Aggressive Angiomyxoma in the Scrotum: A Case Series and Literature Review.

Purpose: Aggressive angiomyxoma (AAM) was identified as a distinct clinicopathological entity in 1983. Since then, a few cases of its occurrence in the scrotum have been reported. This case series was performed to increase clinicians' understanding of the clinical features and treatment of AAM in the scrotum.

Effects of Modest Hypoxia and Exercise on Cardiac Function, Sleep-Activity, Negative Geotaxis Behavior of Aged Female .

Mild normobaric hypoxia (NH) and modest exercise have multiple beneficial effects on health, but the changes in physiological function induced by NH and/or exercise remain unclear. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the specific effects of NH and/or exercise on cardiac function and myocardial structure and behavior including sleep-activity and negative geotaxis in aged We also assessed the survival rate of flies after hypoxia and/or exercise. One-thousand wild-type w virgin female flies were randomly divided into four groups and treated with NH and/or exercise from ages 3-6 weeks.

[A review of water and carbon flux partitioning and coupling in SPAC using stable isotope techniques].

Soil-vegetation-atmosphere continuum (SPAC) is one of the important research objects in the field of terrestrial hydrology, ecology and global change. The process of water and carbon cycling, and their coupling mechanism are frontier issues. With characteristics of tracing, integration and indication, stable isotope techniques contribute to the estimation of the relationship between carbon sequestration and water consumption in ecosystems.

[Variations and determinants of CO concentration and δC in Platycladus orientalis plantation in Beijing mountainous area, China].

This research employed off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy technique to observe CO concentration and δC values of planted Platycladus orientalis in Beijing mountainous area. We compared the variation between CO concentration and δC values in the plantation at different heights observed by every 0.5 h to explore how the CO concentration and δC values responded to the meteorological factors.

[Foliar water use efficiency of Platycladus orientalis sapling under different soil water contents].

The determination of plant foliar water use efficiency will be of great value to improve our understanding about mechanism of plant water consumption and provide important basis of regional forest ecosystem management and maintenance, thus, laboratory controlled experiments were carried out to obtain Platycladus orientalis sapling foliar water use efficiency under five different soil water contents, including instantaneous water use efficiency (WUE) derived from gas exchange and short-term water use efficiency (WUE) caculated using carbon isotope model. The results showed that, controlled by stomatal conductance (g), foliar net photosynthesis rate (P) and transpiration rate (T) increased as soil water content increased, which both reached maximum va-lues at soil water content of 70%-80% field capacity (FC), while WUE reached a maximum of 7.26 mmol·m·s at the lowest soil water content (35%-45% FC).

[Water source of typical plants in rocky mountain area of Beijing, China].

Water is the key factor limiting plant growth in seasonal arid area. In order to analyze the water sources of community plant (Platycladus orientalis, Vitex negundo var. heterophylla, Broussonetia papyrifera and Lespedeza bicolor) in Beijing mountainous area, we measured hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratio (δD and δO) values of their xylem water and potential water sources.

[Tree-ring δC and water use efficiency of Platycladus orientalis in mountains of Beijing].

Water use efficiency (WUE) is different among species and regions. Few literatures have been reviewed related to long-term WUE of Platycladus orientalis in mountainous areas of Beijing, China. Tree-ring δC of P.

Treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma with ureteroscopy and thulium laser: a retrospective single center study.

Background: Treatment with the combination of ureteroscopy and thulium laser ablation may provide an alternative to radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of this technique.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of the data for patients who were treated surgically for upper tract urothelial carcinoma in a single center.

Subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction detected by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma and preserved ejection fraction.

Background: Excessive catecholamine leads to pressure overload and left ventricular (LV) remodeling. The goal of this study was to explore subclinical LV systolic dysfunction and the mechanism of preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.

Methods: A total of 48 patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma and preserved LVEF and 38 age- and gender-matched volunteers were studied.

Verbal compliance-gaining strategies used by male physicians and patient healthcare experience.

This study explores male physicians' use of verbal compliance gaining strategies to encourage patients to adhere to medication regimens, lifestyle changes, or future appointments, and assesses which strategies are associated with patients' reported healthcare experiences. Five physicians from a family practice clinic in northern British Columbia, Canada, were audio-recorded while interacting with 31 patients during actual consultations. Compliance-gaining utterances were coded into five categories of strategies, while patient experience with care was assessed using a questionnaire.

The dynamics of resident-patient communication: data from Canada.

The objectives of this study were to examine patterns of resident-patient communication and the relationship between resident patterns of speech with patient satisfaction. Forty consultations, ten in each of the four gender combinations (male resident/male patient, male resident/female patient, female resident/female patient, female resident/male patient) were audiotaped and microanalyzed using the Roter Interaction Analysis System. Several findings depart significantly from previous studies with physician-only or physician-resident-mixed samples.

Rethinking culture and self-construal: China as a middle land.

Amid criticisms of current paper-and-pencil type questionnaires measuring self-construal across cultural groups, the authors used a graphic representation scale to examine whether Anglo Canadians (N = 220) were more independent than Mainland Chinese (N = 196) and Indians (N = 212) in construing their relationships with closest family member, family members, closest friend, friends, (other) relatives, colleagues, and neighbors. Data generated 5 intriguing findings: (a) Chinese were more interdependent than Canadians but less so than Indians, indicating that Chinese culture has become more individualistic. (b) Canadians were more independent than Chinese in 6 relationship dimensions but were as interdependent as Chinese in self-closest-friend connectedness, somewhat contradicting 1 assumption of theories of independent-interdependent self-construal and individualism-collectivism (I-C).

Reconceptualizing interruptions in physician-patient interviews: cooperative and intrusive.

Results of past research on physician-patient interruption present an inconclusive picture. This study reconceptualizes interruption into cooperative and intrusive categories. Thirty physician-patient interviews, 13 male/male and 17 male/female, were audiotaped and microanalyzed.