AIM:To investigate whether the addition of probiotics can improve the eradication effect of triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori ) infection. METHODS:This open randomized trial recruited 234 H. pylori pos...AIM:To investigate whether the addition of probiotics can improve the eradication effect of triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori ) infection. METHODS:This open randomized trial recruited 234 H. pylori positive gastritis patients from seven local centers. The patients were randomized to one-week standard triple therapy (omeprazole 20 mg bid , clarithromycin 500 mg bid , and amoxicillin 1000 mg bid ; OCA group, n = 79); two weeks of pre-treatment with probiotics, containing 3 × 107 Lactobacillus acidophilus per day, prior to one week of triple therapy (POCA group, n = 78); or one week of triple therapy followed by two weeks of the same probiotics (OCAP group, n = 77). Successful eradication was defined as a negative C13 or C14 urease breath test four weeks after triple therapy. Patients were asked to report associated symptoms at baseline and during follow-up, and side effects related to therapy were recorded. Data were analyzed by both intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) methods. RESULTS:PP analysis involved 228 patients, 78 in the OCA, 76 in the POCA and 74 in the OCAP group. Successful eradication was observed in 171 patients; by PP analysis, the eradication rates were significantly higher (P = 0.007 each) in the POCA (62/76; 81.6%, 95% CI 72.8%-90.4%) and OCAP (61/74; 82.4%, 95% CI 73.6%-91.2%) groups than in the OCA group (48/78; 61.5%, 95% CI 50.6%-72.4%). ITT analysis also showed that eradication rates were significantly higher in the POCA (62/78; 79.5%, 95% CI 70.4%-88.6%) and OCAP (61/77; 79.2%, 95% CI 70%-88.4%) groups than in the OCA group (48/79; 60.8%, 95% CI 49.9%-71.7%), (P = 0.014 and P = 0.015). The symptom relieving rates in the POCA, OCAP and OCA groups were 85.5%, 89.2% and 87.2%, respectively. Only one of the 228 patients experienced an adverse reaction. CONCLUSION:Administration of probiotics before or after standard triple therapy may improve H. pylori eradication rates.展开更多
通过透射电镜、扫描电镜和X射线衍射仪分析了投加膦酰基羧酸(POCA)对碳酸钙形貌及晶格参数2θ的影响,发现投加POCA改变了CaCO3垢的结晶习惯并对方解石有一定的晶格扭曲作用,随着加药量的增加,方解石的比例减少,而文石和球霰石的比例增加...通过透射电镜、扫描电镜和X射线衍射仪分析了投加膦酰基羧酸(POCA)对碳酸钙形貌及晶格参数2θ的影响,发现投加POCA改变了CaCO3垢的结晶习惯并对方解石有一定的晶格扭曲作用,随着加药量的增加,方解石的比例减少,而文石和球霰石的比例增加,POCA对方解石(110)晶面的抑制作用强于(104)晶面;同时采用分子动力学(MD)方法,模拟计算了POCA与方解石的(110)、(104)晶面的相互作用,结果表明:聚合物分子与晶面之间的结合能主要由Coulomb作用和van der Waals作用力提供。比较POCA在方解石两晶面上的结合能,发现Ebind(110)大于Ebind(104),两者数值之比约为1·39,即POCA分子与(110)面的结合比(104)面更牢固,说明POCA对(110)面生长的抑制居于主导地位。两种研究方法得到的结论一致。展开更多
Purpose The research focuses on the related designing and simulating the high-position-resolution trajectory detector system based on cosmic ray muon tomography.Methods The energy deposition of muon in the detector va...Purpose The research focuses on the related designing and simulating the high-position-resolution trajectory detector system based on cosmic ray muon tomography.Methods The energy deposition of muon in the detector varies with the length of the ionization path.Results The simulation of the submillimeter detector system was designed for muon imaging.The optimal position resolution of the detector reached 0.6 mm.Conclusions The entire research process includes the selection of analysis of parameters affecting system design,designing of two high-position-resolution detectors based on plastic scintillators,implementation of different imaging algorithms and image quality assessment based on different imaging models.It provides a solution based on high positional resolution plastic scintillator detectors for cosmic ray muon scattering imaging.展开更多
This paper studies the possibility of using the scattering of cosmic muons to identify threatening high-Z materials. Various scenarios of threat material detection are simulated with the Geant4 toolkit. PoCA （Point o...This paper studies the possibility of using the scattering of cosmic muons to identify threatening high-Z materials. Various scenarios of threat material detection are simulated with the Geant4 toolkit. PoCA （Point of Closest Approach） algorithm reconstructing muon track gives 3D radiography images of the target material. Z-discrimination capability, effects of the placement of high-Z materials, shielding materials inside the cargo, and spatial resolution of position sensitive detector for muon radiography are carefully studied. Our results show that a detector position resolution of 50 μm is good enough for shielded materials detection.展开更多
基金Supported by A grant from the China National Science and Technology Major Project, No. 2012ZX09303-011-002
文摘AIM:To investigate whether the addition of probiotics can improve the eradication effect of triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori ) infection. METHODS:This open randomized trial recruited 234 H. pylori positive gastritis patients from seven local centers. The patients were randomized to one-week standard triple therapy (omeprazole 20 mg bid , clarithromycin 500 mg bid , and amoxicillin 1000 mg bid ; OCA group, n = 79); two weeks of pre-treatment with probiotics, containing 3 × 107 Lactobacillus acidophilus per day, prior to one week of triple therapy (POCA group, n = 78); or one week of triple therapy followed by two weeks of the same probiotics (OCAP group, n = 77). Successful eradication was defined as a negative C13 or C14 urease breath test four weeks after triple therapy. Patients were asked to report associated symptoms at baseline and during follow-up, and side effects related to therapy were recorded. Data were analyzed by both intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) methods. RESULTS:PP analysis involved 228 patients, 78 in the OCA, 76 in the POCA and 74 in the OCAP group. Successful eradication was observed in 171 patients; by PP analysis, the eradication rates were significantly higher (P = 0.007 each) in the POCA (62/76; 81.6%, 95% CI 72.8%-90.4%) and OCAP (61/74; 82.4%, 95% CI 73.6%-91.2%) groups than in the OCA group (48/78; 61.5%, 95% CI 50.6%-72.4%). ITT analysis also showed that eradication rates were significantly higher in the POCA (62/78; 79.5%, 95% CI 70.4%-88.6%) and OCAP (61/77; 79.2%, 95% CI 70%-88.4%) groups than in the OCA group (48/79; 60.8%, 95% CI 49.9%-71.7%), (P = 0.014 and P = 0.015). The symptom relieving rates in the POCA, OCAP and OCA groups were 85.5%, 89.2% and 87.2%, respectively. Only one of the 228 patients experienced an adverse reaction. CONCLUSION:Administration of probiotics before or after standard triple therapy may improve H. pylori eradication rates.
文摘通过透射电镜、扫描电镜和X射线衍射仪分析了投加膦酰基羧酸(POCA)对碳酸钙形貌及晶格参数2θ的影响,发现投加POCA改变了CaCO3垢的结晶习惯并对方解石有一定的晶格扭曲作用,随着加药量的增加,方解石的比例减少,而文石和球霰石的比例增加,POCA对方解石(110)晶面的抑制作用强于(104)晶面;同时采用分子动力学(MD)方法,模拟计算了POCA与方解石的(110)、(104)晶面的相互作用,结果表明:聚合物分子与晶面之间的结合能主要由Coulomb作用和van der Waals作用力提供。比较POCA在方解石两晶面上的结合能,发现Ebind(110)大于Ebind(104),两者数值之比约为1·39,即POCA分子与(110)面的结合比(104)面更牢固,说明POCA对(110)面生长的抑制居于主导地位。两种研究方法得到的结论一致。
基金supported by the National Nat-ural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U2067206 and No.U1932162)
文摘Purpose The research focuses on the related designing and simulating the high-position-resolution trajectory detector system based on cosmic ray muon tomography.Methods The energy deposition of muon in the detector varies with the length of the ionization path.Results The simulation of the submillimeter detector system was designed for muon imaging.The optimal position resolution of the detector reached 0.6 mm.Conclusions The entire research process includes the selection of analysis of parameters affecting system design,designing of two high-position-resolution detectors based on plastic scintillators,implementation of different imaging algorithms and image quality assessment based on different imaging models.It provides a solution based on high positional resolution plastic scintillator detectors for cosmic ray muon scattering imaging.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10575046,10775062)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
文摘This paper studies the possibility of using the scattering of cosmic muons to identify threatening high-Z materials. Various scenarios of threat material detection are simulated with the Geant4 toolkit. PoCA （Point of Closest Approach） algorithm reconstructing muon track gives 3D radiography images of the target material. Z-discrimination capability, effects of the placement of high-Z materials, shielding materials inside the cargo, and spatial resolution of position sensitive detector for muon radiography are carefully studied. Our results show that a detector position resolution of 50 μm is good enough for shielded materials detection.
