Importance of AIM2 as a serum marker for reflecting severity and predicting a poor outcome of human severe traumatic brain injury: A prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Background: Absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) participates in neuroinflammation. Here, the prognostic significance of serum AIM2 was explored in severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI).

Methods: A total of 135 sTBI patients and 80 healthy controls were recruited in this prospective cohort study.

Determination of bone marrow cell morphology in rat.

The skeletal system of the body is responsible for important functions in the human body. In addition to causing movement, this system also plays a role in the production of blood cells and fat storage. Bone marrow is a spongy or viscous tissue that fills the inside of the body's bones.

Ability of serum annexin A1 to predict 6-month poor clinical outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Background: Annexin A1 might be neuroprotective and serum annexin A1 concentrations were markedly declined after severe traumatic brain injury. We determine dthe ability of serum annexin A1 to assess severity and predict prognosis after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH).

Methods: We included 157 aSAH patients and 157 healthy subjects.

Potential role of serum substance P as a favorable biomarker of functional outcome in acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.

Background: Substance P (SP) is implicated in brain inflammation. We clarified relationship between serum SP concentrations and functional outcome of acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).

Methods: We quantified admission serum SP concentrations in 106 ICH patients.

[Trapping techniques for Solenopsis invicta].

A field study was made to investigate the trapping effects of different attractants, traps, and wind directions on Solenopsis invicta. The results showed that among the test attractants, TB1 (50 g fishmeal, 40 g peptone, 10 ml 10% sucrose water solution and 20 ml soybean oil) had the best effect, followed by TB2 (ham), TB6 (100 g cornmeal and 20 ml soybean oil) and TB4 (10 ml 10% sucrose water solution, 100 g sugarcane powder and 20 ml soybean oil), with a mean capture efficiency being 77.6, 58.