It is important to screen high-risk children with cerebral palsy early to reduce the incidence of disability. Various tools has been developed to assess the development, motor function, spasticity, and comprehensive capacity of the children at risk of brain injury or with cerebral palsy. This paper reviewed the commonly used tools, and suggested to choose one or more tools to meet the special purpose.

Compared with normal children,the children with cerebral palsy are different in respiratory movement and respiratory function,showing a less concordant in respiratory muscles,abnormal thoracic cage,disturbance in ventilation and air exchange,decreased compliance,changed distribution in muscle fiber types,and so on.Dynamic and static lung volumes have also changed.Pronunciation and oxygen uptake are involved for the respiratory disturbance too.Hydrotherapy is an effective training in improving respiratory function,proper temperature can reduce respiratory muscular tension,hydrostatic pressure provides extensive stimulation of the exteroceptors and proprioceptors.This is expected to improve coordination,respiration,and related functions such as eating and speaking.

ObjectiveTo observe the characteristic of pulmonary function of children with spastic diplegia and the effects of hydrotherapy on it. Methods30 children with spastic diplegia were divided into hydrotherapy group and control group, who received hydrotherapy and routine rehabilitation or routine rehabilitation only. All patients were tested their pulmonary function and the maximum phonation time before and 2 months after treatment. The longest breath holding time in water of the hydrotherapy group were recorded. ResultsThe vital capacity (VC), expiratory reserve volume (ERV), inspiratory capacity (IC), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), maximum ventilatory volume (MVV), peak expiratory flow (PEF) in all the children decreased significantly compared with the predicted value (P=0.000), but a second rate (FEV1/FVC) didn't （P=0.141）. After treatment, the VC, FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, MVV, PEF values and their percentage of predicted value improved （P＜0.05）, as well as the maximum phonation time （P＜0.05）. ERV, IC values and their percentage of predicted value improved a little from pre-treatment in the control group （P＞0.05）, but significantly in the hydrotherapy group （P<0.05）. The percentage of predicted value of VC, ERV, IC, FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, MVV, and PEF, and the maximum phonation time improved more in the hydrotherapy group than in the control （P＜0.05）. The longest breath holding time in water improved in the hydrotherapy group after treatment （P=0.000）. ConclusionThe pulmonary function impaired in spastic diplegic children, and can be improved with the rehabilitation, especially with the hydrotherapy in addition.

Objective:To investigate the medication rules of Xin'an medicine for the treatment of melancholia and further analyze the medication ideas of Xin'an physicians in the treatment of melancholia.Methods:The documents of Xin'an physicians treating melancholia in the fifth edition of the Chinese Medical Code and the online database of ancient Chinese medicine were retrieved. Excel was used to extract the prescription information to establish the database. R language was used to analyze the data regarding the medication frequency, nature and taste, association rules, and clustering of the traditional Chinese medicine used in the prescription. Results:A total of 127 effective prescriptions were sorted out, and 177 kinds of Chinese medicines were used with a total medication frequency of 1 031 times. The top three Chinese medicines with the highest frequency of use were Poria cocos (57 times), Licorice (46 times), and Paeonia Lactiflora (40 times). The main nature of herbs was plain and warm nature. The warm herbs were the most frequently used (298 times). The first five flavors of the herbs which were the most used were pungent taste (475 times, 28.70%), bitter taste (459 times, 27.73%), and sweet taste (453 times, 27.37%). The commonly used herbs with confidence coefficient > 0.800 were Licorice + Angelica sinensis, Licorice + Angelica sinensis and Paeonia Lactiflora, Licorice + Bupleurum, Licorice + Atractylodes macrocephala, Cyperus root + Ligusticum Chuanxiong, Angelica sinensis + Atractylodes macrocephala and Licorice, Paeonia Lactiflora + Angelica sinensis and Poria cocos, Licorice + Angelica sinensis and Poria cocos, Licorice + Atractylodes macrocephala and Angelica sinensis, Licorice + Bupleurum and Paeonia Lactiflora, Licorice + Atractylodes macrocephala and Ginseng, Licorice + Ginseng and Angelica sinensis, Cyperus root + Medicated leaven, Ginseng + Astragalus mongholicus, Licorice + Astragalus mongholicus.Conclusion:Xin'an medicine for the treatment of melancholia mainly uses pungent, bitter, sweet, and warm herbs. It can adjust the chill and fever, Yin and Yang of the human body, diminishes the urgency, and regulates the flow of Qi.

Objective:To compare the short-term clinical effect between laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) and open distal pancreatectomy (ODP).Methods:We performed a retrospective study on 161 patients who underwent pancreatectomy between September 2017 to December 2018 in the Department of Pancreatic and Gastric Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. According to the mode of operation, the patients were divided into the LDP group ( n=43) and the ODP group ( n=118). To compare the short-term clinical effect and safety between the LDP group and the ODP group, the preoperative clinical data, intraoperative related index, postoperative complication, postoperative recovery index, preoperative and postoperative inflammatory index were analyzed. Results:The preoperative clinical characteristics between the LDP group and the ODP group were not statistically different ( P>0.05). The intraoperative blood loss in LDP group was (194.19±241.83) ml, significantly less than (315.17±295.94) ml in ODP group ( P<0.05), and the postoperative exhaust time in LDP group was (3.00±0.72) days, significantly shorter than (4.05±0.97) days in OPD group ( P<0.001). The time to get out of bed in LDP group was (3.14±1.01) days, significantly shorter than (3.55±1.05) days in OPD group ( P<0.05). The postoperative eating time in LDP group was (3.88±1.61) days, significantly shorter than (5.11±1.56) days in ODP group ( P<0.001). The time of the drainage tube removal in LDP group was (8.44±1.93) days, significantly shorter than (9.82±3.70) days in ODP group ( P<0.05). The postoperative hospital stay in LDP group was (9.65±3.57) days, significantly shorter than (11.99±6.57) days in ODP group ( P<0.05). The mean operation time in LDP group was (168.65±55.45) min, shorter than (171.23±65.61) min in ODP group, but without significant difference ( P>0.05). The incidences of non-pancreatic fistula-related complications in LDP group and ODP group were 16.3% and 11.0%, respectively, without statistical significance ( P>0.05). The incidences of pancreatic fistula in LDP group and ODP group were 16.3% and 19.5%, respectively, without statistical significance ( P>0.05). The total incidences of complications in LDP group and ODP group were 32.6% and 30.5%, respectively, without statistical significance ( P>0.05). The preoperative and postoperative inflammatory indexes between these two groups were not statistically different ( P>0.05). Conclusions:Compared with ODP, LDP has the advantages of less intraoperative blood loss, faster postoperative recovery, shorter postoperative hospital stays, without increased postoperative complications and prolonged operation time. LDP is a safe and feasible operation method, and its short-term clinical effect is better than that of ODP.

Objective:To compare the short-term clinical effect between laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) and open distal pancreatectomy (ODP).Methods:We performed a retrospective study on 161 patients who underwent pancreatectomy between September 2017 to December 2018 in the Department of Pancreatic and Gastric Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. According to the mode of operation, the patients were divided into the LDP group ( n=43) and the ODP group ( n=118). To compare the short-term clinical effect and safety between the LDP group and the ODP group, the preoperative clinical data, intraoperative related index, postoperative complication, postoperative recovery index, preoperative and postoperative inflammatory index were analyzed. Results:The preoperative clinical characteristics between the LDP group and the ODP group were not statistically different ( P>0.05). The intraoperative blood loss in LDP group was (194.19±241.83) ml, significantly less than (315.17±295.94) ml in ODP group ( P<0.05), and the postoperative exhaust time in LDP group was (3.00±0.72) days, significantly shorter than (4.05±0.97) days in OPD group ( P<0.001). The time to get out of bed in LDP group was (3.14±1.01) days, significantly shorter than (3.55±1.05) days in OPD group ( P<0.05). The postoperative eating time in LDP group was (3.88±1.61) days, significantly shorter than (5.11±1.56) days in ODP group ( P<0.001). The time of the drainage tube removal in LDP group was (8.44±1.93) days, significantly shorter than (9.82±3.70) days in ODP group ( P<0.05). The postoperative hospital stay in LDP group was (9.65±3.57) days, significantly shorter than (11.99±6.57) days in ODP group ( P<0.05). The mean operation time in LDP group was (168.65±55.45) min, shorter than (171.23±65.61) min in ODP group, but without significant difference ( P>0.05). The incidences of non-pancreatic fistula-related complications in LDP group and ODP group were 16.3% and 11.0%, respectively, without statistical significance ( P>0.05). The incidences of pancreatic fistula in LDP group and ODP group were 16.3% and 19.5%, respectively, without statistical significance ( P>0.05). The total incidences of complications in LDP group and ODP group were 32.6% and 30.5%, respectively, without statistical significance ( P>0.05). The preoperative and postoperative inflammatory indexes between these two groups were not statistically different ( P>0.05). Conclusions:Compared with ODP, LDP has the advantages of less intraoperative blood loss, faster postoperative recovery, shorter postoperative hospital stays, without increased postoperative complications and prolonged operation time. LDP is a safe and feasible operation method, and its short-term clinical effect is better than that of ODP.

Objective:To optimize key parameters based on microwave assisted rapid staining technique for ultrathin section and establish a rapid ultrathin section preparing method .Methods:Ultrathin sections were stained respectively with 1% uranium acetate (UA) and lead citrate (LC) for different duration at various microwave power using microwave tissue processor. Then transmission electron microscope (TEM) photographs of cellular ultrastructure were taken and analyzed. The optimized single staining parameters were decided and combined to investigate the optimal microwave assisted UA and LC double staining conditions. The rapid staining effects of ultrathin sections were verified in different viruses including human adenovirus 5 (HAd5), herpes simplex virus (HSV), H1N1 influenza virus, enterovirus 71(EV-A71)human infected cells samples.Results:The optimized microwave assisted rapid ultrathin section staining parameters are: UA for 30 s and LC for 20 s at power 200 W or UA for 30 s and LC for 30 s at 300 W using microwave tissue processor.1∶6 dilution of original LC concentration could still work well through microwave assistance. The parameters can be extended and applied to domestic microwave ovens, and the optimized staining parameters are UA for 30 s and LC for 30 s at 320 W.Conclusions:The optimized parameters of microwave assisted rapid ultrathin section staining were obtained and can be applied in not only cell samples but also different virus ultrathin sections.

Objective:To develop an artificial intelligence system for detecting dental plaque on permanent teeth and find the influenced factors.Methods:Photos of the labial or buccal surfaces of the permanent teeth were taken by using an intraoral camera (1 280×960 pixels; TPC Ligang, Shenzhen, China) before and after applying the plaque-disclosing agent (Cimedical, Japan) in 25 volunteers [12 males, 13 femals, aged (23±3) years] recruided in accordance with the inclusion criteria from the students of Peking University School of Stomatology from October 2018 to June 2019. A total of 549 groups of photos were captured and then divided into a training dataset containing 440 groups of photos and a test dataset including 109 groups of photos. The scopes of teeth and dental plaque on photos were labeled using LabelMe (Windows 3.2.1, MIT, U S A). A DeepLab based deep learning system was designed for the intelligent detection of dental plaque on permanent teeth. The mean intersection over union (MIoU) was employed to indicate the detection accuracy. Matlab (Windows R2017a, MathWorks, U S A) was used to extract the plaque edge line of 109 groups of photos and to calculate the number of pixels for the measurement of the complexity of the plaque edge line. The percentage of dental plaque area was calculated. Multivariate linear regression was used to explore whether tooth site, plaque percentage, number of plaque edge line pixels and lens light spot location would influence the detection accuracy, of which P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results:The MIoU of the permanent tooth model was 0.700±0.191 when 440 photos were used for training and 109 photos were used for testing. In the regression model of significance test ( P<0.05), the percentage of plaque and the number of pixels on the edge of plaque had significant influence on the accuracy of dental plaque detection. The standardized coefficient of the number of pixels of the plaque edge line is -0.289, and the standardized coefficient of the percentage of plaque is -0.551. Conclusions:In the present study, an artificial intelligence system was built to detect dental plaque area on tooth photos collected by family intraoral camera. The system showed the ability to detect the dental plaque of permanent teeth. The more complex the marginal line of dental plaque and higher the percentage of dental plaque are, the lower the accuracy of plaque recognition is.