AIM:It is known that toxoplasmosis rarely leads to various liver pathologies,most common of which is granulomatose hepatitis in patients having normal immune systems.Patients who have cirrhosis of the liver are subjec...AIM:It is known that toxoplasmosis rarely leads to various liver pathologies,most common of which is granulomatose hepatitis in patients having normal immune systems.Patients who have cirrhosis of the liver are subject to a variety of cellular as well as humoral immunity disorders.Therefore,it may be considered that toxoplasmosis can cause more frequent and more severe diseases in patients with cirrhosis and is capable of changing the course of the disease.The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of toxoplasmosis in patients with cirrhosis. METHODS:Serum samples were taken from 108 patients with cirrhosis under observation in the Hepatology Polyclinic of the Gastroenterology Clinic,and a control group made up of 50 healthy blood donors.IFAT and ELISA methods were used to investigate the IgG and IgM antibodies,which had developed from these sera. RESULTS:Toxoplasma IgG and IgN antibody positivity was found in 74 (68.5%) of the 108 cirrhotic patients and 24 (48%) of the 50 people in the control group.The difference between them was significant (P<0.05). CONCLUSION:In conclusion,it was found that the toxopiasma sero-prevalence in the cirrhotic patients in this study was higher.Cirrhotic patients are likely to form a toxoplasma risk group.More detailed studies are needed on this subject.展开更多
Objectives To evaluate the plasma atherosclerotic biomarkers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus （T2DM） and arteriosclerosis obliteran （ASO） when treated with Probucol plus Cilostazol in combination and indi...Objectives To evaluate the plasma atherosclerotic biomarkers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus （T2DM） and arteriosclerosis obliteran （ASO） when treated with Probucol plus Cilostazol in combination and individually. Methods In this open-label study, patients aged 40-75 years were randomized to receive conventional therapy alone, or with Cilostazol 100 mg bid, or with Probucol 250 mg bid, or with both in combination. Endpoints included changes in plasma biomarker and safety at 12 weeks. Results Of the 200 randomized pati- ents, 165 for per-protocol and 160 for the safety （QTc intervals） were set, respectively. Probucol significantly reduced total cholesterol （P 〈 0.001）, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol （LDL-C）, （P = 0.01）, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol （HDL-C） （P 〈 0.001） compared with conventional therapy. Cilostazol was effective in increasing HDL-C （P = 0.002） and reducing triglycerides levels （P 〈 0.01） compared with conventional therapy. A trend towards significance was observed for the difference between conventional therapy alone and Probucol plus Cilostazol group for the change in oxidized low-density lipoprotein （Ox-LDL, P = 0.065）. No significant effects on the majority of the remaining biomarkers were found across the treatment groups. Conclusions We have confirmed that Ox-LDL could be a possible plasma atherosclerotic biomarker among the evaluated biomarkers, which reflected the synergetic effect of Cilostazol plus Probucol in patients with T2DM and ASO shown previously in preclinical studies.展开更多
Transient elastography and the acoustic radiation force impulse techniques may play a pivotal role in the study of liver fibrosis. Some studies have shown that elastography can detect both the progression and regressi...Transient elastography and the acoustic radiation force impulse techniques may play a pivotal role in the study of liver fibrosis. Some studies have shown that elastography can detect both the progression and regression of fibrosis. Similarly, research results have been analysed and direct and indirect serum markers of hepatic fibrosis have shown high diagnostic accuracy for advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis. The prognosis of different stages of cirrhosis is well established and various staging systems have been proposed, largely based on clinical data. However, it is still unknown if either noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis or elastography may contribute to a more accurate staging of liver cirrhosis, in terms of prognosis and fibrosis regression after effective therapy. In fact, not enough studies have shown both the fibrosis regression in different cirrhosis stages and the point beyond which the prognosis does not change- even in the event of fibrosis regression. Therefore, future studies are needed to validate noninvasive methods in predicting the different phases of liver cirrhosis.展开更多
The realization of paperless trading in apparel industry by application of EDI has become the requirement of the new century. In this paper the necessity for EDI standardization is proved, and the coding of domestic a...The realization of paperless trading in apparel industry by application of EDI has become the requirement of the new century. In this paper the necessity for EDI standardization is proved, and the coding of domestic apparel EDI message standard is put forward.展开更多
Multiple sclerosis is a neurodegenerative and inflammatory disease, a hallmark of which is demyelinating lesions in the white matter. We hypothesized that alterations in white matter microstructures can be non-invasiv...Multiple sclerosis is a neurodegenerative and inflammatory disease, a hallmark of which is demyelinating lesions in the white matter. We hypothesized that alterations in white matter microstructures can be non-invasively characterized by advanced diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. Seven diffusion metrics were extracted from hybrid diffusion imaging acquisitions via classic diffusion tensor imaging, neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging, and q-space imaging. We investigated the sensitivity of the diffusion metrics in 36 sets of regions of interest in the brain white matter of six female patients(age 52.8 ± 4.3 years) with multiple sclerosis. Each region of interest set included a conventional T2-defined lesion, a matched perilesion area, and normal-appearing white matter. Six patients with multiple sclerosis(n = 5) or clinically isolated syndrome(n = 1) at a mild to moderate disability level were recruited. The patients exhibited microstructural alterations from normal-appearing white matter transitioning to perilesion areas and lesions, consistent with decreased tissue restriction, decreased axonal density, and increased classic diffusion tensor imaging diffusivity. The findings suggest that diffusion compartment modeling and q-spa ce analysis appeared to be sensitive for detecting subtle microstructural alterations between perilesion areas and normal-appearing white matter.展开更多
In order to marker dominant nuclear gene Ms2 with a blue grain, a 4E disomic addition line ＇xiaoyanlanli＇（2n=44, AABBDD＋4EII） as the male parent to pollinate with male-sterile plants of durum wheat, controlled by...In order to marker dominant nuclear gene Ms2 with a blue grain, a 4E disomic addition line ＇xiaoyanlanli＇（2n=44, AABBDD＋4EII） as the male parent to pollinate with male-sterile plants of durum wheat, controlled by a dominant nuclear gene Ms2, and a durum wheat line 89-2343 with Ms2 and blue seed marker on the same addition chromosome was developed. The genotype 89-2343 was crossed and backcrossed with a common wheat genotype 7739-3 to produce male fertile plants with blue seeds （MFP-BS）. To combine the blue seed marker, dwarf male-sterile plants carrying RhtlO and Ms2 were fertilized by pollen from selected MFP-BS. At last, the combination of blue seed marker, Ms2 and RhtlO was successfully produced. The segregation ratio of male sterility, seed color as well as chromosome configurations of the combinations suggested that the blue seed marker, Ms2 and RhtlO were located on the same chromosome. Cytological analysis indicated that the male sterile wheat line with a blue seed marker was 43 in chromosome number, with an additional chromosome. The transmission rate for blue seed male-sterile plants was 22.1% in common. In addition, the potential value for blue marker sterile lines in wheat breeding and hybrid production is discussed.展开更多
Biomarkers are very important indicators of normal and abnormal biological processes. Specific changes in pathologies, biochemistries and genetics can give us comprehensive information regarding the nature of any part...Biomarkers are very important indicators of normal and abnormal biological processes. Specific changes in pathologies, biochemistries and genetics can give us comprehensive information regarding the nature of any particular disease. A good biomarker should be precise and reliable, distinguishable between normal and interested disease, and differential between different diseases. It is believed that biomarkers have great potential in predicting chances for diseases, aiding in early diagnosis, and setting standards for the development of new remedies to treat diseases. New technologies have enabled scientists to identify biomarkers of several different neurodegenerative diseases. The followings, for instance, are only a few of the many new biomarkers that have been recently identified: the phosphorylated tau protein and aggregated β-amyloid peptide for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), α-synuclein contained Lewy bodies and altered dopamine transporter (DAT) imaging for Parkinson’s disease (PD), SOD mutations for familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and CAG repeats resulted from Huntington’s gene mutations in Huntington’s disease (HD). This article will focus on the most-recent findings of biomarkers belonging to the four mentioned neurodegenerative diseases.展开更多
In this note we consider 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras and give a criterion for the rigidity of this class in the variety N2n of 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras of dimension n. We apply this criterion to prove that ever...In this note we consider 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras and give a criterion for the rigidity of this class in the variety N2n of 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras of dimension n. We apply this criterion to prove that every rigid Lie algebra in N2n is indecomposable, except for η3 C and η3 η3.展开更多
OBJECTIVE： To explore the plasma metabolite pro- files in patients with the syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis in hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis （As）, and to search for the metabolic biomarkers of the syndrome...OBJECTIVE： To explore the plasma metabolite pro- files in patients with the syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis in hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis （As）, and to search for the metabolic biomarkers of the syndrome. METHODS： The plasma metabolite profiles of 31 patients with the syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis in hyperlipidemia and As, 6 patients with syn- dromes without phlegm and blood stasis, and 10 healthy subjects were analyzed by gas chromatog- raphy-mass spectrometry （GC-MS）. Partial least squares-discriminant analyses （PLS-DA） were used to carry out the pattern-recognition analyses of the data. The plasma metabolic biomarkers of patients were obtained by variable importance plot value （VlP value） and Student＇s t-test. The structures ofbiomarkers were defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology （NIST） database. RESULTS： PLS-DA score plots of plasma metabo- Iomes did not show overlap between the phlegm-blood stasis syndrome group and syn- dromes without phlegm and blood stasis group, whereas significant differences in the concentra- tions in the plasma of 5 metabolites were found （P〈 0.05）. They were identified as urine, isoleucine, gluc- uronic acid, palmitic acid and glycerol by searching in NIST database. The concentrations of four metab- olites in the plasma of patients with syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis were higher than those with syndromes without phlegm and blood stasis, whereas the glycerol concentration was lower. CONCLUSION： Compared with patients with syn- dromes without phlegm and blood stasis, five me- tabolites showed abnormal levels in patients with the syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis. These metabolites could be diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.展开更多
The paper shows that, for a unit circular plate, Reissner-Mindlin plate model with hard simply support does not capture the boundary layer behaviour for the bending moment when the load is independent of θ, where (r,...The paper shows that, for a unit circular plate, Reissner-Mindlin plate model with hard simply support does not capture the boundary layer behaviour for the bending moment when the load is independent of θ, where (r,θ) is the polar coordinates in plane. In contrast p-model shows this boundary layer, which is proved theoretically and numerically. But for the case when the boundary is a straight line, the boundary layer for p-model is weak and disappears as the plate thickness tends to zero.展开更多
We propose a novel high-performance hardware architecture of processor for elliptic curve scalar multiplication based on the Lopez-Dahab algorithm over GF（2^163） in polynomial basis representation. The processor can...We propose a novel high-performance hardware architecture of processor for elliptic curve scalar multiplication based on the Lopez-Dahab algorithm over GF（2^163） in polynomial basis representation. The processor can do all the operations using an efficient modular arithmetic logic unit, which includes an addition unit, a square and a carefully designed multiplication unit. In the proposed architecture, multiplication, addition, and square can be performed in parallel by the decomposition of computation. The point addition and point doubling iteration operations can be performed in six multiplications by optimization and solution of data dependency. The implementation results based on Xilinx VirtexⅡ XC2V6000 FPGA show that the proposed design can do random elliptic curve scalar multiplication GF（2^163） in 34.11 μs, occupying 2821 registers and 13 376 LUTs.展开更多
文摘AIM:It is known that toxoplasmosis rarely leads to various liver pathologies,most common of which is granulomatose hepatitis in patients having normal immune systems.Patients who have cirrhosis of the liver are subject to a variety of cellular as well as humoral immunity disorders.Therefore,it may be considered that toxoplasmosis can cause more frequent and more severe diseases in patients with cirrhosis and is capable of changing the course of the disease.The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of toxoplasmosis in patients with cirrhosis. METHODS:Serum samples were taken from 108 patients with cirrhosis under observation in the Hepatology Polyclinic of the Gastroenterology Clinic,and a control group made up of 50 healthy blood donors.IFAT and ELISA methods were used to investigate the IgG and IgM antibodies,which had developed from these sera. RESULTS:Toxoplasma IgG and IgN antibody positivity was found in 74 (68.5%) of the 108 cirrhotic patients and 24 (48%) of the 50 people in the control group.The difference between them was significant (P<0.05). CONCLUSION:In conclusion,it was found that the toxopiasma sero-prevalence in the cirrhotic patients in this study was higher.Cirrhotic patients are likely to form a toxoplasma risk group.More detailed studies are needed on this subject.
文摘Objectives To evaluate the plasma atherosclerotic biomarkers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus （T2DM） and arteriosclerosis obliteran （ASO） when treated with Probucol plus Cilostazol in combination and individually. Methods In this open-label study, patients aged 40-75 years were randomized to receive conventional therapy alone, or with Cilostazol 100 mg bid, or with Probucol 250 mg bid, or with both in combination. Endpoints included changes in plasma biomarker and safety at 12 weeks. Results Of the 200 randomized pati- ents, 165 for per-protocol and 160 for the safety （QTc intervals） were set, respectively. Probucol significantly reduced total cholesterol （P 〈 0.001）, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol （LDL-C）, （P = 0.01）, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol （HDL-C） （P 〈 0.001） compared with conventional therapy. Cilostazol was effective in increasing HDL-C （P = 0.002） and reducing triglycerides levels （P 〈 0.01） compared with conventional therapy. A trend towards significance was observed for the difference between conventional therapy alone and Probucol plus Cilostazol group for the change in oxidized low-density lipoprotein （Ox-LDL, P = 0.065）. No significant effects on the majority of the remaining biomarkers were found across the treatment groups. Conclusions We have confirmed that Ox-LDL could be a possible plasma atherosclerotic biomarker among the evaluated biomarkers, which reflected the synergetic effect of Cilostazol plus Probucol in patients with T2DM and ASO shown previously in preclinical studies.
文摘Transient elastography and the acoustic radiation force impulse techniques may play a pivotal role in the study of liver fibrosis. Some studies have shown that elastography can detect both the progression and regression of fibrosis. Similarly, research results have been analysed and direct and indirect serum markers of hepatic fibrosis have shown high diagnostic accuracy for advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis. The prognosis of different stages of cirrhosis is well established and various staging systems have been proposed, largely based on clinical data. However, it is still unknown if either noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis or elastography may contribute to a more accurate staging of liver cirrhosis, in terms of prognosis and fibrosis regression after effective therapy. In fact, not enough studies have shown both the fibrosis regression in different cirrhosis stages and the point beyond which the prognosis does not change- even in the event of fibrosis regression. Therefore, future studies are needed to validate noninvasive methods in predicting the different phases of liver cirrhosis.
文摘The realization of paperless trading in apparel industry by application of EDI has become the requirement of the new century. In this paper the necessity for EDI standardization is proved, and the coding of domestic apparel EDI message standard is put forward.
基金supported by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Imaging Technology Development Program(IUPUI ITDP)National Institutes of Health(NIH)grant R21 NS075791,and R01 AG053993
文摘Multiple sclerosis is a neurodegenerative and inflammatory disease, a hallmark of which is demyelinating lesions in the white matter. We hypothesized that alterations in white matter microstructures can be non-invasively characterized by advanced diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. Seven diffusion metrics were extracted from hybrid diffusion imaging acquisitions via classic diffusion tensor imaging, neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging, and q-space imaging. We investigated the sensitivity of the diffusion metrics in 36 sets of regions of interest in the brain white matter of six female patients(age 52.8 ± 4.3 years) with multiple sclerosis. Each region of interest set included a conventional T2-defined lesion, a matched perilesion area, and normal-appearing white matter. Six patients with multiple sclerosis(n = 5) or clinically isolated syndrome(n = 1) at a mild to moderate disability level were recruited. The patients exhibited microstructural alterations from normal-appearing white matter transitioning to perilesion areas and lesions, consistent with decreased tissue restriction, decreased axonal density, and increased classic diffusion tensor imaging diffusivity. The findings suggest that diffusion compartment modeling and q-spa ce analysis appeared to be sensitive for detecting subtle microstructural alterations between perilesion areas and normal-appearing white matter.
文摘In order to marker dominant nuclear gene Ms2 with a blue grain, a 4E disomic addition line ＇xiaoyanlanli＇（2n=44, AABBDD＋4EII） as the male parent to pollinate with male-sterile plants of durum wheat, controlled by a dominant nuclear gene Ms2, and a durum wheat line 89-2343 with Ms2 and blue seed marker on the same addition chromosome was developed. The genotype 89-2343 was crossed and backcrossed with a common wheat genotype 7739-3 to produce male fertile plants with blue seeds （MFP-BS）. To combine the blue seed marker, dwarf male-sterile plants carrying RhtlO and Ms2 were fertilized by pollen from selected MFP-BS. At last, the combination of blue seed marker, Ms2 and RhtlO was successfully produced. The segregation ratio of male sterility, seed color as well as chromosome configurations of the combinations suggested that the blue seed marker, Ms2 and RhtlO were located on the same chromosome. Cytological analysis indicated that the male sterile wheat line with a blue seed marker was 43 in chromosome number, with an additional chromosome. The transmission rate for blue seed male-sterile plants was 22.1% in common. In addition, the potential value for blue marker sterile lines in wheat breeding and hybrid production is discussed.
文摘Biomarkers are very important indicators of normal and abnormal biological processes. Specific changes in pathologies, biochemistries and genetics can give us comprehensive information regarding the nature of any particular disease. A good biomarker should be precise and reliable, distinguishable between normal and interested disease, and differential between different diseases. It is believed that biomarkers have great potential in predicting chances for diseases, aiding in early diagnosis, and setting standards for the development of new remedies to treat diseases. New technologies have enabled scientists to identify biomarkers of several different neurodegenerative diseases. The followings, for instance, are only a few of the many new biomarkers that have been recently identified: the phosphorylated tau protein and aggregated β-amyloid peptide for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), α-synuclein contained Lewy bodies and altered dopamine transporter (DAT) imaging for Parkinson’s disease (PD), SOD mutations for familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and CAG repeats resulted from Huntington’s gene mutations in Huntington’s disease (HD). This article will focus on the most-recent findings of biomarkers belonging to the four mentioned neurodegenerative diseases.
文摘In this note we consider 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras and give a criterion for the rigidity of this class in the variety N2n of 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras of dimension n. We apply this criterion to prove that every rigid Lie algebra in N2n is indecomposable, except for η3 C and η3 η3.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for "Combining proteomics and metabolomics to research biological markers group of hyperlipoidemia and arteriosclerosis with the syndrome of phlegm-blood stasis" (No.90709008)National Science and Technology Major Projects for "Major New Drugs Innovation and Development"(2009ZX09502-018)
文摘OBJECTIVE： To explore the plasma metabolite pro- files in patients with the syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis in hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis （As）, and to search for the metabolic biomarkers of the syndrome. METHODS： The plasma metabolite profiles of 31 patients with the syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis in hyperlipidemia and As, 6 patients with syn- dromes without phlegm and blood stasis, and 10 healthy subjects were analyzed by gas chromatog- raphy-mass spectrometry （GC-MS）. Partial least squares-discriminant analyses （PLS-DA） were used to carry out the pattern-recognition analyses of the data. The plasma metabolic biomarkers of patients were obtained by variable importance plot value （VlP value） and Student＇s t-test. The structures ofbiomarkers were defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology （NIST） database. RESULTS： PLS-DA score plots of plasma metabo- Iomes did not show overlap between the phlegm-blood stasis syndrome group and syn- dromes without phlegm and blood stasis group, whereas significant differences in the concentra- tions in the plasma of 5 metabolites were found （P〈 0.05）. They were identified as urine, isoleucine, gluc- uronic acid, palmitic acid and glycerol by searching in NIST database. The concentrations of four metab- olites in the plasma of patients with syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis were higher than those with syndromes without phlegm and blood stasis, whereas the glycerol concentration was lower. CONCLUSION： Compared with patients with syn- dromes without phlegm and blood stasis, five me- tabolites showed abnormal levels in patients with the syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis. These metabolites could be diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
文摘The paper shows that, for a unit circular plate, Reissner-Mindlin plate model with hard simply support does not capture the boundary layer behaviour for the bending moment when the load is independent of θ, where (r,θ) is the polar coordinates in plane. In contrast p-model shows this boundary layer, which is proved theoretically and numerically. But for the case when the boundary is a straight line, the boundary layer for p-model is weak and disappears as the plate thickness tends to zero.
基金supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program (863) of China (No. 2006AA01Z226)the Research Foun dation of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (No. 2006Z001B)
文摘We propose a novel high-performance hardware architecture of processor for elliptic curve scalar multiplication based on the Lopez-Dahab algorithm over GF（2^163） in polynomial basis representation. The processor can do all the operations using an efficient modular arithmetic logic unit, which includes an addition unit, a square and a carefully designed multiplication unit. In the proposed architecture, multiplication, addition, and square can be performed in parallel by the decomposition of computation. The point addition and point doubling iteration operations can be performed in six multiplications by optimization and solution of data dependency. The implementation results based on Xilinx VirtexⅡ XC2V6000 FPGA show that the proposed design can do random elliptic curve scalar multiplication GF（2^163） in 34.11 μs, occupying 2821 registers and 13 376 LUTs.
