Orthogonal descriptors is a viable method for variable selection, but this method strongly depend on the orthogonalisation ordering of the descriptors. In this paper, we compared the different methods used for order the descriptors. It showed that better results could be achieved with the use of backward elimination ordering. We predieted Rf value of phenol and aniline derivatives by this method, and compared it with classical algorithms such as forward selection, backward elimination, and stepwise procedure. Some interesting hints were obtained.

Objective To provide a new method for measuring cervical spine curvature and the range of flexion-extension and to analyse the radiographic features of the cervical degeneration.Methods The study included 78 patients with cervical spondylosis,90 patients with neck symptoms and 86 normal volunteers.The three groups were compared with each other by the indexes of the cervical spine curvature and the range of flexion-extension.Results There was significantly difference among three groups in the cervical vertebrae lordosis at neutral position.The range of flexion-extension of cervical spondylosis in the patients was smaller than that of the normal volunteers.Conclusions The index method can accurately depict the cervical spine curvature and the range of flexion-extension.There is definitive order in symptom appearance,alterations of physiologic curvature and flexion-extension in the cervical degeneration.

Objective To observe the effects of methylene blue photochemical(MB-P) inactivation of human cytomegalovirus in blood products.Methods Plasma and red blood cell suspensions containing 10% HCMV and 5?mol/L MB were illuminated by fluorescent light of 38000 Lux for 1 hour, HCMV was used as model viruses for validation of virus inactivation.Results The 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID_ 50 ) contained in plasma and red blood cell suspensions decreased by 4~6 times.Conclusion MB-P treatment is effective in inactivating the infectivity of HCMV in plasma and red blood cell suspension.

Objective To evaluate invitro antibacterial activity of Gymnema sylvestre extractant.Methods The antibacterial activity of Gymnema sylvestre extractant against staphyloccus aureus,bacillus coli,bacillus proteus,bacillus aeruginosus was detected by agar dilution method.Results The minimum inhibitory concentration were 0.65,1.25,1.25,2.5 mg/mL respectively.Conclusion Gymnema sylvestre extractant had strong antibacterial activity against various bacteria.

Famotidine ( Fam ) antagonized the effects of histamine on guinea pig atria and rat uteri MI vitro non-competitively,however the antagonisms of Ranitidine(Ran) and Cimetidine (Cim ) on hoistamine were competitive, their pA2 were 6. 24, 5. 16 and 4. 08 for guinea pig atria , 8. 26, 7. 22 and 6. 17 for rat uteri respectively. They reduced gastric secretion of acid and pepsin of pylorus ligated rats in dose-related manner, inhibited gastric secretion stimulated byhistamine, prevented the acute gastric lesion from stress, indomethacin and histamine, and enhanced the healing process of chronic gastirc ulcerinduced by acetic acid in rats. Moreover, Fam was much more potent than Ran (6~8 times) and Cim(30 - 40 times). Besides,Cim increased hypnotic effect of phenobartal, but Ran and Fam had no or Ittile such effects.

Objective To investigate the effect of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonist pioglitazone on white matter lesions and spatial memory function in chronic hypertensive rats.Methods Thirty-six male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a sham operation group (n =6),a hypertensive group,(n =15),and a pinglitazone group (n =15).A model of stroke-prone renovascular hypertensive rat (RHRSP) was induced by the two-kidney two clip method in the hypertensive group and pioglitazone group.At 8 weeks after procedure,the rats were administered intragastrically.10 mg/(kg · d) pioglitazone was given in the pioglitazone group and an equal volume of saline was given in the hypertensive group.Blood pressure was monitored via caudal artery every 2 weeks before procedure,before administration,and after administration,respectively.After 12 weeks of continuous administration,Loyez staining was used to observe the degree of leukoaraiosis,and Morris water maze test was used to detect spatial memory function.Results After modeling,the blood pressure of RHRSP increased gradually.It was significantly higher than the sham operation group (all P =0.001).There was no significant difference in blood pressure between the hypertensive group and the pioglitazone group (P =0.897).The Morris water maze test showed that escape latencies of the sham operation group and the pioglitazone group were significantly shorter than the hypertensive group (all P ＜0.05).The numbers of crossing hidden platform in the 3 groups of rats were 5.200 ± 1.798,4.560 ± 1.592,and 2.333 ± 1.978 times,respectively.There were significantly differences (F =8.143,P =0.001).Both the sham operation group and the pioglitazone group were significantly more than the hypertensive group (all P ＜0.05).Loyez staining showed that the grades of white matter lesions in corpus callosum of the sham operation group,the hypertensive group,and the pioglitazone group were 0.333 ± 0.516,2.600 ± 0.507,and 0.500 ± 0.522,respectively.There were significantly differences among the 3 groups (F =25.652,P =0.000).The grade of the sham operation group and the pioglitazone group was significantly lower than the hypertensive group (all P＜ 0.05).Conclusions PPARγ agonist pioglitazone may protect the spatial memory function by relieving white matter lesions of the chronic hypertensive rats.

Objective To express and purify the envelope ( E) protein of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in soluble form.Methods Various prokaryotic expression vectors , host strains and induction conditions including time and temperatures were screened to obtain an optimum prokaryotic expression system for JEV E protein in soluble form .The expressed protein was purified by using nickel column chromatography and gel filtration chromatography .Results The soluble JEV E protein , accounting for 23% of the totally bacteria soluble protein was effectively expressed by using the recombinant plasmid PBCX -E406 at low tem-perature.The purity of the expressed protein reached up to 85%after the purification by using nickel column and gel filtration chromatography .Conclusion Soluble JEV E protein was successfully expressed and puri-fied in a simple and efficient way .It would provide a useful tool for further investigation on JEV infection , attenuation mechanism of JE live vaccine strain SA 14-14-2 and the quality control of JE vaccine .It can also be used for the development of diagnosis assay for JEV .

Objective To observe the effects of differentiation of mature islet cells of mice on marrowmesenchymal stem cells (mMSCs). To provide transplant source for islet cell transplantation in the treatment of diabetes. Methods The culture, isolation and passage of mMSCs was performed by using patch wall, cell shape was observed by confocal microscope, and flow cytometry analysis was used to determine their biological characteristics. The type Ⅳ collagenase was injected into common bile duct to digest the pancreas, and then gradient centrifugation was used to isolate islet cells. The transwell co-culture system was used for third generation of mMSCs and isolated islet cells, then inversion microscope was used to observe the cell growth and morphological changes, immunochemistry methods was applied to detect the expression of insulin in mMSCs, and insulin release test was performed to determine the secretion of insulin. The control group consisted of cultured mMSCs alone. Results The cells from mouse bone marrow were found to be in long spindle shape with large volume after 48 hours in culture. One week later the cells grew in the form of colony with serial subcultivation. The cell surface molecules including Sca-l, CD29, CD44, CD105 were positive with high level of expression;while the cell surface molecules including CD34, CD45 were negative, all of these results confirmed that the ceils were mMSCs. After 7 days of coculture with mice islet cells, part of mMSCs cells were positively stained by insulin immunohistochemisty, the insulin secretion was (16.83±0. 15)μIU/ml.Conclusions After cocultured with islet cells, mMSCs isolated from mouse bone marrow could differentiate into islet like cells. These cells may be used in the islet cells transplantation in the treatment of diabetes, which provided a solution to the problems of donor-shortage and immunologic rejection.

The image guided radio therapy (IGRT) Imaging System based on cone-beam computer tomography (CBCT) can reach the goal of improving the accuracy of the radiotherapy. However, because the clinical registration between CBCT images and Planning CT images is carried out manually, it inevitably reduces radiation positioning accuracy to some extent. To tackle the problem, we proposed a new feature vector selection method for the CBCT image elastic registration in the framework of hierarchical attribute matching mechanism for elastic registration (HAMMER) algorithm. We analyzed the characteristics of HAMMER algorithm and used Canny operator which has a better edge detection and positioning performance to replace the noise-sensitive gradient amplitude. Therefore, we used a new attribute vector, which consisted of the intensity, Laplacian of the Gaussian and Canny operator, to ex tract the image feature points in CBCT and planning CT images. We also presented an adaptive feature-point selection method and the choice criteria of attribute vector weights. Experimental results showed that the new feature vector effectively avoided the noise interference resulted from scattering lines in CBCT images to improve registration accuracy, and it also decreased the required feature point numbers and reduced the computation redundancy, so that it provided a new approach for the clinical elastic registration of CBCT and Planning CT rapidly and accurately.
Algorithms ; Cone-Beam Computed Tomography ; Humans ; Radiotherapy ; methods ; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted

Objective To investigate the clinical effects and complications of uterine artery embolization (UAE) therapy using different embolic agents in treating uterine adenomyosis. Methods During 2004—2011, a total of 45 female patients with uterine adenomyosis were admmitted to authors’ hospital to receive uterine artery embolization therapy. The embolic agents used in the procedures included domestic iodized oil, sodium alginate microspheres and Embosphere microspheres. The patients were randomly divided into group A (n=15, using domestic iodized oil as embolic agent), Group B (n=13, using sodium alginate microspheres as embolic agent) and group C (n = 17, using Embosphere microspheres as embolic agent). After the treatment, all the patients were followed up for over 2 years, focusing on the observation of the clinical symptoms such dysmenorrheal, changes of MRI signs and severe complications. The results were analyzed and compared among the three groups. Results After UAE, the clinical symptoms such as the degree of dysmenorrhea, menstrual quantity, etc. were improved in all patients. Six months after UAE, the obvious remission rate of dysmenorrheal in group A, B and C was 33.3% (5/15), 30.8% (4/13) and 41.1%(7/17) respectively. Twelve months after UAE, MRI scanning showed that the uterine sizes in group A, B and C were reduced to 49.19%, 48.25% and 50.05% respectively. Follow-up examination at 24 months after UAE showed that recurrence of dysmenorrheal in group A, B and C was seen in 2, 4 and 2 cases respectively, and amenorrhea was seen in 2 cases of group A and one case in group C. Conclusion The use of domestic iodized oil, sodium alginate microspheres or Embosphere microspheres as embolic agents in performing super-selective uterine artery embolization for adenomyosis can effectively relieve the degree of dysmenorrheal, decrease the uterine size. In addition to ovarian dysfunction, the uterine cavity adhesion may be also a possible cause of amenorrhea occurring after UAE may. In order to ensure a similar clinical efficacy, the use of granular solid embolic agent is preferred as its safety is possibly higher than the liquid embolic agents.