Acupuncture/electroacupuncture enhances antidepressant effect of Seroxat:the Symptom Checklist-90 scores

One hundred and five patients with primary unipolar depression were randomly divided into three groups： drug group （Seroxat administration）, acupuncture group （Seroxat plus acupunc- ture）, and electroacupuncture group （Seroxat plus acupuncture plus electroacupuncture）. Patients＇ symptoms were evaluated using a psychometric questionnaire, the Symptom Check- list-90, before intervention and after 2, 4, 6 and 10 weeks of treatment. The individual factor scores and the total score from the Symptom Checldist-90 reduced in all three groups as treat- ment progressed. In the acupuncture and electroacupuncture groups, the total score and the factor scores for obsessive-compulsive symptoms, depression, and anxiety were significantly lower than those in the drug group. There was no significant difference in the factor scores or total scores between the acupuncture and electroacupuncture groups. Some factor scores in the electroacupuncture group, such as somatization, depression, hostility, and phobic anxiety, were increased at 10 weeks compared with the respective score immediately after the course of electroacupuncture at 6 weeks. Our findings indicate that administration of Seroxat alone or in combination with acupuncture/electroacupuncture can produce a significant effect in patients with primary unipolar depression. Furthermore, acupuncture/electroacupuncture has a rapid onset of therapeutic effect and produces a noticeable improvement in obsessive-compulsive, de- pressive and anxiety symptoms.

Improvement in quality of life in depressed patients following verum acupuncture or electroacupuncture plus paroxetine:A randomized controlled study of 157 cases

Depressed patients with scores of 17 or more on the 17 items of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale were treated with the antidepressant drug paroxetine. They also underwent verum acupuncture or electroacupuncture at Baihui （GV20） and Yintang （GV29）. The World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Brief Version showed a significant increase in the total scores of patients who underwent verum acupuncture and electroacupuncture for 6 weeks compared with those who were given paroxetine only; significantly increased physical domain and social relationship scores in verum acupuncture patients compared with paroxetine only; and significantly elevated psychological domain scores with electroacupuncture compared with paroxetine only. These results indicate that both verum acupuncture and electroacupuncture can improve quality of life in depressed patients undergoing paroxetine treatment,

Simulation Experiment of Air Temperature Variation in Multi-film Covering at Night

In order to provide theoretical basis and data support for improving the production mode of covering,this study investigated the nighttime air temperature formed by multiple layers of films with tunnel sheds and small tunnel sheds as trial subjects.The experiment was carried out in four tunnel sheds with 0 or 2 small tunnel sheds covered by 0,1,2 and 3 layers of films,respectively in Jinan,Shandong Province in winter of 2018.The nighttime air temperatures of tunnel sheds and small tunnel sheds formed by 1,2,3 and 4 layers of plastic film were measured and analyzed to simulate the temperature environment of early-spring season.The results showed that there were little differences between the nighttime air temperatures inside the tunnel sheds which was installed 0-3-layer small tunnel sheds inside,and there were uncertainty in the values of the air temperatures inside and outside the tunnel sheds;and the nighttime temperature conditions were constantly improved with the number of plastic film layers increasing under the conditions of this study.The analysis indicated that the mechanism of raising the temperature surrounded by plastic film was not only due to its own thermal parameter (thermal conductivity).MATLAB fitting analysis results showed that the increment of nighttime temperature in multi-film coverings became smaller with the number of film layers increasing.In this study,the number of layers in multi-film covering should not exceed 5 layers.