Three-dimensional ankle kinematics of the full gait cycle in patients with chronic ankle instability: A case-control study.

Objectives: The ankle kinematic characteristics of chronic ankle instability (CAI) at different gait phases and dimensions were not directly and overall explained. These characteristics have yet to be established. This study aimed to observe ankle kinematic changes of CAI, and explore their mechanisms, at different gait phases and dimensions in full gait cycle.

LncRNA GAS5/miR-137 Is a Hypoxia-Responsive Axis Involved in Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation.

Background: Cardiac arrest/cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CA/CPR) represents one of the devastating medical emergencies and is associated with high mortality and neuro-disability. Post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) is mechanistically ascribed to acute systemic ischemia/reperfusion(I/R) injury. The lncRNA/microRNA/mRNA networks have been found to play crucial roles in the pathogenesis of the hypoxia-responsive diseases.

Bronchial Artery Chemoembolization for Hemoptysis in Advanced Primary Lung Cancer.

Background: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of bronchial arterial infusion chemoembolization (BAICE) for lung cancer with hemoptysis.

Patients And Methods: Retrospectively analyze clinical data of patients undergoing BAICE for the treatment of lung cancer with hemoptysis, evaluate the clinical efficacy of this approach, observe postoperative adverse reactions, and analyze hemoptysis-free survival (HFS) and overall survival (OS).

Results: All 187 patients underwent BAICE with technical success rate of 100%, clinical success rate of 86.

Effects of sugammadex on postoperative respiratory management in children with congenital heart disease: a randomized controlled study.

Background: Early extubation can reduce pulmonary complications in children undergoing cardiac surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of sugammadex for postoperative respiratory management in children with congenital heart disease.

Methods: Sixty children with congenital heart disease undergoing elective cardiac surgery were divided into group S and group C (30 children in each group).

Effect of Danggui-Shaoyao-San-Containing Serum on the Renal Tubular Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Diabetic Nephropathy.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of Danggui-Shaoyao-San (DSS)-containing serum on the renal tubular Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) of Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) in high glucose- induced HK-2 cells and its mechanism.

Methods: 20 rats were randomly divided into four groups: blank control group, DSS low dose group (DSS-L), DSS middle dose group (DSS-M), and DSS high dose group (DSS-H). DSS was administrated to the corresponding group (7g/kg/d, 14g/kg/d and 21g/kg/d) for 7 consecutive days, and the same volume of saline was given to the blank control group by gavage.

[Association between the dental caries and the human leucocyte antigen DQB1 allele polymorphisms among the Uygur and Han children in Xinjiang].

Objective: This study aims to investigate the association between human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DQB1 allele polymorphisms and the presence dental caries among the Uygur and Han children in Xinjiang.

Methods: HLA-DQB1 allele in the Uygur and Han children with dental caries and healthy control in Xinjiang was tested (n=40) using the polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primer (PCR-SSP) DNA parting technology.

Results: A total of five specific loci were detected in the HLA-DQB1 locus among the Uygur and Han children.

[Dental alveolar bone and dental arch remodeling in children: orthodontic diagnosis and treatments based on individual child arch development].

The etiology of malocclusions basically involves both congenital and environmental factors. Malocclusion is the result of the abnormal development of the orofacial complex (including tooth, dental alveolar bone, upper and lower jaws). Early orthodontic interceptive treatments involve the elimination of all congenital and environmental factors that contribute to the malformation of the orofacial complex, as well as interrupt the deviated development of the orofacial complex and the occlusion.

Technique and Clinical Outcomes of Combined Stent Placement for Postthrombotic Chronic Total Occlusions of the Iliofemoral Veins.

Purpose: To evaluate the technical aspects and early clinical results of combined stent placement for the management of postthrombotic syndrome (PTS) in chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of the iliofemoral veins.

Materials And Methods: A total of 81 consecutive patients (mean age, 57 y; 37 men; 81 limbs; 65 left limbs) with postthrombotic CTO of the iliofemoral veins treated with combined stent placement in a single institution from January 2013 to December 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. Wallstents were used for femoral inflow and E-Luminexx stents for iliac outflow.

[Research progress on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of tooth eruption].

Tooth eruption is a series of complicated physiological processes occurring once the crown is formed completely, as well as when the tooth moves toward the occasion plane. As such, the tooth moves through the alveolar bone and the oral mucosa until it finally reaches its functional position. Most studies indicate that the process of tooth eruption involves the alveolar bone, dental follicles, osteoclasts, osteoblasts, and multiple cytokines.

Orthodontists' and laypeople's perception of smile height aesthetics in relation to varying degrees of transverse cant of anterior teeth.

Aims: To determine the effect of varying the transverse cant of the anterior teeth on orthodontists' and laypeople's perceptions of smile aesthetics, and the influence that smile height has on this perception.

Materials And Methods: A 20-year-old Chinese female with an aesthetic smile and normal occlusion was chosen and agreed to participate. Digital pictures of her posed smile were taken and manipulated to create three smile height variations: low, medium, or high.

Nitric oxide synthase expression in foetal placentas of cows with retained fetal membranes.

The objectives of this study were to investigate relationship of retained fetal membranes (RFM) to expression of NOS and NOS mRNA and to analyze pathohistological changes and the distribution of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in foetal placentas of cows with RFM. Twenty cows were assigned to two groups, a control group (no retained fetal membranes, NRFM, n = 10) and a diseased group (RFM, n = 10). The endpoint method was used to detect the nitric oxide (NO) content and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity in foetal placental tissue fluid and the fluorescent quantitation PCR was used to measure the expression of NOS mRNA.

A deformable model-based system for 3D analysis and visualization of tumor in PET/CT images.

This paper presents a tumor detecting system that allows interactive 3D tumor visualization and tumor volume measurements. An improved level set method is proposed to automatically segment the tumor images slice by slice. PET images are used to detect the tumor while CT images make a 3D representation of the patient's body possible.

The Influence of Dynamic Trans-tibial Prosthetic Alignment on Standing Plantar Foot Pressure.

In order to study quantitative effect of dynamic prosthetic alignment on standing biomechanical property for trans-tibial amputees, plantar foot pressure of one subject during natural standing were recorded by using the Pedar in-shoe pressure measurement system with different alignment angles in the sagittal and frontal planes. The results showed that angular alignment had significant effects on the foot pressure distribution and magnitude of prosthetic side. Peak pressure on prosthetic foot was 1.

Influence of Shoe-heel Height of the Trans-tibial Prosthesis on Static Standing Biomechanics.

Shoe-heel height has great influence on lower-limb amputees' biomechanics during static standing. This article mainly considers the load line of the prosthetic side in the sagittal plane and the electromyogram (EMG) data of the lower limb muscles. The results indicate that the load line and the EMG are greatly influenced by the shoe-heel height, however, the amputee subconsciously adjusts his standing manner to make himself more comfortable and natural.