Acupuncture Points ; Child, Preschool ; Dyspepsia ; therapy ; Female ; Fever ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Massage

Objective To study the valuable index for the diagnosis of cervical minimal deviation adenocarcinoma(MDA).Methods Immunohistochemical EnVisionTM two-step method was used to evaluate the expression of CEA,Ki-67,p16,MUC6,MUC5AC,ER,PR,α-SMA in 9 samples of MDA.12 normal cervical gland tissues and 21 other types of cervical adenocarcinomas were as controls. Results The expression of CEA,MUC6,α-SMA protein in MDA(positive ratio orderly 66.67%,77.78%,88.89%)was higher than that of normal cervical gland(0,8.33%).The average Ki-67 labeling index in MDA(21.03±5.46)was also higher than that of the normal group(0.12±0.08).But as to the expression of ER and PR,the former was lower than the latter.All the differences had statistical significance (P<0.05).The expression of p16,MUC5AC had no statistical significance between the two groups(P＞0.1).The ratio of positive expression of MUC6 protein in MDA(77.78%)was higher than that of the other types of adenocarcinomas(14.29%),with the expression of p16(11.11%)lower than the latter(71.43%).All the differences had statistical significance(P＜0.01).The expression of CEA,Ki-67,MUC5AC,ER,PR,α-SMA had no statistical significance between the two groups(P＞0.05).Conclusion Immunohistochemical positive detection of CEA,Ki-67,MUC6,α-SMA perhaps make for the diagnosis of cervical MDA.The absence of ER,PR of gland cells also support MDA.Overexpression of p16 may play an impo~ant role on the occurrence and the development of some usual adenocarcinoma of cervix,but perhaps not in MDA.

The technique of minimally invasive embedding simplifies the clinical manipulation of embeddingtherapy and relieves painful patients. The safety of minimally invasive embedding is analyzed in terms of manipula-tion apparatuses, embedding materials, operating techniques and possible adverse reactions, etc. It is expected thatthe evidence of popularizing minimally invasive embedding should be provided.
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; instrumentation ; methods ; Animals ; Catgut ; adverse effects ; standards ; utilization ; Humans

OBJECTIVEThis study aims to investigate the temporal pattern of expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and new bone formation during midpalatal suture expansion osteogenesis for rapid maxillary expansion.

METHODSA total of44 New Zealand white rabbits were randomly assigned to 11 groups, namely, five experimental groups, five control groups, and one control 0 group. A Haas appliance was used for the rapid expansion of the midpalatal suture; rapid expansion was set for 2 weeks and fixed for 4 weeks. The tissue of the maxillary midpalatal suture was harvested on the day of installing rapid expansion (control 0 group), on weeks 1 and 2 for rapid expansion, and on weeks 1, 2, and 4 for fixed (experimental group and control group, respectively). The immunohistochemical method was used to detect distribution and expression of VEGF, and new bone formation was observed with periodic acid-Schiff.

RESULTSHigher VEGF expressions are observed after midpalatal suture distraction osteogenesis. Positive staining for VEGF is mainly noted in the vascular endothelial cells, and the active osteoblasts are at the edge of a newborn trabecular bone. A weak VEGF expression is detected among cells in the control group. The VEGF expression of the experimental group is higher than that of the control group in rapid expansion weeks 1 and 2 and in fixed weeks 1 and 2. The expression of VEGF in the experimental group increases significantly and peaks at fixed week 1, and then gradually decreases. The amount of newly formed bone in the experimental groups is always higher than that in the control group; moreover, it increases significantly and peaks at fixed week 2, and then gradually decreases.

CONCLUSIONThe mechanical strain created by rapid maxillary expansion generates a sequence of VEGF cellular events that lead to increased vascularization and subsequent new bone formation.

Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors ; etiology ; therapy ; Glutarates ; blood ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male

Brain-computer interface (BCI) systems identify brain signals through extracting features from them. In view of the limitations of the autoregressive model feature extraction method and the traditional principal component analysis to deal with the multichannel signals, this paper presents a multichannel feature extraction method that multivariate autoregressive (MVAR) model combined with the multiple-linear principal component analysis (MPCA), and used for magnetoencephalography (MEG) signals and electroencephalograph (EEG) signals recognition. Firstly, we calculated the MVAR model coefficient matrix of the MEG/EEG signals using this method, and then reduced the dimensions to a lower one, using MPCA. Finally, we recognized brain signals by Bayes Classifier. The key innovation we introduced in our investigation showed that we extended the traditional single-channel feature extraction method to the case of multi-channel one. We then carried out the experiments using the data groups of IV-III and IV - I. The experimental results proved that the method proposed in this paper was feasible.
Bayes Theorem ; Brain ; physiology ; Brain-Computer Interfaces ; Electroencephalography ; Humans ; Magnetoencephalography ; Multivariate Analysis ; Principal Component Analysis

Enzyme immobilization is the core technology of biocatalysis. Over the past few decades, enzyme immobilization research mainly focused on single enzyme immobilization. In recent years, multi-enzyme immobilization attracts more and more attention as it could increase the local concentration of reaction and improve the reaction yield. In this review, a summary of the recent progress, together with our research, is presented. Special emphasis is placed on four methods in multi-enzymes co-immobilization, namely, the nonspecific covalent co-immobilization, the nonspecific non-covalent co-immobilization, the non-covalent encapsulation co-immobilized and the site specificity co-immobilized. Finally, some industrial uses of immobilized multi-enzymes were addressed and the application prospect of multi-enzyme immobilization was highlighted.
Biocatalysis ; Enzymes, Immobilized

Stem cells research is the hotspot in the field of biological science and medicine.Stem cells can be classified into embryonic stem cells and somatic stem cells.Embryonic stem cells derived from early preimplantation embryo have the pluripotent and unlimited self-renewal capacity.They are an attractive source for tissue engineering,gene therapy,basic study of developmental biology and so on.However,such therapies carry a risk of teratoma formation,and may contribute to the functional failure of the graft.Here,we discuss the reasons for the formation of teratoma and the solutions to this problem.

Objective To investigate ICU nurses' perceptions towards incontinence-associated dermatitis.Methods Totally 300 ICU nurses in Suzhou were investigated with a self-designed questionnaire.Results College education was considered to be their main source of knowledge about incontinence-associated dermatitis in 53.2 percent of the nurses.99.8 percent of nurses thought college education was far enough for clinical practice.68.5 percent of nurses thought it was very important to train for knowledge of incontinence-associated dermatitis.Conclusions ICU nurses in Suzhou have less knowledge on incontinence associated dermatitis.It can not meet clinical needs.It is recommended that more incontinence-associated dermatitis knowledge should be added in the school education and continuing education in order to improve nurses' professional competency and to reduce the incidence rate of incontinence-associated dermatitis

Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) is consisted of a large group of enzymes,which can hydrolyze Sn-2 ester bond of the phospholipids and have different structures and functions.According to the latest related researches,many subtypes of PLA2 express abnormally in a various of tumors and have a close relationship with cancer proliferation,apoptosis,invasion,metastasis and prognosis.Different subtypes have different effects on neoplasms.PLA2 can supply a new insight on cancer therapy.