[Influence of surface water availability on mammal distributions in Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China].

Surface water is a major limiting factor affecting animal activities in karst ecosystems. From March, 2006 to June, 2007 and from October, 2010 to May, 2011, infra-red camera traps were installed along animal trails and temporary rain pools in Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China, to monitor mammal diversity and relative abundance. In total, 19 species from 17 genera, 12 families, and 5 orders were recorded, including two State Key Protection Class I species, the François' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) and Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis).

[Correlation between traditional chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and urodynamic parameters in benign prostate hyperplasia].

Objective: To explore the correlation between the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndrome differentiation and urodynamic parameters in benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH).

Methods: Urodynamic examination was conducted for 152 BPH patients, who were divided by TCM syndrome differentiation into seven types, namely, kidney-yin deficiency, kidney-yang deficiency, aqueduct stagnancy, spleen-qi deficiency, lung-heat and qi stagnancy, wetness-heat down-flow and phlegm-wetness stagnancy.

Results: Of the total number of the BPH cases, 71 (46.