10p15.3p13 duplication inherited from paternal balance translocation (46,XY,t(5;10)(q35.1;p13)) identified on non-invasive prenatal testing.

Balanced reciprocal translocations are relatively common human genetic abnormalities that involve the exchange of the terminal segments between different chromosomes and have an approximately 5-80% chance of generating an embryo with chromosomal abnormalities. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has been increasingly used in clinical practice to detect fetal trisomies 21, 18 and 13 with a sensitivity and specificity of up to 99%. In this report, we describe a duplication on chromosome 10 and a deletion on chromosome 5 that were first detected on NIPT.

A visible light-responsive iodine-doped titanium dioxide nanosphere.

I-doped titanium dioxide nanospheres (I-TNSs) were synthesized via a two-step hydrothermal synthesis route, their potential for the efficient utilization of visible light was evaluated. The prepared anatase-phase I-TNSs had a bimodal porous size distribution with a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of 76 m2/g, a crystallite size of approximately 14 nm calculated from X-ray diffraction data, and a remarkable absorption in the visible light region at wavelengths > 400 nm. The photocatalytic activity of the samples was evaluated by decoloration of Methyl Orange in aqueous solution under visible light irradiation in comparison to the iodine-doped TiO2 (I-TiO2).

Mechanism of the anodic oxidation of 4-chloro-3-methyl phenol in aqueous solution using Ti/SnO2-Sb/PbO2 electrodes.

Electrochemical oxidation of 4-chloro-3-methyl phenol (CMP) was examined using Ti/SnO(2)-Sb/PbO(2) anodes. The physicochemical properties of the electrodes were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electrochemical measurements. The degradation was studied by monitoring the total organic carbon (TOC) removal of CMP, and variation of the concentration of intermediates by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ion chromatography (IC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS).

[Randomized control study of medical adhesive products decreasing postoperative abdominal effusion in patients with gastric cancer].

Objective: To determine the value of medical adhesive products for decreasing abdominal effusion after clearing up lymph nodes in patients with gastric cancer.

Methods: Seventy patients with gastric cancer and undergoing D(2 ) or D(2 )(+) radical excision were randomly divided into group A and B based on envelope method from June 2002 to December 2003. In group A (n=35),medical adhesive products was dripped on the retroperitoneal regions where perigastric lymph nodes were cleared up, while not in group B(n=35).