The Relationship Between Computerized Face and Tongue Image Segmentation and Metabolic Parameters in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Based on Machine Learning.

Objective: We aim to examine and reestablish the correlational and linear regression relationships, as well as the predictive value, between the significant facial and tongue features and the metabolic parameters in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Materials And Methods: From March to May 2024, we studied 269 patients with T2DM in the endocrinology department of Shanghai Pudong Hospital. The patients' facial and tongue characteristics were sampling by a tongue imaging device equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) (XiMaLife, Sinology, China) of automated and advanced machine learning algorithms.

NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing Protein 3 and LL-37: prognostic value of new biomarkers in community-acquired pneumonia.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the serum levels of NACHT, Leucine-rich repeat (LRR), and Pyrin (PYD) domains-containing Protein 3 (NLRP3) and cathelicidin LL-37, and investigate their prognostic significance in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Methods: The sample of this prospective study was composed of 76 consecutive patients with CAP. Demographic data and clinical characteristics were collected.

[Electroacupuncture Relieves Pain by Down-regulating Expression of Hippocampal High Mobility Group Protein 1 and Contents of TNF-α and IL-1 β in Rats with Chronic Neuropathic Pain].

Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on expression of high mobility group protein 1 (HMGB 1) and related downstream effectors of proinflammatory cytokines in the hippocampus in chronic neuropathic pain rats, so as to investigate its mechanism underlying neuropathic pain relief.

Methods: Male SD rats were randomized into sham, model, and EA groups, with 12 rats in each group. The neuropathic pain model was established by ligature of the left sciatic nerve to induce chronic constriction injury (CCI).

[Guiding- acupuncture for dry eye syndrome].

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy differences between different needling methods for dry eye syndrome.

Methods: Sixty patients of dry eye syndrome were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases (60 eyes) in each group. Shangjingming (Extra), Xiajingming (Extra), Tongziliao (GB 1), Cuanzhu (BL 2), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3) and Taichong (LR 3) were selected in the two groups.