Exploration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation teamwork training for maternal cardiac arrest using the SimMan intelligent simulation platform: A simulation teaching study.

Background And Aims: Maternal cardiac arrest is the most urgent clinical event in obstetrics and can lead to serious consequences, such as maternal or fetal death. Therefore, the training of team cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for obstetricians is essential. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of applying intelligent simulation to CPR in maternal cardiac arrest teamwork training for obstetricians.

Neferine prevents ultraviolet radiation-induced skin photoaging.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the anti-photoaging effect of neferine upon exposure of mice to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. An photoaging model was established by repeatedly exposing mouse dorsal skin to UV-A and UV-B radiation for 12 weeks. Through skin photographs, hematoxylin and eosin staining, Masson's trichrome staining, and scanning and transmission electron microscopy, skin wrinkles, epidermal thickness and dermal collagen were analyzed in the UV-irradiated mouse skin.

The impact of SimMan on resident training in emergency skills.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of SimMan in resident training of emergency skills.Forty-five 1st year medical residents were selected for this study. All participants were divided into groups and each participant performed different roles during training.

Antioxidative and antiphotoaging activities of neferine upon UV-A irradiation in human dermal fibroblasts.

Our daily exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) results in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipids, proteins and DNA damage and alteration in fibroblast structure, thus contributing to skin photoaging. For this reason, the use of natural bioactive compounds with antioxidant activity could be a strategic tool to overcome ultraviolet A (UV-A) induced deleterious effect. Neferine is an alkaloid extract from the seed embryos of lotus ( Gaertn).

Protective effect of neferine against UV-B-mediated oxidative damage in human epidermal keratinocytes.

Background: Studies have shown that skin exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) results in the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), thus altering the cellular function. The human epidermal skin layer is mainly composed of keratinocytes, which is damaged by UV-B radiation-induced intracellular oxidative stress. Neferine is an alkaloid extract from lotus seed embryos and is known to promote antioxidant activity.

Synthesis and optical properties of Bi3+ doped NaTaO3 nano-size photocatalysts.

Well-crystallized NaTaO3 nanoparticles doped with and without Bi were synthesized by a hydrothermal method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns showed a systematic shift toward lower angles, which was followed by broadened peaks as the dopant content of Bi3+ increased. The doping of Bi3+ in NaTaO3 was also found to give rise to finer particle sizes.

Ulcerated epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the right armpit in childhood.

Epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas are unique vascular tumors characterized by epithelioid or histiocytoid endothelial cells that mainly affect adults. This low-grade malignant vascular tumor was described as a distinctive condition in 1982 by Weiss and Enzinger. Although the tumor is classified in between an angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia and an epithelioid angiosarcoma, it sometimes takes a clinical course resembling that of angiosarcoma.

Alginate enhances elongation of early regenerating axons in spinal cord of young rats.

Freeze-dried alginate sponge cross-linked with covalent bonds has been demonstrated to enhance nerve regeneration in peripheral nerves and spinal cords. The present study examined, at early stages after surgery, the outgrowth of regenerating axons and reactions of astrocytes at the stump of transected spinal cord in young rats. Two segments (Th7-8) were resected, and alginate was implanted in the lesion.

Dissemination and proliferation of neural stem cells on the spinal cord by injection into the fourth ventricle of the rat: a method for cell transplantation.

We examined the distribution of hippocampus-derived neural stem cells on the spinal cord surface for up to 3 weeks following injection through the fourth ventricle. The injected cells were disseminated as tiny spots on the pia mater of the spinal cord and proliferated into large cell-clusters. On both the dorsal and ventral side, cell clusters increased in number rapidly up to 5 days after injection and thereafter decreased gradually due to the coalition of neighbouring clusters.

Bone marrow stromal cells enhance differentiation of cocultured neurosphere cells and promote regeneration of injured spinal cord.

Transplantation of bone marrow stromal cells (MSCs) has been regarded as a potential approach for promoting nerve regeneration. In the present study, we investigated the influence of MSCs on spinal cord neurosphere cells in vitro and on the regeneration of injured spinal cord in vivo by grafting. MSCs from adult rats were cocultured with fetal spinal cord-derived neurosphere cells by either cell mixing or making monolayered-feeder cultures.

Immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study of invasion and differentiation in spinal cord lesion of neural stem cells grafted through cerebrospinal fluid in rat.

Neurospheres were obtained by culturing hippocampal cells from transgenic rat fetuses (E16) expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP). The neurosphere cells were injected into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) through the 4th ventricle of young rats (4 weeks old) that had been given a contusion injury at T8-9 of the spinal cord. The injected neural stem cells were transported through the CSF to the spinal cord, attached to the pial surface at the lesion, and invaded extensively into the spinal cord tissue as well as into the nerve roots.