[Effect of meridian sinew releasing technique on moxibustion sensation of heat-sensitive moxibustion in patients with knee osteoarthritis].

Objective: To observe the effect of meridian sinew releasing technique on moxibustion sensation of heat-sensitive moxibustion in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA).

Methods: A total of 60 patients with KOA were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases each group. In the observation group, on the basis of the meridian sinew releasing technique, moxibustion sensation exploration method was applied at Dubi (ST 35) area on the affected side.

Study of microplastics as sorbents for rapid detection of multiple antibiotics in water based on SERS technology.

Online monitoring of antibiotics in the environment attracts more and more attention. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a promising technique for the detection of trace amounts of antibiotics in the environment, which is fast, non-invasive and sensitive. To investigate the enrichment of trace amounts of antibiotics in water, polyethylene microplastics (PE MPs) were prepared as sorbents to simply concentrate enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin hydrochloride monohydrate and triclosan in water, followed by the SERS measurement of antibiotics extract washed from MPs on an AgNPs@Si SERS substrate.

Gap-enhance Raman tags (GERTs) competitive immunoassay based Raman imaging for the quantitative detection of trace florfenicol in milk.

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is a highly sensitive detection method, however, it is still challenging to directly detect florfenicol due to its low Raman activity. To solve this problem, we present a novel sensor for selective detection of florfenicol residue in milk using gap-enhance Raman tags (GERTs) competitive immunoassay. In this nanosensor, Raman reporters 4-mercaptobenzoic acid (4MBA) were embedded in the 1 nm gap of Au core-gap-Au shell nanoparticles, which can protect 4MBA molecules from unwanted external environments and provide a high enhancement.

Microplastics contamination in food and beverages: Direct exposure to humans.

Since microplastics (MPs) bring the potential risks to human health when plastics are ingested, more needs to be known about the presence and abundance of human ingestion of MPs. To address these issues, we reviewed 108 publications in Web of Science concerning abundances, sources, and analytical methods of MPs in human daily intake including fish, salt, drinking water, beverages, package food, and other food. The results demonstrate that aquatic food products (fish and bivalves) present a wide range of 0-10.

The efficacy and safety of cupping therapy for treating of intractable peripheral facial paralysis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Peripheral facial paralysis (PFP) is a common clinical neurological disease and the incidence of intractable peripheral facial paralysis is on the rise. Symptoms include crooked mouth and eyes, tearing and shallow nasolabial folds. The disease seriously affects the physical and mental health of patients.

Effectiveness and safety of massage in the treatment of obesity: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Obesity has become one of the largest chronic diseases in the world. It is a chronic metabolic disease caused by various factors. In recent years, massage has been used more and more widely in the treatment of obesity diseases.

Microextraction based on microplastic followed by SERS for on-site detection of hydrophobic organic contaminants, an indicator of seawater pollution.

Microplastics (MPs) have been proven to concentrate hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) from seawater as the sorbent phase, and the concentration of HOCs in aqueous solutions could be estimated from MPs preloaded with HOCs by equilibrium partition coefficient. This study firstly proposed to in situ quantify fluoranthene (a representative HOCs) pre-concentrated on MPs using surface enhance raman scattering (SERS) in combination with mathematical models, as an efficient monitoring tool for fluoranthene pollution in the aquatic environment. AgNPs-coated quartz (AgNPs@SiO2) substrate was fabricated.