Comparative analysis of two digestive tract reconstruction methods in total laparoscopic radical total gastrectomy.

Background: The incidence of gastric cancer has significantly increased in recent years. Surgical resection is the main treatment, but the method of digestive tract reconstruction after gastric cancer surgery remains controversial. In the current study, we sought to explore a reasonable method of digestive tract reconstruction and improve the quality of life and nutritional status of patients after surgery.

Efficient and Spectrally Stable Blue Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes Employing a Cationic π-Conjugated Polymer.

Metal halide perovskite semiconductors have demonstrated remarkable potentials in solution-processed blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). However, the unsatisfied efficiency and spectral stability responsible for trap-mediated non-radiative losses and halide phase segregation remain the primary unsolved challenges for blue perovskite LEDs. In this study, it is reported that a fluorene-based π-conjugated cationic polymer can be blended with the perovskite semiconductor to control film formation and optoelectronic properties.

Relationship between illness perception, fear of progression and quality of life in interstitial lung disease patients: A cross-sectional study.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether fear of progression mediates the association between illness perception and quality of life among interstitial lung disease patients.

Background: So far, the physiological treatment of interstitial lung disease is limited. In addition to immunosuppressants such as glucocorticoids, two anti-fibrosis drugs (pirfenidone and nintedanib) have shown moderately beneficial effects on slowing the progression of interstitial lung disease fibrosis.

Imaging findings of primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma with secondary distant metastases: A case report.

Background: Synovial sarcoma (SS) accounting for 6%-10% of primary soft tissue malignancies mainly occurs in deep soft tissue adjacent to joints of the limbs. Primary pulmonary SS (PPSS) is rare and has a poor prognosis. Cases of secondary distant metastases of PPSS occur rarely and there is a lack of corresponding imaging reports.

Perovskite Films with Reduced Interfacial Strains via a Molecular-Level Flexible Interlayer for Photovoltaic Application.

Interface strains and lattice distortion are inevitable issues during perovskite crystallization. Silane as a coupling agent is a popular connector to enhance the compatibility between inorganic and organic materials in semiconductor devices. Herein, a protonated amine silane coupling agent (PASCA-Br) interlayer between TiO and perovskite layers is adopted to directionally grasp both of them by forming the structural component of a lattice unit.

[Contents and Forms of Phosphorous in the Municipal Sewage Sludge of China].

Municipal sludge samples (SS) were collected from 46 cities in China in 2016. The forms in which phosphorus occurred in the SS were evaluated using the Standards, Measurements and Testing (SMT) Program. The results showed that the average contents of total phosphorus (TP), inorganic phosphorus (IP), non-apatite inorganic phosphorus (NAIP), apatite phosphorus (AP), organic phosphorus (OP), and bioavailable phosphorus (NAIP+OP) in the SS were (17.

Role of interleukin-17 in the pathogenesis of perianal abscess and anal fistula: a clinical study on 50 patients with perianal abscess.

Background: To investigate the role of interleukin (IL)-17 in tissue and peripheral blood of perianal abscess and anal fistula.

Methods: Patients with primary perianal abscess (n = 50) admitted to Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital between March 2003 and August 2004 were enrolled. Fifty patients with mixed haemorrhoids, who showed no perianal abscess or anal fistula, were also recruited as the control.

[Spatial and Temporal Variation of Mercury in Municipal Sewage Sludge in China].

In order to determine the occurrence of mercury (Hg) in the dewatered sewage sludge (SS) from municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWTPs) in China, 315 SS samples were collected from 40 MWTPs. The total Hg (THg) contents of the sludge samples were analyzed using a DMA-80 Hg analyzer. It was found that THg in the samples ranged from 0.

[Distribution of Different Mercury Species in the Waterbody at Sanmenxia Reservoir].

In order to obtain the distribution of different species of mercury (Hg) in the water in the Sanmenxia Reservoir, cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS) and aqueous phase ethylation derivatization-gas chromatography-atomic fluorescence spectrometry (GC-CVAFS) methods were used for the analysis of total Hg (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in water and sediment samples, respectively. It was found that the levels of THg, dissolved mercury, and particulate mercury in the water ranged from 1.65-9.

Upregulated Vav2 in gastric cancer tissues promotes tumor invasion and metastasis.

Several studies have proved that Vav2 gene is associated with the carcinogenesis of some tumors, but the relationship between Vav2 gene and gastric cancer remains unclear. Purpose of this study is to detect the expression of Vav2 protein in gastric cancer tissues and to evaluate the clinical value of Vav2. Furthermore, both effect of Vav2 gene on invasion and metastasis of gastric cancer cells and its mechanism are investigated in vitro.

Familial adenomatous polyposis in China.

Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant disease with a poor prognosis, and has been studied by clinicians and geneticists in China for the past three decades. It is estimated that FAP has an incidence of between 1 in 8,000 and 1 in 10,000 individuals, and accounts for 0.94% of colorectal cancer cases in China.

An innovative procedure of laparoscope combined with endoscopy for gastrointestinal stromal tumor resection and cholecystectomy: A case report and literature review.

The present study reports a novel approach to laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) resection and cholecystectomy, and conducts a review of the associated literature. The novel surgical procedure was performed on one patient who was diagnosed with a GIST and cholecystic polypus. The GIST was resected using an insulation-tipped diathermic electrosurgical knife under the guide of an endoscope.

Ultrasonographic Visualization of Accessory Hepatic Veins and Their Lesions in Budd-Chiari Syndrome.

The aim of this study was to investigate the ultrasonographic features of accessory hepatic veins (AHVs) and their lesions in Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS). Three hundred patients with BCS were examined by ultrasonography with multifrequency (3-6 MHz) convex transducers. Sonography was performed 1 to 2 wk before digital subtraction angiography and computed tomography angiography or magnetic resonance imaging.

Computed tomography angiography manifestations of collateral circulations in Budd-Chiari syndrome.

The aim of this study was to assess the computed tomography angiography (CTA) manifestations of collateral circulations in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS). Eighty patients with BCS were examined by CT scan. Using the CTA images of the relevant blood vessels, including the affected hepatic veins (HVs) and inferior venae cavae (IVCs), the collateral circulations were reconstructed.

Combination of FDG PET/CT and contrast-enhanced MSCT in detecting lymph node metastasis of esophageal cancer.

Background: Lymph node metastasis is believed to be a dependent negative prognostic factor of esophageal cancer. To explore detection methods with high sensitivity and accuracy for metastases to regional and distant lymph nodes in the clinic is of great significance. This study focused on clinical application of FDG PET/CT and contrast-enhanced multiple-slice helical computed tomography (MSCT) in lymph node staging of esophageal cancer.

Diffusion-weighted imaging for the left hepatic lobe has higher diagnostic accuracy for malignant focal liver lesions.

Background: This study was conducted to investigate whether apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements by dividing the liver into left and right hepatic lobes may be utilized to improve the accuracy of differential diagnosis of benign and malignant focal liver lesions.

Materials And Methods: A total of 269 consecutive patients with 429 focal liver lesions were examined by 3-T magnetic resonance imaging that included diffusion-weighted imaging. For 58 patients with focal liver lesions of the same etiology in left and right hepatic lobes, ADCs of normal liver parenchyma and focal liver lesions were calculated and compared using the paired t-test.

Diagnosis of the cavo-hepato-atrial pathway in Budd-Chiari syndrome by ultrasonography.

The aim of this study was to investigate the ultrasonic features of the cavo-hepato-atrial pathway in Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS), by which blood is drained from the occluded inferior vena cava (IVC) to the right atrium via hepatic veins. Ultrasonograms from 11 patients with BCS with cavo-hepato-atrial pathways were retrospectively studied. Doppler ultrasound was used to observe the direction of the flow and measure the velocity of the blood-draining vessels.

The molecule of DC-SIGN captures enterovirus 71 and confers dendritic cell-mediated viral trans-infection.

Background: Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the main causative agent of hand, foot and mouth disease that occurs in young children. Neither antiviral agents nor vaccines are available for efficiently combating viral infection. Study of EV71-host interplay is important for understanding viral infection and developing strategies for prevention and therapy.

[Effect and mechanisms of TET on human gastric carcinoma cell line SGC7901 and SGC7901/ADR].

Objective: To investigate the effect of tetrandrine (TET) on zinc finger protein 139 (ZNF139) and multidrug resistance (MDR) of human gastric carcinoma cell lines and possible mechanisms.

Methods: Cultured SGC7901 and SGC7901/ADR were treated with TET (0.5, 1.

[Mapping fetal brain development in the second trimester with 7.0T magnetic resonance imaging].

Objective: To obtain the three dimensional visualization model with normal measurements of fetal brain in the second trimester and analyze the developmental changes with gestational age (GA), sexual dimorphisms and cerebral asymmetries.

Methods: The brains of 69 fetal specimens of 12 - 22 weeks GA were scanned by 7.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

The inhibitory effects of NKX3.1 on IGF-1R expression and its signalling pathway in human prostatic carcinoma PC3 cells.

NKX3.1, which is a prostate-specific homeobox gene, plays an important role in prostate cancer and usually functions as a tumour suppressor gene. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effect of NKX3.

[Expression of VP0 protein of enterovirus 71 in Escherichia coli and generation of the corresponding polyclonal antibodies in guinea pigs].

Aim: To obtain recombinant VP0 protein of enterovirus 71, and generate the corresponding VP0-specific polyclonal antibodies, for molecular detection and characterization of EV71.

Methods: The VP0 gene was amplified by PCR and cloned into vector pET26b to make pET-VP0 for the prokaryotic expression of VP0. The recombinant VP0 protein was expressed in E.

Identification of Sp1-elements in the promoter region of human homeobox gene NKX3.1.

NKX3.1 is a prostate-specific homeobox gene related strongly to prostate development and prostate cancer. However, little is known about the mechanism for regulation of NKX3.

[Response of net photosyntheitc rate to light and CO2 in Schisandra chinensis from different region and growing situation].

American CI-340 portable photosynthesis system was applied to compare the response of the net photosyntheitc rate to the light and the CO2 in Schisandra chinensis form different region and growing situation. The result showed the sample plant from Liaoning had higher light compensate point, higher light saturation point, higher maximum Pn value and higher apparent quantum yield than the sample from Jilin, so it can adapt to the changes of the sunlight in a day better. The weak plant from Jilin had lower light compenstate point, higher light saturation point and higher net photosynthetic rate, so it had stronger availability on light.