Predictive Factors and Nomogram to Evaluate the Risk of Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage for Stroke Patients Receiving Thrombectomy.

Background: Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) is a severe complication of mechanical thrombectomy (MT). This study is to identify predictive factors and create a nomogram to evaluate the risk of sICH after MT treatment.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis on 127 consecutive stroke patients treated by MT therapy.

The Safety and Efficacy of Rivaroxaban Compared with Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Aims: This meta-analysis was conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and diabetes mellitus.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched from the establishment of databases up to 15 October 2019. Studies on efficacy and safety outcomes of rivaroxaban and warfarin were included.

Outcome of myeloablative allogeneic peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for refractory/relapsed AML patients in NR status.

To further find effective method to improve the long term survival of refractory or relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, we retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for 133 consecutive patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) therapy related AML(t-AML) in not remission status. The overall 3-year OS and DFS were 40.9% and 35.

Hydrogen utilization rate: A crucial indicator for anaerobic digestion process evaluation and monitoring.

Hydrogenotrophic methanogens had been considered as key species for the anaerobic digestion (AD) of industrial wastewater and municipal sludge. However, how to evaluate the activity of the hydrogenotrophic methanogens was less studied. In this study, a volumetric device and a test procedure were developed for measuring the specific hydrogen utilization rate (HUR) of anaerobic sludge.

[Clinical efficacy observation on paroxysmal atrial fibrillation treated by acupuncture combined with Wenxin granule].

Objective: To compare the difference of clinical efficacy in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) between acupuncture combined with Wenzin granule and simple Wenxin granule therapy.

Methods: Sixty hospitalized cases of PAF were randomized into a medication group and a medication--acupuncture group. Wenxin granule was given to the patients in the two groups 3 times a day, 9 g each time, 4 weeks as a treatment course.

Temporal changes in climatic variables and their impact on crop yields in southwestern China.

Knowledge of variability in climatic variables changes and its impact on crop yields is important for farmers and policy makers, especially in southwestern China where rainfed agriculture is dominant. In the current study, six climatic parameters (mean temperature, rainfall, relative humidity, sunshine hours, temperature difference, and rainy days) and aggregated yields of three main crops (rice: Oryza sativa L., oilseed rape: Brassica napus L.

[Inhibitory effect of fluvastatin on lysophosphatidylcholine-induced ventricular arrhythmias in rats].

Objective: To investigate the effect of fluvastatin on lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC)-induced ventricular arrhythmias and its mechanism.

Methods: Twenty male SD rats were randomly allocated into two equal groups, namely LPC treatment group and fluvastatin pretreatment group. Langendorff apparatus was used for cardiac perfusion ex vivo with 5 µmol/L LPC for 5 min followed by washing for 30 min in LPC treatment group, and in fluvastatin pretreatment group, a 30-min perfusion with 10 µmol/L fluvastatin was administered before LPC perfusion.

Studies on mechanism of action of anticancer peptides by modulation of hydrophobicity within a defined structural framework.

In the present study, the hydrophobicity of a 26-residue α-helical peptide (peptide P) was altered to study the effects of peptide hydrophobicity on the mechanism of action of cationic anticancer peptides. Hydrophobicity of the nonpolar face of the peptides was shown to correlate with peptide helicity. The self-association ability of peptides in aqueous environment, determined by the reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography temperature profiling, showed strong influence on anticancer activity.

[Clinical outcome after pressure reduction by peritoneal catheterization in 29 patients with malignant ascites-induced abdominal compartment syndrome].

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of pressure reduction by peritoneal catheterization in patients with malignant ascites-induced abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS).

Methods: Clinical data of 29 patients with malignant ascites-induced ACS from October 2002 to October 2008 were analyzed retrospectively. Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) was reduced by peritoneal catheterization.

[Growth and cd uptake of Spirulina in water body containing CdCl2].

The study on the growth and Cd uptake of Spirulina platensis and S. maxima in the water body containing different concentrations of CdCl2 showed that these two species of Spirulinas had high tolerance to CdCl2 but differed in their characters of Cd-uptake. When the concentration of CdCl2 was from 6 mg L(-1) to 24 mg x L(-1), the Cd uptake of these two species at their early growth stage (within 96 h) was mainly through extracellular adsorption.