A situational analysis of human resource and non-communicable diseases management for community health workers in Chengdu, China: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a major challenge to health economic cost and residents' health status. Community health workers (CHWs) are the gatekeeper of primary health care.

Objective: This study aimed to conduct a situational analysis of current human resource and requirements of NCDs-related training among CHWs in Chengdu with regard to address to understand the suggestions for improvement of challenges and barriers.

Analysis on the relationship between effort-reward imbalance and job satisfaction among family doctors in China: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Family doctor contract services was launched in Sichuan province in 2016. The focus was mainly on developing primary health care services but paying less attention to the work stress and job satisfaction of in-service family doctors.

Objective: This study aims to explore the influencing factors of job satisfaction, and the relation between work stress indicators and job satisfaction among family physicians.

Efficiency of an mHealth App and Chest-Wearable Remote Exercise Monitoring Intervention in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective, Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Exercise has been recommended as a cornerstone for diabetes management. Supervised exercise is more efficient than unsupervised exercise but is less convenient and accessible.

Objective: We aimed to determine the efficiency of exercise using a fitness app and heart rate band to remotely monitor patients with type 2 diabetes in comparison with that of traditional exercise.

Nutrient and ruminal fermentation profiles of Camellia seed residues with fungal pretreatment.

Objective: The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of four fungal pretreatments on the nutritional value of Camellia seed residues, and to evaluate the feeding value of pre-treated Camellia seed residues for ruminants.

Methods: Camellia seed residues were firstly fermented by four lignin degrading fungi, namely, Phanerochaete chrysosporium (P. chrysosporium)-30942, Trichoderma koningiopsis (T.

Hypoxia exposure induced cisplatin resistance partially via activating p53 and hypoxia inducible factor-1α in non-small cell lung cancer A549 cells.

Lung cancer is one of the most frequently occurring and fatal cancer types worldwide. Cisplatin is widely used for chemotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the use of cisplatin has been met with the challenge of chemoresistance as a result of hypoxia, which is common in adult solid tumors and is a principal cause of a poor patient outcome.

The anticancer effects of Cucurbitacin I inhibited cell growth of human non‑small cell lung cancer through PI3K/AKT/p70S6K pathway.

The present study aimed to identify potential anticancer effects of Cucurbitacin I regulators on cell growth of human non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to explore their mechanism. The results indicated that the anticancer effects of Cucurbitacin I markedly attenuated cell proliferation, and induced apoptosis in NSCLC. Furthermore, Cucurbitacin I suppressed phosphatidylinositol‑4,5‑bisphosphate 3‑kinase (PI3K), phosphorylation (p)‑AKT and p‑p70S6K pathway in NSCLC.

Temporal trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension from 2000 to 2010 in Chengdu, China.

This study aimed to describe trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in hypertension in Chengdu from 2000 to 2010. Two community-based cross sectional surveys were conducted among those aged 40-79 years in 2000 (n = 4850) and 2010 (n = 5456). Demographic characteristics, blood pressure (BP) and associated risk factors were examined.

Medicinal herbs as a potential strategy to decrease methane production by rumen microbiota: a systematic evaluation with a focus on Perilla frutescens seed extract.

Mitigation of the methane (CH) emission from ruminants is needed to decrease the environmental impact of ruminant animal production. Different plant materials and chemicals have been tested, but few are both effective and practical. Medicinal herbs contain biological compounds and antimicrobials that may be effective in lowering the CH production.

Genetic algorithms applied to reconstructing coded imaging of neutrons and analysis of residual watermark.

Monte-Carlo simulation of neutron coded imaging based on encoding aperture for Z-pinch of large field-of-view with 5 mm radius has been investigated, and then the coded image has been obtained. Reconstruction method of source image based on genetic algorithms (GA) has been established. "Residual watermark," which emerges unavoidably in reconstructed image, while the peak normalization is employed in GA fitness calculation because of its statistical fluctuation amplification, has been discovered and studied.

Relationship between high density lipoprotein antioxidant activity and carotid arterial intima-media thickness in patients with essential hypertension.

The objective of this study was to evaluate high-density lipoprotein (HDL) antioxidative activity and its possible influencing factors in patients with essential hypertension and to investigate the correlations between HDL antioxidative activity and the carotid arterial intima-media thickness (CIMT). Thirty-three patients with essential hypertension and 32 healthy people as control were included. High- and low-density lipoprotein in plasma were isolated by one-step density gradient ultracentrifugation, and induced oxidation with external Cu(2+).