Objective To study the relationship between MRI and histopathological findings of cerebral schistosomiasis,and the value of MRI on this disease. Methods 18 patients with cerebral schistosomiasis proved by pathological examination and laboratory test were enrolled in the study. Plain and Gd DTPA enhanced MRI were performed in all patients with GE 1.5 T MRI scanner. Results The lesions were located in infratentorial region in 7 cases and in supratentorial region in 11. There were three types of pathological pattern in the disease including focal encephalitis and meningiomas (5), granuloma (12), and encephalatrophy (1). Most of the lesions were iso or hypointensity on T 1WI, hyperintensity on T 2WI, with nodules, spot or ring like enhancement, and periphery edema. Conclusion MRI manifestations of cerebral schistosomiasis have specific features,which is a very important tool in early diagnosis and follows up for this disease.

Objective To investigate the frequency distribution of Val762Ala(T2444C)polymorphism among Han Chinese population in Gansu province,and to explore its relation to the suseeptibihty to gastric cancer. Methods A hospital-based,case-control study was performed involving 138 patients with gastric cancer and 110 healthy controls by PCR-RFLP method.Logistic regression and Chisquare analyses were used to assess OR and 95% CI. Results PARP-1762Ala allele was overexpressed in gastric cancer cases(11.5%)compared with controls(4.5%)(OR=3.012,95%CI 1.054-8.603,P=0.033).Statistic analysis showed increaged risk for gastric cancer patients with the 762Ala allele.Conclusion PARP-1 Val762Ala(T2444C)is related to the risk of gastric cancer,PARP-1762Ala allele could be used as a susceptibility marker for the development of gastric cancer.

Objective To explore the application effect of the adult education theory in the nursing round. Methods 340 trainee nurses, who were trained at our surgical department between June 2008 and December 2009, were randomly divided into the experimental group(178 cases)and the control group(162cases). The adult education theory was adopted in the experimental group, whereas the traditional education method was used in the control group, a questionnaire was carried out after the nursing visit. Results The experimental group was more satisfied with the round visit than the control group. Conclusions The application of the adult education theory in the round visit is beneficial not only to the students' selection of the topics of nursing visit, but also to the improvement of the students' understanding and communicating capacity, the students' studying interests and the students' creative thinking, finally the degree of satisfaction to the round visit is increased by the adoption of this theory.

Objective: To identify the risk factors for postoperative fatigue syndrome (POFS) in outpatients with painless gastroscopy. Methods: The outpatients received painless gastroscopy from October 2016 to February 2017 in our hospital were included in this study.The possible factors related to POFS were summarized by reviewing the relevant literature.The questionnaires were completed by the methods such as preoperative interview, intraoperative recording, and telephone follow-up.POFS occurrence, score and outcomes were evaluated.The patients were divided into POFS group (groupⅠ) and non-POFS group (groupⅡ) according to whether POFS occurred.The risk factors of which P values were less than 0.05 would enter the multivariate logistic regression analysis to stratify the risk factors. Results: Two hundred and forty-six patients completed this study.Sixty-nine cases developed POFS, and the incidence was 28.0%, the initial fatigue score was (5.2±2.4), and the duration of POFS was 3(9) h. The mean consumption of propofol (according to anesthesia time, mg/min) was an independent risk factor for POFS. Conclusion The mean consumption of propofol is an independent risk factor for POFS in outpatients with painless gastroscopy.

Objective:To explore the effects of myosteatosis and blood glucose (BG) on postoperative complications in non-diabetic gastric cancer patients receiving supplemental parenteral nutrition (SPN) after gastrectomy.Methods:Patients who underwent radical gastrectomy between March 2017 and June 2021 in the Department of Surgical Oncology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University were included in this study. Various preoperative inflammatory and nutritional indicators, including skeletal muscle metrics at the third lumbar level on CT, were collected retrospectively. Postoperative BG within 3 days and complications within 30 days were monitored. Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of myosteatosis (assessed via skeletal muscle density [SMD]) and the differences in postoperative BG and complication incidence were compared. Mediation model was used to analyze the mediating effect of BG in the association between SMD and postoperative complications.Results:A total of 357 patients were included in the study. Compared with the 299(83.8%) patients without myosteatosis , the incidence of hyperglycemia, mean BG, maximal BG, and BG fluctuation while on SPN in the 58(16.2%) patients with myosteatosis were higher, and the comprehensive complication index (CCI) and the incidence of complication were higher ( P<0.05). More importantly, BG showed the mediation effect of -0.0892 in the effect of SMD on CCI ( P<0.05), with the effect size of 19.3％. Conclusion:Myosteatosis and postoperative hyperglycemia are associated with higher incidence of complications, and BG plays an intermediary role in the association between myosteatosis and CCI.

The overall efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer has been recognized. However, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is ineffective in a subset of patients due to tumor heterogeneity. The tumor regression grade (TRG) has unique advantages in assessing the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer. Nonetheless, since TRG is dependent on postoperative pathology, it becomes a significant topic today to mine TRG predictors to more accurately select appropriate patients for neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Therefore, to understand the relevant research progress and current research challenges of TRG predictors after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer from the aspects of biomarkers, immunity, inflammatory indicators, body composition, imaging indicators, etc., is conducive to further clinical research and practice.

The purpose of this study is to systematically determine an optimal percentile cutoff in histogram analysis for calculating the mean parameters obtained from a nonGaussian continuous-time random-walk (CTRW) diffusion model for differentiating individual glioma grades. This retrospective study included 90 patients with histopathologically proven gliomas (42 grade II, 19 grade III, and 29 grade IV). We performed diffusion-weighted imaging using 17 b-values (0-4000 s/mm²) at 3T, and analyzed the images with the CTRW model to produce an anomalous diffusion coefficient (D m ) along with temporal (α) and spatial (β) diffusion heterogeneity parameters. Given the tumor ROIs, we created a histogram of each parameter; computed the P-values (using a Student’s t-test) for the statistical differences in the mean D m , α, or β for differentiating grade II vs. grade III gliomas and grade III vs. grade IV gliomas at different percentiles (1% to 100%); and selected the highest percentile with P < 0.05 as the optimal percentile. We used the mean parameter values calculated from the optimal percentile cut-offs to do a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis based on individual parameters or their combinations.We compared the results with those obtained by averaging data over the entire region of interest (i.e., 100th percentile). We found the optimal percentiles for D m , α, and β to be 68%, 75%, and 100% for differentiating grade II vs. III and 58%, 19%, and 100% for differentiating grade III vs. IV gliomas, respectively. The optimal percentile cut-offs outperformed the entire-ROI-based analysis in sensitivity (0.761 vs. 0.690), specificity (0.578 vs. 0.526), accuracy (0.704 vs. 0.639), and AUC (0.671 vs.0.599) for grade II vs. III differentiations and in sensitivity (0.789 vs. 0.578) and AUC (0.637 vs. 0.620) for grade III vs. IV differentiations, respectively. Percentile-based histogram analysis, coupled with the multi-parametric approach enabled by the CTRW diffusion model using high b-values, can improve glioma grading.

Objective To analyze the distribution features of newly reported cases of occupational welder′s pneumoconiosis (OWP) in Guangdong Province from 2013 to 2022. Methods Data of newly reported cases of OWP from National Occupational Disease Network Direct Reporting System of Guangdong Province from 2013 to 2022 was analyzed using conventional data analyzing Methods. Results A total of 294 cases of OWP were reported in Guangdong Province from 2013 to 2022 with an overall downward trend. The average age at diagnosis for new OWP cases was 44±6 years old, and the median of dust exposure duration was 11 years. Males accounted for 99.3% of the cases, and 94.2% of the cases were phase Ⅰ OWP. Guangzhou City had the highest regional distribution with 74.8% of the cases. The industry distribution was mainly manufacturing, accounting for 86.7% of the cases. The scale of enterprises was most common in small enterprises, followed by large and medium-sized enterprises, accounting for 38.4%, 30.6% and 24.5% of the cases respectively. The economic types of enterprises were mostly private enterprises, followed by state-owned enterprises, accounting for 54.1% and 32.0% of the cases respectively. Conclusion In Guangdong Province, the newly reported OWP cases were clustered in terms of disease stage, regional distribution, industry, enterprise scale and enterprise economic type. There was a tendency of younger age at diagnosis and shorter dust exposure duration.

Objective To identify the risk factors for postoperative fatigue syndrome(POFS)in outpatients with painless gastroscopy.Methods The outpatients received painless gastroscopy from October 2016 to February 2017 in our hospital were included in this study.The possible factors related to POFS were summarized by reviewing the relevant literature.The questionnaires were completed by the methods such as preoperative interview,intraoperative recording,and telephone follow-up.POFS occurrence,score and outcomes were evaluated.The patients were divided into POFS group(groupⅠ)and non-POFS group(groupⅡ)according to whether POFS occurred.The risk factors of which P values were less than 0.05 would enter the multivariate logistic regression analysis to stratify the risk factors.Results Two hundred and forty-six patients completed this study.Sixty-nine cases developed POFS,and the incidence was 28.0％,the initial fatigue score was(5.2±2.4),and the duration of POFS was 3(9)h.The mean con-sumption of propofol(according to anesthesia time,mg/min)was an independent risk factor for POFS.Conclusion The mean consumption of propofol is an independent risk factor for POFS in outpatients with painless gastroscopy.

Objective To explore the impact of macrophage-to-myofibroblast transition(MMT)on pulmonary fibro-sis induced by acute lung injury by LPS.Methods Totally 21 male mice were randomly classified into 7 groups:control group,model group(LPS-PF)at different time points and intervention group of clodronate-liposomes(CL-LIP)treatement at different time points(n=3).Pulmonary fibrosis was identified by HE and Masson staining microscopy.The immuno-fluorescence technology was used for the evaluation of numbers of macrophage-to-myofi-broblast transition cells(MMT cell which co-expressed CD68 and α-SMA).Bone marrow-derived macrophages(BMDMs)were randomly classified into two group:control(Ctrl)group and TGF-β1-treated group induced by transforming growthfactor-β1.α-SMA,FN and Col1 were detected by RT-qPCR.The expression of α-SMA,Smad3 and p-Smad3 protein was evaluated by Western blot.Results At day 7,the Ashcroft score of lung tissue in LPS-PF mouse model was significantly increased when compared with the Ctrl group(P＜0.01);While the score signifi-cantly declined when the model was pretreated with CL-LIP(P＜0.05).As detected by immuno-fluorescence stai-ning,in CL-LIP group the number of CD68-positive cells co-labeled with α-SMA was obviously less then that of LPS-PF group of the corresponding time point(P＜0.01).When the BMDMs were stimulated by TGF-β1 at 24 h,48 h and 96 h respectively,a higher expression of α-SMA,FN,Col1,were found in TGF-β1-treated group than that in Ctrl group at the corresponding time point(P＜0.01).The expression of Smad3,p-Smad3 significantly higher in LPS-PF group(at both day 7 and day 10)and TGF-β1-treated group(at both 48 h and 96 h)as compared to cor-responding control group(P＜0.01).Conclusions MMT promotes pulmonary fibrosis induced by ALI via LPS.Smad3 is proved to be involved in the MMT process.