The Effectiveness of a Self-Efficacy-Focused Structured Education Program (SSEP) in Improving Metabolic Control and Psychological Outcomes of Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A 12-Month Follow-Up of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background And Objective: The 12-month follow-up effect of the self-efficacy-focused structured education program (SSEP) requires in-depth confirmation. This study aims to verify whether the benefits of SSEP can be maintained in 12 months.

Materials And Methods: A multicenter randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up conducted among 265 type 2 diabetes patients not on insulin from 4 hospitals in mainland China.

The effectiveness of a self-efficacy-focused structured education programme on adults with type 2 diabetes: A multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a self-efficacy-focused structured education programme on outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) without insulin therapy.

Background: Structured education regarding metabolic control in T2DM adults without insulin therapy has not always been effective, and this lack of effectiveness might be due to overlooking self-efficacy. Whether a self-efficacy-focused structured education programme could improve metabolic and psychosocial outcomes for T2DM adults more effectively remains unknown.

Tumstatin transfected into human glioma cell line U251 represses tumor growth by inhibiting angiogenesis.

Background: Angiogenesis is a prerequisite for tumor growth and plays an important role in rapidly growing tumors, such as malignant gliomas. A variety of factors controlling the angiogenic balance have been described, and among these, the endogenous inhibitor of angiogenesis, tumstatin, has drawn considerable attention. The current study investigated whether expression of tumstatin by glioma cells could alter this balance and prevent tumor formation.

The expression of moesin in astrocytoma: correlation with pathologic grade and poor clinical outcome.

Moesin, a member of the ERM family, acts as a linker between the actin cytoskeleton and the plasma membrane and plays a key role in the control of cell morphology, motility, adhesion and other processes of tumourigenesis. The expression pattern and clinical significance of moesin in astrocytoma remain unknown. In this study, we used RT-PCR to systematically investigate the expression of moesin in 49 astrocytomas of different pathological grade and 6 normal brain tissues.

Large medial sphenoid wing meningiomas: long-term outcome and correlation with tumor size after microsurgical treatment in 127 consecutive cases.

Aim: We present the long-term outcomes as well as their correlation with tumor size in 127 consecutive patients harboring large MSWM after microsurgical treatment.

Material And Methods: The retrospective analysis of clinical data and follow-up data of 127 microsurgical treated patients with MSWM was performed. The mean maximum diameter of tumors was 5.