Clinical observation on cervical spondylopathy vertebroarterial type treated by electro-acupuncture.

Objective: To observe the clinical therapeutic effects of electro-acupuncture in the treatment of cervical spondylopathy of the vertebroarterial type.

Methods: According to the consulting order, the patients were randomly divided into a treatment group (29 cases treated with electro-acupuncture), and a control group (28 cases treated with simple acupuncture). 20 treatments were given to patients in both groups.

Progressive inhibition by water deficit of cell wall extensibility and growth along the elongation zone of maize roots is related to increased lignin metabolism and progressive stelar accumulation of wall phenolics.

Water deficit caused by addition of polyethylene glycol 6000 at -0.5 MPa water potential to well-aerated nutrient solution for 48 h inhibited the elongation of maize (Zea mays) seedling primary roots. Segmental growth rates in the root elongation zone were maintained 0 to 3 mm behind the tip, but in comparison with well-watered control roots, progressive growth inhibition was initiated by water deficit as expanding cells crossed the region 3 to 9 mm behind the tip.

Evidences for involvement of endogenous cAMP in Arabidopsis defense responses to Verticillium toxins.

Although there were reports suggesting the involvement of endogenous cAMP in plant defense signaling cascades, there is no direct evidence supporting this notion yet and the detailed mechanism is unclear. In the present study, we have used pathogenic fungi Verticillium dahliae and Arabidopsis plants as a model system of plant-microb interaction to demonstrate the function of endogenous cAMP in Arabidopsis defense responses. Both V.

The spatially variable inhibition by water deficit of maize root growth correlates with altered profiles of proton flux and cell wall pH.

Growth of elongating primary roots of maize (Zea mays) seedlings was approximately 50% inhibited after 48 h in aerated nutrient solution under water deficit induced by polyethylene glycol 6000 at -0.5 MPa water potential. Proton flux along the root elongation zone was assayed by high resolution analyses of images of acid diffusion around roots contacted for 5 min with pH indicator gel.

[Eliminating artifacts of EEG data based on independent component analysis].

As a new array processing technique, independent component analysis(ICA) is an effective means to resolve the blind source separation(BSS) problem. Based on the brief introductions of ICA theory and algorithm, we apply ICA to the removal of ocular artifacts from EEG recordings. The EEG data collected from the human scalp is actually the mixtures of some independent components.

[Study on intrapartum service model during normal labor].

Objective: To study the availability of humanized service and healthy birth and it's effect on maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Methods: A multicenteral prospective randomized control study was carried out in 9 maternity hospitals from Nov. 2000 to June 2001.

[Application of complexity sequence in sleep staging based on sleep EEG data].

In this paper an approach of time-window complexity sequence is applied to sleep EEG analysis. This approach can reduce the loss of state information due to the nonstationarity of EEG signal and the unevenness of state space, and can overcome certain limitations of the complexity itself to some extent. It will help to extract the state features of EEG in different sleep stages.

[Clinical observation on treatment of postpartum hemorrhage by xuesaitong soft capsule].

Objective: To observe the effect of Xuesaitong (XST) soft capsule in treating postpartum hemorrhage.

Methods: Sixty pregnant women were randomly divided into the treated group (A) and the control group (B), 30 cases in each, they were treated with XST and placebo respectively for 7 days to observe the changes of hemorrhagic conditions.

Results: After delivery, the hemoglobin, RBC count, hematocrit and cardiac index were lower at 3rd day than those before delivery in both groups (P < 0.