What are the symptom trajectories of self-regulatory fatigue among family caregivers of stroke survivors? A protocol of mixed-methods study in Chinese rehabilitation settings.

Introduction: Stroke presents a considerable burden not only to patients but also to their families and society at large. In many instances, stroke patients opt for home rehabilitation, relying on family caregivers for daily assistance. This dynamic significantly influences the physiological, psychological and social well-being of these caregivers.

Comparative analyses of odorant binding protein orthologues in three sympatric Tomicus bark beetles provide insights into functional differentiation of OBPs to ecologically relevant odorants and insecticides.

Three Tomicus bark beetles (T. yunnanensis, T. brevipilosus and T.

Functional characterization of four antenna-enriched odorant binding proteins in Rhaphuma horsfieldi reveals the importance of RhorOBP1 in odorant recognition and insecticide resistance.

The cerambycid beetles are key players for the sustenance of biodiversity in the forest ecosystem, but in most cases are well known due to their harmfulness to agricultural and forest plants. Here, we characterized the odorant binding protein (OBP) gene family in Rhaphuma horsfieldi, emphasizing the roles of RhorOBP1 in odorant reception and insecticide sequestering. A homology-based search led to the identification of 35 RhorOBP genes with a major distribution in the Minus-C OBPs clade (21/35 genes).

Research status, hotspots and trends of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: A bibliometric analysis.

Background: Acupuncture and moxibustion (AM) are utilized to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, no bibliometric analysis has explored this issue. Thus, this study investigated the status, hotspots and trends of AM in the treatment of AD.

Subcutaneous angiolipoma in the scrotum: A case report.

Background: Angiolipoma has been reported in many cases, and it often occurs in the skin of the trunk and limbs. However, angiolipoma in the scrotum is a rare disease with unknown etiology. This condition is difficult to diagnosis with other lumps in the scrotum.

Astragaloside-IV regulates endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated neuronal apoptosis in a murine model of Parkinson's disease via the lincRNA-p21/CHOP pathway.

Objectives: Astragaloside-IV (AS-IV) protects the nerve cells of Parkinson's disease (PD) from damage. Long non-coding RNA (lincRNA) has been found to be important for many diseases. Lincnra-p21 is abnormally expressed in PD.

[Effect of electroacupuncture at governor vessel on learning-memory ability and serum level of APP, Aβ in patients with Alzheimer's disease].

Objective: To compare the therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) combined with donepezil hydrochloride and donepezil hydrochloride alone on improving learning-memory ability in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and to explore its action mechanism.

Methods: Sixty patients of AD were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. The patients in the observation group were treated with EA at governor vessel (GV) combined with donepezil hydrochloride.

Solitary nodule of angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia of the back masquerading as pyogenic granuloma.

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology that most commonly presents as painless lymphadenopathy or subcutaneous masses in the head and neck region. The pathogenesis of the disease is not yet clear. The differential diagnosis is determined using characteristic histological features, such as significant vascular proliferation, lymphocytes and eosinophil inflammation in the dermis.

A case report of atypical scrotal leiomyoma.

Scrotal leiomyoma is a benign tumor derived from the scrotal dartos muscle; it is rare in clinical findings. The cause of the disease is not yet clear. Here, we present the case of a patient with no typical clinical features, but with some typical pathological changes.

[Analysis of COX1 sequences of Taenia isolates from four areas of Guangxi].

Objective: To analyze the COX1 sequences of Taenia isolates from four areas of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and to understand the distribution of Taenia asiatica in Guangxi.

Methods: Patients with taeniasis in Luzhai, Rongshui, Tiandong and Sanjiang in Guangxi were treated by deworming, and the Taenia isolates were collected. Cyclooxygenase-1 (COX1) sequences of these isolates were amplified by PCR, and the PCR products were sequenced by T-A clone sequencing.

[Cost-benefit analysis of comprehensive parasitic disease control project in Rongxian County, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region].

Objective: To evaluate the cost-benefit of comprehensive parasitic disease control project in Rongxian County of Guangxi, so as to provide the evidence for formulating the control strategy of soil-transmitted nematode.

Methods: The data of the overall input and output for soil-transmitted nematode control were collected from 2007 to 2009, and the cost-benefit was analyzed.

Results: The infection rates of soil-transmitted nematode dropped from 30.

WASP-12b as a prolate, inflated and disrupting planet from tidal dissipation.

The class of exotic Jupiter-mass planets that orbit very close to their parent stars were not explicitly expected before their discovery. The recently discovered transiting planet WASP-12b has a mass M = 1.4 +/- 0.

[Distribution of food-borne parasitic diseases and dietary habits in human population in Guangxi].

Objective: To investigate the distribution of common food-borne parasitic diseases and dietary habits in Guangxi.

Methods: In the survey from 2002 to 2005, questionnairing, fecal examination, ELISA or skin test were applied in the endemic areas of clonorchiasis, taeniasis, cysticercosis, trichinelliasis or paragonimiasis in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 13 990 residents at 27 sites in 9 counties were examined for clonorchiasis, 22772 residents at 22 sites in 10 counties for taeniasis, 9 638 residents at 20 sites in 10 counties for trichinelliasis and 9 347 residents at 18 sites in 6 counties for paragonimiasis.

[Discovery of a residual focus of bancroftian filariasis after declaration of its transmission interruption in Guangxi].

Objective: To describe the discovery of a residual foci of bancroftian filariasis in Fuchuan County where the disease was announced to have been eliminated, and reveal its epidemiologic feature.

Methods: The investigation was carried out from August 2007 to March 2008 among residents in Changtang village where the first case of filariasis was found and the neighboring villages. They were screened with two thick blood smears.

[Study on the relationship between 22q11 microdeletion and congenital heart disease].

To investigate if microdeletion of chromosome 22q11 is an epidemiologically important cause of congenital heart disease (CHD), we studied 25 cases with CHD phenotypes. Venous blood samples were tested by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for microdeletion of 22q11. Among 23 cases with simple CHD, 19 were shown not to have microdeletion of 22q11 and the other 4 cases were shown to have 22q11 microdeletion.