Physical activity, exercise habits and health-related quality of life in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a multicenter cross-sectional study.

Background: Although exercise has the potential to yield numerous benefits for maintenance hemodialysis patients, the relationship between physical activity, exercise habits, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been thoroughly investigated. This study aimed to characterize the physical activity, exercise habits, and HRQOL of maintenance hemodialysis patients while examining the associations between these factors.

Methods: A convenience sampling was used to recruit 827 patients from 74 dialysis units in China.

Effects of Different Exercises on Physical Function, Dialysis Adequacy, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Background: Clinical guidelines recommend exercise training for patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). However, the effectiveness of different types of exercise remains uncertain.

Objectives: The aims of the study were to compare and rank the effect of different types of exercise on walking capacity, cardiorespiratory fitness, dialysis adequacy, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients undergoing MHD.

Combined aerobic and resistance exercise in maintenance hemodialysis patients: A meta-analysis.

Exercise brings many benefits to patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), but the effect of combined aerobic and resistance exercise remains unclear. English and Chinese databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, CNKI, VIP, Wan Fang, and CBM) were searched from inception to January 2023 to retrieve qualified randomized controlled trials. The literature selection, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment of included studies were conducted independently by two reviewers.

Phenolic composition and neuroprotective effects of the ethyl-acetate fraction from against HO-induced apoptotic cell death of primary cortical neuronal cells.

Unlabelled: The study aimed to characterize phenolic compounds of the 's ethyl-acetate fraction (EAF) and assess the neuroprotective effect of EAF using the HO-treated primary cortical neuronal cells (PCNC) model. Using HPLC-ECD, 5 phenolics were identified and quantified from EAF. HO-treated PCNC experiments in vitro showed that pretreatment with EAF increased the GSH-PX and SOD activities and reduced the NO, MDA, and Aβ contents.

Six-minute walk test distance does not reflect oxygen uptake in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.

Aims: By evaluating the exercise capacity of patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), this study aimed to determine the representability of a 6-minute walk test (6MWT) distance for the cardiopulmonary endurance capacity of patients on MHD.

Materials And Methods: The volume of oxygen uptake (VO) at a respiratory exchange ratio equal to 1 (VO) was measured during a graded cycling test, and the 6MWT distance was tested in 27 Chinese patients on MHD and 44 age-matched non-MHD subjects (CON).

Results: VO in MHD was lower than the levels of CON (834.

Effects of intradialytic exercise on health-related quality of life in patients undergoing maintenance haemodialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: To summarize the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of intradialytic exercise (IDE) on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients undergoing maintenance haemodialysis.

Methods: Five English databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect) and four Chinese databases (VIP, WAN FANG, CNKI, CBM) were comprehensively searched from their inception to 18 March 2021. This study was reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement.

Yiqi Huoxue Recipe inhibits cardiomyocyte apoptosis caused by heart failure through Keap1/Nrf2/HIF-1α signaling pathway.

Yiqi Huoxue Recipe (YHR) is commonly used in China to treat diseases such as heart failure (HF). It has been reported that YHR can treat HF and has a certain protective effect on myocardial cell damage. The purpose of this study is to determine the cardioprotective effects of YHR on HF-induced apoptosis and to clarify its mechanism of action.

Aerobic exercise improves cardiac function in rats with chronic heart failure through inhibition of the long non-coding RNA metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1).

Background: To explore the beneficial effects and underlying mechanisms of aerobic exercise on chronic heart failure (CHF).

Methods: A CHF rat model was induced via left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. Four weeks post-surgery, CHF rats received aerobic exercise training over an 8-week period and cardiac function indexes including xxx were analyzed.

The Hidden Danger in Family Environment: The Role of Self-Reported Parenting Style in Cognitive and Affective Empathy Among Offenders.

Parenting styles are considered to have an important influence on the development of individuals and have been associated with empathy. The present study aimed to investigate the self-reported different parenting styles in childhood and adolescence and associated cognitive and affective empathy among offenders. Men incarcerated in prison in Jiangsu Province in China were invited to participate.

Research Capacity and Research Training Needs of Clinical Nurses in Suzhou, China.

Background: Several studies examined the research capacity of nurses in the United States and other countries. However, the research capacity of clinical nurses in China has not been systematically surveyed. Thus, there is a need to investigate and report the research capacity and training needs of nurses in China.

Plants traditionally used to make Cantonese slow-cooked soup in China.

Background: Lǎo huǒ liàng tāng (Cantonese slow-cooked soup, CSCS) is popular in Guangdong, China, and is consumed by Cantonese people worldwide as a delicious appetizer. Because CSCS serves as an important part of family healthcare, medicinal plants and plant-derived products are major components of CSCS. However, a collated record of the diverse plant species and an ethnobotanical investigation of CSCS is lacking.

DPPH Radical Scavenging and Postprandial Hyperglycemia Inhibition Activities and Flavonoid Composition Analysis of Hawk Tea by UPLC-DAD and UPLC-Q/TOF MS.

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Prediction of radiosensitive patients with gastric cancer by developing gene signature.

Adjuvant radiotherapy is an important clinical treatment for the majority of gastric cancer, a common cancer. However, radiotherapy is a double-edged sword. It is necessary to develop a method to predict radiosensitive patients who are most likely to benefit from radiotherapy.

New Lignans and Iridoid Glycosides from Dipsacus asper Wall.

Six new compounds, including four new lignans, dipsalignan A (1), B-D (3-5), and two new bis-iridoid glycoside dimmers, dipsanosides M (7) and N (8), together with two known compounds (2) and (6), have been isolated from the roots of Dipsacus asper Wall. Their structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic data (MS, 1D, 2D NMR, and CD) and chemical methods. All the isolated compounds were tested against human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) integrase inhibition activities, and only compounds 1, 2, 7, and 8 displayed weak activities.

Metabolite profiling of gypenoside LVI in rat after oral and intravenous administration.

Gypenoside LVI, one of the major bioactive triterpene saponins in Gynostemma pentaphyllum, has been regarded as a potential and promising lead drug for anti-tumor strategy. To better understand the pharmacological activities of the component, an investigation of its in vivo metabolism is important and necessary. In the present study, a liquid chromatography-ion trap time of flight tandem mass spectrometry has been utilized to discover and identify the metabolites of gypenoside LVI in rat urine after oral and intravenous administration.

Metabolic profiling of Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract in rat serum, urine and faeces after oral administration.

Folk drug Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino contains many biologically active phytochemicals which have been demonstrated to be effective against chronic diseases. As in vivo anti-tumor experiments of G.

[Water extract from Codonopsis thalictrifolia wall affects the reproductive system of male infant rats].

Objective: To study the impact of the water extract from Codonopsis thalictrifolia Wall (CTW) on the reproductive

Methods: We divided 32 male SD infant rats into four groups of equal number to be treated intragastrical-system of male infant rats. ly with distilled water (control) and CTW at 10 g/kg (low dose) , 20 g/kg (medium dose), and 40 g/kg (high dose), respectively, twice a day for 2 weeks. Then we killed the rats, measured the levels of testosterone (T), luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in the serum, obtained the testis weight, body weight, testis visceral coefficient and sperm concentration, and detected sperm viability, sperm motility and the level of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in the Leydig cells, followed by

Results: Compared with the control group, the low-dose, me-analysis of differences among different groups using the SPSS software.

The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events: a questionnaire survey.

Background: Patient safety culture is an important factor in the effort to reduce adverse events in the hospital and improve patient safety. A few studies have shown the relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events, yet no such research has been reported in China.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe nurses' perception of patient safety culture and frequencies of adverse events, and examine the relationship between them.