Objective To establish a method for rapid determination of nitrate in air. Methods Nitrate in air was absorbed using Na2CO3-NaHCO3 solution and the content of nitrate in the absorption liquid was determined by ion chromatography. Results The detection limit of NO3- was 0.008 mg/m3 when the sampling volume of air was 100 L. The linear correlation coefficient was 0.999 6. The relative standard deviation of the method was less than 5% and the recovery rates was 92.0%-96.7%. Conclusion The method had good selectivity and was simple and rapid for the determination of nitrate in air.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the phlegm etiology and the prevention measures of respiratory tract infection in 89 cases with heavy type hepatitis in hospital.METHODS From Jan 2004 to May 2007,the phlegm from respiratory tract hospital infection patients were studied retrospectively.RESULTS The main respiratory tract pathogens were the G-bacillui(44.5%),G+ cocci(23.2%),Candida albicans(16.8%),Aspergillus(9.0%) and yeast-like fungi(4.5%).CONCLUSIONS The investigation of the etiology suggests that the prevention of respiratory tract infection be the main measure to decrease hospital infection in heavy type hepatitis patients.

Objective To explore the anti-convulsion action of histamine(HA) in the central system and treatment of histamine H3 receptor(H3R) antagonists to rat model with intractable epilepsy.Methods 88 Wistar rats(12-day-old) were randomly divided into three groups:normal control group,N-methyl-D-aspartate(NMDA) group and betahistine(BH) groups(including high and low dose BH groups).Wistar rats received an intraperitoneal NMDA administration to make animal model of intractable epilepsy at infant period and toddler age.After that,the rats were observed daily for latencies and incidences to two NMDA-dependent stereotypical behaviors.The HA content of each brain region was determined with fluorimetry,and H3R were evaluated with immunohistochemical method.Results The automatisms including tail twisting and emprosthotonus seizures of(12-17)-day-old rats were observed in NMDA and BH groups.The rats,aged 18-25 d,became quiet following automatisms rather than emprothotonic.Compared with NMDA group,BH groups had longer latencies and lower incidences of tail twisting and emprosthotonus(P0.05).Conclusion The NMDA-induced model is similar to the clinical manifest of human West syndrome.It is up to animal model of intractable epilepsy at infant period and toddler age.The HA content of brain region is negatively related with seizure incidence.H3R antagonists have certain therapeutic function to intractable epilepsy in rats at infant period and toddler age.

This paper introduces the development of B-ultrasonic wave video image acquisition and management system based on Windows of the PC.With the application of VB6.0,the acquisition and dynamic display of B-ultrasonic wave video image are realized.ACCESS taken as the database and its ADO application set up,the system has the functions of query,statistics and report of B-ultrasonic wave video image.

Objective To investigate the clinic application of micro-implant anchorage in the treatment of maxil-lary protrusion malocclusion. Methods Twenty-two patients,aged 18 to 25 years old,with maxillary protrusion were divid-ed into two groups:experimental group and control group with 11 patients in each group. All patients were treated with ex-traction. Micro-screw palatal implant was used in the cases of experimental group as orthodontic anchorage ,and traditional anchorage composed of extraoral arch used in the cases of control. The cephalometric films were measured before and after treatment. Statistical methods were utilized to analyze the morphological changes of facial profile and hard tissues in both groups. Results The values of U1-NA(mm:3.08±1.18 vs 8.15±3.05) and U1-SN(101.90°±3.50° vs 117.90°±6.05°) were sig-nificantly decreased after treatment compared with those before treatment in the experimental group ( P<0.01). The value of U1-L1(123.98°±5.78°vs 103.89°±8.95°) was significantly increased after treatment (P<0.01). In control group, the values of U1-NA (mm:5.01±1.34 vs 9.12±2.13) and U1-SN(101.90°±3.97° vs 114.87°±7.69°)were significantly decreased after treat-ment. The values of U1-L1(126.01°±3.12°vs 112.98°±5.98°) and U6-PtPNS(mm:21.45±2.43 vs 18.36±2.19)were significant-ly increased after treatment (P<0.05). The value of U1-L1(19.48°±8.90° vs 13.01°±5.90°) was significantly changed in exper-imental group than that of control group, but the value of U6-PtPNS(mm:0.90±0.29 vs 3.78±0.12)was significantly changed in control than that of experimental group (P<0.01). Conclusion The maxillary protrusion malocclusion with micro-im-plant anchorage can be used as treatment for patients with maxillary protrusion that needs strong anchorage.

Objective To quantify the changes of tongue color with the development of the disease according to the characteristics of human vision.Methods Psychological scales of tongue color perception were obtained from thc psychophysical experiments.Polynomial regression and support vector regression (SVR) were used to establish the mathematical model between the physical values and the psychological scales of tongue color.Results The psychological scales exported from the model could correspond to the visual perception of tongue color change, and SVR has higher accuracy.Conclusions The psychological scale, can not only quantitatively evaluate the tongue color in the development of the disease, but also quantify the degree of disease, to assist the doctors for disease diagnosis and treatment.

Objective To investigate the value of the manipulative reduction monitored by ultrasound for the intussusception of children.Methods One hundred and three intussusception children were dynamically observed by ultrasound,and were pressed softly beginning with the head of the intussusceptum,and observed whether there was intestinal peristalsis, and whether the intussuseeptum shortened and disappeared finally.The results were analyzed based on the size of the masse, the length of the intussusceptum,and the patients' age,and compared with the X-ray high pressure air enema.Results Fifty (48.5 ％) intussusception children were recovered.The recoverability was related to the size of the mass, the length of the intussusceptum, and the age of the children (level of cooperation).Thirty-nine patients were recovered after reexamined one hour later.The recoverability of manipulative reduction monitored by ultrasound for the mass diameter less than 2.0 cm was obviously higher than that by X-ray high pressure air enema.Conclusions Manipulative reduction monitored by ultrasound could cure almost half of the intussusception children patients directly.It could decrease the number of patients who were treated with high-pressure air enema,it could relieve the pain of the children and reduce their medical expenses.It also could be acted as a screening way to other therapies like high pressure air enema.

ObjectiveTo compare the yield rate of rats islets between different collagenase digestion groups.MethodsThe SD rats were randomly divided into two groups as following by using random digits table:collagenase P group (pancreas digested by 1 mg/ml collagenase P) and type Ⅴ collagenase group (pancreas digested by 1 mg/ml type Ⅴ collagenase).After pancreas digestion,rat islet cells in two groups were culture,purified and stained with DTZ.The mean islet number and islet equivalent (IEQ) before and after purification were measured under an inverted microscope.The viability of purified islets was assessed by fluorescence staining of aridine orange (AO) and propidium iodide (PI) under the fluorescence microscopy.After purification and culture for two days,islets function was evaluated by insulin releasing tests in the two groups.ResultsBefore purification,there was no significant difference in the islets number obtained from the pancreas between two groups (P＞0.05),but there was significant difference in the IEQ (P＜0.05).After purification,the islets number in type Ⅴcollagenase group and collagenase P group was (485 ± 113)/pancrease and (643 ± 82)/pancrease,and IEQ was (674 ± 157)/pancreas and (989 ± 126)/pancreas,respectively (P＜0.05).Islet viability in type Ⅴcollagenase group and collagenase P group was (96.13 ±1.13) ％ and (96.38 ± 0.92) ％ respectively (P＞0.05).The results of insulin releasing tests revealed there was no significant difference in islet function stimulated by hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia between two groups (P＞0.05).ConclusionTwo types of collagenase are suitable for the islets digestion in rats.The stability of digestion and yield rate of purified islets in collagenase P group are higher than in type Ⅴ collagenase group.

AIM: To explore the effect of berbamine(BER) on apoptosis in K562 cells and its possible molecular mechanisms. METHODS: The apoptosis rate was measured by flow cytometry while electron microscopy and DNA electrophoresis were used to evaluate the characteristic changes of apoptosis, RT-PCR and Western blot were used to examine the expression levels of apoptosis related gene bcr/abl and BCR/ABL protein. RESULTS: By FCM, the apoptosis rate of K562 cells treated with 8.0 mg/L BER for 24 h and 72 h increased from (29.20?3.82)% to (61.77?4.35)% (P

0 05). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggested that there might be a close relationship between delayed preconditioning mediated by adenosine A 1 receptor agonist R-PIA and myocardial nuclear factor-kappa B binding activity and Mn-SOD protein expression.