Background:Personality characters will influence the future career planning and development of medical students.Therefore,it will be important in the field of medical education to survey their personalities.Study design:The personality questionnaire was developed according to the Big-Five characters.The content validity and consistent reliability were assessed.A total of 124 undergraduate medical students participated in this 44-item self-evaluation about their personalities.Results:The inter-item consistency reliabilities of the 44-items of Big-Five personality questionnaire were analyzed and discordant items were deleted(Crobach's Alpha from 0.484~0.782 before selection to 0.67~0.82 after selection).The content validity of this five dimensions ranged from 0.8 to 0.9(P

Objective To investigate the role of the expressions of APC,bcl-2 and c-met gene in the progress of gastric cancer and their significances in the diagnosis of early gastric cancer.Methods The immunohistochemical technique was used to detect the expressions of APC,bcl-2 and c-met gene in 30 cases of human gastric carcinoma(GC),30 cases of intestinal metaplasia(IM),30 dysplasia(Dys) gastric mucosa,10 gastric adenoma(GA) and 20 normal gastric mucosa.Results ①The positive expression rates of APC in GC,IM,Dys and GA(53.3%,67.7% and 53.3%,respectively) were significantly lower than those in normal gastric mucosa(90.0%,P

ObjectiveTo discuss the value of immunochemical fecal occult blood test (IFOBT) in diagnosis of colorectal diseases.Methods Two hundred and fifty-one patients who taken IFOBT and chemical fecal occult blood test(CFOBT) from January 2008 to August 2011 were enrolled in this study.They were definitely diagnosed by total colonoscopy combined with pathology.ResultsThe positive rate of IFOBT and CFOBT in colorectal cancer patients was 100.0％(57/57) and 84.2％(48/57),there was significant difference (P ＜ 0.05).The positive rate of IFOBT and CFOBT in colorectal polyp patients was 38.6％ (32/83) and 10.8％(9/83 ),there was significant difference(P ＜ 0.05 ).The positive rate of IFOBT and CFOBT in inflammatory bowel disease patients was 100.0％(31/31) and 80.6％(25/31),there was no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).Thepositive rate of IFOBT and CFOBT in non-specific enteritis patients were 86.8％ (33/38) and 73.7％ (28/38),there was no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05 ).The positive rate of IFOBT and CFOBT in normal colorectal cases was 2.4％(1/42) and 19.0％(8/42),there was siguificant difference (P ＜ 0.05).ConclusionsIFOBT is better than CFOBT in diagnosis of colorectal cancer and colorectal polyp.IFOBT has lower false positive rate.

It is important to bring the principal role of medical students into full play and to develop their learning motivation and enthusiasm in order to obtain the satisfactory teaching effect in the clinical practice of preventive medicine and pediatric dentistry.Methods of timely summing-up,self-evaluation,making assumption and pair combination should be recommended.Cultivation for medical students should focus on the idea for diagnosis and treatment,skill of clinical practice and ability of doctor-patient communication.

Purpose To observe the impact of sleep deprivation (SD) for 24 hours on human brain regional homogeneity (ReHo) by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI),and briefly discuss the intervening effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on ReHo after SD.Material and Methods Sixteen healthy individuals were enrolled,and self-controlled study were adopted.Resting-state fMRI scans were performed in wakefulness,after SD,and after tDCS (true or placebo stimuli).The ReHo analysis approach was employed to calculate the ReHo values of whole brain in different states.The differences between before and after SD,and between true and false tDCS after SD,were analyzed.Results Compared with wakefulness,SD mainly enhanced ReHo in brain regions of left precentral gyrus,right precentral gyrus,bilateral temporal lobe and thalamus,but decreased ReHo in brain regions of right precuneus,left superior occipital gyrus,limbic lobe and bilateral angular gyrus,superior frontal gyrus,middle frontal gyrus.Compared with placebo stimuli,the true tDCS enhanced ReHo in brain regions of bilateral precuneus,angular gyrus and right forehead,superior middle gyrus,but decreased ReHo in brain regions of the medial side of left frontal lobe,right precentral gyrus,parahippocampal gyrus,substantia nigra and bilateral temporal lobe,pons and so on.Conclusion SD can cause ReHo change in a large number of brain regions.The tDCS on the prefrontal cortex improves the brain regions with ReHo reduction caused by SD.The improved brain regions mainly include bilateral precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex.Therefore,tDCS on the prefrontal cortex can improve brain dysfunction caused by SD.

Academia-industry collaboration is defined as the cooperation between both sides,utilizing the capitals and pathways of the industrial side as well as the faculties and facilities of the academic side to push the products to the market with cost minimization as well as profit or utility maximization.All the group members share the results to attain the double win.The six key steps to establish this collaboration include creating the cooperation platform,signing related agreements,constructing related hard and software,setting a company for operation,performing experiment,licensing,patent or technique transfer,products marketing as well as sharing profits.Several issues should be known while this collaboration established in the biomedical field,especially about the ethics of human studies.The influencing factors of its effectiveness would be analyzed in the present paper.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are believed to play a major role in viral clearance and disease pathogenesis during HBV infection. To clarify the differences in host immune responses between self-limited and chronic HBV infections, we constructed three HLA-A*0201/HBV tetramers with immunodominant epitopes of core18-27, polymerase 575-583 and envelope 335-343, and analyzed the HBV-specific CTLs in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients infected with HBV. The frequencies and expansion ability of HBV-specific CD8(+) T cells in most self-limited HBV infected individuals were higher than those in chronic HBV-infected patients. HBV-specific CD8(+) T cells could be induced by in vitro peptide stimulation from chronic patients with a low level of serum HBV-DNA but not from those with a high level of serum HBV-DNA. In chronic infection, no significant correlation was found either between the frequencies of HBV-specific CD8(+) T cells and the viral load, or between the frequencies and the levels of alanine transaminase. Our results suggested that the frequencies of HBV-specific CTLs are not the main determinant of immune-mediated protection in chronic HBV infection and immunotherapeutic approaches should be aimed at not only boosting a HBV-specific CD8(+) T response but also improving its function.

Objective To observe the protective effects of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells transplantation alone with bone marrow stem cells mobilization on liver cells in rats with severe acute paucreatitis in order to explore their mechanism. Method After the establishment of severe acute pancreatitis in rats made by intraperitoneal injection of L-arginine, 240 SD rats were randomly divided into sham-operated group (n = 48), model control group (n = 48), bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplanted (MSC) group (n = 48), granu-lacyte-colony stimulating factor treated (G-CSF) group (n = 48) and MSC + G-CSF (n = 48). The rats of MSC group were prepared by injection of 1.2 mL MSC into femoral vein 6 hours after SAP. The rats of G-CSF group were prepared by subcutaneous injection of G-CSF 40 μg/kg for 3 days before SAP. The rats of MSC + G-CSF group received MSC and G-CSF together. The rats of sham-operated group were injected with equal volume of nor-real saline. The rats in each group were sabdivided into 12 h, 24 h, 48 h and 72 h sub-groups (n = 12) according to the examinations in different intervals after operation. Of different subgroups, the morality rate, pathological changes, expression levels of Bax, Bcl-2 proteins and apoptosis indexes of livers were observed respectively. The contents of serum TNF-α,IL-6,ALT,AST,LDH and CRP were simultaneously determined to compare the difference among subgroups by variance analysis. Results Compared to the respective model group, the mortality rates of all treated 72 h subgroups showed no difference (P > 0.05), and no rats died before 48 h. The pathological injuries of liver cells were rather attenuated in rats of treated group than in rats of control group. The liver cell apoptosis in-dexes of 48 h and 72 h MSC + G-CSF subgroups were 107.1 ± 7.0, 110.3 ± 8.6, respectively; the expression of Bax in livers of 24 h,48 h and 72 h subgroups was 5.60±0.Z5, 5.69±0.22, 5.73±0.27, respectively;Bcl-2 protein of 48 h,72 h subgroups was 4.61±0.28, 4.43±0.28, respectively; compared with MSC and G-CSF subgroups the differences were significant (P < 0.05). The serum TNF-α, IL-6, ALT, AST, LDH and CRP de-creased obviously in 24 h/48 h treated subgroups in comparison with control group (P < 0.05). The MSC + G-CSF group showed more significant effects on those biomarkers than MSC or G-CSF alone after 48 hours (P < 0.05). Conclusions Autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells transplantation alonewith bone marrow stem cells mobilization can significantly protect livers from severe damage during the course of severe acute panere-atitis, and the probable mechanisms are likely associated with the pathological regeneration, anti-inflammatory ef-fect and apoptosis inhibition of MSC.

This investigation was to study the effects of cage-squeezing screw on tendon-bone healing in rabbits. The tendons of Twenty four rabbits were severed and fixed with cage-squeezing screw or ordinary squeezing screw on its tibia, and the interface of tendon-bone was tested at the ends of 3, 6 and 12 weeks after operations, respectively. The cage-squeezing screw can accelerate bone tunel healing and strengthen the graft intension. The experiments proved that the cage-squeezing screw could help the restructuring process of the graft after the beginning of reconstruction.
Animals ; Bone Screws ; Female ; Knee Joint ; surgery ; Male ; Periosteum ; transplantation ; Rabbits ; Tendons ; transplantation ; Tibia ; pathology ; surgery ; Wound Healing

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effective intracranial surgical method for hemifacial spasm which can be operated more safely and easily. METHOD: Twenty-five cases of hemifacial spasm underwent intracranial facial nerve root combing scraping by improved retrosigmoid approach. The compressing vessels were found in 10 cases and could be removed easily. Both microvascular decompression and facial nerve root combing scraping were performed to reduce recurrence. The other cases with perforating artery or without any compressing vessels underwent the facial nerve root combing scraping and cutting off partially for about 1/6 to approximately 1/5 neural fibers. RESULT: Hemifacial spasms were obliterated in 22 cases (88%) after operation, obviously relieved in 2 cases (8%), invalid in 1 case (4%). Varied facial nerve paralysis was observed in 25 patients, but no hearing disturbance and other serious complication occurred. Follow-up for 2 to approximately 8 years showed there were recurrences in 2 cases (8%) and the facial nerve paralysis of 25 cases recovered in 1 to approximately 6 months after operation. CONCLUSION The facial nerve root combing scraping is an effective and safe microsurgical procedure which has wide-ranged indication and less complication. It is very important to select suitable treatment for the patient individually during the operation to improve the efficacy and lower the risk.
Adult ; Aged ; Decompression, Surgical ; Facial Nerve ; surgery ; Facial Paralysis ; surgery ; Female ; Hemifacial Spasm ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Microsurgery ; methods ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult