Remote scoring models of rigidity and postural stability of Parkinson's disease based on indirect motions and a low-cost RGB algorithm.

Background And Objectives: The Movement Disorder Society's Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III (MDS-UPDRS III) is mostly common used for assessing the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). In remote circumstances, vision-based techniques have many strengths over wearable sensors. However, rigidity (item 3.

Association between serum bilirubin concentration and Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis.

Background: The antioxidant effects of bilirubin in Parkinson's disease (PD) have recently gained much attention from the research community. However, results from these studies have been conflicting. This meta-analysis is conducted to assess the relationship between the serum bilirubin concentration and the risk of PD.

[Challenges and strategies of health education and health promotion in stage of schistosomiasis elimination].

Health education and health promotion are important measures for comprehensive control of schistosomiasis in China, which can improve the compliance rate of residents involved in schistosomiasis control activities, reduce the water contact behavior of the target population, thus avoiding or decreasing the infection of schistosome in endemic areas. In recent years, the comprehensive control of schistosomiasis in China has achieved remarkable results. China has reached the goal of transmission control and is moving toward the transmission interruption or even elimination of schistosomiasis.

[Surveillance of schistosomiasis in People's Republic of China in 2015].

Objective: To analyze the investigation data of the national schistosomiasis surveillance sites in 2015, so as to provide scientific evidences for schistosomiasis control, elimination and surveillance.

Methods: According to National Schistosomiasis Surveillance Programme (version 2014), 457 surveillance sites were selected, and the investigation data in residents, floating population, domestic animals and snails were collected and analyzed from four types of endemic counties.

Results: A total of 4 468 seropositive cases were detected from 133 350 residents, among which 4 457 residents with seropositive results received the etiological tests, and 71 of them were identified with positive results.