Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the world's most prevalent sexually transmitted infection and causes cancers. In China, about 47,739 deaths occur annually from HPV-related cervical cancer, and this number continues to increase. HPV vaccines have shown promising results in preventing HPV-associated cancers; however, the vaccination rate in Chinese college students remains extremely low.
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In order to monitoring the development of traumatic brain edema in vivo, a specifically designed optical parameters of tissue testing system with a mini-invasion bifurcated optical fiber probe and a fiber spectrometer was used to monitor the reduced scattering coefficient (mu's) of t he rat traumatic brain while the counterpart parameter, i. e. brain water content (BWC), was also measured.
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