OBJECTIVETo compare the differences in the clinical efficacy on post-stroke speech disorder between scalp electric acupuncture (EA) under anatomic orientation combined with rehabilitation training and simple rehabilitation training.

METHODSSixty patients of post-stroke speech apraxia were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases in each one. In the observation group, under anatomic orientation, the scalp EA was adopted to the dominant hemisphere Broca area on the left cerebrum. Additionally, the speech rehabilitation training was combined. In the control group, the speech rehabilitation training was simply,used. The treatment lasted for 4 weeks totally. The speech movement program module in the psychological language assessment and treatment system of Chinese aphasia was used for the evident of efficacy assessment. The scores of counting, singing scale, repeating phonetic alphabet, repeating monosyllable and repeating disyllable were observed in the patients of the two groups. The assessment was done separately on the day of grouping and 4 weeks after treatment.

RESULTSIn 4 weeks of treatment, the scores of counting, singing scale, repeating phonetic alphabet, repeating monosyllable and repeating disyllable were all improved as compared with those before treatment in the two groups (all P<0. 001). The results in the observation group were better than those in the control group (all P< 0. 05). The total effective rate was 100. 0% (30/30) in the observation group, superior apparently to 53. 3% (16/30) in the control group (P<0. 001).

CONCLUSIONThe scalp EA under anatomic orientation combined with' speech rehabilitation training obviously improves speech apraxia in stroke patients so that the speech disorder cani be relieved. The efficacy is better than that in simple rehabilitation training.

Acupuncture Points ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Apraxias ; etiology ; physiopathology ; rehabilitation ; therapy ; Electroacupuncture ; Female ; Humans ; Language ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Speech Disorders ; physiopathology ; rehabilitation ; therapy ; Speech Therapy ; Stroke ; complications ; Young Adult

Bone Neoplasms ; Humans ; Ilium ; Paraganglioma ; Sacrum

Animals ; Bone Density Conservation Agents ; pharmacology ; Calcitriol ; pharmacology ; Calcium Channel Agonists ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Pulmonary Fibrosis ; metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; drug effects ; Transforming Growth Factor beta ; metabolism ; Wnt Proteins ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the microleakage of fiber post and core systems after high-speed handpiece preparation at different time points.

METHODSThe crowns of forty-five extracted human premolar were removed and the roots were endodontically treated. The samples were devided into five groups. Root canal preparation was performed on each premolar followed by fiber post cementation and core build up. Tooth preparation was applied at 5 min in group 1, at 15 min in group 2 and at 30 min in group 3 after post cementation. Five teeth with only 5 mm apical sealing were served as a positive control group, and ten with fiber post and core build-up but no coronal preparation were taken as a negative control group. Microleakage was evaluated using a fluid filtration system. The bonding interface was observed by scanning electronic microscope (SEM).

RESULTSThe microleakage was significantly increased after coronal preparation with high-speed handpiece. The negative control group has less leakage [(1.50 × 10(-6) ± 0.37 × 10(-6)) µl×min(-1)×Pa(-1)] than the groups with coronal preparation (P < 0.05); Group 1 leaked significantly more [(6.02 × 10(-5) ± 1.02 × 10(-5)) µl×min(-1)×Pa(-1)] than group 2 [(1.50 × 10(-5) ± 0.26 × 10(-5)) µl·min(-1)×Pa(-1)] and group 3 [(1.50 × 10(-5) ± 0.39 × 10(-5)) µl×min(-1)×Pa(-1)] did (P < 0.05). Corresponding to microleakage, the micro gaps between the resin cement and dentine in group 1 were wider than those in the other groups. The coronal section was wider than the apical part.

CONCLUSIONSHigh-speed handpiece had negative effects on microleakage of fiber post and core systems. Coronal preparation should be performed 15 min or more after post cementation.

Cementation ; Dental Bonding ; Dental Leakage ; Dentin-Bonding Agents ; Humans ; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ; Post and Core Technique ; instrumentation ; Resin Cements ; Root Canal Preparation ; Time Factors

Adenocarcinoma, Follicular ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Papillary ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Renal Cell ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Kidney Diseases, Cystic ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Kidney Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Translocation, Genetic

Objective To compare the effect of airway clearance system (VestTM system) and traditional person knocking method on expectoration and pulmonary infection prevention in elderly patients undergone abdominal operation. Methods 60 cases of elderly patients undergone abdominal operation were randomly divided into observation group (n = 30) and control group (n = 30). The control group received person knocking method to promote expectoration while the observation group was treated with VestTM system.Clinical effect was compared between the groups. Results Sputum volume on day 1 of the observation group [(25.32 ± 2.12) ml/d] was higher than that of the control group [(14.20 ± 1.58) ml/d], and the difference was statistically significant (t = 23.04, P ＜ 0.05). There were also significant differences of sputum volume on day 2, day 3 and day4 (P＜0.05). 6 cases of cut pain, (4.2±0.2) scores of VAS and3 cases of difficulty in position cooperation were reported in the observation group, while the control group reported 21 cases,(7.2±0.3) scores and 16 cases, respectively, the differences were statistically significant (x2 = 13.20,11.09, respectively, t = 45. 57, P ＜ 0.05). There was no significant difference regarding hemodynamics and drainage volume (P ＞ 0.05). Conclusions Compared with traditional person knocking method, the VestTM system has satisfying effect of expectoration and popularity with patients, and can effectively prevent pulmonary infection in elderly patients undergone abdominal operation.

OBJECTIVETo observe the effect of Baichanting Compound (BC) on dopamine (DA) in striatum of Parkinson's disease (PD) mice, and to screen the optimal component proportion.

METHODSThe PD model was established in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) induced C57BL/6 mice. By using uniform design, they were intervened by three extracts of BC in different proportions [Acanthopanax senticosus extract (X1): white peony root extract (X2): Uncaria rhynchophylla extract (X3) = 30.00: 34.92: 82.50, 48.00: 19.98: 72.19, 18.00: 44.88: 61.88, 36.00: 29.94: 51.56, 54.00: 15.00: 41.25, 24.00: 39.90: 30.94, 42.00: 24.96: 20.63). Equal volume of 5% carboxymethylcellulose sodium was administered to mice in the model group and the normal group by gastrogavage. All medication was lasted for 20 successive days. The dopamine (DA) content was determined by ultra performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS). Except 10 in the normal group, 20 PD model mice were screened and divided into the model group and the BC group (with the optimal proportion) according to random digit table. BC extract in optimal proportion was administered to mice in the BC group by gastrogavage, while equal volume of 5% carboxymethylcellulose sodium was administered to mice in the model group and the normal group by gastrogavage. All medication was lasted for 20 successive days. Praxiology was observed in each group. DA content in striatum was also detected. Results Compared with the normal group, the DA content in striatum decreased significantly in the model group (P < 0.01), suggesting a successful PD modeling. Compared with the model group, the DA content in striatum increased significantly in 1 and 2 groups (P<0.05). According to results of quadratic polynomial stepwise regression statistics, the regression equation obtained was: Y = 0.265 + 0.026 X 2 - 0.056 X 3 + 0.334 x 10(-3) x X1 x X3 + 0.691 x 10(-3) X X3(2). X3 extract was the main factor influencing the effectiveness (P < 0.01). The optimal proportion of BC was predicted by the regression equation: X1 = 54.00 mg/(kg x d), X2 = 44.88 mg/(kg x d), the X3 = 82.50 mg/(kg x d). The pole climbing time was shortened, times of autonomic activities increased, DA content was elevated, all with statistical difference in BC groups (P < 0.01, P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONBC could increase DA content in PD model mice with the optimal proportion as 54.00: 44.88: 82.50.

1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine ; Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Dopamine ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Mass Spectrometry ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Motor Activity ; Parkinson Disease ; drug therapy ; metabolism

Objective To compare the similarities and differences of the dental pulp cells in protein expression under different conditions and to investigate the effect of recombinant human interleukin-1β ( rhIL -1 β) on the production of protein by human dental pulp cells (HDPC) in vitro.Methods HDPC were induced with rhIL-1 β for 12 hours and the dental pulp cell entire protein was separated by a 2-DE technique.The rhIL-1β induction and the normal dental pulp cell protein 2-DE atlas were established.Difference expression protein was confirmed by Image Master 2D Elite 5.0 software analysis.Results In induced dental pulp cells,39 protein spots were obviously different,of which 15 points were up-regulated,13 were new protein spots,7 points were down-regulated,4 points expressed only in the control group.Conclusions Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis can not only show the whole protein of human dental pulp cells are likely to be involved in the process of dental pulp cell damage.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the feasibility of using radiomic features for differential diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatic cavernous hemangioma (HHE).

METHODSGadoxetate disodium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from a total of 135 HCC and HHE lesions. The radiomic texture features of each lesion were extracted on the hepatobiliary phase images, and the performance of each feature was assessed in differentiation and classification of HCC and HHE. In multivariate analysis, the performance of 3 feature selection algorithms (namely minimum redundancy-maximum relevance, mRmR; neighborhood component analysis, NCA; and sequence forward selection, SFS) was compared. The optimal feature subset was determined according to the optimal feature selection algorithm and used for testing the 3 classifier algorithms (namely the support vector machine, RBF-SVM; linear discriminant analysis, LDA; and logistic regression). All the tests were repeated 5 times with 10-fold cross validation experiments.

RESULTSMore than 50% of the radiomic features exhibited strong distinguishing ability, among which gray level co-occurrence matrix feature S (3, -3) SumEntrp showed a good classification performance with an AUC of 0.72 (P<0.01), a sensitivity of 0.83 and a specificity of 0.57. For the multivariate analysis, 15 features were selected based on the SFS algorithm, which produced better results than the other two algorithms. Testing of these 15 selected features for their average cross-validation performance with RBF-SVM classifier yielded a test accuracy of 0.82∓0.09, an AUC of 0.86∓0.12, a sensitivity of 0.88∓0.11, and a specificity of 0.76∓0.18.

CONCLUSIONThe radiomic features based on gadoxetate disodium-enhanced magnetic resonance images allow efficient differential diagnosis of HCC and HHE, and can potentially provide important assistance in clinical diagnosis of the two diseases.

Objective To study the correlation factors in lower respiratory tract infections after tracheotomia in ICU. Methods 20 patients were accepted. We gathered the samples on skin of neck before tracheotomia, and gathered 12 samples on buccal cavity, professional jargon, pharyngeal portion secretion, sputum at lower respiratory tract, ward atmosphere, article surface, drainage tube, pipeline interface of breathing machine, humidification bottle, tracheostomy cannula and hands of nurse, respectively, at the first day, fifth day, tenth day and fifteenth day after tracheotomia. And then the relationship of kinds of factors and lower respiratory tract infection was analyzed by Chi-square criterion and Spearman rank correlation analysis of Stata 9.0 statistics software. Results The rate of lower respiratory tract infection was 95%, and the results were not same at indifferent times (P<0.01). Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that distribution of pathogenic bacteria in respiratory tract at different times had positive correlation with equipment pipeline, oral cavity, pharyngeal portion and incision of trachea, and had no obvious correlation with hands of nurse, ward atmosphere and article surface. Conclusions The patients after tracheotomia have an higher incidence rate on lower respiratory tract infection in ICU, especially within 10 days. lower respiratory tract infection after tracheotomia has close relationship with equipment pipeline, mainly such as ventilator, in addition to the patients' self-factors.