Parental awareness on myopia prevention and control among 350 children.

Aim: To understand the current situation of parental perspectives, knowledge, and practices concerning myopia prevention and control for both pre- and school-aged children.

Methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey that involved children aged 0 to 15y and their parents. Participants were required to respond to an online questionnaire by scanning a quick response (QR) code.

Associations of Obesity With Growth and Puberty in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study in Fuzhou, China.

To investigate the associations of obesity with growth and puberty in children. From November 2017 to December 2019, height, weight, and Tanner stages of 26,879 children aged 3-18 years in Fuzhou, China were assessed. The obese group was significantly taller than the non-obese group after age 4 years for both genders, yet there was no significant difference in height between obese and non-obese group after 15.

Relationships among Healthcare Providers' Job Demands, Leisure Involvement, Emotional Exhaustion, and Leave Intention under the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many medical issues. It has tested the impact of healthcare providers' job demands, emotional exhaustion, and other pressures related to the impact on organizational leave intention. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to verify the relationship between healthcare providers' job demands, leisure involvement, emotional exhaustion, and leave intention under the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oncogenic potential of macrophage‑capping protein in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Macrophage‑capping protein (CapG) is a newly characterized oncogene involved in several types of cancer. However, the expression patterns and biological mechanisms of CapG in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) are unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the roles of CapG in the prognosis, proliferation and metastasis of ccRCC.

Changes in growth performance, aflatoxin B residues, immune response and antioxidant status of Litopenaeus vannamei fed with AFB-contaminated diets and the regulating effect of dietary myo-inositol supplementation.

This study aimed to investigate if myo-inositol (MI) supplementation could alleviate adverse effects caused by aflatoxin B (AFB) with respect to growth performance, AFB residues, immune response and antioxidant status of Litopenaeus vannamei. 800 shrimp (initial weight: 1.1 g) were divided into five groups: MI0 (basal diet); MI0 + LA, MI0 + HA, MI200 + LA and MI200 + HA fed with AFB-contaminated diets (LA, low concentration AFB; HA, high concentration AFB; MI200, adding 200 mg MI kg diet).

Transcriptome analysis revealed changes of multiple genes involved in muscle hardness in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) fed with faba bean meal.

An 8-week feeding trial and transcriptome analysis were conducted to investigate the potential mechanism of muscle-hardening caused by faba bean in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). Ordinary grass carp (fed with practical diet) and crisp grass carp (fed with faba bean meal) groups were designed. Lower water holding capacity and higher some texture parameters were observed in the muscle of crisp grass carp compared with another group.

Risk factors and prognostic analysis of acute-on-chronic liver failure of chronic hepatitis B after cessation of nucleos(t)ide analogs.

Background: To explore the risk factors and prognostic factors related to the acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) occurrence and adverse outcome after withdrawal of nucleos(t)ide analogs (NAs) in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients.

Methods: Hospitalized CHB patients with relapse after NAs withdrawal at our medical center were retrospectively included in the present study from January 2011 to May 2018. Logistic regression, Cox regression analysis, Kaplan-Meier log-rank test, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUROC) were used.

[Surveillance of schistosomiasis in a national surveillance site of Jurong City, 2015-2017].

Objective: To understand the endemic situation and control effect of schistosomiasis through the surveillance in a national surveillance site of Jurong City, so as to provide the evidence for formulating the prevention and control measures.

Methods: According to the , the surveillance of schistosome infection in snails, residents and livestock was performed in the Kongqing Village, a national surveillance site of Jurong City, from 2015 to 2017.

Results: The areas with snails were 0, 0, and 0.

Sequencing of complete mitochondrial genomes confirms synonymization of Hyalomma asiaticum asiaticum and kozlovi, and advances phylogenetic hypotheses for the Ixodidae.

Phylogeny of hard ticks (Ixodidae) remains unresolved. Mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) are increasingly used to resolve phylogenetic controversies, but remain unavailable for the entire large Hyalomma genus. Hyalomma asiaticum is a parasitic tick distributed throughout the Asia.

The complete mitochondrial genome of the parasitic sheep ked (Diptera: Hippoboscidae).

The complete mitochondrial genome (15,573 bp) of an understudied sheep parasite was sequenced and characterized. Its organization and characteristics, including the size, structure, gene order, start/stop codon usage and gene overlaps, are largely typical for Diptera. It exhibits very high A + T bias (81%).

Phase IIb trial of electroporation mediated dual-plasmid hepatitis B virus DNA vaccine in chronic hepatitis B patients under lamivudine therapy.

Aim: To assess the efficacy and safety of electroporation (EP)-mediated dual-plasmid hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA vaccine placebo for sequential combination therapy with lamivudine (LAM) in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-five patients were randomized to receive either LAM + vaccine (vaccine group, = 109) or LAM + placebo (control group, = 116). LAM treatment lasted 72 wk.

[Effect of integrated measures on schistosomiasis transmission--interruption in hilly areas].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of control integrative measures which persist in snail eradication and chemotherapy on schistosomiasis transmission-interruption in hilly areas.

Methods: The data of integrated control and endemic situation of schistosomiasis from 2004 to 2014 were collected, and the control effect of integrated measures was evaluated.

Results: From 2004 to 2014, both the Oncomelania hupensis snail area and density of living snails of Jurong City were reduced from 43.

Effect of cadmium-polluted diet on growth, salinity stress, hepatotoxicity of juvenile Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei): Protective effect of Zn(II)-curcumin.

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the major transitional metals that have toxic effects on aquatic organisms. To investigate the effects of dietary cadmium on growth, salinity stress, hepatotoxicity in juvenile Pacific white shrimp (L. vannamei) and potential protective effect of Zn(II)-curcumin, five experimental diets (control, 100mg/kg Zn(II)-curcumin, 30mg/kg Cd, 30mg/kg Cd+100mg/kg Zn(II)-curcumin, 30mg/kg Cd+200mg/kg Zn(II)-curcumin) were formulated.

GenCLiP 2.0: a web server for functional clustering of genes and construction of molecular networks based on free terms.

Unlabelled: Identifying biological functions and molecular networks in a gene list and how the genes may relate to various topics is of considerable value to biomedical researchers. Here, we present a web-based text-mining server, GenCLiP 2.0, which can analyze human genes with enriched keywords and molecular interactions.

[Analysis of epidemic situation of schistosomiasis at Kongqing Village in Jurong City, 2012].

Objective: To understand the epidemic situation of schistosomiasis and control effect in mountainous regions in Jurong City.

Methods: According to the "Schistosomiasis Prevention and Control Practices" and the "Schistosomiasis Monitoring Work Program in Jiangsu Province", the density of Oncomelania hupensis snails, and the infection rates of residents and animals were investigated and the results were analyzed statistically.

Results: The area with snails was 8150 m2, and the snail density was 0.

[Oncomelania snail habitat characteristics and orientation analysis in hilly areas of Jurong City].

Objective: To master the breeding and distribution of Oncomelania snails in hilly regions of Jurong City so as to provide the evidence for establishing the program of snail elimination.

Methods: The historical snail habitat environments and existing snail habitat environments in hilly areas of Jurong City were investigated according to the river systems. The geographic coordinate data of the acquisition historical and existing snail habitat environments were collected by GPS tools in the field, and the characteristics and distribution of snail habitats were analyzed by Google Earth position technology.

Expression of interleukin-17 associated with disease progression and liver fibrosis with hepatitis B virus infection: IL-17 in HBV infection.

Background/objectives: As a proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-17 (IL-17) contributes to the inflammation of many autoimmune diseases. We examined IL-17 levels in serum and tissues from patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection (HBV), and especially evaluated the role of IL-17 in the pathogenesis and progression of liver fibrosis.

Materials And Methods: Whole venous blood was obtained from four patient groups: chronic hepatitis B (CHB, n = 47), liver cirrhosis (LC, n = 49), primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC, n = 44), chronic liver failure (CLF, n = 33), and a normal control group (n = 20).

[Effect of water conservancy schistosomiasis control projects in rivers and estuaries connecting with the Yangtze River on Oncomelania snail control].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of the water conservancy schistosomiasis control projects in rivers and estuaries connecting with the Yangtze River on Oncomelania snail control.

Methods: Three water conservancy schistosomiasis control projects of Laobianmin River, Panjia River and Bianmin River were chosen for the objects of the study. The concrete slope protection and the overflow dam, the concrete slope protection and the check sluice, and the simple concrete slope protection were built respectively in above mentioned three rivers.

[Effect of comprehensive schistosomiasis control in Bianmin River of Jurong City from 2000 to 2011].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of comprehensive control of schistosomiasis in the Biamin River water system.

Methods: The distribution of Oncomelania snails and schistosome infections of residents and cattle were investigated longitudinally in Biamin River system from 2000 to 2011.

Results: After the comprehensive control of schistosomiasis, the average densities of infected snails decreased from 0.

Clinical progress and risk factors for death in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome patients.

Background: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease caused by the SFTS virus (SFTSV) with an average fatality rate of 12%. The clinical factors for death in SFTS patients remain unclear.

Methods: Clinical features and laboratory parameters were dynamically collected for 11 fatal and 48 non-fatal SFTS cases.