Objective To observe the efficacy of acupuncture at Hegu (LI4) in treating central facial palsy due to cerebral ischemia, and to explore the dose-effect correlation and the optimal acupuncture protocol.Method Totally 150 patients with central facial palsy due to ischemic stroke were randomized into four groups to receive acupuncture at Hegu with different stimulation parameters plus the conventional integrated Chinese and Western medicine (group A, B, C, D) according to the acupuncture time and direction, and a control group (group E) only to receive the conventional Chinese and Western medicine treatment. The treatment lasted 14 d. The House-Brackmann facial nerve grading system, Toronto Facial Grading System and facial palsy grading scale were adopted as the evaluation indexes.Result After intervention, the scores of the three indexes were all significantly increased in the five groups (P<0.05), and the inter-group comparisons showed significant differences in comparing the improvement rate (P<0.05).Conclusion The study shows that acupuncture at Hegu is effective in treating central facial palsy due to cerebral ischemia, and with the inverse insertion of the needle and manipulation for 5 min at Hegu should be the optimal protocol regarding the improvement of the symptom score and effective rate.

After the practical experiences with embedded subject service for research in nursing science in Library , The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University was described , such as constructing and recommending resources for nursing staff , helping them to search and read related resources , providing training service of how to write and submit papers , the models of embedded subject service for research in nursing science were summarized , such as laying equal stress on construction and recommendation of resources , systematic service in the embedding processes , and tackling problems by groups in coordination .

The visual angle of active participation reference model was not scientific and its contents were not sys-tematic in the past EBM information service. A new EBM information service model was thus established by compa-ring the finding process of evidence and the transforming process ofinformation-knowledge-intelligence with the need of evidence-based decision making in clinicians as a logic starting point in order to provide the theory of what to do andhow to scientifically do for clinical librarians and clinicians, to effectively direct clinical librarians to perform EBM information service, and to help clinicians to scientifically make their decision.

Objective To analyze the dermatology journals indexed by SCI‐E and papers published in recent 5 years ,to pro‐vide advices on periodical selection and contribution .Methods We mainly adopted the bibliometrics methods and word frequency a‐nalysis method to analyze 10 targets in 62 SCI‐E dermatology journals .Results Main publishing nationality were United States , England ,Denmark and Germany ,publishing language was English ,main publishing cycle period was bimonthly journals ,the highest impact factor was 6 .372 .The theme of published content was relatively concentrated ,reviewers′duration was fast and reasonable , 80 .7% submission of the journal was easy .Main type of literature published in recent 5 years is article ,review ,editorial and letter . 58 SCI‐E dermatology journals accept articles from China .Conclusion We suggest that the authors should firstly check the name of dermatology and cross‐disciplinary journals indexed by SCI‐E ,and evaluate the theme of published content ,rate of publishing article contributed from China ,difficulty degree for contribution ,reviewers′duration ,publishing cycle and impact factor when contribution articles .

Objective To investigate the correlation between the distribution of the charactcristics of TCM syndrome of alcoholic liver fibrosis and alcoholic consumption. Methods Our group studied clinical cases in multi-center prospective method. In virtue of Factor Analysis, we explored the characteristics of TCM syndrome of alcoholic liver fibrosis, and the forming characteristics of alcoholic liver fibrosis in inland. Rerults Among the subjects, the characteristics of TCM syndrome of alcoholic liver fibrosis mainly manifested excess syndrome with the common manifestations of deficiency and excess. The visceral position was mainly in liver and spleen, related to gallbladder and stomach. The result suggested that stagnation of Qi stagnation, blood stasis, damp heat, with deficiency of genuine Qi were the interpretation of the causes of alcoholic liver fibrosis. The total alcoholic consumption was one of the important factors which effected on the distribution of thecharacteristics of TCM syndrome of alcoholic liver fibrosis. Total bilirubin had mostly striking effect on the distribution of the characteristics of TCM syndrome. Conclusions The total alcoholic consumption was one of the important factors which effected on the distribution of the characteristics of TCM syndrome of alcoholic liver fibrosis.

OBJECTIVE:To strengthen quality management of drug microbiology laboratory and provide reference for relevant inspection institutions. METHODS:Taking measures from the laboratory document management,personnel training,quality con-trol,quality supervision,process control and biological safety,the elements of laboratory quality management were analyzed,and effectively measures were put forward to improve the management level. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:The laboratory should es-tablish strict,standardized,systematic laboratory management rules and regulations,quality documents,operating procedures, work guide,etc. to achieve documented management;develop various forms of annual training and assessment programs to con-struct a professional team;strengthen internal(developing an annual internal quality monitoring plan,conducting quality control ac-tivities,regularly checking the suitability of the medium) and external (capability testing,inter-laboratory comparison) manage-ment control level,and reasonably formulate the contents and frequency by combing with actual situation. Besides,the laboratory should strengthen inspection process control,attach great importance to the biological safety management to reduce the risk of labo-ratory quality to a minimum.

To investigate the role of AQP9 in brain edema, the expression of AQP9 in an infectious rat brain edema model induced by the injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was examined. Immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis demonstrated that the expressions of AQP9 mRNA and protein at all observed intervals were significantly increased in LPS-treated animals in comparison with the control animals. Time-course analysis showed that the first signs of blood-brain barrier disruption and the increase of brain water content in LPS-treated animals were evident 6 h after LPS injection, with maximum value appearing at 12 h, which coincided with the expression profiles of AQP9 mRNA and protein in LPS-treated animals. The further correlation analysis revealed strong positive correlations among the brain water content, the disruption of the blood-brain barrier and the enhanced expressions of AQP9 mRNA and protein in LPS-treated animals. These results suggested that the regulation of AQP9 expression may play important roles in water movement and in brain metabolic homeostasis associated with the pathophysiology of brain edema induced by LPS injection.
Aquaporins/genetics ; Aquaporins/*metabolism ; Blood-Brain Barrier/metabolism ; Brain/drug effects ; Brain/physiology ; Brain Edema/chemically induced ; Brain Edema/*metabolism ; Lipopolysaccharides ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Water/physiology

Trophozoites of Giardia lamblia were axenically cultivated with modified TYI-S-33 medium contained 500 ?g/ml metronidazole(12h LC50).The morphology of drug-treated trophozoites was observed with light and electron micro-scopes at 2,4,8,12 h respectively.The light microscopy revealed that the trophozoites treated with MTZ showed swollen,detached from the wall of the culture tube,and were with vacuoles in the cytoplasm.Movement of the flagella become slowly or stopped.Electronic microscopy showed that the trophozoites were swollen and deformed;lots of vacuoles were seen in the cytoplasm;the contents of cytoplasm were depleted and the nuclei deformed.This study indicated that MTZ has injured the morphology of G.lamblia.

Objective To evaluate the preoperative nutritional status of patients with gastric cancer by using patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) its relationship with postoperative results.Methods Make a preoperative nutrition assessment by using PG-SGA for 87 patients with gastric carcinoma who can be treated with operation.Analyze the effects of the postoperative complication,survival rate and the hospitalization time on patients.Results The number of patients of this group who can process the preoperative nutrition assessment by using PG-SGA accounts for 100％ of the total.There are 37 patients with moderate or severe malnutrition before operation (account for 39.1％).The complication incidence of patients with moderate or severe malnutrition before operation and the patients with no or mild malnutrition are 52.9％ and 5.7％ separately (P ＜ 0.01).The sensitivity and specificity of PG-SGA score for predicting complications are 85.7％ and 75.8％ respectively.And we should implement the analysis of regression to verify that the PG-SGA grade is the independent risk factor of postoperative complication by applying multiple Logistic(P ＜ 0.01).The average hospital stays of patients with moderate or severe malnutrition before operation and the patients with no or mild malnutrition are (21 ± 6) d and (16 ± 4) d separately (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion According to the PC-SCA results,patients with moderate or severe malnutrition before operation have increased susceptibility to complication and the extension of hospital stays after the operatiou.Therefore,it is important to supply the proper nutrition support to these patients.

To explore the protective effect of adenovirus mediated IGF-Ⅰgene(Ad-IGF-Ⅰ)transfer on non-obese diabetic(NOD)mice. The results showed that the incidence of diabetes and degree of insulitis were significantly reduced in mice receiving Ad-IGF- Ⅰ . Treatment with Ad-IGF- Ⅰ significantly decreased apoptosis rate,expression of Fas and caspase-3, and increased expression of Bcl-xl. This study indicates the potential of IGF- Ⅰ gene therapy in protecting NOD mice from insulitis and apoptosis.