PurposeTo analyze the far infrared thermography characteristics before and after surgery in patients with acoustic neuroma.Materials and Methods Thirty-two patients with acoustic neuroma were included as observation group and 40 normal healthy individuals as control group. Un-cooled thermal imaging system (ATIR-M301B) was used with working temperature of 20-25℃. Craniofacial infrared images were collected to analyze temperature differences among different detection zones.Results Far infrared thermography revealed that there were no obvious temperature differences between both sides of supraorbital region, endocanthion region, frontal region and buccal region in the control group (P>0.05). The temperature differences in bilaterally symmetrical parts of supraorbital region, endocanthion region, frontal region, buccal region were significantly higher in observation group (t=1.557, 1.714, 1.483 and 1.569,P<0.05). The craniofacial temperatures of 32 patients changed after operation, and the differences reduced in supraorbital region, endocanthion region, frontal region, and buccal region (t=2.655, 2.462, 2.897 and 4.465,P<0.05).Conclusion Far-infrared thermography inspection can detect abnormal temperature changes.

Objective Rheological properties and gelation properties of agar were investigated. Methods The gelling point,melting point and the gel strength of agar were detected with MCR101 rheometer and TA texture testing instrument. Results and Conclusion Rheological properties of agar were affected by its concentration ,temperature and the addition of salt (such as NaCl ,CaCl2) and sucrose. Apparent viscosity exhibited shear thinning behavior following the power law model. Apparent viscosity increased with the increase of concentration,and decreased with the rise of temperature. The decrease in viscosity followed an Arrhenius temperature dependence. Agar solutions exhibited typical "weak gel" properties by small strain oscillatory measurements. The results indicated that the agar solution was characterized as a gel properties ,and which could form a kind of heat reversible gel. The gelling point of agar was lower than its melting point. The gel strength of agar could be affected by its gel time,and the addition of salt (such as NaCl,CaCl2) and sucrose.

Objective To establish a method for determination of trace lead in alginate sodium.Method The lead in the samples was determined by fluorescence spectroscopy after been digested by hydrothermal decomposition.Results The detection limit of lead was 2.71?10-2?g?mL-1.The relative standard deviation of the three samples were 4.06%,1.57% and 2.12% respectively,the average recovery was 88.32%～100.8%.Conclusion The method had the advantages of simple operation,higher precision,higher sensitivity and repeatability and was suitable for the determination of trace lead in the alginate sodium

65yrs, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, etc; of which 7 were independent risk factors associated with death (P

Objective:To explore the application effect of action learning for nursing ethic teaching in operating room.Methods:Total 94 nursing students were divided into two groups to compare the testing scores and the inci-dence of hidden security events .The control group underwent the traditional teaching method , and the experimental group taken Action learning .Results:The testing scores and the accurate rates of case analysis problem of the ex-perimental group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.05).While the rate of hidden danger events of the experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group ( P <0 .05 ) .Conclusion: Action learning can stimulate students′learning potential , improve the effect of learning , and reduce the incidence of secu-rity events.

Objective To evaluate the left ventricular diastolic function in coronary artery disease (CAD)patients without regional wall motion abnormality by real-time three-dimensional specke tracking imaging(RT3D-STI),and to investigate the value of RT3D-STI in detecting CAD.Methods According on coronary angiography,92 patients without regional wall motion abnormality were divided into two groups:control group(n = 21 ),without coronary artery stenosis;case group (n = 50 ),coronary stenosis group. Two dimensional images and the three-dimensional full volume dynamic images of left ventricle were collected.Routine parameters and end-systolic left ventricular globle longitudinal strain (GLS),globle circumferential strain (GCS),globle area strain (GAS),globle radial strain (GRS)and corresponding strain imaging diastolic index (SI-DI)were aquired,respectively.The parameters by RT3D-STI were analyzed to diagnose coronary artery stenosis.Results Compared with control group,there were no significant difference in routine parameters,GLS,GRS,GAS and GCS(P >0.05 ).Longitudinal SI-DI(L-SI-DI),area SI-DI(A-SI-DI),radial SI-DI (R-SI-DI),circumferential SI-DI (C-SI-DI)in case group were significantly reduced compared with control group (P <0.05).The sensitivity of L-SI-DI,A-SI-DI,R-SI-DI and C-SI-DI were 90.5%,81 .0%,85.7%,81 .0%,and the specificity of them were 82.0%,78.0%,68%,56%, respectively,L-SI-DI was the best in sensitivity and specificity.L-SI-DI,A-SI-DI,R-SI-DI were significantly correlated with Gensini score (r = -0.706,-0.547,-0.410 P < 0.05 ).Conclusions RT3D-STI can quantitatively assess the early changes of left ventricular diastolic function,which has important significance for early diagnosis of coronary artery stenosis.

Objective To explore one mechanism of therapeutic action of electroacupuncture on Alzheimer’s disease (AD), that is, improving the way to eliminate cerebral microvascular Ab by investigating the effect of electroacupuncture on hippocampal microvascular Ab deposition and learning and memory abilities in APP/PSI double transgenic mice. Method Twenty-four 7-month-old male APP/PSI double transgenic mice were randomized into model and electroacupuncture groups, 12 mice each. Same sex transgene-negative littermate mice (12 mice) constituted a blank control group. The electroacupuncture group received electric acupuncture at points Baihui (GV20) and Yongquan (KI1), 15 min once every other day, for a total of six weeks. After treatment, mouse learning and memory abilities were tested using the Morris water maze. The expressions of Ab 1-40 and Ab 1-42 in the hippocampal microvascular wall and senile plaque were determined by immunohistochemical method. Hippocampal microvascular Ab-positive expression was semi-quantitatively analyzed using the Imagine Pro Plus software. Result The Morris water maze test showed that escape latency lengthened (P<0.05), and the number of crossing platform and swimming time in the platform quadrant decreased (P<0.05) in the model group compared with the blank control group. Escape latency shortened (P<0.05), and the number of crossing platform and swimming time in the platform quadrant increased (P<0.05) in the electroacupuncture group compared with the model group. The immunohistochemical results showed that hippocampal microvascular Ab 1-42 and Ab 1-40 integral optical densities were higher in the model group than in the blank control group (P<0.05) and senile plaques appeared in the hippocampus. Hippocampal microvascular Ab 1-42 and Ab 1-40 integral optical densities were lower in the in the electroacupuncture group than in the model group (P<0.05). Conclusion Electroacupuncture reduces mouse learning and memory impairments and hippocampal microvascular Ab deposition. Its mechanism may be that electroacupuncture improves the way of eliminating cerebral microvascular Ab to decrease cerebral Ab deposition.

Objective To investigate the expression and significance of caveolin-1 in breast carcinoma.Methods Using immunohistochemical method the protein expression of caveolin-1 were analyzed in 105 cases of breast carcinoma and 50 cases of non-cancerous breast tissues.The relationship between caveolin-1 expression and CK5/6,EGFR,and E-cadherin expression was investigated.Clinical data of 105 cases of breast carcinoma were retrospectively analyzed.Results Among 105 cases of breast carcinoma,there were 20 cases of basal-like subtype,22 cases of luminal subtype A,23 cases of luminal subtype B,23 cases of HER2 over-expressing subtype,17 cases of normal breast-like subtype.Positive rate of caveolin-1 was significantly lower in breast carcinoma than in non-cancerous breast tissues (24.8％ vs.88.0％,P ＜ 0.05).Positive rate of caveolin-1 (75.0％) was higher in breast carcinoma than in luminal subtype A ( 4.8％ ),luminal subtype B ( 17.4％ ),HER2 over-expressing subtype ( 17.4％ ) or normal breast-like subtype( 11.8％ ),all P ＜0.05.Caveolin-1 expression was associated with expression of CK5/6 and EGFR(P ＜0.01 ).In univariate analysis,positive caveolin-1 was associated with higher lymph node metastasis rate (18/26,69.2％ )than negative (37/79,46.8％ ),P =0.047,and shorter 5-year-disease-free survival (38.46％ vs.74.68％,P =0.0004 ),but in multivariate analysis caveolin-1 was not an independent predictor of 5-year- disease-free survival (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Caveolin-1 can be seen as a screening mark of basal-like breast carcinoma,it may promote the invasiveness of breast cancer cells,but it is not an independent prognostic predictor of breast cancer patients.

Objective To study dose-response relationship and screen the optimized fractionated irradiation schedules in subclinical tumors of malignant glioma.Methods Balb/c-nude mice bearing human malignant glioma xenograft were assigned randomly into control group,fractionated irradiation schedules group and nimotuzumab-conventional fraction group.The fractionated schedules were 200 cGy x 5f/w,300 cGy ×5f/w,160 cGy ×2f/d x5 d and 400 cGy ×3f/w with total dose of 40 Gy and 60 Gy,respectively.Measurement indexes were tumor-forming rate,average recurrence time and maximum diameter of the tumor bottom.The observation lasted 24 weeks.Results With the total dose of 40 Gy,none of the significant long-term tumor regression were detected in any fractionated irradiation schedules; 400 cGy x 3f/w with complete tumor response at the end of treatment showed a better short-term curative effect.With the total dose of 60 Gy,long-term control rate of each fractionated irradiation schedule group was improved with prolonged average recurrence time of varable degrees,except 200 cGy x 5f/w fractionated schedule (tumor formation rate was 100％ at the end of treatment and average recurrence time was the poorest of 108 d).160 cGy × 2f/d × 5 d fractionated schedule showed the best curative effect with no tumor formation in 2 of 8 mice and longest recurrence time of 143 d.300 cGy x 5f/w fractionated schedule ranked second with no tumor formation in 1 of 8 mice and average recurrence time was 137 d.400 cGy x 3f/w fractionated schedule produced the poorest outcome with no case cured.There were no significant changes in the tumor-forming rate or average recurrence time when nimotuzumab was concurrently used for subclinical tumors of malignant glioma with total dose of 60 Gy.Conclusions Conventional fractionated irradiation is not the best option to control the sustained growth.160 cGy ×2f/d ×5 d and 300 cGy × 5f/w might be the optimized fractionated irradiation schedules for subclinical tumors of malignant glioma.

Objective To investigate the expression of E-cadherin and matrix metallopeptidase 7(MMP-7)and their significance in basal-like and Her-2 over-expressing breast carcinoma. Methods The protein expression of E-cadherin and MMP-7 were analyzed by immunohistochemical method in 20 cases of basal-like breast carcinoma and 21 cases of Her-2 over-expressing breast carcinoma.Statistical method was used to analyze the clinicopathological performance.Patients were followed up from 6 to 60 months.Results The ratio of basal-like breast carcinoma and invasive ductal carcinoma was 3.4%(20/501).the mean age was 49 years.The mean size of basal-like breast carcinoma(2.1 cm)was smaller than that of Her2 over-expressing breast carcinoma(3.0 cm)(P<0.05).The 5-year survival rate of patients with basal-like breast carcinoma was obviously(40.0%) lower than that of Her-2 over-expressing breast carcinoma (71.4%)(P<0.05),though,the 3-year survival rate was similar between the two groups.The protein expression of E-cadherin was down-regulated and even deficient in basal-like breast carcinoma(P<0.05).The protein expression of MMP-7 was higher in basal-1ike breast carcinoma than that in Her-2 overexpressing breast carcinoma(P<0.05).Conclusion Down-regulated expression of E-cadherin and upregulated expression of MMP-7 may be one of the mechanisms leading to high metastasis of basal-like breast carcinoma.