Objective To observe the influences of depolarized arrest and hyperpolarized arrest on alternation of fluidity of myocardial cell membrane during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and evaluate the protective effects on myocardium of hyperpolarized arrest. Methods Seventy-two felines were randomized into three groups, each group 24. Control group: 180 minutes of CPB was conducted without aortic and vena caval cross-clamping. Depolarized arrest group: hearts underwent 60 minutes of global ischemia after aortic cross-clamping (ACC) followed by 90 minutes of reperfusion. The cardioplegic solution consisted of St. Thomas solution (K+16mmol/L). Hyperpolarized arrest group: the protocol was the same as that in depolarized arrest group except that the cardioplegic solution consisted of St.Thomas solution with pinacidil (50 mmol/L,K+5mmol/L). Microviscosity, the reciprocal of fluidity of myocardial membrane was measured in all groups by using fluorescence polarization technique. (Results )Microvis cosity of myocardial cell in depolarized arrest group during ACC period was significantly higher than that before ACC and kept on rising during reperfusion period. Microviscosity of myocardial cell in hyperpolarized arrest group during ACC was trending up and reperfusion periods as well, but markedly lower compared to that in depolarized arrest group at corresponding time points(Plt;0.01). Conclusion Hyperpolarized arrest is more effective in protecting myocardial cells from ischemia-reperfusion injury than depolarized arrest during CPB by maintaining better fluidity of myocardial membrane.
ObjectiveTo systematically review the safety and efficacy of operative versus non-operative treatment for displaced midshaft clavicle fractures.MethodsDatabases including PubMed, The Cochrane Library, EMbase, MEDLINE(Ovid), CBM, CNKI and WanFang Data were searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies about operation versus non-operation for displaced midshaft clavicle fractures from inception to June 3rd, 2017. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Then meta-analysis was performed by RevMan 5.2 software.ResultsA total of 14 RCTs and 5 prospective cohort studies involving 1 543 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that operation was superior to non-operation in the Constant score (SMD=0.76, 95%CI 0.40 to 1.13, P<0.000 1), DASH score (SMD=–0.49, 95%CI –0.91 to 0.06,P=0.02), nonunion rate (RR=0.17, 95%CI 0.10 to 0.30, P<0.000 01), malunion (RR=0.20, 95%CI 0.12 to 0.33,P<0.000 01) and patients’ satisfaction rate (RR=1.39, 95%CI 1.13to 1.71,P=0.002), respectively.ConclusionCurrent evidence shows that operation could improve the function of the upper limbs, reduce nonunion and malunion, and improve the satisfaction of the patients with midshaft clavicle fractures. Due to the limited quality of the included studies, more large-scale, high-quality studies are required to verify the above conclusion.
Urine-derived stem cells are a kind of cells with strong proliferative ability and multi-directional differentiation characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells isolated from urine. Urine-derived stem cells are derived from the kidney and express mesenchymal stem cell-specific antigens; experimental studies have shown that they can differentiate into a variety of cells such as adipocytes, chondrocytes, bone cells, nerve cells, etc., and have the function of promoting tissue repair. A review of the research progress of urinary stem cells is now available.
Objective To review the progress of cell sheet technology and its application in bone and cartilage engineering. Methods The recent literature concerning the cell sheet technology used in treatment of bone and cartilage defects was extensively reviewed and summarized. Results Cell sheet built through many different ways can protect extracellular matrix from proteolytic enzymes. As a three-dimensional structure, cell sheet can repair bone and cartilige defects via folding, wrapping scaffold, or be created by the layering of individual cell sheets. Conclusion The cell sheet technology would have a very broad prospects in bone and cartilage tissue engineering in future.
Brain-computer interface (BCI) provides a direct communicating and controlling approach between the brain and surrounding environment, which attracts a wide range of interest in the fields of brain science and artificial intelligence. It is a core to decode the electroencephalogram (EEG) feature in the BCI system. The decoding efficiency highly depends on the feature extraction and feature classification algorithms. In this paper, we first introduce the commonly-used EEG features in the BCI system. Then we introduce the basic classical algorithms and their advanced versions used in the BCI system. Finally, we present some new BCI algorithms proposed in recent years. We hope this paper can spark fresh thinking for the research and development of high-performance BCI system.
ObjectiveDetermine the effect of Semen ziziphi spinosae decoction combined Sodium valproate (VPA) sustained-release tablets on treating patients with Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE).Methods30 patients are chosen among the patients who were hospitalised in Epilepsy Department of Kunshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital from Jan 2017 to Jan 2019. The age ranges from 31 to 75, averaging at (42.5±13.5) years old, and composed of 16 male samples and 14 female, randomly divided into experimental group (Semen ziziphi spinosae decoction combined VPA, n=15) and control group (VPA, n=15). In general, imaging data and EEG data are collected. Regular follow-up is also carried out for these 30 patients. The results are analysed to determine the effect of treatment.ResultsAfter 9-months treatment of Semen ziziphi spinosae decoction combined VPA, morbidity of experiment group is significantly lower than that of the control group. It is also found that the differenes of imaging data and EEG data of patients were of no statistical significance.ConclusionIt is demonstrated that Semen ziziphi spinosae decoction combined VPA has superior performance in treating patients with PTE. The efficiency of Semen ziziphi spinosae decoction combined VPS in treating PTE is 93.3%, higher than the 80% of VPA. It can serve as reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
As the most common active brain-computer interaction paradigm, motor imagery brain-computer interface (MI-BCI) suffers from the bottleneck problems of small instruction set and low accuracy, and its information transmission rate (ITR) and practical application are severely limited. In this study, we designed 6-class imagination actions, collected electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from 19 subjects, and studied the effect of collaborative brain-computer interface (cBCI) collaboration strategy on MI-BCI classification performance, the effects of changes in different group sizes and fusion strategies on group multi-classification performance are compared. The results showed that the most suitable group size was 4 people, and the best fusion strategy was decision fusion. In this condition, the classification accuracy of the group reached 77%, which was higher than that of the feature fusion strategy under the same group size (77.31% vs. 56.34%), and was significantly higher than that of the average single user (77.31% vs. 44.90%). The research in this paper proves that the cBCI collaboration strategy can effectively improve the MI-BCI classification performance, which lays the foundation for MI-cBCI research and its future application.