Relationship between mindfulness and self-control in deaf individuals: mediating role of inner peace and moderating role of life experience.

Background: Self-control is essential for individual health and well-being. The relationship between mindfulness and self-control has recently become a central focus of research. However, the dynamics of this relationship in deaf and hearing individuals remain underexplored.

Moraxella haemolytica sp. nov., isolated from a goat with respiratory disease.

An aerobic, haemolytic, Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterial strain ZY171148 was isolated from the lung of a dead goat with respiratory disease in Southwest China. The strain grew at 24-39 °C, at pH 6.0-9.

[Spatial distribution and potential ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments of Yalu River estuary wetland mudflat.].

Kriging interpolation analysis was conducted with ArcGIS to find out the distribution characteristics of heavy metals concentrations in the surface sediments of the coastal wetland mudflat on the Yalu River estuary, environmental risk index and Hakanson potential ecological risk index were used to assess their extents of pollution in this area.The concentrations of heavy metals in the surface sediments of the study area were at a relatively high level compared with the typical estuarine wetland. The concentration of heavy metals in the east was higher than that in the west, and in the human activity area, the concentration was higher.

Synthesis, crystal structures, and antibacterial evaluation of metal complexes based on functionalized 2-phenylquinoline derivatives.

A series of dinuclear paddle-wheel like transition metal complexes based on 2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxylic derivative L have been synthesized and characterized by IR, elemental analysis, and X-ray diffraction single crystal analysis. The biological activities of L and its complexes were evaluated as assayed antibacterial activities, including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. The results indicated that these complexes showed better antibacterial activities than the free ligand or metal salts alone.

MtDNA haplogroups M7 and B in southwestern Han Chinese at risk for acute mountain sickness.

We conducted a case-control study to investigate the association of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups with acute mountain sickness (AMS) in Han Chinese from southwestern (SW) China. Pearson's chi-square test or Fisher's exact test revealed significant reduction of mtDNA haplogroups D and M9, while a significant increase of haplogroup M7 in AMS subjects compared with non-AMS subjects. The multivariate logistic regression analysis after adjustment for body mass index (BMI), a risk factor of AMS in the present study, showed that both D and M9 were associated with significantly decreased risk of AMS, while M7 was associated with a significantly increased risk of AMS (OR=0.

[Prognostic factor of primary liver cancer treated by hypofractionated three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy].

Objective: To evaluate the toxicity and efficacy of primary liver cancer (PLC) treated by hypofractionated three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and investigate the prognostic factors.

Methods: Between April 1999 and August 2003, 128 PLC patients received hypofractionated 3DCRT. According to UICC/AJCC staging system, there were 83 T3 patients, 45 T4, with none of them having lymph node metastasis.

Hypofractionated three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for primary liver carcinoma.

Background: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the tolerance and efficacy of hypofractionated three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) with or without transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for technically unresectable or medically inoperable primary liver carcinoma (PLC).

Methods: Between April 1999 and August 2003, 128 patients with a clinical diagnosis of PLC received hypofractionated 3DCRT at Cancer Hospital, Guangxi Medical University. Both hypofractionated 3DCRT and TACE were used to treat 48 of these 128 patients.