Objective To investigate the levels of gross α and gross β activities in different water types within a 40-kilometer radius around the Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant prior to its operation. Methods In 2018, drinking water samples were collected from the area surrounding the nuclear power plant during both the wet and dry seasons, including source water, treated water, tap water, and well water. The gross α and gross β activity concentrations were measured using a low-background α/β counter, followed by statistical analysis. Results A total of 80 water samples from different sources around the Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant were collected. The average gross α and gross β activity concentrations during the wet season were (0.110 ± 0.036) Bq/L and (0.643 ± 0.028) Bq/L, respectively, while those during the dry season were (0.124 ± 0.032) Bq/L and (0.624 ± 0.026) Bq/L, respectively. There were no significant differences in the gross α and gross β activity concentrations between the wet and dry seasons for the overall sample set (P > 0.05). However, there were statistically significant differences in the gross α and gross β activity concentrations between the wet and dry seasons for source water and well water (Z_wet = −2.005, −2.123; Z_dry = −1.943, −3.090; P < 0.05). Conclusion The radioactivity levels in different water types within various ranges around the Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant before its operation were determined. The measured activity concentrations were at the same level as those from previous investigations in other regions of Fujian Province.

Objective:To monitor the changes in donor gene chimerism ratio after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in patients with severe beta-thalassemia using third-generation sequencing, and to explore the value of this technology in monitoring the proportion of donor genes chimerism in the early stage of postoperative allo-HSCT.Methods:Case analysis. Three beta-thalassemia patients at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University during June-July 2022 who had undergone allo-HSCT with genotypes IVS-Ⅱ-654/CD41-42, IVS-Ⅱ-654/IVS-Ⅱ-654 and CD41-42/CD41-42 were included in this study. "Visual" analysis of the readouts of recipient DNA using third generation sequencing was used to monitor the genetic chimerism of the donor DNA and to compare with Sanger sequencing results. Post-transplantation follow-up was performed in the three patients to monitor the blood statistics and assess their implantation status and hematopoietic reconstitution.Results:The results of donor DNA chimerism status after allo-HSCT in the three patients detected by third generation sequencing were consistent with the Sanger sequencing results. The chimeric state of donor DNA gradually shifted to complete donor gene chimerism as the number of days after transplantation increased. Recipient 1 had 95.5% and 100% donor DNA chimerism at 10 and 20 d post-transplantation, respectively; recipient 2 had 100% donor DNA chimerism at 30 and 40 d post-transplantation; recipient 3 had 69.5% donor DNA chimerism at 1 d post-transplantation, and 100% donor DNA chimerism at 10 and 20 d post-transplantation. All patients achieved full donor gene chimerism within 30 d post-transplantation. Stable implantation of granulopoiesis, platelets, and erythropoiesis with hematopoietic reconstitution were obtained in all 3 patients within 1 month after transplantation.Conclusions:In this study, we developed a new method to detect the chimerism ratio of donor DNA using third-generation sequencing technology, enabling us to monitor the gene chimerism status of donor DNA at an early stage.

Objective To investigate the radioactivity levels of gross α and gross β in foods around Zhangzhou nuclear power plant, China before operation. Methods Forty-nine samples from 33 kinds of foods in 5 categories of daily food around Zhangzhou nuclear power plant were collected, pretreated, dried, and ashed. The radioactivity levels of gross α and gross β were measured by the low-background α and β measuring instrument. The atomic absorption technique was employed to measure the level of potassium (K), and the radioactivity level of gross β (subtracting ⁴⁰K) was calculated with K concentrations in different foods consulted from the nutritional dietary system. Results The radioactivity levels of gross α in vegetables and fruits, grain, poultry and livestock, aquatic products, and tea around Zhangzhou nuclear power plant were < minimum detectable level (MDL)-7.97, < MDL-6.82, < MDL, < MDL-20.76, and 11.90-23.08 Bq/kg, respectively; the radioactivity levels of gross β were 34.56-122.81, 13.05-188.96, 56.00-108.34, 17.86-169.01, and 123.74-171.63 Bq/kg, respectively; the radioactivity levels of gross β (subtracting ⁴⁰K) were not detected (ND)-14.27, ND-27.86, ND-48.72, ND-45.85, and 6.69-13.79 Bq/kg, respectively. Conclusion The radioactivity of gross α and gross β in foods around Zhangzhou nuclear power plant before operation is basically at the same level as that in other areas of China.

Background/Aims: The shortage of donor liver hinders the development of liver transplantation. This study aimed to clarify the poor outcomes of functionally marginal liver grafts (FMLs) and provide evidence for the improvement of ischemia-free liver transplantation (IFLT) after FML transplantation. Methods: Propensity score matching was used to control for confounding factors. The outcomes of the control group and FML group were compared to demonstrate the negative impact of FMLs on liver transplantation patients. We compared the clinical improvements of the different surgical types. To elucidate the underlying mechanism, we conducted bioinformatic analysis based on transcriptome and single-cell profiles. Results: FMLs had a significantly greater hazard ratio (HR: 1.969, P=0.018) than did other marginal livers. A worse 90-day survival (Mortality: 12.3% vs. 5.0%, P=0.007) was observed in patients who underwent FML transplantation. Patients who received FMLs had a significant improvement in overall survival after IFLT (Mortality: 10.4% vs 31.3%, P=0.006). Pyroptosis and inflammation were inhibited in patients who underwent IFLT. The infiltration of natural killer cells was lower in liver grafts from these patients. Bulk transcriptome profiles revealed a positive relationship between IL-32 and Caspase 1 (R=0.73, P=0.01) and between IL-32 and Gasdermin D (R=0.84, P=0.0012). Conclusions FML is a more important negative prognostic parameter than other marginal liver parameters. IFLT might ameliorate liver injury in FMLs by inhibiting the infiltration of NK cells, consequently leading to the abortion of IL-32, which drives pyroptosis in monocytes and macrophages.

Objective: To observe the effect of moxibustion on the colonic mucosal barrier of rats with ulcerative colitis (UC) induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS). Methods: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a normal group and a modeling group, with 20 rats in each group. Rats in the modeling group were subjected to preparing experimental UC models by drinking 4％ DSS for seven consecutive days. Two modeled rats and two normal rats were randomly selected for model identification. After the success of UC model was confirmed, the remaining 18 modeled rats were randomly divided into three groups, a model group, a model + herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group, and a model + mild moxibustion group, with six rats in each group; the remaining normal rats were randomly divided into three groups, a normal group, a normal + herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group, and a normal + mild moxibustion group, with six rats in each group. After 7 d of intervention with the herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion or the mild moxibustion, hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining technique was used to observe the pathological changes of colon tissue under a light microscope; Western blotting and/or immunohistochemical techniques were used to detect the protein expression levels of Occludin, Claudin, junction adhesion molecular 1 (JAM1), mucin 2 (MUC2), and transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-β1) in rat colon tissue. Results: Compared with the normal group, the colon tissue was severely damaged, the pathological score was significantly increased, and the protein expression levels of Occludin, Claudin, JAM1, MUC2, and TGF-β1 were significantly decreased in the model group (P<0.01); while there were no significant differences in the colonic histopathological score, protein expression levels of Occludin, Claudin, JAM1, MUC2, and TGF-β1 in the normal + herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group and the normal + mild moxibustion group (P>0.05). Compared with the model group, the model + herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group and the model + mild moxibustion group showed repaired colon tissue, ulcer healing, significantly reduced pathological score, and significantly increased protein expression levels of JAM1, MUC2, and TGF-β1 (P<0.05); the Occludin protein expression level in the colon tissue of the model + mild moxibustion group was increased (P<0.01). Conclusion: Neither herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion nor mild moxibustion influences the colonic histopathology and intestinal mucosal barrier-related protein expression in the normal rats; both herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion and mild moxibustion can up-regulate the protein expression levels of JAM1, MUC2, and TGF-β1 in the colon tissue of UC rats. Mild moxibustion can up-regulate Occludin protein expression. This may be a mechanism of moxibustion in reducing colonic mucosa inflammation in UC.

Immunization of children with special health care needs has always been one of the difficulties in community-level public health. In recent years the relevant consensus opinions on vaccination have been issued in China, but for a long time there is a lack of effective communication channels between disease prevention and clinical medical systems in China. Pediatricians play an unoccupied role in immunization, and community-level vaccinators face the difficulties including dilemma of disease identification, evidence-based evaluation and upward referral. These lead to the vaccination hesitancy, thus the multi-disciplinary management and three-level referral model of children with special health care needs should be improved urgently. It should strengthen the integration of public health and clinical care, with the active participation of pediatricians, to promote the immunization of children with special health care needs effectively.

Immunization of children with special health care needs has always been one of the difficulties in community-level public health. In recent years the relevant consensus opinions on vaccination have been issued in China, but for a long time there is a lack of effective communication channels between disease prevention and clinical medical systems in China. Pediatricians play an unoccupied role in immunization, and community-level vaccinators face the difficulties including dilemma of disease identification, evidence-based evaluation and upward referral. These lead to the vaccination hesitancy, thus the multi-disciplinary management and three-level referral model of children with special health care needs should be improved urgently. It should strengthen the integration of public health and clinical care, with the active participation of pediatricians, to promote the immunization of children with special health care needs effectively.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of small-dose furosemide on tissue edema after shoulder arthroscopy.Methods:A total of 368 patients of either sex, aged 18-65 yr, of American Society of Anesthesiology physical status Ⅰ orⅡ, were divided into 2 groups ( n=184 each) by a random number table method: control group (group C) and small-dose furosemide group (group F). A posterior approach to interscalene brachial plexus block was selected, tracheal intubation was performed under general anesthesia, and all the patients were placed in the lateral position.At 20-30 min before the end of surgery, patients in group F received intravenous injection of furosemide 2 mg (diluted to 2 ml in normal saline) and patients in group C received intravenous injection of normal saline 2 ml.The tissue thickness from the surface of the second rib of the middle clavicular line to the skin (CR2) was measured by ultrasound immediately after nerve block (T 0), immediately after tracheal intubation (T 1), immediately after the end of operation (T 2), and at 30 min and 1, 4 and 8 h after operation (T 3-6). Arterial blood gas analysis was performed at T 1-3, Hct and blood glucose concentration were measured simultaneously, and relative blood volume was calculated.Tube malposition at T 2 and hypoxemia within 30 min after operation were recorded. Results:Compared with the baseline at T 0, CR2 on the affected side was significantly increased at T 2-5 in group F, and CR2 on the affected side was significantly increased at T 2-6 in group C ( P<0.05). CR2 at T 2-5 was significantly higher on the affected side than on the healthy side ( P<0.05). Compared with group C, intraoperative urine volume was significantly increased, CR2 was decreased at T 2-5, the incidence of tube malposition and hypoxemia was decreased ( P<0.05), and no significant changes were found in pH value, PaO 2, PaCO 2, Na + , K + , Ca 2+ , Cl -, blood glucose concentration or relative blood volume at each time point in group F ( P>0.05). Conclusion:Small-dose furosemide can reduce tissue edema after shoulder arthroscopy and decrease the occurrence of postoperative tube malposition and hypoxemia, without causing disturbances in the internal environment.

Objective:To investigate the risk factors of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during cardiac surgery, and to determine the relationship between preoperative biochemical examination and intraoperative CPB time and the incidence of AKI.Methods:From October 2017 to October 2018, the clinical data of cardiopulmonary bypass patients admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University were analyzed retrospectively.Logistic regression was used to analyze the influence of patients′ basic diseases, preoperative biochemical examination and cardiopulmonary bypass time on postoperative AKI.At the same time, the changes of serum creatinine in patients with AKI 7 days after operation were analyzed to provide help for the early diagnosis of AKI after operation.Results:A total of 370 patients with cardiopulmonary bypass were included.Logistic regression analysis results: diabetes basic history( OR=5.226, 95% CI: 1.084-25.191, P=0.039), the increase of age ( OR=1.041, 95% CI: 1.018-1.065, P<0.001), BMI ( OR=1.127, 95% CI: 1.043-1.218, P=0.003), urea nitrogen ( OR=1.211, 95% CI: 1.077-1.360, P=0.001), and CPB time ( OR=1.013, 95% CI: 1.006-1.020, P<0.001) were the risk factors of postoperative AKI in patients with cardiopulmonary bypass.The detection rate of AKI was 4.19%(9/215), 51.63%(111/215), 87.91%(189/215), 97.67%(210/215), 99.07%(213/215), 100%(215/215) and 100%(215/215) on the first day, the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day, the seventh day, respectively. Conclusion:Diabetes history, age, BMI, Urea nitrogen and CPB times are risk factors of AKI patients after CPB.In order to reduce the rate of misdiagnosis, creatinine should be detected for at least 4 consecutive days in clinical observation of post-operative serum creatinine.

Objective: To investigate the effects of micronutrient supplementation for the elderly on plasma homocysteine level and cognitive function in institutional older adults. Methods: A total of 98 older adults with the score≤11 by mini nutritional assessment short-form aged 65-100 years were enrolled and assigned to either intervention group or control group (n=49 each), with either a package of micronutrient pack or placebo daily, for three months. Fasting blood samples were collected both at baseline and the end of study to detect serum vitamin B₁₂, folate and plasma homocysteine (Hcy) concentrations. Global cognitive function was assessed using the mini-mental state examination (MMSE). The paired t test was used to compare the continuous variables between the two groups after intervention. The relationship between changes in MMSE score and changes in plasma Hcy concentrations was examined by least-squares linear regression. Results: Eighty-two patients completed the study, and 17 patients withdrew from the study due to diarrhea and hospital discharge with the drop rate of 17.3%. Compared to the control group, concentrations of serum vitamin B₁₂ (128.8±34.8 vs 13.3±16.0 pmol/L, P=0.003) and folate (21.1±1.6 vs 0.6±0.5 nmol/L, P<0.01) significantly increased in the intervention group over 3-month supplementation, while plasma Hcy levels were remarkably reduced (-5.3±0.7 vs 1.7±0.3 μmol/L, P<0.01). The incidences of deficiency of folate, deficiency of serum vitamin B₁₂and high Hcy all decreased in intervention group. Although individual item scores in MMSE were not changed markedly, change of total MMSE score in intervention group were higher than that in the control group (1.2±3.0 vs -0.2±2.5, P<0.05). Conclusions The supplementation of the micronutrient pack in long-term care facilities can reduce the incidence of hyperhomocysteinemia, and improve the total MMSE score.