Culture shock can be easily encountered in intercultural communication.This paper illustrates the causes of culture shock,and also provides solutions to deal with culture shock and try to reduce its influence.
目的验证玄七健骨片治疗膝骨关节炎(KOA)筋脉瘀滞证的有效性及安全性。方法选取2012年12月-2015年2月7家医院476例KOA筋脉瘀滞证患者进行Ⅲ期临床研究,采用随机数字表法分为试验组和对照组。试验组予玄七健骨片,对照组予安慰剂,均4片/...目的验证玄七健骨片治疗膝骨关节炎(KOA)筋脉瘀滞证的有效性及安全性。方法选取2012年12月-2015年2月7家医院476例KOA筋脉瘀滞证患者进行Ⅲ期临床研究,采用随机数字表法分为试验组和对照组。试验组予玄七健骨片,对照组予安慰剂,均4片/次,3次/d,疗程28 d。比较2组中医证候疗效及疼痛消失情况,观察2组治疗前及治疗7、14、28 d西安大略和麦克马斯特大学骨关节炎指数(WOMAC)总分及疼痛、僵硬、日常活动评分,中医症状积分,监测2组安全性指标及试验期间出现的不良反应。结果共剔除10例患者,最终466例纳入分析数据集中的全分析集,2组一般资料比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),具有可比性。试验组临床控制率为24.86%(86/346),愈显率为50.00%(173/346),总有效率为89.60%(310/346),对照组临床控制率为0.00%(0/120),愈显率为4.17%(5/120),总有效率为29.17%(35/120),2组比较差异有统计学意义(P=0.000)。试验组治疗后107例患者疼痛消失(30.92%),对照组疼痛消失1例(0.83%),试验组疼痛消失率高于对照组(P<0.05)。与本组治疗前比较,2组治疗7、14、28 d WOMAC总分及疼痛、僵硬、日常活动评分,中医症状积分均显著改善(P<0.05);2组同时点比较,试验组治疗7、14、28 d WOMAC总分及疼痛、僵硬、日常活动评分,中医症状积分均低于对照组(P<0.05)。2组治疗后各相关症状均有所改善,且试验组对疼痛、活动不利、局部肿胀、局部压痛、关节僵硬、日常活动的改善显著优于对照组(P<0.05)。2组不良反应发生率差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论玄七健骨片治疗KOA筋脉瘀滞证安全有效,其特点在于对患者疾病相关症状体征的改善作用。展开更多
This paper discusses the rationale for phaseⅢtesting of neoadjuvant therapy in patients affected by resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.The therapeutic management of patients affected by resectable pancreatic cancer...This paper discusses the rationale for phaseⅢtesting of neoadjuvant therapy in patients affected by resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.The therapeutic management of patients affected by resectable pancreatic cancer is particularly troublesome due to the aggressiveness of the disease and to the limited efficacy and sometimes unfavourable risk-benefit ratio of the available therapeutic tools.Conflicting data on the role of adjuvant chemoradiation have been reported,while adjuvant single-agent chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival(OS)when compared to surgery alone. However,the OS figures for adjuvant chemotherapy remain disappointing.In effect,pancreatic cancer exhibits a prominent tendency to recur after a brief median time interval from surgery and extra-pancreatic dissemination represents the predominant pattern of disease failure.Neoadjuvant treatment has a strong rationale in this disease but limited information on the efficacy of this approach is available from single arm trials with low levels of evidence.Thus,in spite of two decades of investigation there is currently no evidence to support the routine use of pre-surgical therapy in clinical practice. To foster knowledge on the optimal management of this disease,and to produce evidence-based treatment guidelines,there is no alternative to well designed randomized trials.Systemic chemotherapy is a candidate for testing because it is supported by a more robust rationale than chemoradiation.Combination chemotherapy regimens with elevated activity in advanced disease warrant investigation.Caution would suggest the running of an exploratory phaseⅡrandomized trial before embarking on a large phase Ⅲ study.展开更多
Background: Capecitabine and irinotecan combination therapy(XELIRI) has been examined at various dose levels to treat metastatic colorectal cancer(m CRC). Recently, in the Association of Medical Oncology of the German...Background: Capecitabine and irinotecan combination therapy(XELIRI) has been examined at various dose levels to treat metastatic colorectal cancer(m CRC). Recently, in the Association of Medical Oncology of the German Cancer Society(AIO) 0604 trial, tri?weekly XELIRI plus bevacizumab, with reduced doses of irinotecan(200 mg/m^2 on day 1) and capecitabine(1600 mg/m^2 on days 1–14), repeated every 3 weeks, has shown favorable tolerability and eicacy which were comparable to those of capecitabine and oxaliplatin(XELOX) plus bevacizumab. The doses of capecit?abine and irinotecan in the AIO trial are considered optimal. In a phase I/II study, XELIRI plus bevacizumab(BIX) as second?line chemotherapy was well tolerated and had promising eicacy in Japanese patients.Methods: The Asian XELIRI Projec T(AXEPT) is an East Asian collaborative, open?labelled, randomized, phase Ⅲ clinical trial which was designed to demonstrate the non?inferiority of XELIRI with or without bevacizumab versus standard FOLFIRI(5?fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan combination) with or without bevacizumab as second?line chemo?therapy for patients with m CRC. Patients with 20 years of age or older, histologically conirmed m CRC, Eastern Coop?erative Oncology Group performance status 0–2, adequate organ function, and disease progression or intolerance of the irst?line regimen will be eligible. Patients will be randomized(1:1) to receive standard FOLFIRI with or with?out bevacizumab(5 mg/kg on day 1), repeated every 2 weeks(FOLIRI arm) or XELIRI with or without bevacizumab(7.5 mg/kg on day 1), repeated every 3 weeks(XELIRI arm). A total of 464 events were estimated as necessary to show non?inferiority with a power of 80% at a one?sided α of 0.025, requiring a target sample size of 600 patients. The 95% conidence interval(CI) upper limit of the hazard ratio was pre?speciied as less than 1.3.Conclusion: The Asian XELIRI Projec T is a multinational phase III trial being conducted to provide evidence for XELIRI with or without bevacizumab as a second?line treatment option of mCRC.展开更多
The new catalytic kinetic spectrophotometric method for Au(III) determination was developed and validated. It was based on the catalytic effect of gold on the oxidation of sudan red III by ammonium peroxodisulfate ...The new catalytic kinetic spectrophotometric method for Au(III) determination was developed and validated. It was based on the catalytic effect of gold on the oxidation of sudan red III by ammonium peroxodisulfate ((NH4)2S2O8) with nitrilo triacetic acid as an activator in microemulsion and H2SO4 medium. Under optimum conditions, there was the linearity of the calibration curve in the concentration range from 0 to 20 μg/L Au(Ⅲ) at 520 nm. The relative standard deviation was 3.0% with a correlation coefficient of 0.9986. The detection limit achieved was 9.75 × 10^-5 μg/mL. A new method using a column packed with sulfhydryl dextrose gel (SDG) as a solid-phase extractant has been developed for the preconcentration and separation of Au(Ⅲ) ions. The method has been applied to the determination of trace gold with satisfactory results.展开更多
Qinshan Phase Ⅲ(PHWR)Nuclear Power Plant,the first commercial heavy water reactor nuclear power plant in China,was the biggest trade project performed between the governments of China and Canada.As the owner,the Thir...Qinshan Phase Ⅲ(PHWR)Nuclear Power Plant,the first commercial heavy water reactor nuclear power plant in China,was the biggest trade project performed between the governments of China and Canada.As the owner,the Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company(TQNPC)persisted in independent innovation management during the project construction,commissioning and self-dependent operation,efficiently realizing the three controls of the project,i.e.quality control,schedule control and investment control,and persisted in technical improvement on the basis of digestion and absorption of CANDU-6 technology to improve the unit safety and reliability.The project construction practice has helped China's nuclear power project management to becomeprogrammed,computerized,standardized and internationalized management from the existing basis.After completion of the project,with unit safe and steady operation as the prerequisite,TQNPC performed several technical modifications and innovations to continuously improve the unit performance.In the area of staff development,TQNPC paid much attention to cultivation of corporate culture,strengthed staff training and built up a good circulating mechanism with staff training and project construction promoting each other.Further to "Zero Breakthrough" and a new step forward of locolization successfully realized in Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant and Nuclear Power Qinshan Joint Venture Company,the improvement and developemnt of nuclear power project management level in Qinshan Phase Ⅲ(PHWR)Nuclear Power Plant provided reference for promotion of nuclear power development in China and standardized management of introducing large imported project.展开更多
Objective:To evaluate the growth inhibition activity of the crude extract of Cyperus aromaticus(C.aromaticus)cultured cells against the 3rd instar larvae of Aedes aegypti(Linn.)and Aedes albopictus Skuse(Ae.albopictus...Objective:To evaluate the growth inhibition activity of the crude extract of Cyperus aromaticus(C.aromaticus)cultured cells against the 3rd instar larvae of Aedes aegypti(Linn.)and Aedes albopictus Skuse(Ae.albopictus)under laboratory conditions,and determine the sublethal effects(EI_(50))of the crude extract of C.aromaticus cultured cells on some biological and morphological parameters of both Aedes mosquito species during two generations as well.Methods:The cell suspension cultures of C.aromaticus were activated from five callus lines(P4,Pa,Z1,Z6 and Ml)derived from the root explants of in vitro plantlets.The cultured cells were extracted in chloroform and used as plant material for the present study.For detection of juvenile hormone III.the crude extracts were analyzed by HPLC.Then the crude extracts of the three C.aromaticus cultured cell lines which contained varied amounts of juvenile hormone III[high level(P4 cell line),medium level(Z1 cell line)and low level(Ml cell line)]were tested against Aedes mosquito species.Laboratory evaluation was performed against late third instar larvae of the Vector Control Research Unit strains of Ae.aegypti and Ae.albopictus using the standard WHO method.The effects of EI_(50)of the C.aromaticus cultured P4 cells on fecundity,fertility,growth period,sex ratio,adult size and longevity of Aedes mosquitoes were assessed.Results:Bioassay tests presented the remarkable growth inhibition activity of the crude extracts of C.aromaticus cultured cells against the two Aedes mosquitoes.Between the two mosquito species,Ae.albopictus was more susceptible to the crude extracts with lower EI_(50)values.EI_(50)of the crude extract of C.aromaticus cultured cells(P4)increased the sterility indices in the parental generation females in both Aedes mosquito species.A significant delay in the pupal formation and adult emergence were observed in the parental generation of the both mosquito species.The sex ratio of the adult population either parental or F1 generation of the Aedes mosquito species was not significantly affected by the EI_(50)dosage of the crude extract of C.aromaticus cultured P4 cells.A significant decrease in the wing length of the treated adult(female and male)of Aedes aegypti as well as the treated female of Ae.albopictus were observed.Longevity of the adult female of the parental generation of both Aedes mosquitoes as well as females of F1 generation of Ae.albopictus were significantly decreased.Conclusions:The present study revealed the potential of the crude extract of C.aromaticus cultured cells in controlling vector mosquito populations in the effort to reduce the transmission of vector borne diseases.展开更多
A systematically comparative study on the contents of vitamins in the natural and the cultured prawn, Penaeus chinensis, was made by using High-efficiency Liquid Phase Chromatography in 1989. The results show that the...A systematically comparative study on the contents of vitamins in the natural and the cultured prawn, Penaeus chinensis, was made by using High-efficiency Liquid Phase Chromatography in 1989. The results show that the vitamin C (Vc) content in the natural prawn was 8. 19% higher than that of the cultured prawn.As the natural prawn's body length increasing, the Vc content in cephalothorax increased continuously, but after August 10, the Vc content in the cultured prawn fell down rapidly. No significant differences in vitamin B1, B2,B6, nicotinic acid (NAc), nicotinamide (NAm) and folio acid (FAc) were found between the natural and the cultured prawn. Therefore, Vc probably is one of major factors limiting the growth and development of Chinese prawn.展开更多
A method to determine Fe(Ⅲ) by thin layer resin phase spectrophotometry has been developed in this paper. The colored complex formed by Fe(Ⅲ) and 1,2-benzendiol is concentrated on the 717^# resin, then Fe(Ⅲ) ...A method to determine Fe(Ⅲ) by thin layer resin phase spectrophotometry has been developed in this paper. The colored complex formed by Fe(Ⅲ) and 1,2-benzendiol is concentrated on the 717^# resin, then Fe(Ⅲ) can be determined directly by making thin layer. The method is sensitive with a apparent molar absorption of 4.8×10^4L/mol.cm, which is 16 times higher than that of liquid phase spectrophotornetry, most coexisting ions do not influence the determination. The detection limit for Fe(Ⅲ) is 1.47μg/L with the precision of 3.3% [n=6, 7μg/50mL Fe(Ⅲ)]. The calibration curve is linear in the range of 0-25μg/50mL. The preposed method was applied to the determination of Fe(Ⅲ) in water sample with satisfactory results.展开更多
文摘Culture shock can be easily encountered in intercultural communication.This paper illustrates the causes of culture shock,and also provides solutions to deal with culture shock and try to reduce its influence.
文摘目的验证玄七健骨片治疗膝骨关节炎(KOA)筋脉瘀滞证的有效性及安全性。方法选取2012年12月-2015年2月7家医院476例KOA筋脉瘀滞证患者进行Ⅲ期临床研究,采用随机数字表法分为试验组和对照组。试验组予玄七健骨片,对照组予安慰剂,均4片/次,3次/d,疗程28 d。比较2组中医证候疗效及疼痛消失情况,观察2组治疗前及治疗7、14、28 d西安大略和麦克马斯特大学骨关节炎指数(WOMAC)总分及疼痛、僵硬、日常活动评分,中医症状积分,监测2组安全性指标及试验期间出现的不良反应。结果共剔除10例患者,最终466例纳入分析数据集中的全分析集,2组一般资料比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),具有可比性。试验组临床控制率为24.86%(86/346),愈显率为50.00%(173/346),总有效率为89.60%(310/346),对照组临床控制率为0.00%(0/120),愈显率为4.17%(5/120),总有效率为29.17%(35/120),2组比较差异有统计学意义(P=0.000)。试验组治疗后107例患者疼痛消失(30.92%),对照组疼痛消失1例(0.83%),试验组疼痛消失率高于对照组(P<0.05)。与本组治疗前比较,2组治疗7、14、28 d WOMAC总分及疼痛、僵硬、日常活动评分,中医症状积分均显著改善(P<0.05);2组同时点比较,试验组治疗7、14、28 d WOMAC总分及疼痛、僵硬、日常活动评分,中医症状积分均低于对照组(P<0.05)。2组治疗后各相关症状均有所改善,且试验组对疼痛、活动不利、局部肿胀、局部压痛、关节僵硬、日常活动的改善显著优于对照组(P<0.05)。2组不良反应发生率差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论玄七健骨片治疗KOA筋脉瘀滞证安全有效,其特点在于对患者疾病相关症状体征的改善作用。
文摘This paper discusses the rationale for phaseⅢtesting of neoadjuvant therapy in patients affected by resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.The therapeutic management of patients affected by resectable pancreatic cancer is particularly troublesome due to the aggressiveness of the disease and to the limited efficacy and sometimes unfavourable risk-benefit ratio of the available therapeutic tools.Conflicting data on the role of adjuvant chemoradiation have been reported,while adjuvant single-agent chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival(OS)when compared to surgery alone. However,the OS figures for adjuvant chemotherapy remain disappointing.In effect,pancreatic cancer exhibits a prominent tendency to recur after a brief median time interval from surgery and extra-pancreatic dissemination represents the predominant pattern of disease failure.Neoadjuvant treatment has a strong rationale in this disease but limited information on the efficacy of this approach is available from single arm trials with low levels of evidence.Thus,in spite of two decades of investigation there is currently no evidence to support the routine use of pre-surgical therapy in clinical practice. To foster knowledge on the optimal management of this disease,and to produce evidence-based treatment guidelines,there is no alternative to well designed randomized trials.Systemic chemotherapy is a candidate for testing because it is supported by a more robust rationale than chemoradiation.Combination chemotherapy regimens with elevated activity in advanced disease warrant investigation.Caution would suggest the running of an exploratory phaseⅡrandomized trial before embarking on a large phase Ⅲ study.
基金funding from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.Ltd.Roche Korea Co.Ltd.Roche Shanghai.Co.Ltd
文摘Background: Capecitabine and irinotecan combination therapy(XELIRI) has been examined at various dose levels to treat metastatic colorectal cancer(m CRC). Recently, in the Association of Medical Oncology of the German Cancer Society(AIO) 0604 trial, tri?weekly XELIRI plus bevacizumab, with reduced doses of irinotecan(200 mg/m^2 on day 1) and capecitabine(1600 mg/m^2 on days 1–14), repeated every 3 weeks, has shown favorable tolerability and eicacy which were comparable to those of capecitabine and oxaliplatin(XELOX) plus bevacizumab. The doses of capecit?abine and irinotecan in the AIO trial are considered optimal. In a phase I/II study, XELIRI plus bevacizumab(BIX) as second?line chemotherapy was well tolerated and had promising eicacy in Japanese patients.Methods: The Asian XELIRI Projec T(AXEPT) is an East Asian collaborative, open?labelled, randomized, phase Ⅲ clinical trial which was designed to demonstrate the non?inferiority of XELIRI with or without bevacizumab versus standard FOLFIRI(5?fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan combination) with or without bevacizumab as second?line chemo?therapy for patients with m CRC. Patients with 20 years of age or older, histologically conirmed m CRC, Eastern Coop?erative Oncology Group performance status 0–2, adequate organ function, and disease progression or intolerance of the irst?line regimen will be eligible. Patients will be randomized(1:1) to receive standard FOLFIRI with or with?out bevacizumab(5 mg/kg on day 1), repeated every 2 weeks(FOLIRI arm) or XELIRI with or without bevacizumab(7.5 mg/kg on day 1), repeated every 3 weeks(XELIRI arm). A total of 464 events were estimated as necessary to show non?inferiority with a power of 80% at a one?sided α of 0.025, requiring a target sample size of 600 patients. The 95% conidence interval(CI) upper limit of the hazard ratio was pre?speciied as less than 1.3.Conclusion: The Asian XELIRI Projec T is a multinational phase III trial being conducted to provide evidence for XELIRI with or without bevacizumab as a second?line treatment option of mCRC.
文摘The new catalytic kinetic spectrophotometric method for Au(III) determination was developed and validated. It was based on the catalytic effect of gold on the oxidation of sudan red III by ammonium peroxodisulfate ((NH4)2S2O8) with nitrilo triacetic acid as an activator in microemulsion and H2SO4 medium. Under optimum conditions, there was the linearity of the calibration curve in the concentration range from 0 to 20 μg/L Au(Ⅲ) at 520 nm. The relative standard deviation was 3.0% with a correlation coefficient of 0.9986. The detection limit achieved was 9.75 × 10^-5 μg/mL. A new method using a column packed with sulfhydryl dextrose gel (SDG) as a solid-phase extractant has been developed for the preconcentration and separation of Au(Ⅲ) ions. The method has been applied to the determination of trace gold with satisfactory results.
文摘Qinshan Phase Ⅲ(PHWR)Nuclear Power Plant,the first commercial heavy water reactor nuclear power plant in China,was the biggest trade project performed between the governments of China and Canada.As the owner,the Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company(TQNPC)persisted in independent innovation management during the project construction,commissioning and self-dependent operation,efficiently realizing the three controls of the project,i.e.quality control,schedule control and investment control,and persisted in technical improvement on the basis of digestion and absorption of CANDU-6 technology to improve the unit safety and reliability.The project construction practice has helped China's nuclear power project management to becomeprogrammed,computerized,standardized and internationalized management from the existing basis.After completion of the project,with unit safe and steady operation as the prerequisite,TQNPC performed several technical modifications and innovations to continuously improve the unit performance.In the area of staff development,TQNPC paid much attention to cultivation of corporate culture,strengthed staff training and built up a good circulating mechanism with staff training and project construction promoting each other.Further to "Zero Breakthrough" and a new step forward of locolization successfully realized in Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant and Nuclear Power Qinshan Joint Venture Company,the improvement and developemnt of nuclear power project management level in Qinshan Phase Ⅲ(PHWR)Nuclear Power Plant provided reference for promotion of nuclear power development in China and standardized management of introducing large imported project.
基金supported by University Sains Malaysia(USM)with the grant No 304.PBIOLOGI.650272.C112
文摘Objective:To evaluate the growth inhibition activity of the crude extract of Cyperus aromaticus(C.aromaticus)cultured cells against the 3rd instar larvae of Aedes aegypti(Linn.)and Aedes albopictus Skuse(Ae.albopictus)under laboratory conditions,and determine the sublethal effects(EI_(50))of the crude extract of C.aromaticus cultured cells on some biological and morphological parameters of both Aedes mosquito species during two generations as well.Methods:The cell suspension cultures of C.aromaticus were activated from five callus lines(P4,Pa,Z1,Z6 and Ml)derived from the root explants of in vitro plantlets.The cultured cells were extracted in chloroform and used as plant material for the present study.For detection of juvenile hormone III.the crude extracts were analyzed by HPLC.Then the crude extracts of the three C.aromaticus cultured cell lines which contained varied amounts of juvenile hormone III[high level(P4 cell line),medium level(Z1 cell line)and low level(Ml cell line)]were tested against Aedes mosquito species.Laboratory evaluation was performed against late third instar larvae of the Vector Control Research Unit strains of Ae.aegypti and Ae.albopictus using the standard WHO method.The effects of EI_(50)of the C.aromaticus cultured P4 cells on fecundity,fertility,growth period,sex ratio,adult size and longevity of Aedes mosquitoes were assessed.Results:Bioassay tests presented the remarkable growth inhibition activity of the crude extracts of C.aromaticus cultured cells against the two Aedes mosquitoes.Between the two mosquito species,Ae.albopictus was more susceptible to the crude extracts with lower EI_(50)values.EI_(50)of the crude extract of C.aromaticus cultured cells(P4)increased the sterility indices in the parental generation females in both Aedes mosquito species.A significant delay in the pupal formation and adult emergence were observed in the parental generation of the both mosquito species.The sex ratio of the adult population either parental or F1 generation of the Aedes mosquito species was not significantly affected by the EI_(50)dosage of the crude extract of C.aromaticus cultured P4 cells.A significant decrease in the wing length of the treated adult(female and male)of Aedes aegypti as well as the treated female of Ae.albopictus were observed.Longevity of the adult female of the parental generation of both Aedes mosquitoes as well as females of F1 generation of Ae.albopictus were significantly decreased.Conclusions:The present study revealed the potential of the crude extract of C.aromaticus cultured cells in controlling vector mosquito populations in the effort to reduce the transmission of vector borne diseases.
文摘A systematically comparative study on the contents of vitamins in the natural and the cultured prawn, Penaeus chinensis, was made by using High-efficiency Liquid Phase Chromatography in 1989. The results show that the vitamin C (Vc) content in the natural prawn was 8. 19% higher than that of the cultured prawn.As the natural prawn's body length increasing, the Vc content in cephalothorax increased continuously, but after August 10, the Vc content in the cultured prawn fell down rapidly. No significant differences in vitamin B1, B2,B6, nicotinic acid (NAc), nicotinamide (NAm) and folio acid (FAc) were found between the natural and the cultured prawn. Therefore, Vc probably is one of major factors limiting the growth and development of Chinese prawn.
基金Advanced Fund Item of Jiangsu University (07KJB610021)
文摘A method to determine Fe(Ⅲ) by thin layer resin phase spectrophotometry has been developed in this paper. The colored complex formed by Fe(Ⅲ) and 1,2-benzendiol is concentrated on the 717^# resin, then Fe(Ⅲ) can be determined directly by making thin layer. The method is sensitive with a apparent molar absorption of 4.8×10^4L/mol.cm, which is 16 times higher than that of liquid phase spectrophotornetry, most coexisting ions do not influence the determination. The detection limit for Fe(Ⅲ) is 1.47μg/L with the precision of 3.3% [n=6, 7μg/50mL Fe(Ⅲ)]. The calibration curve is linear in the range of 0-25μg/50mL. The preposed method was applied to the determination of Fe(Ⅲ) in water sample with satisfactory results.