Acupuncture Therapy ; instrumentation ; methods ; standards ; China ; Humans ; Moxibustion ; instrumentation ; methods ; standards ; Needles ; standards ; Reference Standards

This paper outlines the major animal epidemic emergency management system in the United States, involving the responsibilities of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of Health and Human Services ( DHHS ) .Besides the main commanding and coordinating departments, the system also involves procedures in surveillance, early warning, preparation, response and ending in case of serious animal emergency.We have also summarized and analyzed the characteristics of the American response mode, such as net-worked laboratories, special corps,budgets and national animal identification systems.

0.05),and no significant relationship were observed between the A? autoantibody and the severity of dementia or the natural course.TAPIR positive plasma showed a stronger immunoaffinity with monomeric and dimeric A?40 and FA? than with monomeric A?42,but a weak immunoaffinity with dimeric A?42.Conclusions Naturally existing plasma antibodies to A? might not be an useful biomarker for AD diagnosis,and could not affect clinical signs and natural progress of AD.

Objective:To evaluate the feasibility of using polyethyleneimine(PEI) coated magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles(polyMAG-1000) as gene vectors. Methods:The surface characteristies of the nanoparticles were observed with scan electronical microscope.The ability of the nanoparticles to combine and protect DNA were investigated at different PH after the polyMAG-1000 and DNA were combined at different ratio.The nanoparticles were tested as a gene vectors through transfection models in vitro. Results: Under scan electronical microscope, the diameter of the nanoparticles was about 100 nm. The nanoparticles could bind and condense DNA under acidic ,neutral and alkaline pH conditions. The nanoparticles could transfer gene into cell and express green fluorescent protein(GFP).The efficiency of transfection was the highest when the ratio of the nanoparticles and DNA was 1 ∶ 1(v ∶ w).The difference was marked in the transfection efficiency when magnetic field was added or not. Conclusion: The magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles coated with PEI may be potentially used as gene vectors.

0.05).②Gabexate mesilate significantly reduced the frequency of contraction (P0.05).③High dose gabexate mesilate could markedly reduce the motility index ( P

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of comprehensive intervention management mode on the use of proton pump inhibitors(PPIs)injection in oncology department of hospital. METHODS:Simple random sampling method was conducted to col-lect 1 457 discharged medical records used PPIs injection in oncology department of our hospital from Jan. 2012 to Dec. 2013(be-fore intervention)and 793 records from Jan. to Dec. 2014(after intervention). The utilization of PPIs injection before and after ad-ministrative intervention,technical intervention and information management was compared. RESULTS:After comprehensive inter-vention,the utilization rate of PPIs injection in oncology department of our hospital decreased from 62.59%(before intervention) to 60.70%,without significant difference(P>0.05). There were significant differences in the proportion of PPIs injection’s con-sumption amount in total medical costs and per capita consumption amount before and after intervention(P<0.05);the utilization rate of Lansoprazole for injection increased from 19.70%(before intervention) to 34.68%,and the Omeprazole for injection de-creased from 34.45%(before intervention)to 25.60%,with significant differences(P<0.05),while there were no significant dif-ferences in the utilization rate of Pantoprazole for injection and Esomeprazole for injection(P>0.05). The proportion of irrational use of PPIs injection decreased from 73.99%(before intervention)to 55.86%,among which,the proportions of no indications of medication,repeated administration and too long duration decreased from 40.01%,17.09% and 26.90%(before intervention)to 32.41%,9.08% and 18.03%,with significant differences(P<0.05),while there was no significant difference in the proportion of inappropriate dose selection before and after intervention (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Comprehensive intervention manage-ment mode can improve the clinical utilization of PPIs injection in oncology department of our hospital to some extent,but the irra-tional use of PPIs injection in our hospital is still not optimistic,which needs further improve intervention to promote its clinical rational use.

To evaluate the feasibility of using polyethyleneimine (PEI) coated magnetic iron.oxide nanoparticles (polyMAG-1000) as gene vectors. The surface characteristics of the nanoparticles were observed with scanning electron microscopy. The ability of the nanoparticles to combine with and protect DNA was investigated at different PH values after polyMAG-1000 and DNA were combined in different ratios. The nanoparticles were tested as gene vectors with in vitro transfection models. Under the scanning electron microscope the nanoparticles were about 100 nm in diameter. The nanoparticles could bind and condense DNA under acid, neutral and alkaline conditions, and they could transfer genes into cells and express green fluorescent proteins (GFP). The transfection efficiency was highest (51%) when the ratio of nanoparticles to DNA was 1:1 (v:w). In that ratio, the difference in transfection efficiency was marked depending on whether a magnetic field was present or not: about 10% when it was absent but 51% when it was present. The magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles coated with PEI may potentially be used as gene vectors.
Breast Neoplasms/metabolism ; Breast Neoplasms/*pathology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Ferric Compounds/*chemistry ; Ferric Compounds/metabolism ; Gene Targeting ; Genetic Vectors ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; Magnetics ; Nanotechnology ; Particle Size ; Polyethyleneimine/chemistry ; Transfection/methods

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of using TRAIL gene to treat breast cancer mediated with a novel carrier - magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (poly-MAG-1000) coated with PEI. The magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles were used as gene carrier to transfect TRAIL gene into MCF-7 cells. The polyMAG-1000 without TRAIL gene was transfected into the tumor cells as negative control. TRAIL gene transfection with liposome as carrier served as positive control. The apoptosis of cells was detected with TUNEL method. The apoptosis ratio of tumor cells was measured with flow cytometry (FCM). It was found that the apoptosis occurred in the tumor cells after transfection of TRAIL gene mediated by both polyMAG-1000 and liposome. The apoptosis ratio in the group with polyMAG-1000 as gene carrier was (25.11+/-2.85) %, whereas it was (5.06+/- 1.05) % in the control group with polyMAG-1000 (P<0.01). The apoptosis ratio was as low as (18.31+/-2.44) % in the group with liposome as gene carrier (P<0.05, as compared with the group with polyMAG-1000 as gene carrier). It is suggested that TRAIL gene may induce apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. The magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles coated with PEI may be a potential gene carrier with high transfection efficacy for cancer gene therapy..

Animals ; Feasibility Studies ; Female ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Plethysmography ; methods ; Tidal Volume ; physiology