1.Undercover investigation on the creation of smoke-free environments in public places in Hangzhou City
ZHENG Zicong ; YU Feng ; WANG Ziyi ; WANG Meng ; XU Yue ; LÜ ; Qiaohong
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;35(4):355-358
Objective:
To investigate the creation of smoke-free environments in public places in Hangzhou City, so as to provide insights into effective implementation of the tobacco control policy.
Methods:
The party and government administrations at each level, medical institutions, educational places, restaurants and entertainment places, and open public places were enrolled. The creation of smoke-free environments was investigated in these places through undercover investigation with field observations and concealed photography by a third-party professional investigation company from November to December, 2022. The building of smoke-free environments (totally 60 scores) and no smoking indoors (totally 40 scores) were evaluated according to the Criteria for Scoring of Smoke-free Organizations in Hangzhou City.
Results:
Totally 909 places were investigated, and the comprehensive score of smoke-free environment building was (82.83±14.13) points. There were 285 party and government administrations with a comprehensive score of (84.19±12.85) points, 65 medical institutions with a comprehensive score of (90.35±6.95) points, 65 educational places with a comprehensive score of (83.43±16.81) points, 403 dining and entertainment places with a comprehensive score of (80.68±14.75) points, and 91 open public places, with a comprehensive score of (82.34±14.77) points. There were 397 places with standardized tobacco control tips at entrances (43.67%), 308 places with tobacco control signs posted as required (33.88%), 707 places that set outdoor smoking areas correctly (77.78%), 68 places with smoking paraphernalia (7.48%), 28 places with tobacco sales (3.08%). There were 732 places without signs of indoor smoking (80.53%), 850 places without indoor smoking (93.51%) and 24 places without dissuading from smoking (2.64%).
Conclusion
The indoor no-smoking is overall satisfactory in public places in Hangzhou City; however, standardizing no-smoking tips at entrances, standardizing the posting of no-smoking signs and assignment of tobacco control materials remain to be improved.
2.Comparison of health communication effects between new media and traditional media in China
Dongying XIE ; Ying ZHANG ; Zicong ZHENG ; Yangmei HUANG ; Wuqi QIU ; Meng WANG
China Modern Doctor 2024;62(29):87-91
Health communication is the most core element in health education and health promotion.This paper summarizes and analyzes the research in China related to the evaluation of health communication effects through different media.It finds that the current evaluation indicators of communication effects are generally focused on changes in awareness rates.Traditional media and new media,as different types of communication mediums with their own advatages and limitations,do not have unified indicators to scientifically evaluate their communication effects in China,Due to the interdisciplinary nature of health communication,qualitative research methods(such as the Delphi method)have not been fully applied by researchers in the field of public health in China.This paper aims to sort out and compare various effects evaluation indicatorsof health communication with different media from current research through a literature review,and to provide evidences for improving a comprehensive and practical effect evaluation system of health communication in the future.
3.Efficacy and safety of Shenfu injection combined with chemical medicine in the treatment of coronary heart disease combined with heart failure:a meta-analysis
Chaonan ZHENG ; Jun LI ; Zicong XIE ; Yuling ZHA ; Chunyun JIANG ; Lesong ZHANG
China Pharmacy 2023;34(7):872-877
OBJECTIVE To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of Shenfu injection combined with chemical medicine in the treatment of coronary heart disease combined with heart failure. METHODS Retrieved from CNKI, CBM, VIP, Wanfang, PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about Shenfu injection combined with chemical medicine (trial group) versus chemical medicine (control group) in the treatment of heart failure with coronary heart disease were collected during the inception to August 2022. After literature screening and data extraction, the qualities of included literature were evaluated and rated by using Cochrane manual and GRADE system. Meta-analysis and Egger’s were performed with RevMan 5.3 software, and TSA 0.9.5.10 Beta software was used for trial sequential analysis. RESULTS Seventeen studies were included, with a total sample of 1 355 patients. The quality grade evidence of GRADE was all low. Meta-analysis showed that cardiac function efficacy [RR=1.23, 95%CI (1.16,1.30), P<0.000 01], the decrease of brain natriuretic peptide [MD=-96.06, 95%CI (-116.47, -75.64), P<0.000 01] and the increase of left ventricular ejection fraction [MD=5.32, 95%CI (4.03,6.60), P<0.000 01] in trial group were significantly better than control group; there was no statistical significance in the incidence of ADR between 2 groups [RR=0.52,95%CI(0.22,1.22),P=0.13]. The results of sequential analysis showed that the sample size included in this study met the requirements of meta-analysis; the results of Egger’s test showed that the results were robust and publication bias had no significant effect on the results. CONCLUSIONS Shenfu injection combined with chemical medicine in the treatment of coronary heart disease combined with heart failure can further improve the clinical symptoms and related indicators, and no serious adverse reaction is observed.
4.Knockdown the expression of ku70 and lig4 in HEK293T cells by CRISPR/Cas13 system.
Haoqiang WANG ; Guoling LI ; Guangyan HUANG ; Zicong LI ; Enqin ZHENG ; Zheng XU ; Huaqiang YANG ; Zhenfang WU ; Xianwei ZHANG ; Dewu LIU
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2020;36(7):1414-1421
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated proteins (Cas) system is a hotspot of gene editing and gene expression research, in which CRISPR/Cas13 system provides a new direction for RNA interference and editing. In this study, we designed and synthesized the corresponding gRNAs of CRISPR/Cas13a and CRISPR/Cas13b systems in non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway, such as Ku70 and Lig4, and then detected the expression of ku70 and lig4 in HEK293T cells. The CRISPR/Cas13a system could efficiently knockdown the mRNA expression of ku70 and lig4 more than 50%, and CRISPR/Cas13b system also suppressed ku70 and lig4 about 92% and 76%, respectively. Also, CRISPR/Cas13a, b systems could down-regulate Ku70 and Lig4 proteins level to 68% and 53%, respectively. The study demonstrates that the CRISPR/Cas13 system could effectively knockdown the expression of RNA and protein in HEK293T cells, providing a new strategy for gene function and regulation research.
CRISPR-Cas Systems
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DNA Ligase ATP
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genetics
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Gene Expression Regulation
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genetics
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Gene Knockdown Techniques
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HEK293 Cells
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Humans
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Ku Autoantigen
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genetics