Cognitive impairment experienced by Chinese breast cancer survivors.

To identify cognitive function in Chinese breast cancer survivors. Research questions were: is cognitive function was associated with breast cancer and/or chemotherapy treatment and/or psychological functioning:? and did women with breast cancer experience more cognitive and psychological issues than age-matched women without cancer? Breast cancer survivors with chemotherapy (n = 106, mean age = 50.2 ± 9.

Lung Cancer Risk Attributable to Active Smoking in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: No consensus exists on the relative risk ( ) of lung cancer (LC) attributable to active smoking in China. This study aimed to evaluate the unified of LC attributable to active smoking among the Chinese population.

Methods: A systematic literature search of seven databases was conducted to identify studies reporting active smoking among smokers nonsmokers in China.

The Association between Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke and Disease in the Chinese Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: To analyze the association between exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) and 23 diseases, categorized into four classifications, among the Chinese population.

Methods: We searched the literature up to June 30, 2021, and eligible studies were identified according to the PECOS format: Participants and Competitors (Chinese population), Exposure (SHS), Outcomes (Disease or Death), and Study design (Case-control or Cohort).

Results: In total, 53 studies were selected.

Association of Combined Lifestyle and Polygenetic Risk with Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism: A Large Population-Based Cohort Study.

As one of the fatal complications, venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with increased mortality. However, the combined effects of adopting multiple healthy lifestyles have not been firmly demonstrated. This study was to evaluate the association of combined healthy lifestyles and genetic risk factors with VTE and to investigate their interaction.

Acute kidney injury in traumatic brain injury intensive care unit patients.

Background: The exact definition of Acute kidney injury (AKI) for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is unknown.

Aim: To compare the power of the "Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, and End-stage kidney disease" (RIFLE), Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN), Creatinine kinetics (CK), and Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) to determine AKI incidence/stage and their association with the in-hospital mortality rate of patients with TBI.

Methods: This retrospective study collected the data of patients admitted to the intensive care unit for neurotrauma from 2001 to 2012, and 1648 patients were included.

Comparison of cardiovascular magnetic resonance features and clinical consequences in patients with left ventricular non-compaction with and without mitral regurgitation-a multi-institutional study of the retrospective cohort study.

Background: Mitral regurgitation (MR) is common in patients with ischemic or idiopathic cardiomyopathies and may be associated with a poor prognosis; however, the impact of different degrees of MR on cardiovascular magnetic resonance images, left ventricular features, and clinical outcomes of left ventricular noncompaction are unknown. We aimed to investigate and compare cardiovascular magnetic resonance characteristics and clinical consequences in patients with left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) with and without MR.

Methods: A cohort of 75 patients with left ventricular noncompaction were retrospectively studied from three institutions; all had undergone cardiovascular magnetic resonance examination with subsequent clinical follow-up.

Newly discovered molecules associated with trimetazidine on improvement of skeletal muscle function in aging: evidence from myoblasts and mice.

Poor muscle function is increasingly obvious with aging and needs effective and safe medicine for treatment. Trimetazidine (TMZ) has potential benefits for the condition but has not yet been fully recognized. In the randomized-control pilot study part, fifty-three old patients were assigned to the TMZ group or control group.

Tissue-specific accumulation, transformation, and depuration of fipronil in adult crucian carp (Carassius auratus).

Accumulation and biotransformation of pesticides in fish tissues are essential to assess their toxicity and associated human exposure risk. The mechanisms on time-dependent and tissue-specific accumulation and transformation of fipronil in adult fish are limited. An experiment consisting of 25-d uptake of fipronil at two levels (10 and 50 μg/L) and 25-d depuration in adult crucian carp (Carassius auratus) was conducted.

High-Performance Cataluminescence Sensor Based on Nanosized VO for 2-Butanone Detection.

The development of high-performance sensors is of great significance for the control of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollution and their potential hazard. In this paper, high crystalline VO nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method. The structure and morphology of the prepared nanoparticles were characterized by TEM and XRD, and the cataluminescence (CTL) sensing performance was also investigated.

Value of appendicular skeletal muscle mass to total body fat ratio in predicting obesity in elderly people: a 2.2-year longitudinal study.

Background: Obesity is a disease characterized by much fat accumulation and abnormal distribution, which was related to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus (DM) and muscular skeletal diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of appendicular skeletal muscle mass to total body fat ratio (ASM/TBF) in screening for the risk of obesity in elderly people.

Methods: A prospective study was carried out with 446 participants (non-obese elderly people with body mass index (BMI) < 28 kg/m) who underwent baseline and an average around 2.

A Cataluminescence Sensor Based on NiO Nanoparticles for Sensitive Detection of Acetaldehyde.

Sensitive and selective detection of harmful gas is an important task in environmental monitoring. In this work, a gas sensor based on cataluminescence (CTL) for detection of acetaldehyde was designed by using nano-NiO as the sensing material. The sensor shows sensitive response to acetaldehyde at a relatively low working temperature of 200 °C.

Synthesis of Nano-Praseodymium Oxide for Cataluminescence Sensing of Acetophenone in Exhaled Breath.

In this work, we successfully developed a novel and sensitive gas sensor for the determination of trace acetophenone based on its cataluminescence (CTL) emission on the surface of nano-praseodymium oxide (nano-PrO). The effects of working conditions such as temperature, flow rate, and detecting wavelength on the CTL sensing were investigated in detail. Under the optimized conditions, the sensor exhibited linear response to the acetophenone in the range of 15-280 mg/m (2.

Radiofrequency ablation micro-dissecting of eyelid nevus with XL-RFA device under operating microscope.

Aim: To study the effect of an innovative micro-dissection procedure by radiofrequency ablation (MRA) in removing eyelid nevus.

Methods: Fifty-six consecutive outpatients with eyelid nevus were treated with MRA using a monopolar device. The effect of MRA was determined after following-up for 6mo to 5y.

Trimetazidine in angina and poor muscle function: protocol for a randomized controlled study.

Background: Low handgrip strength (HS) and declining gait speed (GS) are increasingly obvious with aging, requiring effective, and safe medication for treatment. Trimetazidine (TMZ) modified release tablets, a common anti-angina drug, has potential benefits for alleviating the condition, but this has not yet been fully studied and therefore is the aim of this study.

Methods: This is a prospective randomized controlled study.

Predictive value of percentage body fat in aging people with low muscle mass: A 2.2-year longitudinal study.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of percentage body fat (PBF) in screening for the risk of low muscle mass (LMM) in elderly people.

Methods: A prospective study was carried out in Chinese PLA General Hospital with 413 participants who underwent baseline and an average 2.2-year follow-up health check-up examinations.

Characterizing PBDEs in fish, poultry, and pig feeds manufactured in China.

A total of 53 feeds from 23 brands for four types of animals, i.e., fish, chicken, duck, and pig, as well as six types of raw materials, were bought from Guangxi, Hubei, Anhui, and Guangdong provinces in China and analyzed for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).

[Perfusion Imaging of Ovarian Masses with Contrast-enhanced Ultrasonography].

Objective: To determine the perfusion features of ovarian masses and their diagnostic value.

Methods: Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) of 81 ovarian masses were confirmed by surgical pathology. Time-intensity curves of perfusion were obtained for the interest areas of ovarian mass.

Intake, distribution, and metabolism of decabromodiphenyl ether and its main metabolites in chickens and implications for human dietary exposure.

Diet is considered as the most important human exposure pathway for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Metabolism and accumulation patterns of PBDEs in different growth periods of chickens are helpful for evaluating human dietary exposure, but such information is scarce. In this study, female chickens were fed with food spiked with BDE-209 at 85 mg kg, and the intake, accumulation, and excretion of BDE-209 and its main metabolites in various tissues were examined.

[Effect of Yupingfeng granule on cytokines of allergic rhinitis induced by OVA in rats].

To investigate the effects of Yupingfeng granule (YPF) on immune factors of the rats with allergic rhinitis (AR) induced by ovalbumin(OVA). OVA 0.3 mg, Al(OH)3 30 mg and saline 1 mL were mixed and intraperitoneally injected for the initial immunization, 4% OVA 200 μg (50 μL) was given to the nose on the 15th day for the second immunization to establish the allergic rhinitis model.

[Preliminary study of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the evaluation of angiogenesis in ovarian tumors].

Objective: To investigate the role of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) with pulsed inversion harmonic imaging in the evaluation of angiogenesis in ovarian tumors.

Methods: Forty-two patients of ovarian tumor received CEUS examination, in which the rise time (RT), peak intensity (PI), area under the curve (AUC), time from peak to one half (TTH) and time to peak (TTP) of ovarian tumors were measured. The post- surgical specimens of ovarian tumors were analysed by the stain with polyclonal antibodies against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and CD34.

Arabidopsis galacturonosyltransferase (GAUT) 13 and GAUT14 have redundant functions in pollen tube growth.

Cell wall biosynthesis is indispensable for pollen tube growth. Despite its importance to sexual reproduction, the molecular mechanisms of pollen tube wall biosynthesis remain poorly understood. Here, we report functional characterization of two putative Arabidopsis galacturonosyltransferase genes, GAUT13 and GAUT14, which are essential for pollen tube growth.

Outcome prediction by amplitude-integrated EEG in adults with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

Introduction: Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) had been widely used in predicting outcome in infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). We aimed to evaluate the use of aEEG as a quantitative predictor of outcome in adult patients with HIE.

Methods: aEEG and Glasgow coma scale (GCS) were recorded for patients with HIE within 72 h of onset.

[Clinical study of susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in lacunar cerebral infarction].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical application of susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (SWAN) in lacunar cerebral infarction imaging.

Methods: Forty-two cases of lacunar cerebral infarction, including 18 complicated by high blood pressure, 4 by type 2 diabetes and 12 by both high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, underwent examinations with SWAN and conventional MRI sequences (including GRE sequence T(1) and T(2), T(2) gradient echo, T(2) FLAIR, DWI). The imaging data were analyzed in comparison with the clinical data of the patients.