Applying behavioral change theories to optimize pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients: A review.

This review meticulously evaluates the integration of behavioral change theories into pulmonary rehabilitation programs for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management, addressing the critical need for enhanced patient compliance and improved therapeutic outcomes. With COPD posing significant global health challenges, characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates, the manuscript underscores the potential of Self-Determination Theory, Social Cognitive Theory, the Transtheoretical Model, the Health Belief Model, and the Theory of Planned Behavior to foster meaningful health behavior changes among patients. Through a comprehensive literature analysis, it reveals how each model contributes to understanding patient behaviors in pulmonary rehabilitation contexts, advocating for their systematic application to craft more effective, patient-centered interventions.

Traditional Chinese Nursing Using Fennel With Coarse Salt for Ironing and Umbilical Moxibustion for Epigastric Pain With Spleen-stomach Vacuity Cold.

Context: Spleen-stomach vacuity cold is the primary TCM pattern for epigastric pain, accounting for 75% of the patients. According to the TCM theory of treating both the tip and the root, epigastric pain requires the caregiver to dissipate cold and relieve pain, the treatments for the tip, which warm and supplement the spleen and stomach, the treatments for the root.

Objective: This study aimed to explore effectiveness of traditional Chinese nursing care using fennel mixed with coarse salt for ironing,with umbilical moxibustion, for epigastric pain, with a pattern of spleen-stomach vacuity cold.

Recursive identification for choke finger system in wind tunnel.

Choke finger system represents a vital piece of component within a wind tunnel system. Real time grasping the dynamic characteristics of the choke finger system accurately plays an important role in improving the controller design of a wind tunnel system. This research focuses on recursive identifying the choke finger system of the wind tunnel in China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center.

A new oligosaccharide from Periploca calophylla.

Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Periploca calophylla.

Method: Various chromatographic techniques were used to isolate the constituents, and their structures were identified by spectral and chemical methods.

Result: Two oligosaccharides were isolated from the chloroform part of P.