Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Migraine: A Comprehensive Review.

Migraine is a common neurological illness that causes a great burden on individuals and society. Many migraine patients seek relief through complementary and alternative therapies, with Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) often being their preferred choice. Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and massage are important components of TCM, and are commonly used in clinical treatment of migraine.

Acupuncture plus topiramate placebo versus topiramate plus sham acupuncture for the preventive treatment of chronic migraine: A single-blind, double-dummy, randomized controlled trial.

Background: Acupuncture has been used for the treatment of chronic migraine, but high-quality evidence is scarce. We aimed to evaluate acupuncture's efficacy and safety compared to topiramate for chronic migraine.

Methods: This double-dummy randomized controlled trial included participants aged 18-65 years diagnosed with chronic migraine.

Effect of acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are the leading cause of pain and disability among frequently occurring facial pain and the second leading cause of musculoskeletal conditions.

Aim: We examined whether acupuncture could alleviate pain intensity in patients with TMD.

Design And Methods: Sixty participants with TMD were randomly assigned (ratio 1:1) to receive three acupuncture or sham acupuncture sessions weekly for 4 weeks.

Theoretical Study on the Spectroscopic Properties and Photodissociation Mechanism of Dibromocarbene.

Detailed calculations on the electronic states of dibromocarbene (CBr) herein are presented. First, the spectroscopic properties of the electronic states including geometry parameters, harmonic vibrational frequencies and transition energies of the lowest electronic states of the neutral radical were calculated in detail using the internally contracted multireference configuration interaction methods including Davidson correction (icMRCI+Q) with correlation consistent basis sets of aug-cc-pVXZ (X = T, Q, 5). Second, as CBr including two Br atoms, the Spin-Orbit Coupling (SOC) effect on the spectroscopic parameters and the one-dimensional cuts of the potential energy surface (PESs) of the lowest three states were studied.

Quantitative fabrication, performance optimization and comparison of PEG and zwitterionic polymer antifouling coatings.

Unlabelled: A versatile fabrication and performance optimization strategy of PEG and zwitterionic polymer coatings is developed on the sensor chip of surface plasma resonance (SPR) instrument. A random copolymer bearing phosphorylcholine zwitterion and active ester side chains (PMEN) and carboxylic PEG coatings with comparable thicknesses were deposited on SPR sensor chips via amidation coupling on the precoated polydopamine (PDA) intermediate layer. The PMEN coating showed much stronger resistance to bovine serum albumin (BSA) adsorption than PEG coating at very thin thickness (∼1nm).

Rotational Doppler Effect: A Probe for Molecular Orbitals Anisotropy.

The vibrationally resolved X-ray photoelectron spectra of X2Σg+(3σg−1) and B2Σu+(2σu−1) states of N2+ were recorded for different photon energies and orientations of the polarization vector. Clear dependencies of the spectral line widths on the X-ray polarization as well as on the symmetry of the final electronic states are observed. Contrary to the translational Doppler, the rotational Doppler broadening is sensitive to the photoelectron emission anisotropy.

Substrate independent coating formation and anti-biofouling performance improvement of mussel inspired polydopamine.

Mussel inspired polydopamine (PDA) coating has been proven to be a simple and effective method for surface modification of biomaterials. However, the adhesive functional groups remaining on the surface of PDA coating may promote the attachment of nonspecific proteins and microorganisms and hinder anti-biofouling performance. In this study, the PDA coating formation process is monitored in real-time by a sensitive surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique at different pH values, initial dopamine concentrations and deposition times.

Biocompatible and antifouling coating of cell membrane phosphorylcholine and mussel catechol modified multi-arm PEGs.

The design and easy fabrication of biocompatible and antifouling coatings on different materials are extremely important for biotechnological and biomedical devices. Here we report a substrate-independent biomimetic modification strategy for fabricating a biocompatible and antifouling ultra-thin coating. Cell membrane antifouling phosphorylcholine (PC) and/or mussel adhesive catechol (c) groups are grafted at the amino-ends of an 8-armed poly(ethylene glycol).

Site-selective photoemission from delocalized valence shells induced by molecular rotation.

Due to the generally delocalized nature of molecular valence orbitals, valence-shell spectroscopies do not usually allow to specifically target a selected atom in a molecule. However, in X-ray electron spectroscopy, the photoelectron momentum is large and the recoil angular momentum transferred to the molecule is larger when the photoelectron is ejected from a light atom compared with a heavy one. This confers an extreme sensitivity of the rotational excitation to the ionization site.

[Effect of six flavor glutinous rehmannis pill in periodontal inflammation therapy].

Objective: To observe the effect of clinical therapy of using six flavor glutinous rehmannis pill on chronic adult periodontal inflammation.

Methods: 120 adult patients who have been cured for their periodontitis were selected and divided into two groups randomly. Control group was only treated with SRP (scaling and root planning), and test group was requested to take six flavor glutinous rehmannis pills orally for 5 months after SRP.

[Restoring ceramo-metal tooth by using self-made crown post-core in order to re-utilize the broken crown of the base tooth].

Objective: To explore a new method and its clinical significance of restorative ceramo-metal by using a self-made crown post-core to reutilize the broken crown.

Methods: 18 teeth were restored with ceramo-metal tooth by using self-made crown post-core in order to preserve the old broken base tooth. The patients' own feelings and clinical effect were observed.