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Hu Y, Xu ML, Kong XH, Huang YJ. [A case report of pyriform sinus fistula secondary to descending necrotizing mediastinitis and pyothorax]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2024; 59:388-391. [PMID: 38622024 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20230811-00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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- Y Hu
- Medical school of Nantong University,Nantong 226001,China Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Taizhou People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University,Taizhou 225300,China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Taizhou People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University,Taizhou 225300,China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Taizhou People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University,Taizhou 225300,China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Taizhou People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University,Taizhou 225300,China
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Suneja G, Huang YJ, Boucher KM, Jr LMB, DeCesaris C, Grant JD, Harkenrider MM, Jhingran A, Kidd EA, Lin LL, Jr WS, Gaffney DK. Short Course Adjuvant Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy (VCB) in Early Endometrial Cancer: Primary Endpoint Results of the SAVE Randomized Clinical Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:S39-S40. [PMID: 37784490 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Prospective trials in early stage endometrial cancer demonstrate increased locoregional control with adjuvant radiotherapy for patients with high risk features. VCB is widely utilized, yet there is substantial practice variation and limited randomized data examining optimal dose/fractionation. We aimed to study the safety and efficacy of short course VCB compared to commonly used regimens. MATERIALS/METHODS We conducted a prospective, randomized, multicenter trial examining short course adjuvant VCB (11 Gy x 2 fractions at the surface) compared with other standard regimens (7 Gy x 3 fractions at 0.5 cm depth, 6 Gy x 5 fractions at the surface, or 5-5.5 Gy x 4 fractions at 0.5 cm depth). Eligible patients underwent hysterectomy and had pathologically confirmed endometrioid adenocarcinoma, serous, clear cell, or carcinosarcoma. Patients with stage I and II cancers were included, with lymphovascular invasion (LVI) required for stage IAG1. The primary outcome was Global Health Status measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 with a pre-specified non-inferiority margin of 15 points. Secondary outcomes included patient-reported outcomes, toxicities as assessed by CTCAEv5, and patterns of recurrence. Data were collected at each brachytherapy fraction and at 1-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up. RESULTS One hundred eight patients were enrolled, 54 in each study arm. Data completion was 94%, 91%, and 77% at 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months, respectively. 70% of patients had endometrioid adenocarcinoma, 18% serous carcinoma, and 12% other histologies. 23% were FIGO grade 1, 33% grade 2, and 43% grade 3 or high risk histologies. The majority of patients were stage I (56% IA, 38% IB). 22% of patients had LVI. The QLQ-C30 Global Health Status for the experimental arm was within the predefined boundary and thus 2 fractions were non-inferior to standard of care at one month (p = 0.000005) and 12 months (p = 0.0005). Using EORTC EN24 for patient reported vaginal/sexual, urologic, and gastrointestinal symptoms, the change in mean patient reported symptom score from baseline to 1 month and baseline to 12 months were not significantly different between arms. Using CTCAEv5, 51 patients experienced short-term AEs related to study treatment, 20 in the experimental arm and 31 in the control arm (p = 0.053). All study treatment-related AEs were grade 1-2, except for two grade 3-4 AEs, both on the control arm. At median follow-up of 19 months, the isolated vaginal control rate in each arm was 100%. There was no significant difference in the total number of recurrences between study arms, with 3 distant and 3 distant/pelvic/vaginal recurrences in the experimental arm, and 2 distant, 2 pelvic, and 1 pelvic/vaginal recurrence in the control arm. CONCLUSION Short course VCB is safe with acceptable acute toxicity and non-inferior patient reported outcomes. Short course VCB improves patient convenience and may improve access to care for rural or underserved populations while providing similar local control.
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- G Suneja
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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Fan YH, Zhang PL, Huang YJ, Xie C, Ai T. Risk factors for recurrent wheezing after bronchiolitis. BMC Pediatr 2023; 23:317. [PMID: 37353732 PMCID: PMC10288744 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04108-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine whether there was an association between certain factors in patients with bronchiolitis and recurrent wheezing in childhood. METHOD In 2021 we tracked children hospitalized for bronchiolitis at Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital in 2017. The patients were classified into recurrent wheezing group (RWG) and non-recurrent wheezing group (NRWG). Possible risk factors including maternal age, school-age siblings, allergic history, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, atopic family history, severity of the condition, duration of hospitalization, nasopharyngeal secretions culture, blood eosinophil counts, FeNO and skin prick test were compared between the two groups. Continuous variables were analyzed by independent sample t-test for normal distribution and Mann-Whitney U-test for non-normal distribution. Categorical variables were tested using chi-square tests. Multifactor analysis was conducted by stepwise logistics regression analysis. RESULTS In total 167 participants were included, of which 26 and 141 were in RWG and NRWG respectively. In RWG children represented higher maternal age (P = 0.02) and greater probability of allergic history, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, atopic family history (odds ratio [OR] = 4.0,3.7, 7.8, 10.9 respectively, P < 0.01). However, school-age siblings, severity of the condition, duration of hospitalization, blood eosinophil counts, fractional exhaled nitric oxide and skin prick test results seemed unrelated to recurrent wheezing. In the subgroup analysis of nasopharyngeal secretion culture, there were more Moraxella catarrhalis-positive in RWG(P = 0.043). Atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and atopic family history were identified as independent risk factors for recurrent wheezing. CONCLUSION Some children with bronchiolitis will develop recurrent wheezing, and the risk factors are allergic history, Moraxella catarrhalis infection or colonization, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and atopic family history; the latter three are independent risk factors.
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- Y H Fan
- Department of Pediatric Pulmonary Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonary Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonary Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China.
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonary Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonary Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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Pan NF, Liang ZH, Lin P, Wang X, Lin SS, Huang YJ, Chen XX, Pan YC. [Influence factors of poor efficacy after flap repair operation in patients with pressure ulcers]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi 2022; 38:1156-1161. [PMID: 36594146 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20220228-00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the influence factors of poor efficacy after flap repair operation in patients with pressure ulcers. Methods: The retrospective case series study was conducted. From January 2011 to June 2021, 125 patients with stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ pressure ulcers treated in Hainan General Hospital met the inclusion criteria. There were 82 males and 43 females, aged 15-90 (57±20) years. According to the postoperative effects, the patients were divided into poor efficacy group (47 cases) and good efficacy group (78 cases). The clinical data of patients in the two groups were collected, including the age, gender, location, stage, size, and bone exposure of pressure ulcers, preoperative microorganism culture results of wound exudate sample, whether combined with osteomyelitis, diabetes, lower limb paroxysmal myospasm, and gatism or not, the number of surgical debridement combined with negative-pressure wound therapy, type of surgical flap, postoperative position, and preoperative albumin, leukocyte, C-reactive protein (CRP), and hemoglobin. Data were statistically analyzed with independent sample t test, Mann-Whitney U test, and chi-square test. The binary multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to screen the independent risk factors influencing the poor efficacy after flap repair operation in 125 patients with stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ pressure ulcers. Results: The ratio of patients with lower limb paroxysmal myospasm in poor efficacy group was 22/47, which was significantly higher than 3/78 in good efficacy group (χ2=33.83, P<0.01). The preoperative hemoglobin level of patients in poor efficacy group was (102±17) g/L, which was significantly lower than (113±20) g/L in good efficacy group (t=-3.24, P<0.01). The preoperative CRP level of patients was 39.1 (14.1, 91.6) mg/L in poor efficacy group, which was significantly higher than 15.3 (6.6, 42.0) mg/L in good efficacy group (Z=-3.04, P<0.01). There were no statistically significant differences in other indexes between patients in the two groups (P>0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age, lower limb paroxysmal myospasm, and preoperative hemoglobin level were the independent risk factors for poor efficacy after flap repair operation in patients with pressure ulcers (with odds ratios of 1.03, 40.69, and 0.97, 95% confidence intervals of 1.00-1.06, 9.18-180.39, and 0.95-1.00, respectively, P<0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusions: Poor efficacy after flap repair operation in patients with pressure ulcers is affected by many factors, among which the age, lower limb paroxysmal myospasm, and preoperative hemoglobin level are the independent risk factors.
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- N F Pan
- Department of Burn and Skin Repair, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Burn and Skin Repair, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Burn and Skin Repair, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Burn and Skin Repair, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Burn and Skin Repair, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Burn and Skin Repair, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Burn and Skin Repair, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Burn and Skin Repair, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, China
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Luo JP, Huang YJ, Xu JY, Sun JF, Dargusch MS, Hou CH, Ren L, Wang RZ, Ebel T, Yan M. Additively manufactured biomedical Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr lattices with tunable Young's modulus: Mechanical property, biocompatibility, and proteomics analysis. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl 2020; 114:110903. [PMID: 32994002 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.110903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Some β-Ti alloys, such as Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr (TNTZ) alloys, exhibit a low Young's modulus and excellent biocompatibility. These alloys are promising new generation biomedical implant materials. Selective laser melting (SLM) can further enable customer-specific manufacturing of β-Ti alloys to satisfy the ever-increasing need for enhanced biomedical products. In this study, we quantitatively determined the relationships between porosity, yield strength, and Young's modulus of SLM-prepared TNTZ lattices. The study constitutes a critical step toward understanding the behavior of the lattice and eventually enables tuning the Young's modulus to match that of human bones. Fatigue properties were also investigated on as-printed lattices in terms of the stress limit. The biocompatibility study included a routine evaluation of the relative cell growth rate and a proteomics analysis using a common mouse fibroblast cell line, L929. The results indicated that the as-printed TNTZ samples exhibited evidence of protein proliferation of the L929 cells, particularly P06733, and that those proteins are responsible for biological processes and molecular functions. They in turn may have promoted cell regeneration, cell motility, and protein binding, which at least partially explains the good biocompatibility of the as-printed TNTZ at the protein level. The study highlights the promising applications of additively manufactured TNTZ as a bone-replacing material from mechanical and biocompatibility perspectives.
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- J P Luo
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-performance Materials, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-performance Materials, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
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- School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Materials Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-performance Materials, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Huang YJ, Wang J, Shu WQ. [Evaluation of potential renal acid load for estimating the health effects of drinking water]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 54:634-637. [PMID: 32842278 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200414-00503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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There is a lack of a reliable comprehensive evaluation indicator to access the health effects of drinking water. In recent years, scholars established an indicator to evaluate the comprehensive effect of drinking water on the body's acid-base balance. This indicator came from the potential renal acid load (PRAL) of food and named the potential renal acid load of drinking water. It included several typical anions and cations which are widely found in drinking water. This article reviewed the application, advantages, and disadvantages of PRAL in accessing the effect of drinking water on body acidbase metabolism.
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- Y J Huang
- Department of Environmental Hygiene, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Environmental Hygiene, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Environmental Hygiene, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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Zong QF, Huang YJ, Wu LS, Wu ZC, Wu SL, Bao WB. Effects of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection on tight junction protein gene expression and morphology of the intestinal mucosa in pigs. Pol J Vet Sci 2019; 22:345-353. [PMID: 31269354 DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2019.129226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Tight junction proteins are important for the maintenance and repair of the intestinal mucosal barrier. The present study investigated relationships among tight junction protein gene expression, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection, and intestinal mucosal morphology in piglets. We compared the expression of six tight junction proteins (ZO-1, ZO-2, Occludin, Claudin-1, Claudin-4, and Claudin-5) between seven-day-old piglets infected with PEDV and normal piglets, as well as in PEDV-infected porcine intestinal epithelial cells (IPEC-J2). We also evaluated differences in mucosal morphology between PEDV-infected and normal piglets. The expression of six tight junction protein genes was lower in PEDV-infected piglets than in the normal animals. The expression of ZO-1, ZO-2, Occludin, and Claudin-4 in the intestine tissue was significantly lower (p⟨0.05) in PEDV-infected than in normal piglets. The expression of Claudin-5 in the jejunum was significantly lower in PEDV-infected piglets than in the normal animals (p⟨0.01). The expression of Claudin-1 and Claudin-5 genes in the ileum was significantly higher in PEDV-infected piglets than in normal piglets (p⟨0.01). Morphologically, the intestinal mucosa in PEDV-infected piglets exhibited clear pathological changes, including breakage and shedding of intestinal villi. In PEDV-infected IPEC-J2 cells, the mRNA expression of the six tight junction proteins showed a downward trend; in particular, the expression of the Occludin and Claudin-4 genes was significantly lower (p⟨0.01). These data suggest that the expression of these six tight junction proteins, especially Occludin and Claudin-4, plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of the intestinal mucosal barrier and resistance to PEDV infection in piglets.
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- Q F Zong
- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu Yangzhou 225009, China
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Bhardwaj S, Khasani S, Benasher D, Stein EG, Meghal T, Jacoby N, Huang YJ. Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: a Unique Association. Cerebellum 2019; 18:1126-1129. [PMID: 31161534 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-019-01045-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) is a rare disorder that is associated with lung or gynecological malignancies and Hodgkin lymphoma. Neurologic symptoms are commonly the initial presenting sign leading to the diagnosis of an underlying malignancy. We are presenting an Asian male with progressive lower extremity weakness with EBV-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and anti-Yo antibodies. Peculiarly, transient diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement is seen on MR imaging. This is the first report of PCD associated with NPC and thus illustrates that PCD embodies a boarder set of disease than previously described.
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- S Bhardwaj
- Department of Internal Medicine (Relocated to New York University as Clinical Instructor and Hospitalist), Maimonides Medical Center, 4810 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Maimonides Medical Center, 4810 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maimonides Medical Center, 4810 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Maimonides Medical Center, 4810 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maimonides Medical Center, 4810 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Maimonides Medical Center, 4810 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Maimonides Medical Center, 4810 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA
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Huang YJ, Ye Y, Huang XN, Feng WW, Chen Q, He CY, Li Z, Wang NR. [Association of maternal nocturnal sleep throughout pregnancy with the early nocturnal sleep of infants]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2019; 57:608-613. [PMID: 31352746 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2019.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the association between maternal nocturnal sleep during pregnancy and their infants' nocturnal sleep patterns in early infancy by establishing a birth cohort. Methods: In this prospective study,healthy pregnant women and their infants were recruited in Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children from September 2013 to January 2014. A total of 40 healthy pregnant women and their infants were enrolled, and 34 pairs (85%) completed the whole survey. Actiwatch, wearing on the mother's wrist or infant's ankle,was used to monitor nighttime sleep at home for 7 times in total,with 7 consecutive days for each monitoring course. Pregnant women were monitored at 16, 24, 32 weeks gestational age, and were required to finish Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scale at the end of each monitoring. Their infants were initially monitored at 14 days after birth, followed by 1(st), 2(nd), and 3(rd) month after birth,with sleep diary recorded by parents. Pearson correlation analysis and multivariate linear regression were used to investigate the potential correlation between these two sleep patterns. Results: The average nocturnal sleep time was (465±53) min throughout pregnancy, with increased trend in the latency of maternal nighttime sleep onset ((30±15), (34±29), (38±30) min) while decreasing of average sleep efficiency ((85±5)%, (84±8)%, (83±8)%). The longest night sleep duration decreased from (382±74) min in the first trimester to (330±83) min in the third trimester (F=4.932, P<0.05), while awakening time after sleep onset (WASO) correspondingly increased from (27±22) min to (53±25) min (F=12.605, P<0.05). In terms of infants, the latency of nighttime sleep onset decreased from (43±33) min on the 14th day to (20±29) min at 3-month of age (t=3.281, P=0.002), while the longest nighttime sleep duration increased from (20±62) min to (265±140) min (t=3.867, P<0.01); meanwhile, the total nocturnal sleep time and the sleep efficiency increased from (373±126) min and (63±28)% to (431±103) min and (75±16)%, respectively (t=2.362, P=0.024; t=2.418, P=0.039, respectively). After adjusting for maternal age and body mass index (BMI), parental educational level and family income, maternal mood, exposure to tobacco and alcohol during pregnancy, method of delivery, as well as infants' gender, feeding patterns and gestational weeks, the regression analysis showed that the total nocturnal sleep time and the longest nighttime sleep duration during pregnancy were positively correlated with the corresponding parameters of their infants at the age of 3 months (B=0.541, 95%CI 0.168-0.914, t=2.882, P=0.005; B=0.310, 95%CI 0.035-0.586, t=2.240, P=0.027, respectively). Conclusions: The total nocturnal sleep time and the longest nighttime sleep duration during pregnancy are positively correlated with the corresponding parameters of their infants in early infancy. Paying more attention to improve maternal sleep quality may facilitate their infants to establish sleep-wake patterns early.
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- Y J Huang
- Department of Child Health, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing 400021, China
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- Department of Child Health, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing 400021, China
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- United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund China Office of Nutrition and Health and Water and Environment, Beijing 100600, China
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- Department of Child Health, Center for Maternal and Child Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Hospital Affiliated to Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Child Health, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing 400021, China
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- Department of Child Health, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing 400021, China
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- Department of Child Health, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing 400021, China
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Lin HK, Huang YJ, Shih WC, Chen YC, Chang WT. Crystalline characteristics of annealed AlN films by pulsed laser treatment for solidly mounted resonator applications. BMC Chem 2019; 13:30. [PMID: 31384778 PMCID: PMC6661789 DOI: 10.1186/s13065-019-0550-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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AlN films were deposited on Si substrates using a reactive RF magnetron sputtering process and then the films were annealed by using different laser powers and wavelengths (355 nm, 532 nm and 1064 nm). For all three laser systems, the (002) peak intensity was obviously improved following laser irradiation. The improvement in the crystalline property was particularly obtained in the AlN film processed at 355 nm. In particular, given the use of the optimal laser power (0.025 W), the (002) peak intensity was 58.7% higher than that of the as-deposited film. The resonant frequency and 3 dB bandwidth of a SMR filter with an unprocessed AlN film were found to be 2850 MHz and 227.81 MHz, respectively. Following laser treatment with a wavelength of 1064 nm and a power of 0.25 W, the resonant frequency changed from 2850 to 2858 MHz. Moreover, 3 dB bandwidth changed from 227.81 to 202.49 MHz and the return loss of the filter reduced from 17.28 to 16.48 dB. Overall, the results thus show that the frequency response of the SMR filter can be adjusted and the return loss reduced by means of laser treatment with an appropriate wavelength.
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- H K Lin
- 1Graduate Institute of Materials Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- 1Graduate Institute of Materials Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- 2Department of Electrical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- 2Department of Electrical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- 3Metal Industries Research & Development Centre, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Lin JT, Xing B, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [Seasonal distribution of patient hospitalization due to asthma exacerbation in 7 geographic areas in China]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 39:1477-1481. [PMID: 30462957 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To understand the seasonal distribution of patient hospitalization due to asthma exacerbation in 7 geographic areas in China. Methods: This was a retrospective study which involved patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 hospitals throughout 7 geographic areas in the mainland of China (northeast, north, central, east, south, northwest and southwest). The numbers of asthmatic patients and total inpatients of the respiratory department of each hospital were recorded. The monthly ratio of asthmatic patients to the total inpatients in every area was calculated and compared. Results: During the study period, 6 480 patients were admitted for asthma exacerbation, accounting for 3.14% of all the 206 135 patients admitted to the respiratory departments in the 29 hospitals. The ratio of asthmatic patients to total inpatients in the northeast area (5.61%) was highest, and the ratio in east area was lowest (1.97%). Statistical analysis showed that the difference among different areas was significant (P<0.000 1). In most areas, both the number and proportion of hospitalized asthmatic patients peaked in spring (February-April) and autumn (September-October). In the northeast area, east area and south area, the peaks in spring were more obvious, while in the north area and southwest area, the peaks in autumn were more obvious. In the northwest area the peaks occurred in winter (December-January) and summer (June-August), respectively. The differences in hospitalization due to asthma among different months were significant in the northeast, north, and southwest areas (P<0.005). Conclusion: The number of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation fluctuated with season in different areas in China. In most areas, more asthmatic patients were admitted to hospitals in spring and autumn.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Respiration, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Respiration, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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- Department of Respiration, Qinghai People's Hospital, Xining 810007, China
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, The General Hospital of Shenyang Military, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Department of Respiration, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Respiration, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
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- Department of Respiration, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Inner Mongolia People's Hospital, Hohhot 010017, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Respiration, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China
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- Department of Respiration, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi 830001, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Respiration, Guizhou Provicial People's Hospital, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Respiration, Shanghai Center Hospital, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Respiration, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Respiration, Hainan Provincial People's Hospital, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Respiration, Kunming General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Kunming 650032, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Respiration, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Respiration, Shanxi Dayi Hospital, Taiyuan 030032, China
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- Department of Respiration, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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Lin JT, Xing B, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [Seasonal characteristics of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 97:2324-2328. [PMID: 28822447 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.30.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the seasonal characteristics of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China. Methods: This was a retrospective study which involved patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 hospitals throughout mainland China during 2013-2014. The number of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in each hospital was calculated, as well as the ratio of asthmatic patients to all the hospitalized patients. The analysis by month was conducted. The number and ratio of asthmatic patients in the northern and southern cities were calculated respectively. Results: During the study period, there were 6 480 patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation, accounting for 3.14% (6 480/206 135) of all the hospitalized patients of the respiratory department in 29 hospitals. The analysis by month showed that the ratio of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation was highest in March (3.49%), then declined from April to June, then rose again from July, reaching a second peak at September (3.28%), and then declined again from October to December. The ratio of asthmatic patients in every month was higher in northern cities than in southern cities. Conclusions: The ratio of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China fluctuates with the changes of seasons, and March and September are the two peak months. Northern cities have a higher ratio of asthmatic patients than southern cities.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Lin JT, Wang WQ, Zhou X, Wang CZ, Huang M, Cai SX, Chen P, Lin QC, Zhou JY, Gu YH, Yuan YD, Sun DJ, Yang XH, Yang L, Huo JM, Chen ZC, Jiang P, Zhang J, Ye XW, Liu HG, Tang HP, Liu RY, Liu CT, Zhang W, Hu CP, Chen YQ, Liu XJ, Dai LM, Zhou W, Huang YJ, Xu JY. [Warning symptoms of asthma attack and asthma self-management: a national asthma control survey from China]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 97:2329-2332. [PMID: 28822448 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.30.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate warning symptoms of asthma attack and evaluate asthma self-management status of asthma patients in urban China. Methods: A multi-center, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out from 30 general hospitals dispersed in 30 provinces of mainland China (except for Tibet) during Oct 2015 to May 2016. Information of frequency and warning symptoms of asthma attack, the time from warning symptoms to asthma attack, the impact of asthma attack and asthma self-management were collected from asthma patients of outpatient department. Results: Altogether 3 875 asthmatic outpatients were recruited. 78.1% (3 026/3 875) of the patients reported restriction of exercise and daily activities during asthma exacerbation. 82.5% (3 160/3 829) of the patients had warning symptoms before asthma attack, the most common warning symptoms were cough, chest tightness and shortness of breath. The median time from warning symptoms to asthma attack was 2 h, the mean time was 90 h. Only 4.4% (167/3 829) of the patients had definite confidence to control asthma when symptoms deteriorated. 76.7% (2 937/3 828) of the patients used medications to control asthma when asthma symptoms deteriorated. Medication choice: inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) + formoterol 45.8% (1 776/3 875), short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) 23.9% (927/3 875). Conclusions: Most asthma patients have warning symptoms before asthma attack, the most common symptoms are cough, chest tightness and shortness of breath. The proportion of patients conducting effective asthma self-management remains low.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Fu YX, Wang YH, Tong XS, Gong Z, Sun XM, Yuan JC, Zheng TT, Li C, Niu DQ, Dai HG, Liu XF, Mao YJ, Tang BD, Xue W, Huang YJ. EDACO, a derivative of myricetin, inhibits the differentiation of Gaoyou duck embryonic osteoclasts in vitro. Br Poult Sci 2019; 60:169-175. [PMID: 30722674 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2018.1564239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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1. This study determined the effects of (E)-3-(2-(4-(3-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acryloyl)phenoxy)ethoxy)-5,7-dimethoxy-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-4H-chromen-4-one (EDACO) on the differentiation of Gaoyou duck embryonic osteoclasts cultured in vitro. 2. Bone marrow mononuclear cells (BM-MNC) were collected from 23-d-old Gaoyou duck embryos and induced by macrophage colony-stimulating factor and receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand in the presence of EDACO at different concentrations (i.e. 10, 20, 40, 80 and 160 µM). Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining and resorption ability determination were conducted. 3. Results suggested that EDACO suppressed the shaping of positive multinucleated cells and the number of TRAP-positive cells in the 20, 40, 80 and 160 μM EDACO groups was significantly decreased (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Besides, the absorption activity of differentiated duck embryonic osteoclasts was significantly inhibited (P < 0.05) in both 80 and 160 μM EDACO groups. 4. Overall, EDACO can inhibit the differentiation of BM-MNC into mature osteoclasts in duck embryos.1.
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- b State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering , Guizhou University , Huaxi District , Guiyang , 550025 , PR China
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- c College of Veterinary Medicine , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou , 225009 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- d Department of Clinical Medicine , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- e Department of gynaecology and obstetrics , The Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- f Animal husbandry and veterinary bureau of Fengyang County , Chuzhou , 233100 , PR China
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- g Department of surgical oncology , The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College , Huaxi District , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- b State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering , Guizhou University , Huaxi District , Guiyang , 550025 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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Lin JT, Wang WQ, Zhou X, Wang CZ, Huang M, Cai SX, Chen P, Lin QC, Zhou JY, Gu YH, Yuan YD, Sun DJ, Yang XH, Yang L, Huo JM, Chen ZC, Jiang P, Zhang J, Ye XW, Liu HG, Tang HP, Liu RY, Liu CT, Zhang W, Hu CP, Chen YQ, Liu XJ, Dai LM, Zhou W, Huang YJ, Xu JY. [The level of asthma control in China from a national asthma control survey]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019; 40:494-498. [PMID: 28728272 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To assess the overall asthma control level in urban China. Methods: A multi-center, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out in 30 provinces in China (except Tibet). Asthmatic outpatients who met the inclusion criteria were recruited consecutively from 30 sub-centers from October 2015 to May 2016. Data of demographic characteristics, asthma control, asthma management, asthma exacerbations and self-management, and disease perception were collected by face-to-face interviews. Results: Totally 3 875 asthmatic outpatients were recruited. Asthma control level was assessed according to GINA 2015. The prevalence of asthma control was 28.5%(1 099/3 854). Among 10 cities, which were also involved in the asthma control survey in 2008, the level of asthma control improved from 28.7% in 2008 to 39.2%(533/1 361) in 2016. The rate of hospitalizations due to asthma exacerbations was 26.4%(1 017/3 858) and the rate of emergency visits was 22.4%(864/3 858). Among adult patients, 18.4%(568/3 092) of them had been absent from work while 63.6%(63/99) adolescent patients had been absent from school because of asthma attacks in the previous year. Conclusion: Although the level of asthma control in China is still far from ideal at present, the status has been improved in some cities. Poorly controlled asthma resulted in increase of hospitalizations, emergency department visits and work/school absences.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Lin JT, Xing B, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [A multi-center retrospective study of clinical characteristics and hospitalization costs of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China during 2013-2014]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019; 40:830-834. [PMID: 29320830 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the characteristics of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 teaching hospitals in China and to evaluate the hospitalization costs of these patients. Methods: This was a retrospective study and involved patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 hospitals throughout China during 2013-2014. Information about the demographic features, conditions before the admission, the outcome, the complications, and the costs was collected using the pre-designed case report form. The influencing factors of the hospitalization costs were analyzed. Results: 3 240 asthmatic patients (1 369 males and 1 871 females) were included and data were analyzed. There were 41.5% (1 346/3 240) patients who had a history of previous hospitalization or emergency department visits during the last year. Only 28.0% (907/3 240) patients had used asthma-controlling medications regularly before the admission. Seventy-three(2.3%) patients were admitted to ICU and used mechanical ventilation. Mortality among these patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation was 0.25% (8/3 240). The median hospitalization costs was 9 045(6 431, 13 035) RMB. The costs of medications, examinations and treatment accounted for 52.1%, 27.6%, and 9.6% respectively. The costs of asthma medications accounted for only 22.7% of the total medication costs, while the costs of antibiotics accounted for 44.0%. The patients who were admitted to ICU, used mechanical ventilation, complicated with pneumonia, or had a history of hospitalization or emergency department visits during the last year due to asthma exacerbations tended to cost more. Conclusion: In this study, we demonstrated that only a minority of the patients had used asthma controllers regularly before the admissions with exacerbations. The in-hospital mortality of asthma patients in this study was much lower than that reported in other countries. The average cost of hospitalization was much higher than the yearly cost of maintenance therapy. Medication was the predominant component of the total hospitalization costs, and the costs of antibiotics made up the major part of the total medication costs.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Shi DZ, Zhang XF, Huang YJ, Luo ZQ. [Course and prognosis analysis of intratympanic dexamethasone in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 32:1696-1699. [PMID: 30716797 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2018.22.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:To compare the recovery of different times of intratympanic dexamethasone in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss(SSNHL) and investigate the related prognostic factors. Method: Ninety patients with SSNHL were randomly divided into group A(3 times, every 2 days) and group B(5 times, every 2 days) according to the times of intratympanic dexamethasone. All patients were treated with blood flow promoting agents and neural nutrients. After 2 weeks of treatment, the recovery was compared. Based on treatment outcomes, patients were divided into two groups: recovery and no recovery, we evaluated the possible prognostic factors. Result:In the group A, the threshold improvement was(20.2±16.7) dB HL and the overall recovery rate was 78.7%(complete recovery rate, marked recovery rate and recovery rate were 17.0%, 21.3% and 40.4%, respectively), in the group B, the threshold improvement was(20.4±17.4) dB HL and the overall recovery rate was 81.4%, the complete recovery rate, marked recovery rate and recovery rate were 20.9%, 32.6% and 27.9%, respectively, the differences of recovery variables between the 2 groups were not statistically significant. After 2 weeks of treatment, 71 patients got overall recovery(78.9%), 19 patients(21.1%) resulted in no recovery, Interval between onset of symptoms and therapy of recovery group was shorter than that in no recovery group [(5.6±3.6)days vs. (7.7±4.0)days, P<0.05], the presence rate of vertigo in recovery group was lower than that in no recovery(14.1% vs. 68.4%, P<0.01). Gender, ear side, age, concurrence of tinnitus, initial hearing threshold, times of intratympanic dexamethasone and audiogram have no influence on the prognosis of SSNHL. Conclusion:SSNHL patients treated with 3 times and 5 times of intratympanic dexamethasone got similar results. Earlier treatment and absence of vertigo lead to favorable hearing results.
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Hospital University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Hospital University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Hospital University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Hospital University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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Cerin E, Sit CHP, Wong SHS, Huang YJ, Gao GY, Lai PC, Macfarlane DJ, Barnett A. Relative contribution and interactive effects of psychological, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and dietary behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents. Hong Kong Med J 2019; 25 Suppl 2:34-39. [PMID: 30674706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University
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- Department of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University
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- Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong
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- Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
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Xing B, Lin JT, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [A retrospective study of the treatment of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018. [PMID: 29534393 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the treatment of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China. Methods: This was a retrospective study and involved patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 hospitals throughout China during Jan 2013 to Dec 2014. Information of the demographic features, the severity of the exacerbation, the medicine prescribed during the hospitalization and the use of mechanical ventilation were collected and analyzed. Results: During the study period, there were 3 240 patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation, and 1 369(42.3%) of them were males 1 871(57.7%)were females. Patients of mild, moderate, severe, and life-threatening exacerbation counted for 41.7%, 37.8%, 19.2% and 1.0%, respectively of the total patients. Of all the patients, 72.6% used bronchodilators by nebulizer, 70.8% used inhaled corticosteroids by nebulizer, 60.5% used intravenous corticosteroids, 17.3% used oral corticosteroids, and 80.5% used antibiotics. The percentages of patients using systemic corticosteroids and antibiotics were higher in patients with more severe exacerbation. In patients with mild exacerbation, there were 74.9% and 52.2% who used antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids, respectively. A total of 73 patients (2.3%) used mechanical ventilation, and 62 of them used noninvasive ventilation, 16 used invasive ventilation, and 5 used both. Conclusions: Nebulizer therapy has been accepted as the main administration route of medicine in the treatment of asthma exacerbation. A large amount of patients used antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids during hospitalization, indicating there may be some overuse of these medicines.
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Wang WQ, Lin JT, Zhou X, Wang CZ, Huang M, Cai SX, Chen P, Lin QC, Zhou JY, Gu YH, Yuan YD, Sun DJ, Yang XH, Yang L, Huo JM, Chen ZC, Jiang P, Zhang J, Ye XW, Liu HG, Tang HP, Liu RY, Liu CT, Zhang W, Hu CP, Chen YQ, Liu XJ, Dai LM, Zhou W, Huang YJ, Xu JY. [Evaluation of asthma disease perception from China national asthma control survey]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 98:467-471. [PMID: 29429262 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: In order to evaluate disease perception of asthma patients in urban China and provide evidence for further specific patient education. Methods: A multi-center, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out in 30 general hospitals dispersed in 30 provinces of mainland China (except for Tibet) during Oct 2015 to May 2016. Information of disease perception [Question 1: the disease nature of asthma; Question 2: medication choice of first-line in chronic asthma; Question 3: the occasion of using short-acting aerosols of receptor agonists; Question 4: perception of asthma treatment goal; Question 5: reason for not using peak flow meter (PFM)] were collected from asthma patients of outpatient department. These results were compared with the same type of survey results from 2007-2008. Results: Altogether 3 875 asthmatic outpatients were recruited. 69.0% (2 660/3 857) of the patients had right perception on the disease nature of asthma, 60.2% (2 321/3 857) of the patients considered inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)/inhaled corticosteroids plus long-acting beta2-agonists (ICS+ LABA) as daily-used first-line medication for chronic asthma. 85.7% (3 277/3 823) of the patients had right perception on the condition of using short-acting beta2-agonists (SABA). 75.4% (2 761/3 661) of the patients had right perception on asthma treatment goal. Only 10.1% (388/3 837) of the patients used PFM. Of the reasons for not using PFM, 65.2% (2 518/3 860) of the patients chose doctors never introduced. Among the 10 cities, which were also involved in the asthma control survey in 2007-2008, 71.1% (968/1 361) of the patients had right perception on the disease nature of asthma, 61.6% (839/1 362) of the patients considered ICS/ICS+ LABA as daily-used first-line medication for chronic asthma. 88.7% (1 207/1 361) of the patients had right perception on the condition of using SABA. 74.5% (1 013/1 360) of the patients had right perception on asthma treatment goal. 17.9% (244/1 360) of the patients used PFM. Of the reasons for not using PFM, 76.2% (931/1 221) of the patients chose doctors never introduced. Compared to the survey conducted in 2007-2008, the perception on disease nature and medication choice as daily-used first-line medication for chronic asthma significantly improved, the perception on occasion of using SABA and asthma treatment goal was comparable, while the rate of PFM usage showed no significant improvement. In reasons of not using PFM, doctors never introduced ranked the first. Conclusions: Compared to the similar survey conducted in 2007-2008, the overall status of disease perception of asthma patients has been improved in urban China, while the rate of PFM usage showed no significant improvement. Asthma education on asthma and asthma self-management should be further pushed forward.
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Lin JT, Xing B, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [A retrospective study of the mortality and death-related risk factors of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in Chinese urban areas]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 98:2760-2763. [PMID: 30220175 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.34.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the mortality and death-related risk factors of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in Chinese urban areas. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out in 29 hospitals of 29 provinces throughout mainland China. Patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation during 2013-2014 in each hospital were included. For each patient, information about demography, admission time, comorbidities, severity of diseases, intense care unit (ICU) admission, use of mechanical ventilation and the outcome was obtained. The mortality of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation was calculated, and the basic information and causes of death of the patients who died were summarized. The death-related risk factors and numbers of comorbidities were compared between the patients who survived and those who died during hospitalization. Results: A total of 3 240 patients (median age 57.0) were included and among them 8 patients (median age 68.5) died. The mortality of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation was 0.25%. All the patients who died were admitted during the winter and spring. One patient died of acute myocardial infarction, one of cardiac shock, one of tension pneumothorax, one of sudden death, one of respiratory failure and three of unknown causes. The average number of comorbidities of patients who died was 1.10, larger than that of patients who survived (0.83) (P>0.05). More patients had diabetes, coronary artery diseases and hypertension as comorbidities in the patients who died (2/8) than those who survived[7.6% (246/3 232), 7.6% (246/3 232), 22.6% (731/3 232), respectively](all P>0.05). Conclusions: The in-hospital mortality of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation of China in this study is low. The patients who died are much older, and with more comorbidities, and a higher percentage of comorbidities such as diabetes, coronary artery diseases, and hypertension.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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Wu X, Li J, Joypaul K, Bao WW, Wang D, Huang YJ, Li PC, Mei W. Blood flow index as an indicator of successful sciatic nerve block: a prospective observational study using laser speckle contrast imaging. Br J Anaesth 2018; 121:859-866. [PMID: 30236247 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.05.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Laser speckle contrast imaging allows real-time, non-invasive, quantitative measurements of regional blood flow. The objectives of this prospective observational study were to use laser speckle contrast imaging to evaluate blood flow changes after sciatic nerve block, and to determine whether this novel optical technique can evaluate block success. METHODS This observational study included 63 adult patients undergoing elective lower limb surgery with sciatic nerve block. Blood flow images and blood flow index (BFI) values of toes were recorded using laser speckle contrast imaging 5 min before nerve block and at 5 min intervals until 30 min after sciatic block. The sensitivity, specificity, and cut-off value of laser speckle contrast imaging for predicting successful sciatic block were determined by receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. RESULTS The BFI values of toes were significantly increased at each time point after successful sciatic block, compared with the baseline value obtained 5 min before nerve block; in failed sciatic block, there were no significant differences. For successful sciatic block, the highest increase of BFI value was at the big toe. BFI increase of the big toe at 10 min after sciatic block has great potential as an indicator of block success. The area under the ROC curve was 0.954 at a cut-off value of 8.48 perfusion units (PU) with a sensitivity of 89% and a specificity of 100%. CONCLUSIONS Laser speckle contrast imaging might be an early, objective, quantitative, and reliable indicator of successful sciatic block. BFI increase of the big toe not reaching 8.48 PU within 10 min after sciatic block indicates block failure. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT03169517.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Department of Anaesthesiology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Department of Anaesthesiology, Flacq Hospital, Centre-de-Flacq, Mauritius
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Department of Anaesthesiology, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Nong Y, Lin JT, Wang WQ, Zhou X, Wang CZ, Huang M, Cai SX, Chen P, Lin QC, Zhou JY, Gu YH, Yuan YD, Sun DJ, Yang XH, Yang L, Huo JM, Chen ZC, Jiang P, Zhang J, Ye XW, Liu HG, Tang HP, Liu RY, Liu CT, Zhang W, Hu CP, Chen YQ, Liu XJ, Dai LM, Zhou W, Huang YJ, Xu JY. [A multi-center study for the association between the perception and control of disease among asthmatic patients in Chinese urban areas]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 97:1425-1429. [PMID: 28535631 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.18.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the current perception of disease among asthmatic patients in Chinese urban areas, and to address its association with asthma control. Methods: This was a nationwide, multi-center, cross-sectional study covering 30 third-level, grade A hospitals in 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions (not including Tibet) across Chinese mainland. The survey was carried out from October 2015 to May 2016. Asthmatic outpatients were selected to receive face-to-face questionnaire survey on asthma control including Asthma Control Test (ACT) score, classification of asthma control level[according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2015 classification system, as assessed by the physician completing the survey], perception of asthma (including question 1: nature of asthma as a disease; question 2: selection of first-line therapeutic agents to be regularly used daily for asthma; question 3: appropriate timing of the use of short-acting aerosols of β(2) receptor agonists; and question 4: therapeutic goals for asthma). Results: A total of 3 875 asthmatic outpatients were included; among them, 69.0% (2 660/3 857) were aware that asthma is "an airway inflammatory disorder resulting from the combined effects of heredity and environment" ; 60.2% (2 321/3 857) considered "inhaled glucocorticoids or their compound preparations" to be the first-line therapeutic agents to be regularly used daily for patients with persistent chronic asthma; 85.7% (3 277/3 823) considered it appropriate to use short-acting aerosols of β(2) receptor agonists "as needed in the event of disease aggravation or acute exacerbation" ; and 75.4% (2 761/3 661) were aware that asthma "can be adequately or completely controlled in the long term" . The ACT score[20 (16, 23) vs 19 (16, 22) points; Z=-3.928, P<0.001]and asthma control rate (29.92% vs 25.31%; χ(2)=8.616, P=0.003) were significantly higher, and the rate of uncontrolled asthma (19.92% vs 23.48%; χ(2)=6.267, P=0.012) was significantly lower among the 2 660 (69.0%) patients correctly answering question 1 than among the 1 197 (31.0%) patients giving incorrect answer. The ACT score[21 (17, 23) vs 19 (15, 22) points; Z=-9.190, P<0.001] and asthma control rate (32.66% vs 22.20%; χ(2)=49.614, P<0.001) were significantly higher, and the rate of uncontrolled asthma (18.40% vs 25.00%; χ(2)=24.267, P<0.001) was significantly lower among the 2 321 (60.2%) patient correctly answering question 2 than among the 1 536 (39.8%) patients giving incorrect answer. Conclusions: Compared to previous surveys, there has been improved perception of disease among asthmatic patients in Chinese urban areas. Correct perception of disease is favorable for improving asthma control level.
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Wu TS, Chen YW, Weng SC, Lin CN, Lai CH, Huang YJ, Jeng HT, Chang SL, Soo YL. Dramatic band gap reduction incurred by dopant coordination rearrangement in Co-doped nanocrystals of CeO 2. Sci Rep 2017; 7:4715. [PMID: 28680089 PMCID: PMC5498595 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A dramatic band gap narrowing of 1.61 eV has been observed in Co-doped nanocrystals of CeO2 (ceria), as a result of thermal annealing, without changing the ceria crystal structure and the Co concentration. As demonstrated by x-ray absorption fine structures, thermal annealing incurs an oxygen coordination rearrangement around Co atoms from an octahedral coordination to a square-planar coordination. First principle calculation using density functional theory reveals two stable oxygen coordination types surrounding Co, consistent with the experimental observation. The band gap values calculated for the two stable coordination types differ dramatically, reproducing the experimentally observed band gap narrowing. These prominent effects due to local structure rearrangement around dopant atoms can lead to unprecedented methods for band gap engineering in doped nanocrystal oxides.
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. .,National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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Yuan Y, Li LH, Huang YJ, Lei LF. Tiapride is more effective and causes fewer adverse effects than risperidone in the treatment of senile dementia. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2016; 20:3119-3122. [PMID: 27460743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We wanted to compare the effects of tiapride and risperidone in treating behavioral and psychological symptoms of senile dementia. PATIENTS AND METHODS 108 patients with senile dementia received respective treatments (54 patients per treatment, either with 100 mg/day risperidone or 2.0 mg tiapride/day) for 2 months. Outcomes included the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) scores, the curative rate of senile dementia, and prevalence of adverse effects (somnolence, headache, loss of weight, extrapyramidal system response, irritation and insomnia). RESULTS PANSS scores before treatment were comparable between treatment groups. On days 7, 15, 30, and 60 of the treatment, the differences between two treatment groups became evident. Thus, curative rates in patients treated with risperidone were 74.1% and in those treated with tiapride 88.9% (p < 0.05). Prevalence of adverse reactions was significantly lower in the latter group (9.3% vs. 25.9% in patients treated with risperidone; p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Tiapride is more effective in improving clinical symptoms of senile dementia and causes fewer adverse effects.
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- Y Yuan
- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Pang SY, Liu HY, Huang YJ, Liu YF, Dai YM, Zeng P, Zeng HS. Diagnostic performance of anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr8641. [PMID: 27323035 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15028641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The prevalence rates of anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPAs) were investigated in a cohort of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients, and their diagnostic performances were compared. ACPAs, including anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide IgG (anti-CCP), anti-CCP IgG/IgA (anti-CCP3.1), citrullinated recombinant rat filaggrin antibodies (CPA), anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV), and antibodies to citrullinated human IgG-derived peptides (RA/CP), were measured in the sera from 81 JIA patients. Serum samples from 55 children with other joint diseases or viral infections and 49 healthy donors were tested as controls. Of the 81 JIA patients, 7 (8.6%), 8 (9.9%), 17 (21.0%), 23 (28.4%), and 18 (22.2%) were found to be positive for anti-CCP, anti-CCP3.1, CPA, anti-MCV, and RA/CP, respectively, with specificities of 98.1, 95.1, 93.3, 84.6, and 86.5%. Analysis by subtype revealed that 7/7 (100%) of RF-positive polyarticular JIA patients tested positive at high serum levels for anti-MCV or RA/CP, and 5/7 (71.4%) were positive for anti-CCP, anti- CCP3.1, or CPA (P < 0.001, compared with controls). Eighteen of 81 JIA patients demonstrated joint erosions on radiographs and erosive arthritis occurred more often in ACPAs positive patients (P < 0.01). Our findings indicate that although ACPAs are not satisfactory screening biomarkers for JIA due to low sensitivity, ACPA measurement can aid in diagnosing RF-positive polyarticular JIA and identifying JIA patients with severe bone involvement. The diagnostic performance of each ACPA in JIA is different, and the careful selection of assays is necessary.
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- Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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He YM, Yao SW, Huang YJ, Liang BS, Liu HY. Investigating the recheck rules for urine analysis in children. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr7349. [PMID: 27173232 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15027349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The aim of this study was to establish recheck rules of urinalysis in children by investigating the concordance rate of the results obtained using the LabUMat urine dry chemistry analyzer (referred to as dry chemistry) and the UriSed tangible composition analyzer with that of the microscopic examination. First, 1040 urine samples from children (mean age 6.5 years) were analyzed using LabUMat and UriSed analyzers, and subsequently subjected to microscopic examination. The missed detection rate was evaluated and recheck rules were established to avoid missed diagnoses of abnormal renal function. Finally, clinical validations of the recheck rules were performed on 200 additional specimens. Among the samples used to investigate the recheck rules, the samples with positive microscopic examination results accounted for 58.65% of the total, while the samples with negative results accounted for 41.35%. Of the positive samples, a major portion (>50%) were RBC positive. The samples that were WBC positive and CAST positive accounted for 23.08 and 7.69%, respectively. The concordance rate was 87.5% and the missed detection rate was 2.9%. For the validation of the recheck rules in 200 urine samples, the concordance rate was 87.5% and the missed detection rate was 2.4%. When the detection of occult blood, WBC, and protein by dry chemistry, and the detection of RBC, WBC, and CAST by the UriSed analyzer are inconsistent, or the differences between them greater than 2 levels, recheck by microscopic examination is suggested.
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- Department of Traumatology and Microsurgery, The Third Clinical College, Southern Medical University
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- Department of Traumatology and Microsurgery, The Third Clinical College, Southern Medical University
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- Department of Traumatology and Microsurgery, The Third Clinical College, Southern Medical University
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- Department of Traumatology and Microsurgery, The Third Clinical College, Southern Medical University
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- Department of Traumatology and Microsurgery, The Third Clinical College, Southern Medical University
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Sung CL, Lee CY, Cho HH, Huang YJ, Chen YF, Pan ZB, Yu HH, Zhang HJ, Wang JY. Theoretical and experimental studies for high-repetition-rate disordered crystal lasers with harmonic self-mode locking. Opt Express 2016; 24:3832-3838. [PMID: 26907036 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.003832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A harmonically self-mode-locked Nd:Sr3Y2/(BO3)4 disordered crystal laser with subpicosecond pulse duration is demonstrated. We exploit the damped harmonic oscillator model to numerically verify that the mode spacing of the laser cavity can be modified to be the harmonics of the free spectral range of the Fabry-Perot cavity when the optical length of the laser cavity is close to a commensurate ratio of the optical length of the Fabry-Perot cavity. In experiment, the Fabry-Perot cavity can be formed by the pump facet of the disordered crystal and the front mirror. A 110 GHz single-pulse harmonically mode-locked pulse train with pulse duration of 857 fs is experimentally achieved under optical lengths of 27.19 and 4.08 mm for the laser cavity and Fabry-Perot cavity respectively, corresponding to a fractional number of 20/3. A maximum output power of 162 mW is obtained at an incident pump power of 3.1 W.
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Huang YJ, Jestin C, Welham SJ, King GJ, Manzanares-Dauleux MJ, Fitt BDL, Delourme R. Identification of environmentally stable QTL for resistance against Leptosphaeria maculans in oilseed rape (Brassica napus). Theor Appl Genet 2016; 129:169-80. [PMID: 26518572 PMCID: PMC4703627 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-015-2620-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Six stable QTL for resistance against L. maculans (phoma stem canker) have been identified by QTL × environment interaction analysis using data from five winter oilseed rape field experiments. Phoma stem canker, caused by Leptosphaeria maculans, is a disease of worldwide importance on oilseed rape (Brassica napus). Quantitative trait loci (QTL)-mediated resistance against L. maculans in B. napus is considered to be race non-specific and potentially durable. Identification and evaluation of QTL for resistance to L. maculans is important for breeding oilseed rape cultivars with durable resistance. An oilseed rape mapping population was used to detect QTL for resistance against L. maculans in five winter oilseed rape field experiments under different environments. A total of 17 QTL involved in 'field' quantitative resistance against L. maculans were detected and collectively explained 51% of the phenotypic variation. The number of QTL detected in each experiment ranged from two to nine and individual QTL explained 2-25% of the phenotypic variation. QTL × environment interaction analysis suggested that six of these QTL were less sensitive to environmental factors, so they were considered to be stable QTL. Markers linked to these stable QTL will be valuable for selection to breed for effective resistance against L. maculans in different environments, which will contribute to sustainable management of the disease.
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- Y J Huang
- Centre for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Management, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK.
- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
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- Terres Inovia, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
- INRA, UMR1349 IGEPP, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- VSN International Ltd, Waterhouse Street, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1ES, UK
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- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia
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- INRA, UMR1349 IGEPP, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu Cedex, France
- Agrocampus Ouest, UMR1349 IGEPP, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- Centre for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Management, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- INRA, UMR1349 IGEPP, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu Cedex, France
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Zhu K, Fu Q, Zhang N, Huang YJ, Zhang Q. Pre-PCI medication using clopidogrel and ticagrelor in the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2015; 19:4636-4641. [PMID: 26698262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare preoperative treatment using clopidogrel and ticagrelor for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and to investigate the efficacy and safety of these medications in the management of AMI. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between February 2013 and December 2014, 74 patients with AMI admitted for emergent PCI therapy were included in the study and randomly divided into two groups: study group and control group. Patients in the study group received different pre-PCI treatment with a loading dose of 180 mg ticagrelor, and those in the control group received treatments with a loading dose of 600 mg clopidogrel. After PCI procedure, all patients were orally administered 75 mg clopidogrel once a day for maintenance therapy, and patients were monitored for one week at the hospital and further followed up for one month Platelet aggregation rates (PAR) of each patient was measured before medication, at 30 min, 2h, 24h and one week after medication, respectively. PAR, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow, clinical outcomes and adverse reactions were compared between groups. RESULTS No significant differences were observed in PAR before treatment between groups (p>0.05), whereas PARs were significantly different after treatment between groups (p<0.05), with the efficacy of medications peaking at 2h after the treatment. In addition, PARs were significantly different between different time points after treatment (p<0.05). Evaluation of TIMI flow grade showed that in study group, 6 patients (16.22%) were grade 2 and 31 (83.78%) were grade 3 for the study group; for the control group, 11 patients (27.73%) were grade 2 and 26 (72.27%) were grade 3. No significant differences were observed in TIMI flow grades between different groups (p>0.05). No recurrence of the disease was observed, but one case (2.70%) of mucosal bleeding in the nasal cavity and four cases (10.81%) of vomiting were found in the study group. However, in the control group, four patients (10.81%) presented with recurrent disease, six patients (16.22%) experienced mucosal bleeding in the nasal cavity and 11 patients (29.73%) vomited. Significant differences were observed in the incidence of adverse events between different groups (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Compared with 600 mg clopidogrel, a loading dose of 180 mg ticagrelor could effectively inhibit platelet reactivity at the early stage of AMI, resulting in more favorable clinical outcomes and lower occurrence of adverse events and, thereby, can be used in clinical practice.
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- K Zhu
- Department of Cardiology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Wu Y, Chen X, Chang X, Huang YJ, Bao S, He Q, Li Y, Zheng J, Duan T, Wang K. Potential involvement of placental AhR in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion. Reprod Toxicol 2015; 59:45-52. [PMID: 26593447 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2015.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Revised: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) is a common complication of pregnancy. Recent studies have demonstrated that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) might play important roles in establishing and maintaining early pregnancy. In this study, we found that placental AhR protein levels were significantly lower and placental CYP1A1 mRNA levels were higher in unexplained RSA (URSA) patients than in control subjects. The results of immunohistochemical analyzes showed that placental AhR was expressed in syncytiotrophoblast cells and that the level of AhR was markedly lower in these cells in URSA subjects than in control subjects. β-Naphthoflavone (β-NF, an AhR ligand) at 5μM significantly inhibited proliferation and migration in HTR-8/SVneo cells and was associated with the activation of AhR. Moreover, overexpressing AhR in JAR cells significantly increased CYP1A1 mRNA levels and inhibited cell migration. These results indicate that AhR is highly activated in URSA placentas and that the activation of AhR in the placenta might impair trophoblast cell proliferation and migration, possibly leading to the occurrence of URSA.
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Department of Gynecology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Department of Pathology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Department of Ob./Gyn., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715 USA
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- Department of Ob./Gyn., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715 USA
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China; Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China.
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China.
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Ruiz-Jasbon F, Ticehurst K, Norrby J, Ahonen J, Ivarsson ML, Klimovska T, Mukans M, Niciporuka R, Ivanovs I, Pupelis G, El-Bakary T, Bouchiba N, El-Faki A, El-Akkad M, Dabic D, Maric B, Perunicic V, Chung M, Amerio G, Pozzo G, Sorisio V, Peng L, Huang K, Huang YJ, Yang YC, Hu SX, Zhao G. Topic: Inguinal Hernia - Crossfire between the meshes. Hernia 2015; 19 Suppl 1:S251-3. [PMID: 26518817 DOI: 10.1007/bf03355365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- F Ruiz-Jasbon
- Department of Surgery, Holland's Hospital, Kungsbacka, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Holland's Hospital, Kungsbacka, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Holland's Hospital, Kungsbacka, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Holland's Hospital, Kungsbacka, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Holland's Hospital, Kungsbacka, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East Clinical University Hospital Gailezers, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East Clinical University Hospital Gailezers, Riga, Latvia
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- Surgery department, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East Clinical University Hospital Gailezers, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Riga East Clinical University Hospital Gailezers, Riga, Latvia
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- Al-wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of surgery, General Hospital Cacak, Cacak, Serbia
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- Gil Medical Center, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Cardinal Massaia Hospital, Asti, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery for Vascular Disease, Thyroid Gland and Hernia, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Aca, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery for Vascular Disease, Thyroid Gland and Hernia, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Aca, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery for Vascular Disease, Thyroid Gland and Hernia, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Aca, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery for Vascular Disease, Thyroid Gland and Hernia, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Aca, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery for Vascular Disease, Thyroid Gland and Hernia, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Aca, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery for Vascular Disease, Thyroid Gland and Hernia, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Aca, Guangzhou, China
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We report on a diode-pumped, Q-switched intracavity-Raman-shifted Nd-doped yttrium-aluminum-perovskite (Nd:YAP) laser using potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) or potassium titanyl arsenate (KTA) nonlinear crystals to produce eye-safe radiation. In both cases, we obtained simultaneous laser emission at two wavelengths corresponding to distinct Raman gain peaks and different Stokes orders for the nonlinear crystal used. From the Nd:YAP/KTP laser source, we obtained 3 ns pulses of combined 21 kW peak power at 1478 and 1503 nm. From the Nd:YAP/KTA laser source, we obtained up to 220 mW total average output power, equally split between 1474 and 1480 nm emission lines.
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Liang SN, Huang YJ, Liu LL, Liu X. Study on the correlation between the expression of Ki67 and FasL and prognosis of cervical carcinoma. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:8634-9. [PMID: 26345794 DOI: 10.4238/2015.july.31.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the expression of Ki67 and FasL and prognosis of cervical carcinoma and to explore the biological processes and signal pathways related to cervical carcinoma. Cervical carcinoma tissue specimens from 200 patients and normal tissue specimens adjacent to lesions from 30 cases were collected in this study. Ki67 and FasL proteins in these specimens were detected by immunohistochemical methods. A series of statistical methods were carried out to investigate the correlation between the expression of Ki67 and FasL and prognosis of cervical carcinoma. The expression of Ki67 and FasL in cervical carcinoma tissues was significantly higher than that in normal cervical tissue. The positive rate of Ki67 and FasL increased with the increase in the degree of cervical lesions. There was a positive correlation between the expression of Ki67 and FasL in cervical lesions. The expression of Ki67 and FasL affected the five-year survival rate of postoperative patients. Ki67 and FasL were independent factors for the prognosis of patients with cervical cancer. The expression of Ki67 and FasL is closely related to the occurrence and development of cervical carcinoma. There is a positive correlation between Ki67 and FasL, and they may be biomarkers of cervical cancer.
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- S N Liang
- The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Jiangxi, China
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- China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- No. 202 Hospital of PLA, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Huang YJ, Chen YF, Chen WD, Zhang G. Comparative study of intracavity KTP-based Raman generation between Nd:YAP and Nd:YAG lasers operating on the (4)F(3/2) → (4)I(13/2) transition. Opt Express 2015; 23:10435-10443. [PMID: 25969085 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.010435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Extending the spectral wavelengths of the diode-pumped Nd-doped lasers at 1.3 μm with the KTP crystal in the intracavity Raman configuration is reported for the first time to the best of our knowledge. A systematic comparison is performed to show that a better optical conversion efficiency for the Nd:YAP/KTP Raman laser could be achieved thanks to the higher peak power and linearly polarized radiation at 1341 nm, whereas up to four Stokes emission lines are generated from the Nd:YAG/KTP Raman laser as a result of the fundamental dual-color operation at 1319 and 1338 nm. The maximum Stokes output power of the developed Nd:YAP/KTP Raman laser reaches 1.04 W under an incident pump power of 16 W and a pulse repetition rate of 10 kHz, corresponding to the diode-to-Stokes conversion efficiency as high as 6.5%. The largest pulse energy and highest peak power are evaluated to be up to 104 μJ and 34.7 kW, respectively.
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Cho CY, Huang TL, Wen SM, Huang YJ, Huang KF, Chen YF. Nd:YLF laser at cryogenic temperature with orthogonally polarized simultaneous emission at 1047 nm and 1053 nm. Opt Express 2014; 22:25318-25323. [PMID: 25401565 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.025318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A Nd:YLF laser at cryogenic temperature is demonstrated for the first time with orthogonally polarized simultaneous emission at 1047 nm and 1053 nm. By exploring the temperature dependence of the fluorescence and the absorption spectra from the Nd:YLF crystal, the feasibility of simultaneous emission at low temperature is achieved. Due to the local heating from the pump absorption, the optimal temperature with respect to the pump power for balancing output powers of simultaneous emission is thoroughly explored. At the optimal temperature of 138 K, the total output power of the simultaneous emission can reach 3.1 W at an incident pump power of 7.9 W, corresponding to the optical to optical slope efficiency up to 43%.
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Huang YJ, Peng MX, He SQ, Liu LL, Dai MH, Tang C. Biomechanical study of the funnel technique applied in thoracic pedicle screw replacement. Afr Health Sci 2014; 14:716-24. [PMID: 25352893 DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i3.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Funnel technique is a method used for the insertion of screw into thoracic pedicle. AIM To evaluate the biomechanical characteristics of thoracic pedicle screw placement using the Funnel technique, trying to provide biomechanical basis for clinical application of this technology. METHODS 14 functional spinal units (T6 to T10) were selected from thoracic spine specimens of 14 fresh adult cadavers, and randomly divided into two groups, including Funnel technique group (n = 7) and Magerl technique group (n = 7). The displacement-stiffness and pull-out strength in all kinds of position were tested and compared. RESULTS Two fixed groups were significantly higher than that of the intact state (P < 0.05) in the spinal central axial direction, compression, anterior flexion, posterior bending, lateral bending, axial torsion, but there were no significant differences between two fixed groups (P > 0.05). The mean pull-out strength in Funnel technique group (789.09 ± 27.33) was lower than that in Magerl technique group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The Funnel technique for the insertion point of posterior bone is a safe and accurate technique for pedicle screw placement. It exhibited no effects on the stiffness of spinal column, but decreased the pull-out strength of pedicle screw. Therefore, the funnel technique in the thoracic spine affords an alternative for the standard screw placement.
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Huang JJ, Huang YJ, Zhu L, Yuan M, Huang L. Design, synthesis and alpha1-adrenoreceptor blocking activity of new arylpiperazines containing acetophenone substituents. Pharmazie 2014; 69:578-584. [PMID: 25158567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Alpha1-AR antagonists are currently first-line therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH). In this study, we report the synthesis of a new series of arylpiperazine derivatives containing acetophenone (3-17) which possess alpha1-adrenoreceptor blocking activity. The in vitro alpha1-adrenoreceptor blocking activity of each derivative was first screened using rabbit thoracic aortic rings by measuring the relaxation response (%) activated by (-)-noradrenaline (3 microM). Compounds 6 and 7 with 2,5-dimethoxy and 2-ethoxy substituent were found to have significant vasodilatory effect. Since the presence of a chiral carbon in the structure, 6 and 7 together with their enantiomers 14-17 were further evaluated by testing diastolic effect on rabbit thoracic aorta, prostate and bladder smooth muscle. The S-enantiomer was found to have more potent diastolic activity than the R-enantiomer and racemate, 17 being the most effective alpha1-adrenoreceptor antagonist. In order to assess tissue selectivity, the antagonistic effect of 17 on the (-)-noradrenaline induced contractile response of isolated rat vas deferens (alpha(1A)), spleen (alpha(1B)) and aorta (alpha(1D)) was characterized finally. Compared with naftopidil (1) and terazosin, compound 17 exhibited higher selectivity (18-fold) for the alpha(1D)-adrenoceptor subtype as compared to the alpha(1B)-adrenoceptor subtype, indicating less cardiovascular side effects for the treatment of LUTS/BPH. These data suggest that the acetophenone is a new effective adrenergic receptor ligand as well as incentivizes further research regarding pharmacological properties of chiral molecules.
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Cho CY, Chen YC, Huang YP, Huang YJ, Su KW, Chen YF. High-repetition-rate quasi-CW side-pumped mJ eye-safe laser with a monolithic KTP crystal for intracavity optical parametric oscillator. Opt Express 2014; 22:7625-7631. [PMID: 24718137 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.007625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We demonstrate a high-repetition-rate millijoule passively Q-switched eye-safe Nd:YVO(4) laser pumped by a quasi-CW diode stack. A theoretical analysis has been explored for the design criteria of generating TEM(n,0) mode in the diode-stack directly side-pumping configuration. We successfully generate TEM(n,0) modes at 1064 nm by adjusting the gain medium with respected to the laser axis. We further observe the spatial cleaning ability for generating an nearly TEM(0,0) mode output at 1573 nm with a monolithic OPO cavity. At the repetition rate up to 200 Hz, the output pulse energy reaches 1.21 mJ with the threshold pump energy of 17.9 mJ.
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Huang YJ, Tzeng YS, Tang CY, Chiang SY, Liang HC, Chen YF. Efficient high-power terahertz beating in a dual-wavelength synchronously mode-locked laser with dual gain media. Opt Lett 2014; 39:1477-1480. [PMID: 24690817 DOI: 10.1364/ol.39.001477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We originally present a novel tactic to accomplish a compact efficient dual-wavelength synchronously mode-locked laser by physically combining the Nd:YVO4 crystal to the Nd:GdVO4 crystal as a composite gain medium. With the developed method, the total output power at 1.06 μm could be effectually produced to reach 1.3 W under the optimally balanced two-color intensities. The corresponding mode-locked pulse width and repetition rate are measured to be 47 ps and 2.86 GHz, respectively. Through the optical beating between two carrier frequencies of dual-color synchronous pulses, a train of 0.32 THz ultrashort pulses is further generated with the effective duration of down to 1.6 ps.
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Tzeng YS, Huang YJ, Tang CY, Su KW, Chen WD, Zhang G, Chen YF. High-power tunable single- and multi-wavelength diode-pumped Nd:YAP laser in the (4)F3/2 → (4)I11/2 transition. Opt Express 2013; 21:26261-26268. [PMID: 24216850 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.026261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We experimentally explore the fluorescent spectrum of the Nd:YAP crystal to manifest the feasibility of tunable single- and multi-wavelength operations in the (4)F3/2 → (4)I11/2 transition. An intracavity etalon is subsequently exploited to effectively select spectral lines at 1073, 1080, and 1084 nm with the tunabilities of 0.56, 1.13, and 0.1 nm, respectively. We also experimentally obtain multi-wavelength oscillations among various intermanifold lines in the Nd:YAP crystal with the output powers on the order of several watts for each group. Employing the Cr(4+):YAG crystal to realize the passively Q-switched operation, the maximum average output powers as high as 2.3 and 3.5 W for 1073 and 1080 nm are obtained. The corresponding pulse energies at 1073 and 1080 nm are up to 177 and 159 μJ, respectively.
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A Nd:YVO4 crystal consisting of three segments with different doping concentrations is originally developed for power scaling in diode-end-pumped solid-state laser. We systematically make a comparison of laser characteristics between the multi-segmented and conventional composite crystals to show the feasibility of using gain medium with multiple doping concentrations for power scale-up in end-pumped laser without introducing significant thermally accompanied effects. We further construct a dual-end-pumped actively Q-switched oscillator at 1064 nm to verify the usefulness of our crystal design, where the largest pulse energy of 1.06 mJ and the highest output power of 45 W are efficiently generated.
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- Y J Huang
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Huang YP, Huang YJ, Cho CY, Chen YF. Influence of output coupling on the performance of a passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with intracavity optical parametric oscillator. Opt Express 2013; 21:7583-7589. [PMID: 23546141 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.007583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A singly-resonant intracavity optical parametric oscillator (OPO), pumped by a passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser, is systematically investigated by means of a series of the output mirrors with various reflectivities for the fundamental wavelength at 1064 nm. Experimental results reveal that the output mirror with partial reflectivity instead of high reflection at 1064 nm not only is practicable to avoid the optical coatings damaged, but also enhances the dual-wavelength output efficiency for the OPO signal and fundamental laser waves. The overall optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is enhanced from 6.4% to 8.2% for the reflectivity decreasing from 99.8% to 90%.
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- Y P Huang
- Department of Physics, Soochow University, Shih Lin, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Huang YJ, Tang CY, Tzeng YS, Su KW, Chen YF. Efficient high-energy passively Q-switched Nd:YLF/Cr4+:YAG UV laser at 351 nm with pulsed pumping in a nearly hemispherical cavity. Opt Lett 2013; 38:519-521. [PMID: 23455122 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.000519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We originally utilize a nearly hemispherical cavity to accomplish the energy scale-up for a high-repetition-rate nanosecond pulsed pumped Nd:YLF laser passively Q-switched by the Cr(4+):YAG saturable absorber. This compact laser is able to efficiently generate pulse energy as large as 1.38 mJ and pulse width as short as 5 ns under a pulse repetition rate of 100 Hz. Further employing the developed Nd:YLF laser to perform extracavity harmonic generations, the maximum pulse energies of 490 μJ at 527 nm and 360 μJ at 351 nm are achieved with the shortest pulse duration of 4 ns.
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- Y J Huang
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Cho CY, Huang YP, Huang YJ, Chen YC, Su KW, Chen YF. Compact high-pulse-energy passively Q-switched Nd:YLF laser with an ultra-low-magnification unstable resonator: application for efficient optical parametric oscillator. Opt Express 2013; 21:1489-1495. [PMID: 23389131 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.001489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We exploit an ultra-low-magnification unstable resonator to develop a high-pulse-energy side-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YLF/Cr⁴⁺:YAG laser with improving beam quality. A wedged laser crystal is employed in the cavity to control the emissions at 1047 nm and 1053 nm independently through the cavity alignment. The pulse energies at 1047 nm and 1053 nm are found to be 19 mJ and 23 mJ, respectively. The peak powers for both wavelengths are higher than 2 MW. Furthermore, the developed Nd:YLF lasers are employed to pump a monolithic optical parametric oscillator for confirming the applicability in nonlinear wavelength conversions.
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- C Y Cho
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Huang YJ, Tzeng YS, Tang CY, Huang YP, Chen YF. Tunable GHz pulse repetition rate operation in high-power TEM(00)-mode Nd:YLF lasers at 1047 nm and 1053 nm with self mode locking. Opt Express 2012; 20:18230-18237. [PMID: 23038372 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.018230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report on a high-power diode-pumped self-mode-locked Nd:YLF laser with the pulse repetition rate up to several GHz. A novel tactic is developed to efficiently select the output polarization state for achieving the stable TEM(00)-mode self-mode-locked operations at 1053 nm and 1047 nm, respectively. At an incident pump power of 6.93 W and a pulse repetition rate of 2.717 GHz, output powers as high as 2.15 W and 1.35 W are generated for the σ- and π-polarization, respectively. We experimentally find that decreasing the separation between the gain medium and the input mirror not only brings in the pulse shortening thanks to the enhanced effect of the spatial hole burning, but also effectively introduces the effect of the spectral filtering to lead the Nd:YLF laser to be in a second harmonic mode-locked status. Consequently, pulse durations as short as 8 ps and 8.5 ps are obtained at 1053 nm and 1047 nm with a pulse repetition rate of 5.434 GHz.
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- Y J Huang
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Jiang W, Yang YX, Xue P, Huang YJ, Chen YL. Identification of genes preferentially expressed in goat hair follicle anagen-catagen transition using suppression subtractive hybridization. Anim Biotechnol 2012; 23:11-23. [PMID: 22292698 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2011.633673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Suppressive subtraction hybridization (SSH) was used to identify differentially expressed genes in goat (Capra hircus) hair follicle anagen-catagen transition. The cDNA fragments, derived from SSH positive subtractive library (tester: anagen-catagen transition, driver: later anagen), were cloned into pEGM-T vector. Two hundred cDNA fragments screened from this library were subjected to identify forty-five unregulated isolates. Sequence analysis revealed that these fragments represented twenty-three genes. Blasting analysis with database in GenBank showed that twenty genes were previously clearly annotated, two were homologous to un-annotated expressed sequence tag (ESTs), and one might be novel. To identify characters of gene expression, seven genes in later anagen and anagen-catagen transition skin tissues were chosen for quantitative real-time PCR. Results indicated that expression of these seven genes varied much, reaching threefold among them, furthering indicating that expression of those genes was up-regulation in the anagen-catagen transition. We characterized expression levels of this potential novel gene and the goat ectodysplasin A during differential stages of hair cycle. These profiles suggested that these two genes might play a role in the goat secondary hair follicle cycle.
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- W Jiang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Huang YP, Cho CY, Huang YJ, Chen YF. Orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength Nd:LuVO4 laser at 1086 nm and 1089 nm. Opt Express 2012; 20:5644-5651. [PMID: 22418372 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.005644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A comparison between the fluorescence spectra of the Nd-doped vanadate crystals (Nd:YVO4, Nd:GdVO4, Nd:LuVO4) for the 4F3/2 → 4I11/2 transition is studied. We numerically analyze the condition of gain-to-loss balance via an uncoated intracavity etalon to achieve the dual-wavelength operation. We further experimentally demonstrate the orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength laser with a single Nd:LuVO4 crystal. The simultaneous dual-wavelength Nd:LuVO4 laser at 1085.7 nm in σ polarization and 1088.5 nm in π polarization is realized. At an incident pump power of 12 W, the average output power obtained at 1085.7 nm and 1088.5 nm is 0.4 W and 1.7 W, respectively.
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- Y P Huang
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 TA Hsueh Road,Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in HepG2 was used to screen hepatocyte protective compounds from the flowers of Hemerocallis fulva. Three new polyphenols, n-butyl 4-trans-O-caffeoylquinate (1), kaempferol 3-O-{α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→6)[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→2)]}-β-D-galactopyranoside (2), and chrysoeriol 7-O-[β-D-glucuronopyranosyl(1→2)(2-O-trans-feruloyl)-β-D-glucuronopyranoside (3), together with four caffeoylquinic acid derivatives (4-7), eight known flavones (8-15), one naphthalene glycoside, stelladerol (16), one tryptophan derivative (17), adenosine (18), and guanosine (19) were isolated from the bioactive fractions of the aqueous ethanol extract of H. fulva flowers. The structures of isolated compounds were characterized by means of spectroscopic data. Compounds 1-3 were described as first isolated natural products. Among the above-mentioned compounds, the caffeoylquinic acid derivatives are the major components with potent free radical scavenging activity in HepG2 cells and are for the first time isolated from H. fulva flowers. A convenient ultraperformance liquid chromatography (UPLC) method was also developed to simultaneously separate and identify caffeoylquinic acids and flavonoids promptly.
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- Yun-Lian Lin
- National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Yang BZ, Yang CY, Li RC, Qin GS, Zhang XF, Pang CY, Chen MT, Huang FX, Li Z, Zheng HY, Huang YJ, Liang XW. An inter-subspecies cloned buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) obtained by transferring of cryopreserved embryos via somatic cell nuclear transfer. Reprod Domest Anim 2011; 45:e21-5. [PMID: 19788521 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01510.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of cryopreservation of inter-subspecies cloned embryos in buffalo. In our experiment, river buffalo ear fibroblast nucleus was fused into swamp buffalo oocyte cytoplasm. The blastocyst formation rate for nuclear transfer of freshly thawed cells was not different from those of growing cells, confluent or serum-starved cells. A total of 122 cloned blastocysts derived from cryopreserved fibroblasts were cryopreserved and thawed, 37 were survived, the cryosurvival rate was 30.3%. The survived blastocysts were transferred into 15 recipient buffalos. Five of the recipients established pregnancy, but four of them aborted on day 53, 59, 145 and 179 of gestation respectively. One cross-bred buffalo (Murrah × Swamp buffalo (2n = 49) received three embryos delivered a 40.5 kg female calf by natural delivery on day 320 of gestation. Up to now (13-month old), the cloned calf has been growing well with no abnormity observed. These results demonstrated that cryopreservation of inter-subspecies cloned embryos is feasible to produce buffalo offspring.
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- B Z Yang
- Guangxi Buffalo Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China
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