Tumor-Infiltrating T Cell Receptor-Beta Repertoires are Linked to the Risk of Late Chemoradiation-Induced Temporal Lobe Necrosis in Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Purpose: Temporal lobe necrosis (TLN), a late complication of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), causes permanent neurologic deficits. We aimed to investigate the risk factors for the development of CCRT-induced TLN in locally advanced NPC patients.

Methods And Materials: The incidence of CCRT-induced TLN was assessed in consecutive patients with NPC initially staged with TNM receiving curative intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and cisplatin-based chemotherapy with long-term follow-up.

Synthesis of vibroarthrographic signals in knee osteoarthritis diagnosis training.

Background: Vibroarthrographic (VAG) signals are used as useful indicators of knee osteoarthritis (OA) status. The objective was to build a template database of knee crepitus sounds. Internships can practice in the template database to shorten the time of training for diagnosis of OA.

Tennis Elbow Diagnosis Using Equivalent Uniform Voltage to Fit the Logistic and the Probit Diseased Probability Models.

To develop the logistic and the probit models to analyse electromyographic (EMG) equivalent uniform voltage- (EUV-) response for the tenderness of tennis elbow. In total, 78 hands from 39 subjects were enrolled. In this study, surface EMG (sEMG) signal is obtained by an innovative device with electrodes over forearm region.

[The genetic relation of four ethnic populations in China's Guizhou is revealed by sequence variations of mtDNA D-loop].

Objective: Through maternal inheritance, to explore the genetic structures and relationships of Dong, Gelao, Tujia and Yi ethnic population in Guizhou of China.

Methods: The mtDNA D-loop hypervariable segment I (HVS I ) in 108 samples of four ethnic populations were sequenced. Then, the nucleotide diversity was estimated and a phylogenetic tree was constructed by Neighbor-Joining method.

[Callus formation and its isoflavonoid accumulation in Maackia amurensis].

Objective: To obtain Maackia amurensis callus and investigate some factors influencing total isoflavonoid production in callus.

Method: Different media were used for callus induction from cotyledonary and hypocotyl explants. Total isoflavonoid content was determined by UV spectrophotometer.