcinomas was reversely correlated with clinicopathological stage and histological differentiation degree of the tumors(Ps ＜ 0.05) .(3) The Skp2 protein expression in serous cystadenocarcinomas was reversely correlated with that of p27kiP1 , p21WAF1.Conclusion The Skp2 protein expression in serous cystadenocarcinomas was increased and positively correlated with the clinicopathological features of ovarian serous cystadenocarcinomas.Skp2 protein expression was reversely correlated with p27kip1 ,p21WAF1.Skp2 protein expression may play an important role in the development and progression of serous cystadenocarcinomas.

Image reconstruction in electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a highly ill-posed, non-linear inverse problem. The modified Newton-Raphson (MNR) iteration algorithm is deduced from the strictest theoretic analysis. It is an optimization algorithm based on minimizing the object function. The MNR algorithm with regularization technique is usually not stable, due to the serious image reconstruction model error and measurement noise. So the reconstruction precision is not high when used in static EIT. A new static image reconstruction method for EIT based on genetic algorithm (GA-EIT) is proposed in this paper. The experimental results indicate that the performance (including stability, the precision and space resolution in reconstructing the static EIT image) of the GA-EIT algorithm is better than that of the MNR algorithm.
Algorithms ; Electric Impedance ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; methods ; Nonlinear Dynamics ; Tomography ; methods

Objective To evaluate the value of transrectal contrast enhanced ultrasound(TR-CEUS) in diagnosis of benign and malignant prostatic neoplasms.Methods Sixty patients with elevated level of serum prostate specific antigen and suspected prostate diseases were examined with transrectal uhrasound(TRUS), and TR-CEUS.The pattern and intensity of CEUS in these patients were observed;and the patients with nodules were examined with CEUS guided biopsy and sextant system biopsy after ultrasound imaging.Time-intensity curves (TIC) were drawn to calculate the parameters, and the difference between benign and malignant nodes was compared.Results All sixty prostate patients were confirmed by pathological examination.Thirty-seven patients belong to benign lesions, among them 15 patients with nodule lesion had total 20 nodules, while 22 cases had benign prostatic hyperplasia.In 23 cases of malignant lesions, 18 cases had centralized nodules and 5 cases showed diffuse pathologic changes.Benign nodes of inner gland showed a main pattern of homogenous enhancement and a clear node zone, whereas, malignant nodes displayed significant enhancement in peripheral tissue.The time to peak and accelerating time (ACT) of malignant nodes were shorter than those of benign nodes (P <0.05).There was no significance in arrival time (AT) between the two groups (P>0.05).The accordance rate of TR-CEUS in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant prostatic lesions was higher than that of TRUS (P<0.05).In addition, the sensitivity, specificity and accurate rate of TR-CEUS were higher than those of TRUS, whereas, both misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis rate of TR-CEUS were lower than those of TRUS.Conclusions TR-CEUS has clinical value for early discovery of prostatic cancer and has higher application value to differentiate malignant from benign diseases.

Objective To study the expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and hepcidin in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and their significance in anemia. Methods 45 DLBCL patients with or without anemia were analyzed. Peripheral blood samples were collected during diagnosis, and the concentrations of IL-6, hepcidin, serum ferritin and hemoglobin (Hb) were measured. 24 healthy volunteers were collected as controls. Results The levels of plasma hepcidin and IL-6 in patients with DLBCL were (347±171)μg/L and 0.27 ng/L (0-9.61 ng/L), respectively, and compared with those [(175 ± 92)μg/L] and 0 ng/L in healthy controls, the differences were statistically significant (both P<0.001). Plasma hepcidin levels in patients with high lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (P=0.003), B symptoms (P=0.040) or age-adjusted international prognostic index (IPI)>1 (P=0.010) were increased. The levels of IL-6 in patients of male (P=0.003), stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ (P=0.008) or IPI>1 (P=0.004) were significantly higher. The level of hepcidin was highly correlated with serum ferritin (r=0.77, P<0.001), weakly correlated with IL-6 (r=0.31, P=0.030), and not correlated with Hb (r=-0.12, P=0.3). There was a negative correlation between IL-6 expression and Hb (r=-0.35, P=0.009). Multivariate analysis showed that IL-6 could predict anemia (P=0.03), whereas hepcidin could not (P=0.89). Conclusion The elevated hepcidin level is frequent in DLBCL, and the elevated IL-6 plays the major role in the development of anemia.

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics,treatment methods,and clinical outcomes of open injury of foot and ankle in children.Methods From February 2004 to June 2010,35 children with open injury of foot and ankle were treated,including 22 males and 13 females,aged from 3 years to 14 years (average,8.4 years).Twenty-eight cases resulted from traffic accidents; 7 cases occurred from sharp instruments and machine-related crush injuries.Thirty cases were associated with bone fractures,and according to the Gustilo classification of open fractures,five cases were Type Ⅰ injuries,eight cases were Type Ⅱ injuries and 22 cases were Type Ⅲ.Twenty three cases (type Ⅰ,type Ⅱ and type Ⅲ) underwent surgical debridement and/or internal fixation with skin flap grafting.Twelve type Ⅲ cases underwent debridement,temporary Kirschner wire or plaster fixation and VSD in the first stage of treatment.In the second stage of treatment,fracture reduction and internal fixation (with or without bone graft) + skin flap grafting was performed in all 12 cases.Results Thirty patients (85.7％) were followed-up for an average of 38.7months (range,6-89 months).Skin grafting was performed in two Type Ⅱ cases that developed necrosis in parts of the wound.Wound healing time was an average of 8.3 weeks (range,3-15 weeks).One Type Ⅲ case suffered chronic osteomyelitis with the formation of a sinus tract.Two cases suffered from club foot ab normalities 3 years postoperatively.All three patients above mentioned healed after treatment.In 12 type Ⅲpatients with staged treatment,the flap survived,and its color and elasticity were good.Healing time ranged from 3 to 8 weeks (average,6.8 weeks).According to the Maryland standard,17 cases were excellent,9good,3 fair,and 1 bad; the excellent and good rate was 86.7％.Conclusion Traffic accidents are the major causes of open foot and ankle trauma in children.A good surgical outcome can be achieved when patients receive staged treatment that is appropriate to injury severity.

Objective To investigate the effects of lipoprotein lipase activator, NO-1886, on the mRNA and protein expression of glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) in the kidney of diet-induced diabetic minipigs. Methods Fifteen Guangxi Bama minipigs were randomized into three groups: C group (n=5, with the normal control diet), DM group (n=5, with the high-fat and high-sucrose diet), and NO-1886 group (n=5, with the high-fat and high-sucrose diet supplemented with 1.0% NO-1886). Plasma glucose, insulin, tfiglyceride (TG), oral glucose tolerant test, creatinine and blood urea nitrogen were measured monthly. Urinary samples in the morning were used for determination of microalbumin at month 0, 2, 4 and 5. The mRNA and protein expression of GSK-3β were measured by real time PCR, Western blot and immunohistochemistry in the kidneys obtained at the end of month 5. Results Compared with the C group, levels of plasma glucose, insulin, triglyceride and mieroalbuminuria were significantly increased in the DM group. The mRNA and protein expression of GSK-3β were increased in the kidneys of diabetic pigs (mRNA 0.0272±0.0052, protein 1.1600±0.0463, P<0.01) as compared with those of normal pigs (mRNA 0.0125±0.0045, protein 0.1385±0.0664). Compared with the DM group, the concentrations of plasma glucose, insulin, triglyceride and mieroalbuminuria obviously decreased in the NO-1886 group. The mRNA and protein expression of GSK-3β were decreased in the kidneys of the NO-1886 group (mRNA 0.0162±0.0019, protein 0.8429±0.0408, P<0.05) as compared with that of the DM group. Conclusion NO-1886 can improve disorders of glucose and TG metabolism and insulin resistance, and down-regulate the expression of GSK-3β in the kidneys, and protect renal function and morphologie damage in diet-induced diabetic minipigs.

Objective To evaluate diagnostic value of transrectal gray scale contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in distinguishing benign from malignant nodes of prostate. Methods Thirty-three patients with 38 prostate nodes underwent real-time transrectal gray scale CEUS with SonoVue and contrast pulsed sequence (CPS). Contrast enhancement pattern of the prostate nodes were recorded and time-intensity curves (TIC) were drawn to calculate the parameters and difference between benign and malignant nodes. Results Twenty benign nodes (17 in inner gland) and 18 malignant ones (14 in external gland) were confirmed by pathology. Compared with normal peripheral zone, malignant lesions showed significantly earlier time to enhancement. The time to peak (TTP), accelerating time (ACT) and peak intensity (PI) of malignant lesions were lower than those of benign lesions (P<0.05).There was no significance in arrival time (AT) between the two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion Of all parameters in CEUS, TTP, ACT and PI are different between prostate benign and malignant lesions, and thus contribute to discriminate prostate cancer from benign diseases.