Design and Manufacture of Millimeter-Scale 3D Transformers for RF-IC.

The development of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RF-IC) necessitates higher requirements for the size of microtransformers. This paper describes millimeter-scale 3D transformers in millimeter-scale, solenoidal, and toroidal transformers manufactured using Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS). Two through-silicon via (TSV) copper coils with a high aspect ratio are precisely interleaved on a reserved air core (magnet core cavity) with a vertical height of over 1 mm because of the thickness of the substrate, which increases the performance while reducing the footprint.

Safety and efficacy of herbal medicine for acute intracerebral hemorrhage (CRRICH): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of removing blood stasis (RBS) herbal medicine for the treatment of acute intracerebral haemorrhage (AICH) within a 6-hour time window.

Study Design: A randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled study performed in 14 hospitals in China.

Participants And Interventions: Patients with AICH were randomly assigned to receive a placebo, the ICH-1 (Intracerebral Haemorrhage) formula (eight herbs, including the RBS herbs and ) or the ICH-2 formula (six herbs without the RBS herbs and ) within 6 hours of ICH onset.

[Primary headache associated with sexual activity: 15 new cases and therapeutic outcomes].

Objective: To explore the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and prognostic features of primary headache associated with sexual activity (PHASA) .

Methods: Fifteen patients were prospectively analyzed over the past 7 years at our hospital. There were 11 males and 4 females with a mean age of (42 ± 11) (26-56) years.

[Nummular headache: 21 new cases and therapeutic results].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical feature of nummular headache and the efficiency of treatment in China.

Method: The data of 21 NH patients treated from February 2006 to February 2008, were analyzed.

Results: They were 9 men, 12 women, aged 37 +/- 12 (18 - 63) years.

A disease-specific fraction isolated from IVIG is essential for the immunosuppressive effect of IVIG in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis.

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment is beneficially used in autoimmune disorders including myasthenia gravis (MG) although its mode of action and active components are still not fully identified. In an attempt to isolate from IVIG a disease-specific suppressive fraction, IVIG was passed on columns of IgG from rats with experimental autoimmune MG (EAMG) or from MG patients. These chromatographies resulted in depletion of the suppressive activity of IVIG on rat EAMG whereas the minute amounts of IgG fractions eluted from the EAMG- or MG-specific columns retained the immunosuppressive activity of IVIG.

Suppression of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis by intravenous immunoglobulin and isolation of a disease-specific IgG fraction.

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) administration has been beneficially used for the treatment of a variety of autoimmune diseases including myasthenia gravis (MG). We have demonstrated that IVIG administration in experimental autoimmune MG (EAMG) results in suppression of disease that is accompanied by decreased Th1 cell and B cell proliferation. Chromatography of pooled human immunoglobulins (IVIGs) on immobilized IgG, isolated from rats with EAMG, results in a complete depletion of the suppressive activity of the IVIG.

Intravenous immunoglobulin suppresses experimental myasthenia gravis: immunological mechanisms.

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) administration has been beneficially used in the treatment of several autoimmune disorders including myasthenia gravis (MG), although its mechanism of action is still not clear. To study the optimal conditions of IVIG treatment and delineate its mechanism of action we established a suitable model in rat experimental autoimmune MG (EAMG). We show that IVIG has a suppressive effect on the clinical symptoms of ongoing EAMG that is associated with decreased AChR-specific cellular and humoral immune reactivity.