87 results match your criteria: "University of Sichuan[Affiliation]"

Lipid production by Rhodosporidium toruloides Y2 in bioethanol wastewater and evaluation of biomass energetic yield.

Bioresour Technol

January 2013

Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Sichuan, Chengdu 610065, China.

The oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides Y2 was employed to remove waste nutrients from bioethanol wastewater while simultaneously producing biomass enriched in microbial lipids. Under optimal conditions, the COD degradation ratio, biomass and lipid content reached 72.3%, 3.

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A survey of neonatal births in the maternal departments in urban China 2005.

Transl Pediatr

October 2012

1 Department of Pediatrics, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China ; 2 Department of Pediatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changshai 410008, China ; 3 Department of Pediatrics, Childrens' Hospital, University of Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310003, China ; 4 Department of Pediatrics, Second Huaxi Hospital, University of Sichuan, Chendu 610041, China.

Objective: The authors studied the epidemiology of births in urban China.

Study Design: The authors conducted a retrospective study using data from the perinatal dataset of women delivering live births in 2005 at the maternity departments of 72 hospitals from 47 urban areas of 22 provinces in China.

Results: A total of 45,722 infants born from Jan 1, 2005 to Dec 31, 2005 were enrolled.

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Huntington's like conditions in China, A review of published Chinese cases.

PLoS Curr

February 2012

Department of Neurology,West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37# Sichuan, P.R.China and Prof. M.D. Department of Neurology, University of Bern, Switzerland and University of Sichuan, Chengdu, China.

Background: Knowledge about HD in China is lacking in the international literature. We have therefore analyzed the Chinese literature to thoroughly explore the clinical characteristics of Huntington disease in China.

Methods: A computer-based online search of China National Knowledge Infrastructure was performed to review case reports concerning HD published between January 1980 and April of 2011, and the clinical characteristics were extracted.

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Primary renal synovial sarcoma--a case report.

West Indian Med J

June 2011

Department of Urology, Hospital of West China, Clinical College of HuaXi, University of Sichuan, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China.

Renal synovial sarcoma is a recently reported neoplasm rarely seen. We report a case of primary renal synovial sarcoma. The signs and symptoms are similar to any primary renal tumour diagnosis is clinically difficult through general survey or multiple imaging modalities and requires specific molecular and genetic testing.

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Objective: To estimate the health-related economic costs attributable to smoking in China for persons aged 35 and older in 2003 and in 2008 and to compare these costs with the respective results from 2000.

Methods: A prevalence-based, disease-specific approach was used to estimate smoking-attributable direct and indirect economic costs. The primary data source was the 2003 and 2008 China National Health Services Survey, which contains individual participant's smoking status, healthcare use and expenditures.

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Regulatory effect of histamine on the barrier function of intestinal mucosal.

J Gastrointest Surg

July 2010

The Department of General Surgery, Huaxi Hospital, Medical Center, University of Sichuan, Chengdu 610041, China.

Objectives: To investigate the regulatory effect of histamine on the barrier function of intestinal mucosal.

Methods: The monolayer Caco-2 cell system in vitro and the model of hemorrhage infection in rats in vivo were established as experimental models. The amount of bacterial translocation was taken as an index of the effect of histamine and its receptor antagon, cimetidine on the intestinal mucosal barrier function.

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Background: Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure harms pregnant women and the fetus. China has the world's largest number of smokers and a high male smoking prevalence rate.

Objective: To compare exposure to SHS among rural and urban Chinese non-smoking pregnant women with smoking husbands, and analyze factors associated with the level of SHS exposure and hair nicotine concentration.

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Effect of 5-FU on modulation of disarrangement of immune-associated cytokines in experimental acute pancreatitis.

World J Gastroenterol

April 2009

Department of General Surgery, The Huaxi Hospital, Huaxi Medical Center, University of Sichuan, Wainan guoxuexiang 34#, Chengdu, China.

Aim: To investigate the effects of 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) on modulation of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in acute pancreatitis and the mechanism of it in the treatment of acute pancreatitis.

Methods: Male Sprague Dawley rats were assigned to 3 Groups: Group A, sham operated rats as controls (n = 7); Group B, acute pancreatitis induced by ductal injection with 5% sodium cholate at a volume of 1.0 mL/kg without any other treatment; Group C, after the pancreatitis was induced as in Group B, the rats were injected intravenously with 5-FU 40 mg/kg.

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Objective: To investigate the adverse effects of acupuncture on the prognosis, and effectiveness of acupuncture combined with far infrared ray in the patient of acute Bell's facial paralysis within 48 h.

Methods: Clinically randomized controlled trial was used, and the patients were divided into 3 groups: group A (early acupuncture group), group B (acupuncture combined with far infrared ray) and group C (acupuncture after 7 days). The facial nerve functional classification at the attack, 7 days after the attack and after treatment, the clinically cured rate of following-up of 6 months, and the average cured time, the cured time of complete facial paralysis were observed in the 3 groups.

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[Study on effect of Astragalus membranaceus injection on hematopoiesis in anemic mice with myelosuppression].

Zhong Yao Cai

September 2005

Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medical Sciences, University of Sichuan, Cheng du 610041.

Objective: To investigate the effect of AMI on hematopoiesis in anemic mice and explore the possible mechanisms.

Methods: Anemic mice model resulted from myelosuppression by irradiation and cytotoxic chemotherapeutic compounds were randomly divided into three groups: treated group I, treated group II and anemic control group. Intraperitoneal doses of AMI(500 mg/kg, 1000 mg/kg) were given to the treated group, and equal doses of physiological saline were given to the anemic control group.

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Aim: To study the influence of light and heat on the stability of procaine hydrochloride injection.

Methods: Accelerated tests upon exposure to light at high temperatures were employed.

Results: In experiments with either isothermal heating or exposure to light at high temperatures, the drug degradation rate obeys first-order kinetics.

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The biting force value of normal teeth of 770 human subjects were measured by electric resistance strain gnathodynamometer. 365 were males, and 405 females. Their ages ranged from 13 to 49.

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