Radiation Toxicity in Patients With Collagen Vascular Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Case-Control Studies.

Purpose: Several retrospective series have reported that patients with collagen vascular disease (CVD) are at increased risk of radiation (RT) toxicity. However, the evidence is mixed, and many series lack control groups. We performed a meta-analysis including only case-cohort or randomized studies that examined the risk of RT toxicity for patients with CVD compared with controls.

[Cathepsin-B involved in effect of electroacupuncture by inhibiting the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in rats with acute gouty arthritis].

Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on Cathepsin-B in the synovium of the knee joint of acute gouty arthritis(AGA) rats, so as to explore the mechanism of EA in the treatment of AGA.

Methods: A total of 60 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal control,model, medication and EA groups, with 15 rats in each group. Rat model of AGA was established by injection of 0.

[Effect of electroacupuncture combined with Donepezil on learning-memory ability and expression of hippocampal β-amyloid clearance-related genes in SAMP8 mice].

Objective: To investigate the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) combined with Donepezil on learning-memory ability and gene expression of β-amyloid (Aβ) clearance-related factors in the hippocampus in senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8) mice, so as to explore their synthetic effect in improving dementia of Alzheimer's disease (AD)．.

Methods: Male SAMP8 mice (30-week-old) were randomly divided into model, medication and EA＋medication groups (＝6 mice in each group), and other 6 senescence-resistant 1 (SAMR1) mice were used as the control group. Mice of the medication and EA＋medication group received gavage of Donepezil (1.

[Effect of electroacupuncture combined with Schwann cell transplantation on limb locomotor ability, regional remyelination and expression of spinal CD4 and CD8 proteins in compressive spinal injury rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) combined with transplantation of Schwann cells (SCs) on limb locomotor, myelin sheath repair and expression of CD4 and CD8 in compressed spinal cord injury (CSCI) rats, so as to explore its mechanisms underlying improvement of CSCI.

Methods: A total of 45 female SD rats were randomly divided into normal control, model, EA, Schwann cell (SC) transplantation, and EA＋SC transplantation groups (＝9 rats in each group). The CSCI model was established by laminectomy at T12-L2 and clip compression.

[Electroacupuncture improves denervated gastrocnemius atrophy by regulating expression of fork-head protein 3A，muscle atrophy F-box and myogenic differentiation antigen proteins in sciatic nerve injury rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on morphological changes of denervated gastrocnemius(GS) and the expression of fork-head protein(FOXO3A), muscle atrophy F-box(MAFbx)and myogenic differentiation antigen (Myod1) in sciatic nerve injury rats, so as to reveal its mechanism underlying improvement of myoatrophy.

Methods: Eighteen male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham operation, model and EA groups (＝6 per group). The model of gastrocnemius atrophy was established by crushing the right sciatic nerve.

[Effect of electroacupuncture on amyotrophia and expression of myogenic differentiation-related genes of gastrocnemius in rats with chronic constriction injury of sciatic nerve].

Objective: To explore the effect of electroacupuncture(EA) on amyotrophia and expression of paired box7(Pax7), myogenic differentiation antigen-1 (Myod1), myogenin (Myog), myosin heavy chain- Ⅱa (Myh2), myosin heavy chain-Ⅱx (Myh1) and myosin heavy chain-Ⅰ (Myh7) of denervated gastrocnemius in rats with chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the right sciatic nerve, so as to explore its mechanisms underlying postponing development of amyotrophia.

Methods: Sixty-six SD adult male rats were randomly divided into sham operation (sham) group (＝24), model group (＝24) and EA group (＝18). The denervated muscle (gastrocnemius) atrophy model was established by CCI of the right sciatic nerve.

A comparison of sampling approaches for monitoring schoolwide inclusion program fidelity.

Including students with disabilities requires schoolwide interventions that are implemented with fidelity (adherence). Collection of fidelity data may become problematic when multiple evidence-based treatments exist in one setting. To address concerns around efficiency of data collection, this study hypothesized that the three sampling approaches (proportional, consensus, stratified random) provided similar levels of agreement with an expert rater, thus warranting the differentiation in their applications based on the needs of the evaluators.

[Effect of Electroacupuncture on Synovial M 1/M 2 Macrophage Polarization in Rats with Acute Gouty Arthritis].

Objective: To explore the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on the expression of synovial AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) protein α， arginase-1 mRNA, nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS 2) mRNA, NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP 3) mRNA, and interleukin-1 β (IL-1 β) mRNA in acute gouty arthritis (AGA) rats, so as to explore its mechanisms underlying improvement of AGA via M 1/M 2 macrophage polarization.

Methods: Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal control, model, medication (colchicine) and EA groups (＝15 rats in each group). The AGA model was established by injection of sodium urate crystal (MSU) suspension (0.

Adjuvant Radiotherapy Versus Wait-and-See Strategy for Pathologic T3 or Margin-Positive Prostate Cancer: A Meta-Analysis.

Objective: To conduct a meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing adjuvant radiotherapy (ART) to wait-and-see (WS) strategy in pathologic T3 or margin-positive prostate cancer.

Methods: A comprehensive EMBASE, MEDLINE, http://www.clinicaltrails.

Synthesizing regression results: a factored likelihood method.

Regression methods are widely used by researchers in many fields, yet methods for synthesizing regression results are scarce. This study proposes using a factored likelihood method, originally developed to handle missing data, to appropriately synthesize regression models involving different predictors. This method uses the correlations reported in the regression studies to calculate synthesized standardized slopes.

Methodological issues in meta-analyzing standard deviations: Comment on Bond and DePaulo (2008).

In this comment on C. F. Bond and B.

Physical activity and psychological well-being in advanced age: a meta-analysis of intervention studies.

A meta-analysis examined data from 36 studies linking physical activity to well-being in older adults without clinical disorders. The weighted mean-change effect size for treatment groups (d(C). = 0.