Venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for patients poisoned by Macleaya cordata.

is a Chinese herbal medicine containing a variety of highly cardiotoxic alkaloids, and might result in cardiac failure. Venous-arterial Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) could be used as a therapeutic option in patients poisoned by complicating refractory cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. A 60-year-old man suffered from severe arrhythmia, cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest after consuming .

[Effects of high CO concentration, drought, and their interaction on different stay-green wheat seedlings].

In this study, a pot experiment was carried out to examine the effects of high CO concentration, drought and interaction on seedling growth traits, biomass accumulation and physiological characteristics of different stay-green wheat seedlings, with a stay-green wheat variety Yannong 19 and a non stay-green wheat variety Hanxuan 3 as test materials. There were four treatments in the Open Top Chamber with factorial of CO concentration (370 μmol·mol vs 550 μmol·mol) and drought (45%-55% vs. 75%-85% of field water-holding capacity).

Structure, elastic characteristic, ideal strengths, and phonon stability of binary uranium intermetallic UGe of AuCu-type.

Crystallographic characterization, energy band structure, densities of states and charge density, elastic properties, ideal tensile and shear strengths, lattice dynamics and thermophysical characteristics of UGe3 of AuCu3-type have been studied by employing the first principles method based on Density Functional Theory (DFT). The optimized lattice parameters, such as lattice constant a, equilibrium cell volume V0, U-Ge distance and U-U distance of UGe3, are in favorable agreement with the available experimental results. Three single-crystalline elastic constants of C11, C12, and C44 have been obtained using the "energy-strain" technique by increasingly varying small strains.

Structural instabilities and mechanical properties of U2Mo from first principles calculations.

We perform detailed first principles calculations of the structural parameters at zero pressure and high pressure, the elastic properties, phonon dispersion relation, and ideal strengths of U2Mo with the C11b structure. In contrast to previous theoretical studies, we show that the I4/mmm structure is indeed a mechanically and dynamically unstable phase, which is confirmed by the negative elastic constant C66 as well as the imaginary phonon modes observed along the Σ1-N-P line. The calculations of ideal strengths for U2Mo are performed along the [100], [001], and [110] directions for tension and on (001)[010] and (010)[100] slip systems for shear load.

NGF accelerates cutaneous wound healing by promoting the migration of dermal fibroblasts via the PI3K/Akt-Rac1-JNK and ERK pathways.

As a well-known neurotrophic factor, nerve growth factor (NGF) has also been extensively recognized for its acceleration of healing in cutaneous wounds in both animal models and randomized clinical trials. However, the underlying mechanisms accounting for the therapeutic effect of NGF on skin wounds are not fully understood. NGF treatment significantly accelerated the rate of wound healing by promoting wound reepithelialization, the formation of granulation tissue, and collagen production.

[Drought-resistance of local wheat varieties in Shanxi Province of China: a comprehensive evaluation by using GGE biplot and subordinate function].

Taking 7 local wheat varieties in Shanxi Province of China and two other control varieties as test materials, this paper studied their morphological and physiological traits under normal and water stress field conditions. The drought-resistance coefficient of each index of the traits was calculated. On the basis of principal component analysis, the correlations between the drought-resistance indices and their relationships with the drought-resistance of different varieties were analyzed by GGE biplot, and the drought resistance of the wheat varieties was comprehensively evaluated with the combination of subordinate function and drought resistance index analysis.

[Etiologic fraction and interaction of risk factors for primary hepatocellular carcinoma in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province].

Objective: To explore etiologic fraction (EF) and interaction of serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriage and other risk factors for primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Methods: 1:1 matched case-control study was carried out in Wenzhou, with 180 cases of PHC and 180 controls. EF and interactions of serum positive HBsAg [HBsAg(+)] and other risk factors for PHC were analyzed by Mantel-Haenszel stratified method and conditional multiple logistic regression.